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NEW   ENGLAND 


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PUBLISHED  QUABTBRLTy  UNDEB  THE  DIRECTION  OF  THE 

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KrtD  SnoUmH  |l^totot<t:=<Brrnraloo{tal  <Sacfrt5. 
THE    YEAR    1868. 


VOLUME    XXII. 


BOSTON : 
PUBLISHED  BY  THE  SOCIETY.  17  BROMnELD  STREerT. 
Pbimted  bt  David  Clappj 


GENEALOGICAL 
DEPARTMENT. 


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$]iIiU8|{ntg  ^rrangtmmt  for  1868. 


Clfitor, 
ALBERT  HARRISON  HOYT. 

Committer* 

JOHN  WARD  DEAN,  WILLIAM  HENRY  WHITMORE, 

FREDERIC  KIDDER,  WILLIAM  SUMNER  APPLETON, 

ALBERT  HARRISON  HOYT,  EUAS  NASON, 

WnUAM  BLANCHARD  TOWNE. 


y 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


[Index  of  Names  of  Peraons  at  the  end  of  the  volume*] 


f  by  tin  a«a.  Wm.  H.  TuthUU  31T 


«eih«,U9 


I  Society  ot^  Aiiief1c«A  Ifemtjen 


itt^  N»tlwa1el,  1 ;  Hoopw,  Bobert»  225  ;  Pre- 
We,  J«*Wi*J>,  nh  i  Pwble^  MehetAble,  AlT  j 
ftrnttoVL^  WlUtAm  filoUIos,  226 

A^m  fkaOy,  Bot<«  on,  143 

^tjOH^Ifi,  QntflwdoK  WlUitta,  SocUah  Aaeotr^ 

■5^'^*'.***'  *****  ™"*«"y  «^  llMM«a»fwett«, 
»,  ld<K  S40,  434 

Ml  W«lbffd^N.J.,a4»  ^ 

Baok%  yrtaflicrtiandiiXunpMeto  neelfvd,  400 


~—  !'•  AisaottDl  of  the  Poor  Pund  nod  othef 
GbwtliM  bftld  ill  Truit  Inr  the  OUl  Sontb  SocJ- 
•Qr^JiMoo,4^ 
— >  Hlrtorr  of  the  BIU  fiuiiUy«  321 
'    IWm^,  by  H»frto,  4S7 

,  fUgbs.  E«r.  G«orge.  D.D,,noUc«i  of,  104 

.,  Tte  InrMioo  of  In  1776  ;  IncloilUjg  ib<j 

ti  C*pL  atraeoo  Thajw,  under  CoL 

t  Arnold,  wttb  Notet  and  AppandU, 

^lOl 

aS  aicalelicaof  DartaKnth  Colk2o  AlqjQ- 

,  rtttv,  Ilftand Labon  oi;  by  FlnoUian 

I  Quarterly,  379 
(lf>74l,  tapjNiaed   to  biiTo  be«a 
I  by  Biahop  Bftmett,  4fll 
r  Chfltoo,  wia  pedigree,  4c.,  by  Ap- 
,  *T1 
rncatogieal  reeoni,  by  Mone^  323 
^  tfoBOlr  er  fi«v.  If atbanlel  Waid,  4B4 

Oala^  Ibr  June,  J8M,  379 


Upper  SliMlielppi,  371 
-  iHittoiyofBroiroUDiwnlly.aaa 
Wia>id>i(LttD  yfe  aod  Adfeotnrea,  4M 
MiMV  Oiftory  of  Lczbiirun,  Maaa  ,  4i8 
Im««  Amala  oi,  8t4 

4MnatB^e  Wonkr  Working  Prwrtdeaec  of  Sion*! 
iivkttrli*  Keer  Eagtaod,  viUi  lutroductkni, 
^^•fc,  bjr  Peole,  21d 

b  Blatorkal  Sodetj,  Annual  Report  of, 


ifi 


'  Alboay 


^  ♦  by  Uai«r,  376 

miandTi  CoilecHoot  on  tbeHivbory  of 

(Titi.  1  and  ^  104 
VfvlgiBgbSre,  AdJotani    OeoanTt   Report 

OBvfr,  If  My,  Aaootry  of,  by  Appletxm,  871 
OilgtB  aitd  Ulitory  of  Ifae  Boolu  of  ibe  Bible, 
^  fll9««,  319  ' 

^ttferu,  Jaeacs  L.,  Meoiorial  of,  a77 
Fbdxtiij^  /oto,  of  Klltary,  Ue.,  deecetidaiitt  of, 

riUiMi  temlly,  bj  Thonton,  374 

^'wra'e  glory  of  th.?  Tblrly-Elyhth  Eegfaseot  of 

Maawrhuaetti  Va}aDt«en,  22i 
Mi^  ihvU/,  by  R}pky,  104 
9mm  ffUebcntt,  w{tb  an  acoottot  of  Salem 

fttta^  Aa.,  by  Upbam,  102 
P^^ '^'"  "    ■  ry  of  ILMiaebaaeits  In  the  CItO 


mLs; 


r'j  ■  ijuc  of  fturm  '  t  lyft 

/«ftb<?  1  :j 

,  Bd«wd,  J>e«MM«.iiinrA  i-r.  457 

iMd  Qmn^ru,  1^  Oiceii«,  379 


TathlJI 
WeflUiainpto) 


riimUy  tnectlng.  375 


,  Qletnorial 
of  tba  naUvee  uf  (1800),  222 


of  the  Reanioo 


^ 


Wblte'i  Maaaacre  of  St.  Bartholomew.  873 
Whitaioro'8  American  OeoealoKl«t,  87fi 
WigYlttgwcirth'*  Das  of  Doom,  with  memoir  of 
the  author,  kc.,  103 

Boitoci  lodependeot  Cadtt^i  Uooiuaetit,  Mt*  Ao- 
btzrn,  87 

Bolklryt,  th«^  101 

Banker  EUl,  the  Goninuind  at  Cbe  Battle  of,  K7 

Ceiitetioariaa«,363,  Ub  f  deatb  of,  197, 963 

Oeotenoial  and  otber  Cdebration*— 

Athby,  llaia.,  9B|  Bererly,  Maaa.,  SO  j  Ooti' 
way,  Maia.,  ^;  nibkJlU  N«  ¥.,  SS  ^  Hubbarda- 
toQ,  Meat.,  89)  MMdlebary.  Yt.,349)  Weal- 
taiuater,  Tt.,  89  |  WutceftUn^,  Mass..  SS 

Chciiey  (kmily,  latJ 

Oburcb  Keoordii— Matoo,  Mate.,  360, 440  ^  Newlng^ 
ton,  N.  fi.,  23,  U«,  297,  447 

CUiOi,.  Large,  Inaeaae  of,  12 

Coat*  of  Aixna^ 

H«Qib&w,  106  }  Hutchtnaon*  330  ;  Preble,  311 ; 
Wentwcirtb,  1:^ ;  Proposed  Tax  on,  256 

Oootinental  Money,  depreclatina  of  (1781),  ^2 

CoDtiibution*  to  tha  HUtury  at  Qreeuliuidf  N.  H., 
(1711-12,  17iW),  451 

Current  l^veitU,  bO 

t^embi,  tK>,  im,  £164,  466 

Dorchester.  Maas.,  Town  Beeordi  of,  48 

IKtwer,  earlj  New  Eofflaod  isaiTiage  (1076)i  13 

Gatttera  expedldoo,  ao  aoooont  ar(1764)|  400 

BIcgy  on  Mojor  Thomai  Leonaxd,  141 

Eptiapb,  aticitiDt,  Ipawkib,  Man.,  14D 

Errata,  104,  490 

>l*!i'-  i  Cunty,  Old  Hoiisei  In,  388 

FitW  faitilly,  ootea  upon  the,  166 

l^irelktherfi  oelebraUoa  (28th},  at  Mid^lebary,  Tt«, 
wUh  a  complete  Hat  of  oraton  of  ttie  occaaVoQi  'M9 

Oenaaloglet— 

AimlD«t0ti,  364 }  CbeKCT,  SSB )  Field,  173  ; 
7itt>  or  nti,  70, 161  \  ftotelMr,  389  \  Hooper, 
387  ',  Hutchinson.  2:16  }  Hcirtem,  160  \  PaliM, 
60, 187,  291  i  Pdroc,  73,  174,  304, 438  }  Pttflfcr, 
288,  Tutbill,317}  W«otwonh,iaO 

(]«Dt^ilO(fistt.  iJinU  ta,  3S 

(JmduAtea  of  Yale  tuid  Harrard,  names  of,  419 

Qomey,  Qrlaell,  43 

Hanoook,  Joba,  seltnre  of  tbe  Sloop  of,  402 

Hold  en,  beacon  Joaepb  (XT60),  deatli  of,  461 

Htilmei,  Rer.  Obadtah,  Newport,  R.  I.,  an  extani 
autograph  rolame  of,  written  in  1676,  361 

HouMa,  Aodent,  64,  388 

Hojf hea,  Robert  Ball,  tiotXoe  of,  186 

liucriptioo,  aodent   fbc-atmile    (Leonud    Cbeiter, 
Wetheri field.  Conn.,  1848),  338 

loscriptloiJi,  387,  416 

LnJce,  wailed,  in  Iqwl^30 

lixncajtcr,  Mass.,  men  loet  at  tbe  Beductton  of  Hon- 
treol  0760),  282 

Lt*ooard,  Major  Tliomas,  notice  of,  140 

Letters  from— 

Bulklcy,  Mary  (1T39),2IM;  Corbyn,  Bei^amlil 
(1677),  290  ;  Frankllo,  Benjimiin,  9,  267,  268  i 
Mensbaw,  Joahoa,  Jr.  (17tia),  402  \  Jaati^  John 
Paul,  (1777),  421  ;  Laaj(ioo,  Hon.  Woodbary 
(1774),  337  i  Preble,  JedidUib  (17  66),  408, 409 1 
Stdia,  laaoo  (1761),  466  ;  WcBtkU,  Jnbn,  423 } 
WiBgkmrorth,  Rer.  Edward,  D.I>.  (1731).  66 

Library,  loofal,  labaoriptloa  Ibr,   Bradfutd,  MaM 
(17136-1780),  446 

Lonxerlty,  310,  363 

liDUiflburg  Rxpodltlon,  tkuaei  of  tomC  of  thO  ' 
and  men  Ln  Uic,  116 


lY 


General  Index, 


La&t,  AfidABt  ]Sagli«b  WIUi  In  the  vam  tL  982 

lUniiiga,  90,  m,  3S4,  4M 

MAuaaliQiettt,  BlblUjgnphj  of  the  local  WMvj  of, 

Mcmbcn  of  the  New  Sngtaiid  Blitario»>6eDealoglc&l 
Sodety,  Obltiuiiet  of— 
Bndlej,  Hon,  Ch«rlei  WtDIiim,  3410  *,  BrToDt, 
Dftriiif  4T6;  Cfii^cliuid,  KUihA,  206-,  Ctookf, 
Juaea  Warham,  474  ,  li«*a,  Aoki*,  364  \  FkM, 
M«!r.  l>ftvid  X^oiUey^  D.1>.,  30-2 ;  GrccM,  Hoti. 
Albeo-t  Oofton,  afl3  ;  Hooper»  Hon.  Uol»erl,  354, 
476  ',  Jev«U,  ChjLTkA  Cotfin,  3^,  475  \  Uoaief, 
Ber.  Joel  Uarrey,  D.D.,  476  ^  UcCoolhe.  IXoo. 
I«am:,  207  V  Fig«,  KUby,  476]  P«s«1«e,  Utta. 
CbAiie«  UiuL-n,  361  }  Potter,  Mom«,  'iOe  ;  Put- 
moL,  B«v,  ijrMl  Wartmrtoo,  D.D.,  417  }  Hey- 
tkOkU,  Boo.  John,  »3  -,  Smets,  Alexuader  AnguA- 
tua,  472  -J  Smith,  Hoo.  BaUanl,  Sas  ;  Teflt,  l^r&el 
Keohaa,  203  »  Tonnied,  C^pU  Boben,  474  i 
Tnoker,  Qeorf  e  tIeriot«  M.D.«  1160 }  Weld,  Ste- 
phen Minoi,  381.  475  i  WeodelL  Jacob,  42U. 
474  ;  Whttc,  Hon.  Albert  8.,  206 

Memoir*  aqU  Noiicei  of— 

Aduua,  Rev.  Jodeph,  20  $  Curtis,  Nalhaolcl,  1  \ 
ll«mbaw,  UuQ.  JothuA,  106  ^  Hooper.  Ilria. 
Bfibm,  SS3}  Preble,  Abr&ham,  ;ill  ;  Preble, 
Brigadier  Genefml  Jedjdiah,  404  •,  Pr**cott,  Wll- 
tlam  lltcktlDg,  225  ;  Weld,  Hon.  Stephen  Mlout, 
381  •,  WendL-ll,  Jacob,  420  ]  Wcuturorib  Ijuaily 
In  Englauil,  1120 

Heniam  fi&mily  and  coDoectiona,  lOO 

MUtOD,  Maa*.,  Church  Beoonis,  UM,  440 

Master  BoUa,  174-176,  IBO-lftH 

Hann^aniet  Qniil«ci,  277 

Kew  Baglaiid  Hlalodc-Ocoealqgleal  SncttHy— 

AddraMM  by  Pc«tldeot   XanbMll   P^    VTikler 

(IMS),  144 
Keorology,  93,  203,  360,  473 
Omctn  for  1»6S,  224 
Proceedlnga,  »7,  308,  Mfl^  479 

Kew  Haj9p«h{re  Oranta,  vnpwmHiOOt  Ibr  djeCeooe  1b 
the  (1781),  60 ;  PTOTkoe  d;  M  |  AJKiteuK  lo* 
qiieat  In,  72 

Kcw  II juDpshlrt*  tailiUa,  Tbit  Beshoeat,  a  oompiui/ 
ofCJ-81).  466 

"  New  Haven  Caae  dtaUd  »  (1602),  450 

Kewtngtrra,  H.  lU  Cbanb  Baoorda,  23, 156, 297, 447 

IfeCiea  aad  Queries — 
HfttttM,  —  American  Antiquarlaa  Soctety,  84  ) 
Ante  U(M  iigc,  Ji51  i  Arnold-  Mis*  Mary»  a  oco- 
leoimriaa  dvctiuaoil,  «$&3  ;  Bailor,  Me  ,  Hliti>- 
Tical  Bocietj,  34 j  ,  Barbor—Wioalow  — Elliot, 
44Klf  Book  Biadlags,  81]  Brtrwn  EflUtc.  4IIS ) 
BnwD  Univertitf ,  necrology  for  IS60-7,  86  \ 
Burke,  BIr  John  IkmarU,  35^  ■,  Ci<kinbndK«i  de«l- 
Icatlonor  A  K43(izk&n  CatHoUc  Charcb  Lo,  180;  Chea- 
ter, Col.  Joseph  L.,  404  \  Coiicbcs,  John  Cres- 
Mt^c  protest  aftatnst  (1072),  S3  ;  Coanectlcot, 
oldest  Inhablumt  in,  suid  tn  bo,  404 }  KUery, 
353 1  Bxpenaea  of  Now  England  In  the  expedl- 
tioQ  to  Gape  Br?tou^  352  ^  Farmi,  long  oocQ  pants 
or,  446  f  FtlUnore,  403 ',  Free  Church  Htslorlcal 
Boclel/,  Cokrhester,  England,  403  \  Funcmlf. 
girliif  icartk  at,  404  -»  General  ScottV  Will,  82  *, 
QenUemaD*!  Ma^aaine,  464 1  Qrafton,  Richard* 
49S  \  Onve  of  John  Harvard,  100  *,  Gun  Mak- 
ing: In  1779,  405  ;  HalLfiix,  N.  S.,  oonuncoce* 
ment  oi^  3^2  ;  Hawaii,  a  Muaachnietta  Judge 
fnr,  4d& ;  Jcir.  m%%  gaily,  353  ;  Johm  ceUtc, 
404  \  *'  Juoiua  *'  again,  405 }  Light  Horse  Hnrry 
Lee,  353  \  Mudge,  Zoehary,  Commander  o|  Ula 
BrlUnnio  M^Jeety**  Sloop  Ply  (1800),  hit  of 
Amerlcao  Tetadi  under  eoovoy  of,  404^  New* 
port  HJetofical  Sooiely,  351  \  Novangtiia  and 
MaMaohoAetu-aftia,  353}  Otfiood  Eamlly,  81  \ 
Por  ft.  Bavlngi  B»Lnk,  464;   Pott 

pa  ^53  I  PoJIbr  Family,  402  }   Bee* 

ordL,  I.  ,  :ii  Beyifter,  the,  Mr.  UphoiOi^A 
opiuiufi  on  thti  value  of,  and  ahnllar  publluatlonn, 
HNJ }  St.  John's  Ihiy  in  Boston  In  1730,  82  \ 
Soott,  Qoi.  WlofleM,  originjil  anecdote  of,  352  \ 
Siimoef ,  William,  il52  \  Waahiugton  nvedale, 
100;  Wa«hlD^Q  wortblpped  at  a  salot  In 
P^ortugal,  an  enpared  mtnlatare  ^^  107 }  Wheel- 
wrtght,  Rer.  Johu'i  wife,  BS ;  Wheelwright  deed. 
350 


Qiirrici«  —  Ball  —  Pratt  —  Vayie  —  n«  we,  lOT  i 
Brown  estate,    403  \    Howard  — Ht  win,    S53  } 
Lrttin.  81  j  LewU^Turner,  465  \    INtk,  Ji»hn, 
a52  \  Puffer,  Matthiaa,  403  \  Beed— KitUncmd, 
465 
Rf plies, — Tomato,  the,  6>2 
Old  Uoufca  hi  Easex  County,  383 
Orclert,  military,  to  CapC  Parsani^  oompaiiy  on  dntj 

at  Charlcatown,  Mass.  (1737),  454 
OrdicMtlon  Bock*  near  Tamworth,  N.  H.,  72 
Pedigrees.  —  I^lnbrl.lfic,   W  ;    ticUl,  173  5    Green- 
wood, 303  ;  Heoshaw,  115  ;  WUlia,  IbO 
Portraits— 

Curtii,  NaUtaniel,  1 ,  Henshaw^on.  Jodina,  103i 
Hofiper.  BobtTt,  263  \   Preecott,   Wm.  H.,  225  | 
Weld^  lion,  Btcphen  Minot,  381 ;  WendeU,  Jac<d>, 
420 
Preble  arma,  de^crlptioa  of  the,  310 
Proteet  by  the  BekcCiDen  of  l^rentham  agalnjt  « 

proposed  dirlsion  of  that  Town  (ITiO),  445 
Province  Bale  list  (1723),  tor  Oroenlawl,  N.  U.,  453 

Record*— 

Dorcheater,  M»s».,  43  \  Bftrtftwd,  Conn.,  102 1 
Milton,  Haas,  440;  Newington,  N.  U.,  23,  IM 
EefTicide*.  GofTc  and  Wbalky,  Msrch  warrauta  for 

the  (1661).  346 
Bemnfifttnince  from  C'oL  Jonathan  Ward^  regimetit 
(1775 \  ftgalDat  secret  euciBiea,  with  notlcca  of  tba 
sigD'.fs.  10 
Bepor!  • '  '^         "'  ''on  the  Graota  mod  Clalmi  of 

Beh  H4 

BogtiT/s  I,  425 

Boll  of  Lapu  i'laiu  i  W«bb^t  ootopiiny,  4th  Gooneetl- 

cot  rcfimeDt,  in  the  war  of  the  BerohitlOD,  ^1 
Boiaater,  Brayan,  Petitioci  lo  Ihe  Qenenl  AnemblT^ 

of  CosinecUcut  (1664),  450 
SAM»\tury  (SioM.)  men  in  the  Crown  Point  ejEpedStioa, 

330 
&hool,  Ft«e,  ftnt  in  UMSftohoaetts  eu]>ported  by  & 

tas(Ue>lham,  1044),  106 
ScHI— SUii^enKKO— Tromhte^ChLsholiDe  — Shtnrually, 

fid 
8oott,  Richard,  of  Provtdence,  B.  I.,  Bneage  of,  13 
Slgnbottnl^  punnlnp,  32.  401 
Soldiers^  Monomt-nts,  iktlk-ation  of— 

Antkiain,  Alii-,  SO  ^  Botitpa,  independent  Cndot 
moDttniritt^  Mt.  Aabiim,  Mais,,  87 ;  Brlmfield, 
Maes.,  35;  DeerOd*!,  Musa.,  U;  Ik^rcbrst^r, 
Maas..80i  Rah  Wa#hbigton,  N.  H  ,  h7  ;  liraf* 
too,  Maaa.,  87  ;  Lerjoiinater,  Maas.,  80  ;  RerUug, 
MaM,36 
Spectacle  Island  In  Bovtoii  Barhor,  Deed  of,  toBamoeJ 

BIU,DrBoaion,47 
TiUicn  arms,  dfcscription  of  the,  317 

Towns^ 

Antictain,  Md-,  SOj   Ashby,  Mait.,  89  ;  Attl*- 
borouKh,  Maaa.,  444  ;  Bangor,  Me,,  351  ;  Ber«r. 
]y,  Maia.,  89 1  Bradrord,  Mm».  440  \  BHmtSeld,  ] 
Maia.,  85  ;    Conway,  Maat.,  80 )  Dartmouth, 
Mass^OO;  Deerfield,  Maaa.,  80  ;  Dcxvhestcr,  Ms., 
43,30  ;  Boat  Washington,  N.  H.,  87;  Fishlrlll, 
n.  Y.,  88  ;  Grafton,  Masa.,  37  ;  Orvf'nienil,  N. 
B.f451;  Hartfonf,  Conn.,  1412?   Ilohbardftinj,  1 
Mo&s.,  89  \    Ipewicb,   Masa^  149  ;    Lanctiatcr,  I 
Ma^  ,  282  ;  U-oininster,M&ss.  8«  ,  Y^^^-n. » 
Tt^  349  ;  MiUot>,  Mas*.,  359,  440  j  > 
Conn.,   459  J    Newtngton,   N.  H.,    . 
447;    Newpcfll,  B,  I,  361 :  Nortli   :.... 
Conn.,  3S7  |  Belmboth,  Mass.,  444  ;  Pon^niouth^  i 
N.  IL,  393  i  SJerJiDjr,  Mosa  ,  Sfi  i  Tomworth,  N. 
H.,  72  ;  WestminsttTj  Vt-,  89  ?  Woodhrtdif<r,  N,  i 
J.,  343  \  Worcester,  Maiev,  88  s  Wrenthazn,  Me., 
446  ] 

Vessels  of  War  hallt  at  Portsmouth,  N.U.C1090^| 
1803),  493 

Wanl,  &r,  Jfthn,  of  Ipswich,  Magi.,  WOl  of  (1682),  3ll 

Welch  Dmiliy  of  Totyla,  335 

WwtMTi  namps,  origin  of,  489 

WhiLBeM,  Rev.  Geurge,  303 

Qfimeyi  GrUell,  44  }  Jewell,  Thomu,  43  ;  Ward, 
Dr.  John,  31 
WUton,  N.  H.,  Form  on  Lhe  fhll  of  the  meetlng-hooM 

la  (1773),  aa^t 


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NEW   ENGLAND 
HISTORICAL  AND  GENEALOGICAL  REGISTER. 


ToL.  xxn. 


JANUARY,   1868. 


No.  1. 


I 


MEMOIR  OF  NATHANIEL  CURTIS,  ESQ. 


[Wk  take  pleasure  in  laying  before  our  readers  a  memoir  of  one, 
who  died  not  many  years  since,  and  who  is  etill  remembered  by  many 
wof  the  living  with  great  respect 

H  The  name  of  Natbanikl  Cortts  belongs  on  that  roll  of  distinguished 
mr  '  nts  who  gave  to  BoRton  a  name  for  mercantile  integrity;  saga- 
I  :  enterprise,  and  who  laid  the  foundation  of  her  credit  in  the 

K  ciiief  markets  of  the  world,  upon  which  the  State  itself  during  many 
V  yetrs  past  has  had  repeated  occasioivs  to  rely,  and  never  in  vain. 
"  This  credit  and  fame  have  become  the  inheritance  of  the  Common- 
vvalth.  Let  thera  be  perpetuated  by  the  prpsent  generation  I 
Lei  her  merchants,  now  enjoying  far  more  wealth  with  the  added 
advaQcementa  made  in  Science  and  Art,  and  their  application,  see  to 
Ui  it  that  they  do  not  forget  the  example  of  their  predeceseore  ;  that 
Uiej  too  hereafter  may  receive  the  credit  of  that  enterprise  which 
the  times  demand,  if  Boston  is  to  retain  what  she  now  has; — still  more. 
if  the  ie  to  advance  to  that  pitch  of  commercial  prosperity  of  which 
At  is  capable,  and  to  which  she  is  entitled. ^£d.] 

The  sobject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Boston,  on  the  17th  of  March, 
!TT4.  at  the  residence  of  his  parents,  Nathaniel  and  Eiizabeth  (Cur- 
tis) Cartis,  situated  on  the  east  side  of  Orange*  now  Washington  street^ 
being  the  estate  bordering  south  on  what  is  now  known  as  Dover 
Urcet.  He  was  christened  by  Rev.  Mather  Byles,  D.D.,  the  first 
piAlor  of  llollis  street  Church. 

He  descended  from  those  who  were  among  the  earliest  of  the  famiHes 

which  emigrated  to  the  shores  of  Massachusetts   from  England.     In 

Bradfonl'ft  Appendix  to  his  History  of  Plymouth  Plantation,  in  the 

M    r   iriTrn  of  the  passengers   in   the   '' Maytiower/'    on   her   first 

ij-\  :i  i^;  following  is  recorded  :  **  Among  y*  names  of  those  who 

1  1  ui^i  in  y*  year  1620  were  Mr.  William  Mollines  (modernized 
M  .  i  I  1  and  his  wife  and  two  children,  Joi^eph  and  Priscilla,  and  a 
Kcrt  Carter.  Mr.  MolUnes,  his  wife,  fiis  sone  and  his  ser- 
•  *i  i  first  winter,  only  his  doughter  Priscilla  survived,  and  mar* 

lied  wttli  John  Alden."  Samuel  Bass  and  Anne  his  wife  came  out 
hi  1630,  and  settled  in  Roxbury^  but  in  1640  removed  to  Braintree, 

VoT.  XXIL  1 


Memoir  of  Nuifuiniel  Curlisj  Eiq. 


[January 


now  Quiocy,  He  was  deacon  of  the  church  over  fifty  years  ;  repre- 
Bentative  of  the  town  twelve,  and  died  at  the  age  of  94  years.  Ilis 
eon  John  married  Ruth,  daughter  of  John  and  Pnscilla  (Mollines) 
A  Men  ;  from  which  last  cunple  the  subject  of  thw  memoir  was  a  de- 
scendant of  the  fifth  degree,  in  the  maternal  line.  William  Curtis 
and  Sarah  his  wife  came  out  from  L<mdon  in  1632,  and  settled  in 
Roxbury.  The  Boston  and  Providence  Railroad  intersects  the  grounds 
he  possessed*  where  t!ie  Boylstoo  Street  Station-house  is  situatc^d,  and 
the  homestead  is  still  the  property  of  one  of  his  lineal  descendants, 

Ilis  son  Philip  was  a  Lieutenant  in  Captain  Henchman's  company, 
which  left  Bustyn,  November  1,  1675,  to  rescue  two  youths  whom  the 
aavages  had  captured  at  Marlborough.  On  the  fourth  day  the  Indian 
plantation  was  reached,  au  attack  made,  and  the  youths  rescued  ; 
but  Lii*ut,  Curtis  and  several  of  the  company  were  killed.  The  en- 
gagement took  place  about  ten  miles  beyond  where  the  town  of  Men- 
dor*  is  situated* 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  of  the  fourth,  and  the  mother  of  the 
fifth  generation  from  the  saiil  William  :  she  being  the  daughter  of  hia 
father's  kinsman,  the  Rev.  Philip  and  Elizabeth  (Bass)  Curtis,  great 
granddaughter  of  John  and  Ruth  (Alden)  Baas,  and  sister  of  Rev. 
Edward  Bass,  D.D.,  who  was  the  first  Episcopal  Bishop  of  Massacha- 
setts,  and  who  was  ordained  in  England.  Rhode  Island  and  New 
Hampsfilre  also  put  themselves  under  his  jurisdiction.  He  graduated 
at  Harvard  College  in  1744. 

It  is  related  of  his  paternal  grandfather,  that  when  quite  a  young 
man,  and  visiting  at  a  friend's  house,  he  was  questioned  by  the  lady, 
why  he  did  not  marry.  lie  sportively  replied,  he  would  wait  for  h* 
daughter,  then  sleeping  in  the  cradle  ;  and  what  was  spoken  in  jest, 
afterwards  proved  reality,  for  MehitabJe  Crafts  became  the  wife  of] 
Isaac  Curtis.  The  Rev.  Philip  Curtis  was  the  first  of  the  name  who 
graduated  at  Harvard  College.  He  graduated  in  1738,  and  was 
ordained,  in  1743,  pastor  of  the  ch  irch  of  the  2d  precinct  of  Stoughton, 
eubsequently  incorporated  as  a  town  hy  the  name  of  Sharon  ;  and 
there  officiated  54  years.  IIo  fitted  youth  for  college  ;  among 
others »  the  celebrated  councillor,  and  al\er wards  Governor  of  Massa- 
chusetts, Christopher  Gore.  His  son  Samuel  graduated  at  Harvardj 
in  i766»  entered  into  the  study  and  practice  of  medicine,  and  settled 
in  Marlborough,  lie  was  a  man  of  influence,  and  held  various  ofilces, 
fiucli  as  selectman,  and  member  of  committee  of  correspondence 
Losing  his  wife  and  child*  he  was  induced  to  embark  as  surgeon  in 
the  frigate  '*  Hancock,'*  of  32  guns,  commissioned  by  Washington, 
and  commanded  by  the  celebrated  Capt.  John  Manly,  who  made  many 
valuable  captures.  She  had  several  sharp  engagements,  but  was  ulti- 
mately captured  by  the  "  Rainbow,'*  of  mtich  superior  force,  and  car- 
ried into  Halifax,  July,  1717.  On  landing,  Dr.  Curtis  recognized  among 
the  spectators  viewing  the  rebels,  one  of  the  family  of  Commodore 
Joshua  Loring,  of  the  British  Navy,  who  had  married  his  aunt.  He  ad- 
dressed a  note  to  him.  asking  aid,  and  promising  to  refund  on  his  libera- 
tion ;  but  received  no  reply,  although  on  terms  of  intimacy  before.  Capt, 
Loring  had  just  completed  and  furnished  an  elegant  mansion  at  Jamaica 
Plain  when  the  Colonies  revolted.  He  was  of  the  King's  mandamus 
council,  and  had  four  sons  in  the  British  service ;  and  although  it  wai 
a  painful  sacrificCi  deeming  the  American  cause  just,  but  believing  it 


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Memoir  of  Natfianiet  Curti$,  Esq. 


could  not  succeed,  he  departed  for  Halifax^  saying,  I  have  always 

esieti  the  King's  tread  and  alwayw  intend  to,     flis  property  waa  con- 

fiscated,  and  the  mau8ion  became  the  property  of  David  S.  Greonougb, 

^Bs^..  and  it*  now  occupied  by  his  j^randson.     The  costly  town  huuao, 

^Bow  beinj;  erected,  is  on  a  part  of  the  estate .     One  son  of  Com.  Lur- 

^^Bnras  deputy  commissary  of  Amirican  prinoners  in  New  York,  lived 

m^llendor,  and  was  the  intimate  friend  of  Gen.  llowe.     Another  was 

soris:iH>n  of  a  British  regiment. 

After  six  months  imprisonment,  Citpt.  Manly,  his  officers  and  crew, 

were  placed  on  a  transport,  to  be  taken  to  New  York,  and  quartered 

ia  the  Jersey  priHun  gJiip.     One  nig^bt  tbcy  rose  in  mutiny,   obtained 

the  fnaslerv  and  landed  at  Salem.     Dr,  Curtis  subsequently  settled  in 

U  Amherst,  N.  IL 

H  When  our  subject  was  an  infant,  the  British  took  possession  of  Bos* 
HtOTit  and  many  of  the  inhabitants  who  were  disinclined  to  remain  in 
^uroxiniity  to  the  troops,  left  it.  His  parents  withdrew  to  the  abode 
^HUbis  maternal  gramifiitber,  Rev.  Philip  CurtiSp  at  Stoughtou,  and 
BlMaiDed  until  the  town  was  evacuated  by  the  British  forces  on  the 
nth  of  March,  1770,  and  the  second  anniversary  of  his  birth.  During" 
the  »ojour(»  of  the  family  in  the  country,  as  stated  above,  hie  father 
having  a  vessel  lying  at  Salem  took  her  to  Gloucester,  loaded  her 
with  iUb,  and  rnnriing  out  under  cover  of  the  night,  evaded  the  British 
emiscrs  and  proceeded  to  the  Island  of  Barbadocs,  then,  as  it  was 
tapposed^  under  tlie  French.  Arriving  in  the  evening,  he  was  board- 
ed froni  a  British  frigate,  and  his  vessel  brought  to  anchor  undercover 
of  her  guns.  But  his  crew  was  not  taken  out,  nor  were  an  officer 
itid  men  put  on  board.  Fortunately  fur  him,  a  heavy  gale  blowing 
oat  of  the  harbor  accompanied  with  squalls  of  rain,  sprung  up  that 
Bight,  caiiwing  vesseU  to  drag  their  anchors.  The  frigate^s  crew 
Wit  •]&*!  with  her,  Capt.  Curtis  cut  his  cable,  and  drove  to  sea 

wit  I  ig  discovered.     The  Island  was  then  in  possession  of  the 

BriltBh.  Running  down  to  St.  Knstatja,  a  neutral  Dutch  Island,  he 
loM  his  cargo  very  favorably  for  Spanish  dollars.  Nut  deeming  it 
prudent  to  return  to  Massachut^etts  Bay,  he  made  for  Stonington, 
Conn.,  arrived  there  safely,  and  returned  througli  Providence  to 
Stfjughton. 

At  this  time,  Ct»l.  Richard  Gridley,  the  chief  engineer  of  the  army, 

wti  engaged  at  Mashapoag  pond  with  a  number  of  men,  proving  sf»me 

mortar^  which  had  been  cast  to  be  placed  upon  Dorchester  heights, 

to  t>c»[nl>ard  the  town  or  ships  in  the  harbor,     Capt.  Curtis,  having 

iomc  knowledge  of  gunnery  acquired  in  the  French   war,  volunteered 

to  *J!»«ist  Col.  Gridley,      Meanwhile,  an    impostor  rode  through  the 

,  stating  that  the  British   had   marched  out  of  Boston;    had 

udicd  Milton  bridge,   and   were  devastating  all  before  them. 

*Api.  Curtis  returned  home  to  find  the  family  Hed  to  the  woods,  ex- 

I  a  faithful  negro,  who  had  put  out  the  fires  and  armed  himself 

iih  a  heavy  club,  with  which  he  said  he  was  determined  to   defend 

e  house.     He  said  that  the  bags  of  money  were  in  the  well,  and 

loimed  out  the  hiding  place  of  the  family. 

As  before  stated,  after  the  Briti.sh  retired  from  Boston,  the  family 

reiunted  to  their  home.     The  son^s  education  was  acquired  in   the 

luvrn  schools,  and  partly  perhaps  in  one  held  in  Pleasant  street,  as  a 

ipt  ijiveo   the  father  runs   thus:  —  **  Boston,   June   6th,   1780. 


4  Mmmt  of  Nathaniel  Curtu^  Eiq.  [January, 

Bec*d  of  NathaTiiel  Curtis,  Two  handred  and  fifty  cigbt  ponndg  ten  f 
flhillinga  £  money  in  consideration  whereof^  wc  as  a  Committee  of 
the  proprietors  of  School  house  in  ward  No,  12  in  Pleasant  St,,  do 
grant,  sell  and  convey  to  said  Curtis,  one  thirty-second  part  of  s* 
school  house  and  the  land  belonging'  to  the  same,  agreeable  to  the 
deed  of  Mr.  Spamhawk,  he  conforming  himself  to  the  rules  and  regu- 
lations of  saitl  Proprietors.  (Signed)  Ebenezer  Dorr,  Wm.  Canning- 
ham,  Jolin  May,  Amnsa  Davis,  J.  Farrington,  Committee. "  He 
attended  school  perhaps  a  part  of  the  time  in  West  street ;  for  when 
the  great  confiagralion  of  April,  1787,  consumed  in  its  fury  all 
the  buihlings — over  100  in  nambcr*  and  some  of  them  elegant  and 
costly — from  Beach  to  Nassau,  now  Common  street,  on  both  sides  of 
Washington  street,  then  Orange  street,  he,  on  returning  from  school, 
entered  IIoIHh  street  Church,  then  enveloped  in  flames,  and  secured 
the  pew  cushicj^ns  and  psalm  books.  He  had  then  just  completed  his 
twelfth  year. 

Having  finished  his  education,  he  entered  the  commercial  hoose  of 
Leature  <St  n3'maD,  doing  business  with  Holland  ;  Mr.  Leature  bein^ 
Dutch  Consul.  This  house  dissolving,  he  entered  the  counting  room 
of  David  Greene,  Esq..  an  eminent  merchant.  In  this  house  he  re- 
mained until  his  mercantile  training  was  snfficientlj  accomplished, 
A  relative  of  Mr.  Greene's,  by  marriage,  being  about  to  go  on  a 
voyage  to  Demerara,  he  embarked  with  him,  having  a  predilection  for 
the  sea,  and  thus  continuing,  he  soon  became  supercargo,  then  master 
likewise,  and  in  very  early  manhood  became  prominent  in  the  exercise 
of  these  two  vocations  combined.     In   December,   n£>l,  he  went  as 

{*oint  supercargo  with  Capt.  Samuel  Cobb,  witli  an  assorted  cargo  be* 
onging  to  Mr.  Ralph  Smith,  for  disposal  in  North  Carolina.  The  pro- 
ceeds were  invested  in  the  staple  commodities  of  that  section,  and  the 
vessel  despatched  with  them  to  Oporto,  Spain,  He  remained,  settled 
up  the  business,  and  received  the  consignment  of  another  vessel 
which  soon  followed.  Her  cargo  was  sold,  and  the  vessel  ordered 
back  to  Boston  with  the  proceeds,  in  conformity  with  instructions. 
In  October,  IT 92,  he  was  appointed  by  his  father  and  Mr.  Smith  mas- 
ter and  supercargo  of  the  schooner  Sally,  of  100  tons,  and  made  sev* 
eral  voyages  to  the  Islands  of  Martin iqtie  and  Guadaloupe. 

At  this  time,  there  were  in  Roxbury,  west  of  the  cross-road  lead- 
ing from  the  Mill  Dam,  known  as  Parker  street,  establishments  for 
the  packing  of  provisions,  soap,  candles,  &c.  There  this  vessel,  and 
another  belonging  to  the  same  parties,  usually  loaded  with  these  arti- 
cles. The  channel  of  approach  then  was  where  Arlington,  the  finest 
street  in  the  city,  now  is,  and  there  was  then  nine  feet  of  water  in  it  at 
low  tide.  The  back  bay  then  was  an  expansive  and  beautiful  sheet 
of  water- 

In  November,  1794,  he  went  to  Havre,  in  the  schooner  Neptune,  of 
only  60  tons,  with  a  cargo  of  gum  Senegal,  whalebone,  oil,  &c,,  consign- 
ed to  him  by  Messrs.  Loring  &  Curtis  of  Boston,  and  Joseph  Thomas 
of  Plymouth,  Having  disposed  of  his  cargo,  and  invested  the  pro- 
ceeds in  laces,  cambrics,  looking-glass  plate,  window-glass.  &c.,  he  sent 
the  vessel  homo,  and  Hubsequently  received  from  tfiem  another  consign- 
ment ;  on  disposing  of  which,  he  proceeded  to  Hamburg  to  attend  to  an- 
other vessel  sent  to  his  address  by  Messrs.  Curtis  &  Loring.  to  that  port. 
Ho  spent  the  winter  in  France,  and  was  there  at  the  downfall  of  Robea- 


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Memoir  of  Nathaniel  Curtit,  Esq. 


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pierre.  It  maj  be  remarked  that  he  was  then  only  in  his  tweDticth 
year,  and  that  be  had  assumed  reaponsibilities  and  had  trusts  confided 
t0  biiD  at  ao  unusually  early  period  of  life. 

Mr.  Loriog  was  the  father  of  the  universally  lamented  jurist,  the 
Imie  Charles  Greely  Loring,  and   Mr.  Curtis  was  the  father  of  the  late' 
Charles  Felham  Curtis,  and  of  Thomas  Buckminster  Curtis,  now  abroad  ; 
par  nobiiefrairum. 

In  September,  1795,  he  proceeded  to  Charleston.  S.  C.»  and  took 
cooiroand  of  the  ship  "Diana/'  her  master  having  died;  and  fol- 
lowed the  Liverpool  trade  When  at  the  latter  port,  in  November, 
1796,  he  transferred  his  command  to  the  ship  "  Commerce/'  proceeded 
itt  her  to  Philadelphia,  and  cuntinued  tu  run  between  New  York  and 
Liverpool,  until  he  left  her  on  a  return  passage  to  Boston,  In  Jtily» 
1797. 

Oa  the  8d  of  the  following  August,  he  was  married  to  iliss  Hosan- 
na  Beed,  of  Georgetown,  District  of  Maine.  Rusaona,  when  12  yeara 
of  age,  and  her  sister  Elizabeth  14,  heinx  favorites  of  their  aunt  Mrs. 
Elisahetli  (Reed)  Parker,  wife  of  John  Parker*  Esq.,  were  taken  and 
broaght  up  by  Ihem  (they  having  no  children),  with  all  the  aftection- 
ale  care  that  loving  parents  ccmld  have  bestowed.  The  elder  was 
named  for  her  aunt  and  married  John  Agry,  Esq,  of  Ilallowell,  Me, 

Entertaining  the  opinion  that  he  should  now  enjoy  the  comforts  of 
&  home  better  than  the  perils  of  the  sea,  he  purchased  in  Boothbay, 
Me.  (the  ptaco  of  his  wife's  nativity),  lying  on  the  coast  where  the 
fisheries  were  carried  on  to  some  extent,  a  house,  wharf,  store,  and  a 
stock  of  goods,  and  commenced  trade.  Ucre,  on  the  5th  of  May, 
179$,  his  son  was  born. 

Having,  hitherto,  led  a  life  of  activity,  his  present  occupation  after 
trial  proved  too  wearisome  and  monotonons,  and  consequently  in  the 
«(>ring  of  1800  he  disposed  of  his  property  there,  returned  to  Boston, 
occupied  a  house  in  Clark  street,  opposite  Dr.  Elliot's  Church,  and 
took  possession  uf  the  quarter-deck  again.  On  a  voyage  to  St.  Kilts,  he 
was  taken  by  a  French  armed  vessel  and  carried  to  Cayenne,  but  by  the 
infloence  of  a  friend  at  Antigua  his  vessel  was  released.  His  nautical 
career  was  now  drawing  to  a  close,  and  terminated  in  a  voyage  in  the 
Rathy  to  lAindun.  She  was  loaded  by  his  father,  Mr.  Josiah  Knapp, 
and  himself,  and  returned  via  Oottenburo^,  with  a  cargo  of  iron.  lie 
tht:n  iold  the  vessel  to  the  Hon,  William  Gray,  the  largest  ship  owner 
m  tlie  United  States. 

Tbe  winter  of  1822  and  23«  he  passed  at  Savannah,  purchasing  cot- 

D  and  shipping  it  to  Liverpool  on  account  of  Messrs.  Gardner  L. 
Qbmdler,  Ilenry  Wainwright,  John  Smith  and  Henry  Chapman,  all  of 
Bo§toti.  On  his  return  in  the  spring,  he  thereafter  remained  perma- 
Matly  in  Boston,  doing  business  on  his  own  account,  and  on  commis- 
Ml.  He  was  sometimes  interested  in  vessels  and  voyages  with 
Katbantcl  Curtis  and  Sons,  his  father  having  taken  his  next  two 
brothers  in  business  with  him.  Two  other  brothers  soon  after  settled 
in  the  Danish  Island  of  St.  Croix,  did  a  successful  businesR  for  many 
feara^  and  at  one  time  owned  a  plantation.  He  kept  vessels  rnnning 
ia  the  trade  for  a  long  period.  After  the  war  of  181*2  was  ended. 
loeaied  on  India  whart\  he  had  almost  the  entire  importations  of  rum 
md  sagar  from  St,  Croix,  for  several  consecutive  years.  He  sold  in 
one  week  1 630  poncheons  or  hogsheads  of  rum  ;   probably  nearly  as 

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much  as  in  now  imported  in  ten  years.  Then,  however,  it  was  not  all 
8o!d  for  hurae  consumption  ;  but  partly  for  exportation,  thereby  ob- 
taining a  drawback  or  return  of  duty,  and  was  reshipped  to  various 
parts  of  the  globe. 

Having,  in  connection  with  others,  purchased  Rowe's  wharf,  and 
obtained  an  act  of  incorporation,  he  removed  into  one  of  the  new  stores 
erected  thereon,  in  which  he  remained  until  he  retired  from  active 
business  in  1826, 

From  the  commencement  to  the  close  of  his  mercantile  course,  he 
owned  shipping,  comprising  every  rig  and  class,  generally  by  himself, 
sometimes  in  connection  with  others,  lie  despatched  them  to  various 
points  : — Cadiz,  Lisbon,  Bordeaux,  and  the  Mediterranean,  and  regular- 
ly to  the  Havana,  &c.  During  the  war  of  1812,  a  number  of  mer- 
chants, of  whom  ho  was  one,  purchased,  loaded  and  despatched  to 
New  Orleans  three  Baltimore  clippers,  put  into  shares,  designing  to 
keep  them  running  to  that  port*  Two,  however,  were  captured  be- 
fore oompleting  the  voyage  i  >und.  The  third  succeeded  in  retunnng- 
to  Boston,  and  the  profits  resulting  therefrom  made  up  for  the  loss  of 
the  other  two*  Although  he  never  had  a  partner  in  business,  yet  he 
was  often  interested  in  vessels  or  voyages  with  others  ;  such  as 
Messrs.  Bryant  &  Sturgis,  Daniel  Pinckney  Parker,  &c.,  the  canvass 
whitening  distant  seas. 

His  interest  in  navigation  terminated  with  the  ship  **  Bowditch/^  of 
the  largest  and  finest  class  of  her  day»  owned  by  himself  and  his 
brother  Caleb  Curtis,  and  named  in  compliment  to  the  iilustrious  Na- 
thaniel Bowditch.  This  ship  probsibly  made  the  shortest  run  on 
record  from  the  Balize  to  the  city  of  New  Orleans,  in  fourteen  hours 
and  twenty  minntes.  Her  last  voyage  before  being  Rold  was  from 
Havana  to  St.  Petersburg,  with  sugar,  three-fourths  on  account  of  the 
father  and  uncle  of  the  comely  and  youthful  supercargo,  and  one 
fourth  on  the  owners'  account.  In  these  latter  days  this  individual 
was  sent  to  Congress  from  one  of  the  Suffolk  districts,  and  the  master 
of  the  ship  was  a  candidate  in  the  other  district  at  the  same  time  ; 
and  some  of  his  friends  entertained  the  belief  that  if  there  had  not 
been  unfairness  in  the  count,  he  would  \mve  been  declared  elected. 
In  which  case  a  singular  coincidence  would  have  occurred.  The 
latter  established  the  Bostun  Mercantile  Journal,  now  one  of  the 
leading  papers  of  the  day,  and  having  the  greatest  circulation. 

His  mother  died  in  1794,  and  his  father  afterwards  married  Mrs 
Lydia  White,  who  possessed  property  in  her  own  right.  His  father 
died  in  1806,  and  he  administeried  on  the  estate.  He  purchased  of 
the  heirs  that  portion  of  the  estate  on  Washington  street,  on  the 
div^ision  thereof,  then  extending  across  Front  street,  now  Harrison 
avenue,  to  the  channel  where  the  draw  of  the  Dover  street  bridge 
IB*  The  house  is  106  years  old,  and  in  possession  of  his  heir  at  law 
who  bears  his  name.  The  ground  floor  and  adjacent  buildings  are 
converted  into  shops. 

In  1778,  the  town  granted  to  Stephen  Gore  and  thirteen  others,  of 
which  his  father  was  one,  land  on  both  sides  of  Washington  street, 
beginning  south  of  Dover  street  and  ending  beyond  where  the  Catholic 
Cathedral  is  being  erected,   1400  feet  from  north  to  south,  and  e 
tending  200  feet  west  of  Washington,  and  embracing  all  east  of  th 
street  to  low  water  mark*    This  grant  wae  on  condition  of  erectio] 


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Mmmnr  of  Nathaniel  Curtu,  Enq, 


cert&lti  barriers  to  keep  off  the  eea,  which  Bometimes  waahed  across 

the  land  fVom  east  to  west.     An  indenture  of  partition   waa  made 

among  these  proprietors  into  fourteen  lots  on  both  eidee  of  Waehing* 

n  street*     Mr.  Curtie^B  lot  was  embraced  in  what  is  now  Ashland 

lace* 

On  removing  to  Boston,  he  purchased  a  pew  in  the  Federal  Street 
Church  prior  to  the  settlement  of  the  Rev,  Mr.  Channing,  and  was 
one  of  the  committee  wfio  built  the  beautiful  Gothic  structure  in  1809, 
bich  has  been  lately  superseded  by  the  new  church  in  Arlington 
street.  He  and  his  wife  were  coromunicantB  of  this  church,  and  con- 
iuued  to  worship  in  it  until  he  resided  permanently  at  Jamaica  Plain, 
He  was  chosen  fireward  in  1808,  and  continued  in  office  until  1820. 
Subsequently  he  received  the  following  testimonial  from  the  citizens 
of  BoatoD  ; — 

"  At  a  legal  meeting  of  the  Freeholders  and  others,  Inhabit- 
^  auta  of  the  Town  of  Boston,  hoi  den  on  the  12th  day  of  March, 
^LA.D.  1821^ — Vot^d,  that  the  thanks  of  tlie  Town  be  presented  to 
H^iithaniet  Curtis,  Esq,  for  his  faithful  services  as  a  Fireward  for  many 
Hyears  past.  Attest,  Thos.  Clark,  Town  Clerk J^ 

"     He  was  a  Representative  of  the  Town  from  181D  to  1819  inclusive, 
ind,  in  1820,  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Convention  for  the  amend- 
^  ment  of  the  State  Constitution, 

H     While  he  resided  in  Roxbury,  he  was  sent  as  Representative  from 
^■that  town^  for  four  years. 

^P  He  originated  a  project  for  converting  the  South  Bay  into  a  full 
^^  basin,  by  damming  the  South  Boston  bridge,  and  opening  an  inlet  at 
the  termination  of  the  buy  which  makes  up  between  the  II eights  of 
South  Boston  and  Dorchester,  at  the  point  where  a  narrow  strip  con- 
nects the  two,  where  the  old  road  and  turnpike  intersected  each  other, 
tnd  over  which  the  water  flowed  in  high  courses  of  the  tide  into  the 
.South  Bay,  The  intention  was  to  have  the  ingress  from  the  sea 
throagh  this  inlet,  and  egress  through  gates  at  the  South  Boston 
Bridge.  There  would  have  been  sufficient  water  in  the  basin  to  ac- 
commodate the  sliipping  of  that  period,  as  their  tonnage  was  much  less 
than  is  that  of  the  present  day ;  the  difference  in  size  being  more  than 
double.  The  Hon.  William  Sullivan,  a  leading  member  of  the  Suffolk 
Bar,  and  other  inflaential  citizens,  favored  the  design  ;  but  the  war  of 
1812  iaten^ening,  the  scheme  was  abandoned,  and  never  thereafter 
levlved. 

In  1SI6,  he  waa  one  of  the  applicants  for  the  charter  of  the  Mer* 
ebanta'  Insurance  Company^  so  successful  under  the  presidency  of  his 
ktghlj  esteemed  friend,  the  late  Joseph  Balch,  Esq.,  and  was  one  of 
Ihe  directors  for  many  years.  lie  remained  director  in  the  Tremont 
Kink  until  he  retired  from  business.  He  was  also  one  of  the  first 
lioard  in  the  South  Cove  Corporation,  and  was  treasurer  of  the  South 
Bo0tc>n  bridge.  Gov.  Lincoln  appointed  him  Justice  of  the  Peace, 
which  comfnission  was  renewed  by  several  of  his  successors.  He  waa 
Ticc  President  of  the  Washington  Benevolent  Society  of  Massachu- 
ielt0*  of  which  Hon.  Josiah  Quincy  was  President,  which  existed  more 
HMm  half  a  century  ago,  but  Is  long  since  extinct ;  and  President  of 
tke  Boston  Marine  Society  for  the  usual  term  of  three  years. 

H«  waa  often  chosen  to  act  on  cases  of  reference,  particularly  in 
maritiiiie  matters*    fie  had  the  settlement  of  some  estates  of  great 


8  Mmmr  of  Naihankl  Curtis,  Esq.  [January, 

ralae.  In  coimection  with  President  J.  Q,  Adams  and  the  widow  of 
Ward  N.  Boylstuii,  he  was  executor  and  trustee  in  conformity  with 
the  latter^s  will.  In  token  of  regard  and  friendship,  Mr.  Bojlston  be- 
queathed him  $1000. 

In  and  after  1319,  he  spent  his  summers  at  Jamaica  Plain,  passing 
his  winters  at  his  residence  in  South  street,  but,  on  his  subsequent 
withdrawal  from  business,  remained  out  of  town  the  year  round. 
When  domiciliated  there,  however,  he  was  not  permitted  to  remain 
unoccupied. 

At  this  period  there  was  only  one»  called  the  third,  church  in  Rox- 
bury,  at  Jamaica  Plain,  of  which  the  ^ood  and  guileless  Rev.  Thomas 
Gray.  D.D.,  was  pastur.  Our  suhjoct  ere  lung  was  placed  upon  tho 
Parish  Cummittee»  and  thereafter  chosen  treasurer  of  the  church. 
When  lie  resigned  this  office  at  the  close  of  1831,  *'  the  unanimous 
thanks  of  the  church"  were  presented  to  him  '*  for  bis  very  fViithftil 
and  successful  services  therein  during  the  time  he  officiated.''  He 
was  also,  for  many  years,  one  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Eliot  School, 
established  from  funds  left  for  that  purpose  by  the  "  apostle/'  so  called, 
of  that  name*  On  his  resignation  in  January,  1856,  the  trustees 
voted  :— 

"  That  the  thanks  of  this  Board  be  presented  to  Nathaniel  Cur- 
tis, Esq,,  for  his  able  and  faithful  services  during  more  than  a 
quarter  of  a  century  in  this  board,  over  which  he  has  been  unani- 
mously elected  chairman  for  successive  years.  Under  his  presiding 
care  our  meetings  have  been  uniformly  pleasant,  and  the  school  in  all 
its  interests  has  prospered. 

'*  Voiedf  that  an  attested  copy  of  the  above  vote  be  transmitted  to 
Capt.  Curtis  by  the  Secretary,  ^ 

"  A  true  copy.  Attest,  Lutbkr  M,  Uarkis,  Secretary, ^^     ( 

He  likewise  served  as  one  of  the  Overseers  of  the  Poor,  for  the  third 
parish  of  the  town  of  R  ox  bury,  for  several  years. 

On  the   1st  of  iSeptomber,   1840,  he  accompanied  the  Hon,   Juhn- 
Quincy  Adams  and  his  son,  the  presejit  Minister  to  Great  Britain,  o 
a  tour  to  the  Provinces,  embarking  in  the  Cunard  Steamer  Acadia  o 
her  first  return  trip,  and  reaching  Halifax  in  forty  hours  from  whai 
to  wharf     After  visiting  the  places  of  interest  in  New  Brnnswick  an 
Nova  Scotia,  the  design  was  to  pass  through  the  strait  of  Northum- 
berland or  Canso,  into  the  Gulf  of  St>   Lawrence,  and  return  by  the 
way  of  Quebec  and  Montreal.     But  the  steamer  which  plied  upon  that 
route  was  undergoing  repair,  to  wait  for  which  would  have  protracted 
their  stay  too  long  ;  consequently  that  project  was  abandoned,  and 
ihey  came  back   by  the  way  of  Holton,    through    Maine  and  New 
Hampshire.     Mr.  Adams  was  the  recipient  of  unlimited  hospitality^ 
from  the  dignitaries  in  the  Provinces,  both  civil  and  military,  as  also* 
from  distinguished  citizens.     The  Americans  on  the  route  were  lil>eral 
in  the  civilities  they  proffered  to  him.     The  excursion  aflurded  much 
pleasurable  enjoyment. 

Mrs.  Eosanna  Curtis  suddenly  departed  this  life  on  the  2d  of  Pebru- 
ary,  1841,  aged  65  years,  and  on  the  following  Sabbath  Dr.   Gra; 
preached  a  very   impressive  discourse^  applicable  to  the  sorrowful 
event,    Mr.  Curtis  married,  for  his  second  wife,  Mrs.  Abigail  B.  Leeds, 
who  survives  him.     He  died  after  a  brief  and  severe  illness,  which 
bore  with  the  utmost  fortitude,  on  the  7th  of  April,  185T,  aged 


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Original  Letter /ram  Benjamin  Franklin, 


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years.  His  descendants  are  a  son,  a  granddaughter  and  two  grand- 
sons ;  all  mamed,  and  all  haying  issue  ;  the  issue  being  two  girls  and 
three  bojs  living,  one  girl  and  two  boyt*  dead. 

Nathaniel  Curtis  was  of  a  light  and  ruddy  complexion,  robust  and 
ular,  broad  shouldered,  full  chested,  of  medium  height,  and  of 
t  physical  strength.  Ilis  personal  appearance  was  prepossessing, 
e  was  of  a  kindly  disposition,  but  of  a  quick  temper,  which 
knew  how  to  govern  and  control.  A  man  of  the  strictest  integrity, 
is  word  was  as  good  as  his  bund,  and  the  latter  was  ne%^er  dishonor* 
ed  during  the  whole  course  uf  his  life.  He  possessed  good  judgment 
and  a  comprehensive  and  discriminating  mind.  He  was  one  of  a  typo 
fitted  for  any  emergency,  and  whose  self-pT>B8ession  never  forsook 
iro.  ITe  was  considerate  of  others,  and  forgetful  of  self.  He  never 
ought  or  coveted  office  or  its  emoluments  ;  but  when  pressed  to 
accept  it,  if  go  disposed,  took  it  on  bimself  to  bo  useful  to  the  best 
of  hta  ability*  Gentle  and  affable,  firm  and  resolute,  he  was  possess- 
ed of  many  estimable  qualities  worthy  of  commendation  and  deserv- 
iDg  of  imitation. 


IN   ORIGINAL    LETTER   FROM   DR.    BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN 
TO  S.  C.  JOHONNOT. 

[Oomrounii^ed  hj  Johk  Jordan,  Jr.,  Esq.,  ofFhUatlelptiLa,  Pa. 

Famy,  Jun'y  7,  1182. 
Mr  Dkar  YoirsG  Friend, — I  received  your  kind  good  wishes  of  a 
namber  of  happy  years  for  me,  I  have  already  enjoy*d  and  consumed 
nearly  the  whole  of  those  allotted  me,  being  now  within  a  few  days 
of  my  TS***.  You  have  a  great  many  before  you  ;  and  their  being 
iuippy  or  otherwise  will  depend  much  on  your  owu  conduct.  If  by 
diligt^nt  study,  now,  you  improve  your  mind,  and  practice  carefully 
heruafler  the  Precepts  of  Religion  and  Virtue  you  will  have  in  your 
fKrour  the  Promise  Respecting  the  Life  that  now  is,  as  well  as  that 
which  is  to  come.  You  will  possess  true  Wisdom,  which  is  nearly 
illied  to  Happiness  ;  Length  o/dayn  are  in  her  righi  Iiand  and  in  her 
kft  hand  liivhes  and  Honours ^  all  her  Ways  are  Ways  of  FkasantnesB 
toirf  all  her  Paths  are  Peace  ! 

1  am  glad  to  hear  that  you  are  intitlcd  to  a  Prize.     It  will  be  pleas- 
\  lag  Sews  to  your  Friends  in   New  England,   that  you  have  behaved 
1 10  as  to  deserve  it,     I  pray  God  to  bless  you  a  Comfort  to  thein  and 
D  iloDoar  to  your  Country.     I  am 

Your  affectionate  Friend, 
Mr  S.  C.  Johonnot.  B.  Fbanklik. 


[TliM  le«#rh»«  never  before  liecnptibHshpd,  and  was  given,  with  other  lettcri  of  Dr. 
n%v^  "-   "    *Tr,  Jordan  hy  Williiirn  Temple  Franklin,  over  flfly  years  Ofro. 

>T  I'^imot  ira«  a  son  of  Oabncl  Johonnot,  merchimt,  of  Boston,  and  ^andnon 

U  h  amel  Cooper.    He  was  baptized  at  BrnttleSu  Chiircli,  Marrh  13,  176S;  Krad* 

,  C  17'^  i  ctJtDnleted  his  education  in  Fninc-e  and  Geneva ;  studjed  Law  uoiler  Gov, 
MaSuUlvao;  begpin  practice  fn  Portland  in  1789;  renwlncd  there  till  17?*!;  then  went 
,.A  f'n.rtk  th.  !„.n  to  Dcmt'Tfini,  where  he  mnrri«d,  and  had  iiaiie  ;  appointed  U,S. 
i)Ti»  and  died  there  in  1806.     AnU,  Vol*  vli.  p.  142  j  and  Hiti, 
. .    — Ed.1 


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BEMONSTRANCE    FROM    COL.    JONATHAN   WARD'S    REGL 

MENT,  IN  1775.  AGAINST  SECRET  ENEMIES. 

[Communicated  by  Hatha.*«iel  PAiPtr,  Esq.,  of  Worcester.] 

Worcester,  October  18,  1867 
Mb,  Editor, — The  following  Memorial  frtjm  the  32d  Regrment  of  the 
Continental  Army,  stationed  at  Dorchester  in  1775»  is  copied  from  the 
Wiginal,  in  the  possesaiun  of  the  American  Antiquarian  Society, J 
VI though  it  was  publinhed  iq  the  31a!*mchuseUs  Spy  of  Oct,  19,  1775,^ 
and  a  part  of  it  in  Lincoln's  HiHtonj  of  Worcenler^  it  may  be  new  to 
many  of  the  readers  of  your  valuabfe  magazine,  and  worth  preserving 
in  its  pages.  I  have  added  brief  notices  of  the  signers  of  this  spicj 
document,  obtained  from  FariouB  sources. 

Respectfully  Yours,  jr.  p. 


arid  House  of  Representative 
in   General  Assembly  now  Sii 


To  the  Hop..  Board  of  Counsellors 
of  the  Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay 
Hng  in  Water  town. 

The  Memorial  of  the  Company  of  foot  Raised  in  the  Town  of  Woi^ 
cester  and  now  in  the  Continental  Army,  in  the  Regiment  wliereof 
Jonathan  Ward,  E«q^  is  Colonel,  together  with  the  Principal  part  of 
said  Regiment  being  raised  ont  of  the  Counfy  of  Worcester*  Humbly 
Sheweth, 

That  the  said  Town  and  County  has  been  Intolerably  infested  with 
a  Cruel  and  Merciless  set  of  Tories,  who  Exerted  all  their  Wit,  So- 
phistry and  Influence  to  Proselyte  Slaves  to  the  Supreme  Legislative 
Power  of  the  British  Parliament,  and  to  disconcert  every  method  used 
by  the  Wise  and  Zealons  Friei^ds  of  all  the  Free,  Happy  and  most 
Noble  Constitution  of  the  Empire  and  Discovered  a  moat  Merciless, 
Enemical  temper  towards  our  Provincial  and  Colony  Charters,  Stiling 
the  srms  of  Freedom  or  Friend h  to  the  Confltitution,  Rebels  and  Trait- 
ors and  Menacing  Death  and  Cruel  Tortures  as  their  Just  and  Rcniedi* 
less  Portion.  That  when  the  Bloody  Era  commenced  atid  the  Brave 
appeared  in  Arms  to  defend  their  Invaluable  Rights  against  Troopj 
Forni'd,  Posted  and  Ordered  to  Massacre  all  that  would  not  subiuit 
their  Merciless  Decrees,  and  all  America  with  one  Heart  and  Vol 
cordially  United  to  take  up  Arms  as  their  Dernier  Resort  for  theii 
Defence ;  then  those  Hardy  Wretches  trembled,  some  coufcssM  antf 
like  Vermin  Crawl  among  the  Roots  of  Vegetables  endeavouring  to 
secret  themselves  while  they  are  a  Nuisance  to  the  cause  of  Justice 
and  Judgment,  or  in  Sheeps  Clothing  secretly  watching  for  prey  to 
gratify  their  Voratious  appetites,  or  availing  themselves  of  the  good 
Opinion  of  the  Prudent  ascend  into  places  of  Power,  ProOt,  and  Ren- 
derM  capable  ofactingtheirpredecessorJudas's  part,  when  Opportuni- 
ty favours  their  design  betray  the  good  cause  with  All  Hail  and  a  Hypo- 
critical Kiss.  That  others  fled  to  Boston,  there  to  advise  and  act  as 
Open  and  Avowed  Enemies  to  their  Bretheren,  Encouraging  the  Di 
heartened  and  Chagreen'd  Troops  to  alt  Merciless  acts  of  Violence  aii< 
Bloody  scenes.  Stimulating  the  British  Ministry  and  all  the  tools 
Tryanny  to  pursue  their  Bloody  Devices  with  all  Vengeance  upon  ui 


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Remonstrance  from  Col,  Wari't  RcgimenL 


11 


by  which  itH^ans  in  out  humble  opinion  they  have  forfeited  all  right 

■  to  American  property  and  even  their  LiveSp  with  every  Aggravation 
of  Guilt  as  did  ever  a  Bloody  set  of  Merciless  Kobbers  or  Desperate 
Pirates. 

Tbnt  as  some  of  those  Vermin  or  worse  Emissaries  of  Tyranny  are 

1;^  out  of  Boston  to  their  forfeited  seats  at  Worcester,  there  is 
to  suspect,  that  either  their  Expectations  fail  and  therefore 
would  gladly  retiirtj  to  their  funner  seats  and  profits  an  til  a  raore 
iavoorable  Opportunity  presents  to  Cary  their  Evil  Macliinaticms  into 
Sstecution  ;  or  they  are  contriving  by  Uegrees  to  Slide  back  tu  their 
Seala  and  there  to  avail  theniselves  of  the  good  opinion  of  the  People 
10  order  to  play  their  parts  to  Divide  and  Sul>divide.  or  by  some 
Ibuds  weaken  our  Union  or  to  form  some  Diiibolical  plan  for  the 
f#try  to  save  the  Supremacy  of  Parliament  under  some  soft, 
liistical.  Reconciiiatory  Forma. 
Wherelore,  we  your  humble  Memorialists  Intreat  your  Honor's  not 
puffer  any  of  those  who  Return  (however  humble  and  Penitent  they 
appear)  to  go  at  large  or  !?eturn  to  tlieir  furmcr  Seats  or  even 
be  so  far  favoured  as  to  be  Confiu'd  within  the  limits  of  Worcester, 
Itml  treat  them  as  they  deserve.  Enemies  in  a  Superlative  Degree, 
ifiue  them  Close  and  render  tf»em  incapable  of  doing  harm,  or  Return 

to  Boston  their  favorite  AsKjlum. 
Yonr  Honoris  Petitioners  can't  but  ilatt4?r  themselves  with  a  most 
iBatiguine  Expectation  of  this  so  Rational  a  Request  being  fully  Grant- 
I  ed  ;  Especially  as  we  are  Risqueing  our  Lives  in  our  Country's  Cause, 
]  it  mast  greatly  Dishearten  uk  to  hear  our  most  Ni»toriouH  Enemies  are 
tulmted  and  Winked  at ;  while  on  the  other  Hand  we  find  no  Neces- 
ftity  to  pay  our  Commander  in  Chief  for  a  Detachment  to  apprehend 
•ikI  Coutiue  Enemies  who  are  sccnrM  properly  by  our  Civil  Fathers 
under  whose  Jurisdiction   they  appear,  and  thus  Encouraged  as  io 
Duty  Bound  shall  ever  Pray. 
Camp  at  Dorchester,  Sept'  the  2T"»,  1776, 

J.  Ward, 
Signed  in  behalf  of  )  Essn'r  Cleaveland, 

said  Regiment.      J  Sktw  WAsuBUsy,        y  Oommiilee, 

Luke  Drury, 
John  Smith, 

N0TK3. 

J,  Wa»i>»  the  first  signer  of  this  spirited  memorial,  was  Col.  Jona* 

Ward,  of  SoulhboroV     He  was  born  Feb.   3,   1727,  was  son   of 

kiafi  Ward,  also  of  Southboro*.     At  the  time  of  the  battle  of 

et  Hill  he  was  Lieut.    Coh)nei  of  Artemaa    Ward^s    (afterwards 

TO.])  Regiment,  and  if  not  in  the  battle,  was  in  sight  oi  it,     Timo- 

,  of  Worcester,  was  Major  in  the  same  regiment.     Aft^r 

^rd  was  commissioned  as  Brigadier  General,  Jonathan  waa 

d  Culonel  of  the  Regiment,  and  held  that  office  when  he  signed 

u*^  ..iM»ve  memoriaL     He  died  in  Southboru*,  July  7,  1791, 

Iiicfes7int  Clb'avklakd,  Chaplain  of  Col.  Ward's  Regiment,  was  at 
TaU*  (!o| I rge  in  the  class  of  1749,  and  was  soon  after  settled  as  a 
Intijster  at  Gloucester,  Mass.  Ho  was  a  hrother  of  Rev.  Jolm  Cleave- 
liiid«  of  whom  notice  is  made  by  Dr.   ;:fprague  in  his  valuable  work 


Increase  of  Large  Citiei,  [  January, 

upon  the  Amencan  Pulpit.     In  that  work  allusion  is  made  to  Jokn  as 

being  a  Chaplain  in  a  provincial  regiment  at  Ticonderoga»  in  the  ex- 
pedition against  Louisburg  and  in  the  Continental  army  at  Cambridge 
in  nt5»  1  think  it  must  have  been  Ebenezer  who  was  the  Chap- 
lain instead  of  John,  as  stated  by  Dr.  Sprague^  for  I  find  no  mention 
of  John  as  tlic  chaplain  elsewhere,  but  in  an  orderly  book  of  Capt. 
Cushing's  company  in  CuL  Ward^s  regiment  Ebenezer  Cleaveland  is 
often  spoken  of.     He  died  at  Gloucester,  July  4,  1805. 

Seth  Wash-burn,  the  next  signer,  a  captain  in  Ward's  regiment,  was 
born  at  Bridge  water  in  1723.  He  removed  to  Leicester  about  1745, 
from  which  place  he  marched  with  his  company  to  Cambridge  on  the 
memorable  19th  of  April,  1775,  and  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Bunker 
HilK  A  full  account  of  Captain,  afterwards  Colonel  Washburn,  may 
be  found  in  Washburn- s  History  of  Leicester. 

Luke  Drcry,  also  a  captain  in  the  same  regiment,  was  from  Graf- 
ton, and  in  1774  and  '75  he  was  one  of  hie  Majcsty^s  deputy  sheriffii 
for  the  County  of  Worcester. 

John  Smith,  of  Worcester,  was  a  lieutenant  in  Capt.  Jonas  Hub-* 
bard*s  company  which  was  enlisted  in  Worcester  April  24,  1775,  and 
became  a  part  of  Gen.  Ward*8  brigade. 

Capt.  Hubbard  will  be  remembered  as  one  of  the  volunteers  under 
Arnold,  in  the  expedition  against  Quebec  in  the  fall  of  1775.  In  the 
attack  on  the  fortress  Dec.  31,  he  was  severely  wounded,  but  refused 
to  be  removed  from  the  field,  and  having  been  laid  upon  the  ice  ex- 
posed to  a  hard  snow  storm,  he  died  from  exhaustion.  His  last  words 
to  his  men  are  said  to  have  been,  *'  1  came  here  to  serve  with  you,  I 
will  stay  here  to  die  with  you.'*  ^ 

This  raeraorial  was  presented  to  the  Honorable  Board  by  Col.  WardV 
and  Captains  Washburn  and  Mellen,  as  appears  from  the  MassacktiseUa  ' 
Spy  of  Oct.  20,  1775. 


Increase  of  Large  Cities, — A  new  French  volume  prcflenta  some  intereetl 
statistic*  concerning  the  increaeein  population  of  large  cities  : — 

In    1865  the  populfttion  of  Paris  wns  calculated  at  1,863,000;  of  London,  om 
3,028,000  ;  of  Vienna,  at  500,000  ;  of  New  York,  a  year  earlier,  at  L035,3O0.    The! 
anniinl  ratio  ot  incrpasi"  per  inbahitaBtj   waa,  in  Paris,  .002  (in  other  words  100 1 
iTihaKitants  f>eeaiiie  102  in  the  yearj  ;  in  Londtm,  .0017;  at  V'ienna,  »0016;  and  at 
New  York  J  M^.    The  avcra^^e  tnimf>er  of  inhabitante  in  a  eitigle  house  k — for  Paris, 
97  ;  London,  7  ;  Viefina,  54  f  and  New  York,  H  ;  m  tliat  Vienna  ib  the  most  denfldj 

Eopulak^  Uvvfn  of  tlie  f«mr.  From  theee  data  it  aj>t>earB  that  the  iDcrease  of  p 
ition  at  New  York  is  e^^ual  to  that  of  the  three  other  towns  taken  togcthei^-^i 
ciimwtanee  owinsfi  of  txnirec,  to  the  stream  of  eiuigmtion  constantly  in  that  directionc 
la  1790  the  pop  mat  ion  of  New  York  wa«  33,131,  and  it  has  since  been  foor  times 
doubled.  With  regard  bo  the  other  towns,  Dr>  Vacher  attribiitea  their  increase  to 
the  tendemjy  of  the  country  people  U>  migrate  tii  the  lar^  c-entrefl  of  populntinn,  for 
the  mere  excess  of  births  over  deaths  cannot  account  for  this  increase.  Paris  has 
doubled  in  the  eoiirso  of  ^2  years ^  London  in  the  course  of  40,  and  Vienna  in  the 
oourBeof4^t.  Yet  the  exoefls  of  births  oTcr  deaths  in  Paris  was  only  41,934  from 
1836  to  lS5fJ,  while  the  increase  of  population  during  the  same  period  waa  305,906, 
In  London,  from  1S41  to  1861,  the  excess  of  f>irths  over  dcatlLS  was  3:>2 1,1^9;  ibe 
iacreaee  of  population^  on  the  contrary',  waa  996iOS6. 


1868.]  Early  Nat?  England  Marriage  Dower.  13 


?AKLT  NEW  ENGLAND  MARRIAGE  DOWER;  WITH 
NOTES  ON  THE  LINEAGE  OF  RICHARD  SCOTT  OP 
PROVIDENCE. 

[Communicated  by  Mautix  B»  Soott,  of  Clevekuid,  OMo.] 

To  all  people  to  whom  these  presents  Bball  come,     Richard  Scott  of 

Providence  in  y*  Colony  of  Rliode  laland   h  Providerjcc  Plantations 

,  .Etc.  eendetb  greeting.     Wliereafl  1  s^  Richard  Scot,  did  many  years 

Isince,  for  &  in  consideration  of  a  marriage  then  had  &  conBumated 

t>eiween  Chrietopher  Holder  &  Mary  y*  Daughter  of  me  y*  s**  Richard 

^  zot  ftilly  &  absolutely  Give,  grant  and  pass  over  anto  y"  s**  Christo- 

Eher  Holder  &  Mary  hi.s  wife  k>  y*  heirs  of  y'  two  Bodys,  Lawfully 
egotten,  the  Island  commonly  called  &  known  by  y^name  of  PatioDco 
Ijiog  i  being  in  y*  Naraganset  Bay  in  y'  Colony  A  fores'*  together  w^** 
i\\  and  lingular  the  meadows,   feedings,   Pastnres,    Wast  Grounds, 
heatlit  woods,  underwoods,  Waters,  Fishings,  fishing  places,  Stream 
Banks,  Ponds  &  all  other  Liberties,  Privileges,  Profits,  Commodities, 
AdvaniageB,  Emoluraenti^,  Hercditaryments,  whatever  to  y*"  s'^  Island, 
or  part  or  parcel  of  it  belonging,  or  in  any  way  appertaining.     Al- 
[liioogh  I  y*  8**  Richard  Scot  may  not  have  given  such  full,  firm  &  abeo- 
rlote  conveyance  for  y*  b**  Island  as  y"  Law  doth  require,  &  whereas 
I  also,  since  y"  s**  Gift  by  me  made,  my  s'^  Daughter  is  Deceased,  and 
liatli  left  such  issue  surviving  as  Above  Expressed. 

Now  Know  Yee  that  I  y*  s'^  Richard  Scot  being  Desireous  to  pre- 
Tent  any  future  Troubles  Inconviences  or  Disputes,  that  otherwise 
msy  arrise,  &  to  Convey  k  Settle  y*  s**  Island  according  to  y*  True 
latent  k  meaning  of  my  Grant  Avore  recited  ;  Do  therefore  by  these 
prtsents,  for  me  my  heirs  Execuf  k  Adm^'  fully  clearly  &  absolutely 
Give  grant  Alien  Enfeoff  &  Confirm  unto  him  y*' a'*  Christopher  Holder, 
•ndbis  heirs  on  y*  body  of  ray  s'^  Daughter  Lawfully  begotten  k  thear 
Heirs  forever,  &  for  want  of  such  Issue,  to  y*  Right  of  bim  y*  s** 
Chfisitupher  Holder  forever,  The  s**  Island  named  Patience  «&  all  & 
Singular  y'  Premises  above  mentioned,  To  have  and  to  hold  y*  Island 
k  all  k  Singular  y*  Promises  above  Expressed  unto  him  y*  s**  Christo- 
pher Holder  for  k  during  y^  Term  of  his  Natural  Life,  lo  bis  own  use 
k  lM»hnof,  k  after  his  Decease  to  his  heirs  on  y"  Body  of  his  Wife 
Lawfully  begotten  k  thear  heirs  of  tlicar  two  bodys  Lawfully  begot- 
I  ten  forever,  k  for  want  of  such  Issue,  To  y"  right  heirs  of  y*  s^  Chris- 
[topher  Holder  forever;  &  I  y*  s**  Richard  Scot  forme  my  heirs,  Exect* 
■  Doe  hereby  Covenant,  Promise,  grant  k  Agree  to  &  w*^'y*'s'* 
her  Holder  and  his  Exec*"  &  Admins"^  to  y*  s**  Island  named 
cnce  and  every  parcel  Thereof,  together  w^  all  k  Singidar  the 
Bi^e^,  Shall  hence  forth  forever  remain  k  Cootiaue  unto  hira  y'  a* 
Holder  k  his  heirs  in  manner  k  form  above  Expressed, 
^fiuc'l  iirly  Acquitted,  Exhonerated  k  Discharged  of  k  from  all 

h  ma^icier  of  former  Bargains  k  Sales,  Gifts,  Grants,  Leases,  Jointure, 
Dowere,  Thirds,  or  any  other  Title,  Trouble,  or  Encumberance,  what- 
0Tfr,  bad,  made,  sutTered,  or  Done,  or  to  be  bad,  made,  suffered  or 
Done,  by  me  y*  s**  Richard  Scott,  or  by  any  other  person,  or  persons 
wbatever,  by  my  means,  Title,  Assent,  Concent,  or  procurement.  And 
^     ,iXIL  2 


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Lineage  of  Richard  ScoU  of  Pro 


[Januai'y, 


I  the  8*  Eichard  Scott,  the  s^  Island  named  Patience,  togetlier  w**"  all 
and  Singular  the  Premises^  above  by  these  presents  Granted,  unto  him 
y*  B"*  Chriistopher  Holder  &,  his  heirs  in  raanaer  &  form  as  above  Ex- 
pressed^ against  me  &  my  heirs  &  Assigns,  will  warrant  &  forever 
Defend  by  these  presents. 

Iq  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  &  Seal  the  sixth 
and  twentyeth  Day  of  Febuary^  in  y*  Eight  &  twentieth  year  of  y* 
Reign  of  Our  Sovereign  Lord  Charles  y*  second  King  of  England  Au^J 
noq  ;  Dm"'  1675.  1 


RiGHABB  Scott  Jl  sJ 

Signed  &  Deliv'*  in  y*  presence  of 

Thomas  CliftOE 

Walter  Clarke 

Walter  Newbury. 

Providence,  1.  6.  1682  (so  called). 
Whereas  I  Roger  Williams  of  Providence  in  y"  Colony  of  Khodi 
Island  &  Provideace  Plantations,  Did  some  years  formerly  [to  my  best' 
rememberance]  about  y*  yearo  1651  sell  &  make  over  for  valuable  con- 
sideration, with  Richard  Scott  of  Providence  Deceased,  the  Island 
called  Patience  in  y*'  Colony  afores'*  from  myself  my  heirs  Admins*"  & 
Assigns  ;  I  say  to  y*  Richard  Scott,  his  heirs  Adminat"  &c, — being 
now  requested  by  Peleg  Slocum,  whose  wifle  Mary  *&  Elizabeth*  her 
sister,  affirm  themselves  to  be  Heirs  to  this  Isluad.  I  do  freely  & 
readily  ratify  ^  Confirm  my  Above  s'*  sale  &  Deed  unto  Richard  Scott 
deceased,     Wituesa  my  hand  &  seal. 


Roger  Wiluams 
In  y*  presence  of  us. 
Mr.  Roger  Williams  Did  acknowledge  the  above  written  instrument 
to  be  his  Act  &  Deed  made  this  first  day  of  August  in  y'  year  1683 
as  attested  by  us, 

Arthur  Fenner,  Joseph  Jenkes,  Assistants. 

NoTlfl. 

Richard  Scott  was  among  the  first  settlers  of  Rhode  Island,  aai 
one  of  the  fifty-four  joint  proprietors  of  the  Roger  Williams  purch 
from  the  Narragansett  SaehemB — embracing  the  entire  territory 
the  present  City  and  County  of  Providence  (except  the  town  of  Cum- 
berland and  a  part  of  Scituate),  and  a  portion  of  the  County  of  Ken 

After  bestowing  ypori  his  children  and  grandchildren  ample  gran 
of  land,  and  reserving  a  large  tract  on  Pawtucket  River  ( embracin 
Scott^s  Pond,  an  ancient  land-mark)  in  the  town  of  Smithfield, 
transferred  the  balance  of  his  '*  Purchase  Right'*  to  the  Browns  an 
Bowens  of  Providence. 

A  portion  of  the  Sraithfield  estate  continued  in  the  possession  of 
his  descendants  until  about  1825,  when  it  was  sold  to  the  Lonsdale 
Company,  by  the  late  Jeremiah  Scott,  a  lineal  deacendarit  of  Richan 
in  the  fourth  generation.  On  this  estate  is  now  the  manufacturi 
Tillage  of  Lonsdale. 


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|186S.]  Lineage  of  Richard  Scott  of  Providence. 


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Richard  Scott  was  a  man  of  good  abilities  and  acqmrementB.*     He 

fand  hid  son  Jobn  took  an  active  part  io  the  early  Indian  wars ;  the 

latter  was  severely  wounded  at  Pawtucket,     lie  was  a  Representa* 

Itive  in  the  General  Assembly,  and  in   1650  there  was  but  one  man  in 

JProvid^nce  that  paid  a  higher  tax.     His  family  consisted  of  two  sons 

land  four  daughters,  one  of  whom  was  the  wife  of  Governor  Walter 

fClarke.     Ilopkiiisf  says,  Richard  Scott  was  the  first  Quaker  convert 

in  New  England,     He  died  in  Providence  in  1681-2,  but  the  place  of 

lial  is  not  marked,  the  early  Quakers  rejecting  gravestones  as 

ious, 

I«f  a  history  of  the  Capron  family,  written  by  Philip  Capron  in  1817, 

kand  published  by  Frederic  A.  Ho! den  in  1859,  some  account  is  given 
of  Richard  Scott  and  bis  family,  bwt  so  tilled  with  errors  that  but  few 
g^rain**  of  truth  can  be  extracted  from  it. 
!  ?  lut  with  the  stereotyped  legend,  that  "three  brothers  came 

Iro!  '^|4?' '   one  settled  in  Boston,  one  in  Newport,  and  Richard 

in  Pro ri deuce,  There  was  a  Benjamin  Scott  in  Boston,  and  Elizabeth 
bis  wife,  from  about  1630  to  1650,  who  left  a  numerous  family,  but  it 
does  not  appear  to  be  known  where  they  came  from.  Some  have  siip- 
po«^ed  that  Capt.  James  Scott,  who  married  the  widow  of  John  Han- 
cock, was  a  descendant  of  Benjamin  ;  but  it  is  mere  conjecture.  No 
man  by  the  name  of  Scott  was  known  in  Newport  prior  to  the  18th 
crntury.  The  first  was  probably  Edward  Scott,  the  earliest  librarian 
of  the  Redwood  Library,  who  died  in  1768,  some  85  years  after  the 
death  of  Richard,  and  was  probably  grandnephew  of  Richard. 

Capron  also  says,  Richard  Scott  was  killed  hy  an  Indian  in  King 
Philif^N  War  King  Philip's  War  closed  in  16*15-6,  and  Richard 
Sc  ;o  appears  on  recorded  documents  as  late  as  168L     Capron 

fui:  _  ^,  Richard  had  but  on©  son  that  outlived  him,  whose  name 

was  dylvunus  ;  he  in  fact  left  but  one  son,  whose  name  was  John,  the 
&Uier  of  SylvanuB.  The  story  about  the  Bible  owned  by  Capron's 
aatil,  A,  Wilkinson,  "two  large  quarto  volumes,"  supposed  to  have 
be«n  Richard  Scott's  originally,  proves  to  have  been  only  one  quarto 
Mume,  originally  owned  by  Sylvanus  Scott,  and  contains  a  record  of 
the  births  of  his  children*  On  a  blank  leaf  is  written,  *'  Sylvanus  Scott 
Kia  book  ;  *'  and  underneath,  **  Rebeckah  Wilkinson  her  book.'^  Re- 
b^kah  Wilkinson  was  daughter  of  Sylvanus  Scott.  The  writer  is 
the  present  owner  of  said  Bible,  and  the  best  evidence  that  it  never 
helonge4  tJ>  Richard  Scott  is  to  be  found  in  the  fact  that  it  was  printed 
la  L-^ndon  A.D,  1712,  over  thirty  years  after  his  death. 

T  vrror  I  propose  to  notice  is  his  statement  that  **  Nathaniel 

Sci  ut  one  heir,  whose  name  was  Jeremiah,  and  now  (1817) 

fiwttn  and  Uvea,  &c.  ;  "  while  it  is  an  historical  fact  that  Nathaniel 
had  another  son,  Sylvanus,  then  living,  in  1817. 
These  errors  of  Capron  are  noted,  that  they  may  not  go  down  to 
erity  as  a  part  of  the  history  of  Richard  Scott  and  hia  descend- 
how  reliable  is  the  remainder  of  his  history  of  the  Scotts,  is 
leniaticaU 
If  any  have  supposed  that  Richard  Scott  of  Providence  was  the  son 


•  S««  ••  HcrtHiiiMrs  R^rollccrions  "  ntid  *'  Foster's  M«na5cr1pt  Ht^tory  of  Rliorle  Islrtiicl,'* 
-t  €iotvfii(vr  StrphfTi  Hoplcins,  one  of  the  figncrs  of  the  Declnnition  of  lutlffpeadcQctv 
I  wte  9«rk4]  Stfimli  S^oct,  gre^t  granauauglitcr  of  Kiclmrd. 


IS 


Lineage  of  Richard  Scott  of  Providence,         [Januarj', 


of  Edward  Scott  (who  married  Sarah  Carter)  of  Glemsford,  Suflblk, 
Engl  audi  who  had  a  son  Richard  born  1605 ;  but  late  research  in  Kng* 
land,  particularly  of  the  ancieut  register  of  the  Parish  of  Glemsford, 
leads  to  the  conclusion  that  he  was  the  son  of  Richard  (brother  of 
Edward)  who  married  Margaret  UaDey;  and  was  born  at  Glemsford 
in  160?  ;  but  so  far  as  tracing  his  pedigree  to  the  Scotts  of  Scotts- 
Hall,  Kent,  of  which  the  Scotta  of  Glemsford  were  an  oflshoot,  it  is 
immaterial ;  as  Edward  Scott,  who  married  Elizabeth  Grome,  was 
grandfather  of  Richard  born  1G05,  as  well  of  Richard  born  160T,  aa 
the  Parish  register  shows. 

The  evidence  that  Richard  Scott  of  Providence  was  the  same  Rich* 
ard  born  at  Glemsford  in  lOOT,  is  family  tradition,  on  both   sides  tliftl 
Atlantic;  supported  by  numerous  facts  and  circumstances.    Buchanan 
Bays,  "  The  history  of  all  nations  and  people  in  their  origin   depends 

upon  the  authority  of  immemorial  tradition when   other  cir- 

cumstauces  give  the  strength  of  probability  to  the  tttditional  ac- 
counts.'*  Richard  was  a  family  name  in  the  Snflulk  DTancIi  of  the 
Scotts  of  ScottB-ilall,  from  the  close  of  the  15th  century.  The  father 
of  Richard  Scott  of  Providence,  and  some  of  his  more  remote  ances- 
tors, bore  the  name,  probably  derived  fn>rn  Sir  Richard  W^oodville, 
whose  family  were  connected  with  the  Scotts  by  marriage  about  1450. 
There  is  no  account  of  any  Richard  Scott  that  emigrated  to  New 
England  during  the  ITth  century,  except  Richard  Scott  of  Providence. 

Satchel*  in  the  numerous  names  given  in  his  "  History  of  the  name 
of  Scott,"  published  at  the  close  of  the  ITth  century,  entirety  devoted 
to  the  history  of  the  name  (which  lie  traces  back  to  the  8th  century) 
does  not  give  a  single  Richard  Scott  that  lived  anterior  to  his  ow 
time.  The  first  of  the  name  of  Scott  in  England  was  John  Scott,  last 
Earl  of  Chester,  who  died  without  iwaue ;  from  that  time  the  name 
was  not  known  in  England  until  the  reign  of  Edward  I. 

Benjamin  Scott,  Chamberlain  of  London,  in  his  address  on  laying 
the  corner  stone  of  the  Pilgrim  Cliurch  of  Soutiiwark»  iu  1864.  says, 
"  Some  of  my  family  [Scotts  of  Scutts-llal I j  went  over  in  the  ship 
Orillin  with  Rev.  John  Lothrop,"  which  was  in  1634,  the  year  Richard 
Scott  was  first  known  iu  Boston.  I^Ira.  Anne  Hutchinson  and  hec 
husband  came  in  the  same  ship,  and  probably  Katharine  Marbury,  h^ 
sister  (afterwards  the  wife  of  Richard  Scott),  The  list  of  passengers 
by  the  Griffin  has  never  been  found,  and  the  fact  that  Hutchinson  and 
his  wife  were  among  the  passengers,  only  came  to  light  by  the  evi* 
dence  of  Symmes,  upon  her  trial  for  alleged  religious  errors. 

Richard  Scott  was  married  in  163Y  or  8,  and  went  to  Providenc 
Boon  after.  Bishop,  in  his  *'  Xcw  England  Judged.'^  relating  the  pers 
cutions  to  which  Katharine  Scott  was  subjected  at  Boston  in  1G58, 
Bays,  "  She  had  been  married  twenty  years/'  The  ancient  register  o; 
the  Friends  at  Newport,  R,  I.,  records  her  death,  !'  on  the  2nd  of  3i 
month  168Tt  aged  about  70  years'"  (probably  a  few  years  older 
which  would  ^}sl  her  age  at  21  or  over,  and  her  luiKband's  31,  at  th 
time  of  their  marriage  in  1637-8 ;  his  birth,  according  to  the  Parisl 
records  of  Glemsford.  having  been  in  1607, 

Again,  in  Farmer's  list  of  the  first  settlers  of  Rhode  Island,  we  fin 
the  names  of  Richard  Scott  and  Edward  Cope,   who  were   the  only 
persons  of  the  name  of  Scott  and  Cope  (aside  from  their  own  descend- 
ants) known  in  the  colony  for  the  first  half  century  of  its  existence. 


I 


1868.] 


Laneage  of  Rkfiard  Scott  of  Providence. 


17 


I 


I 


WilliamB,  in  a  letter  to  Oovornor  Winthrop  about  1638,  relating 
incidents  of  a  journey  from  Providence  to  ConnGcticut,  and  his 
►ntures  with  the  Indians,  says,  "Mr,  Scott  (a  Suflblk  man)  and 
Mr.  Cope  advised  our  stop  and  return  back  ;  unto  which  I  also  advised 
the  whole  company,  to  prevent  bloodshed/'  This  Mr.  Scott  and  Mr. 
Cope  could  have  been  none  other  than  Richard  Scott  and  Edward 
Cope*  mentioned  by  Farmer,  who  seem  to  have  been  the  trusted 
friends  and  advisers  of  Roger  Williams  ;  for  it  appears  that  upon  their 
advice  alone  he  turned  the  whole  company  bacL  That  Roger  Wil- 
liams and  Richard  Scott  were  for  many  years  on  terms  of  close  friend- 
ship and  intimacy,  is  shown  by  tho  letter  of  Richard  Scott,  publislied 
in  •*  A  New  England  Fire  Brand  Quenched,*'  written  about  1676,  in 
which  be  aaye  of  Roger  WilliamB,  "  1  have  been  his  neighbor  these 
SS  j^trs.  .  -  ,  ,  I  walked  with  him  in  the  Baptist  waj^s,"  Roger 
Williams  also  in  some  of  his  letters  speaks  of  **  My  neighbor  Mrs. 
Scott/"  through  whose  Influence  (according  to  Winthrop)  Williams 
was  induced  to  embrace  Anabaptistry.  An  uninterrupted  friendship 
seema  to  have  existed  between  the  families  of  Williams  and  Scott. 
QDtil  the  Quakers  came  in  1656,  when  Scott  and  his  family  joined 
tJicm.  From  this  time  a  bitter  religious  antagonism  existed  between 
tbem  until  the  death  of  the  latten 

Ad  ancient  pedigree  of  Edward  Scott,  of  Glemsford  in  the  County 
of  Suffolk,  brought  down  to  the  beginning  of  the  17 th  century,  and 
wfaidi  has  been  in  the  Newport  branch  of  the  family  for  nearly  two 
centimes,  compared  with  the  Parish  register  of  Gk'msford,  Suffolk, 
ahowa^  00  far  as  names,  dates  of  births  and  marriages  can  shoTsr,  that 
BiciiaTd  Scott  of  Providence  was  one  of  the  Richards  bom  at  Glems- 
fbrd  in  1605  or  1607.  In  that  pedigree  are  Frederick  and  Matthew 
Beottf  brothers  or  cousins  of  the  two  Richard  Scotts  born  in  1605  and 
1€07,  all  of  whom  stand  in  that  pedigree  as  nnmarried. 

In  Davy*8  Suffolk  GollectionB  Add.  Ms.  19,  U8,  folio  195,  is  a  pedi- 
groe  of  the  same  Frederick  Scott  and  Matthew  Scott,  which  gives  the 
names  of  their  wives  and  children.  Richard,  the  brother  of  Frederick 
and  Matthew,  was  the  second  son,  Frederick  the  third,  and  Matthew 
tfie  foorth  son,  by  this  pedigree.  Frederick  was  married  in  1645,  to 
Stizmbeth,  fourth  and  youngest  daughter  of  Simon  Bloomfield  of 
Codenham,  Gent.  Frederick  died  in  the  Parish  of  Ashe ;  Matthew  mar- 
lied  Uary  •  .  .  .  ;  both  died  and  were  buried  in  Gleinsford.  No 
iteference  being  made  to  the  wife  or  family  of  their  brother  Richard  in 
this  connection,  it  is  strong  proof  that  he  left  StiOblk  unmarried,  and 
probably  left  the  Kingdom  :  and  we  find  that  Richard  Scott  of  Provi* 
ileiiee  was  married  in  New  England,  a  few  years  before  Matthew  was 
married  in  Suffolk,  which  is  at  least  a  marked  coincidence. 

Had  Richard  Scott  brought  with  him  seals,  or  other  emblems  of  his  , 
■BceaUy,  a  rigid  Quaker  of  those  times  would  have  esteemed  it  a 
meril  to  destroy  them  ;  for  scarcely  a  portrait  is  presented  of  the  great 
and  amincnt  Quakers  of  early  times,  so  utterly  did  they  detest  the 
balilons  of  the  world.  No  doubt  further  research  in  England  'would 
darelop  additional  evidence  to  confirm  the  lineage  of  Richard  Scott ; 
jet  the  pedigree  of  few  of  the  Pilgrim  fathers  can  be  traced  back  to 
tii0  other  side  of  the  Atlantic,  sustained  by  stronger  proof, 

•  IJ  l» pcDlialiie  Bdwsrd  Cope  was  a  kinsman  of  Scott *a  wife,  as  late  rewarchcs  in  Eng* 
laad  l^/oeeph  L.  Ctie«ter,  Esq.,  develop  Omt  Uic  Copca  and  Murbtijjs  w«rc  couQectetl, 


Vol.  XXII. 


2* 


18 


Engluh  Anceitry  of  Cofjifnoiore  Bahibridge,       [January, 


A  combination  of  traditions,  facts  and  collateral  circumstances  like 
the  foregoing,  concentrating  upon  one  point,  is  far  more  reliable  in 
genealogy  (as  in  jurisprudence)  than  any  isolated  direct  testimony, 
unsostained  by  corroborative  circumRtances. 

It  was  well  said  by  the  venerable  Judge  Staples  of  Providence,  "  If 
the  proof  of  the  descent  of  Richard  Scott  is  Hot  sufficient  to  recover 
an  estate  in  Chancery,  it  is  the  next  thing  to  it," 


AN  ATTEMPT   TO   TRACE   THE   ENGLISn   ANCESTRY 
COMMODORE   BAINBRIDGE. 

This  brave  officer  was  born  at  Princctown  in  ITH,  and  was  the 
eon  of  a  physician.  Ho  proved  a  worthy  descendant  of  one  of  the 
oldest  families  of  Commoners  in  the  North  of  England,  and  America  is 
proud  to  enrol  kim  among  the  noblest  of  her  sons.*  Not  only  did  he 
distinguish  himself  in  hie  profession  as  a  victorious  naval  commander, 
but  his  private  character  threw  additional  lustre  on  his  fame,  and 
friend  and  foe  joined  in  his  praises,  while  the  prisoners  who  fell  into 
his  hands  felt  deeply  indebted  to  him  for  his  invariable  courtesy  and 
kindness  to  them.  His  English  ancestry,  the  family  of  Baiubridge, 
possesses  one  of  the  finest  and  most  ancient  pedigrees  that  can  be 
traced  among  the  Commoners  of  Great  Britain. 

The  name  according  to  tradition  is  derived  from  '  Bai/rit'  a  Saxon 
word  signifying*  ready/  and  the  '  Brig*  (bridge)  was  added  ia  conse- 
quence of  one  of  the  family  with  his  sons  and  followers  liaving  suc- 
cessfully defended  a  bridge  against  foreign  invaders  ;  and  there  is  now 
a  village  called  *  Bainhndge '  situated  at  a  pass  between  the  moun- 
tains in  Yorkshire  and  Westmoreland,  where  there  is  a  bridge  on  the 
river  Baint.  It  seems  most  probablcj  however,  that  the  family  derived^ 
its  origiij  from  Bainbridgo,  which  is  confirmed  by  the  earliest  form  *" 
the  name  being  de  (of)  Baynbrig.  The  arms  of  the  chief  branche 
having  the  battle-axe  (a  weapon  of  great  antiquity)  as  a  principal 
bearing,  would  seem  to  show  Saxon  or  rather  Danish  origin,  existing- 
in  England  prior  to  the  Conquest,  and  that  the  family  was  of  som^ 
antiquity  is  proved  from  the  circumstance  of  there  being  several 
branches  of  the  name  entitled  to  bear  arms,  and  in  the  first  official 
document  respecting  the  arms,  of  the  Leicestershire  and  Derby  branct 
es,  the  word  *  confirmed^  is  used,  not  granted,  thereby  implying  tha 
these  arms  had  been  borne  by  the  family  before  such  confirmation. 


Ir,  U»  S»  Navy,  of  Charlefitowm,  reform  u«  for  acconnts  < 
■u  nticej-try  Vi  the  Life  and  Sen:ice»  of  Bmnbridnt 
.!  tjia,  In  owQ  octavo  volume ;  and  to  Cooper's  sketch  In  ] 


[•  Comin  I  '"  T 

Comniuihm 
Br.  Hfirria»  ^^  _   .    :.    . 

Lit^«  Qf  Saval  OJicerSf  ohi^mnUy  puhlblicd  in  Gruhani's  Magaxinc,  and  aften^rordi*  co 
kctcd  in  one  diiodedino  volnmej'and  piilili^lied  by  Ciirey  and  Hart  in  1846.  Dr.  Harr 
Bfiys  I  **  The  ancestor  of  Commodore  Balnbridgc,  who  in  the  yenr  16D0  settled  In  the  Pn 
TiUfe  of  New  Jersey,  was  the  son  of  Sir  Artliur  Bainbridji^\  of  DurUjim  County,  Eng'lond.'f 
Of  tbis  Coojjor  remarks :  "  Aimo  portion  of  the  old  United  States  was  eettleu  as  early 
16^M>^  and  the  prthiince  of  New  Jersey,  in  nartienlar,  was  orpuni^tcd  only  about  the  middle 
of  tiie  feventteiith  century^  the  date  in  tliiB  iustimce  i)^  an  oversight  or  a  misprint,  though 
tlie  account  of  tlie  unecstor  is  proimblv  accaititc/'  Tlie  ivceonnt  givua  l>y  Dr.  Harris  may 
fiimif  Ii  a  elnc  to  the  Ancestry  of  IM  Commodore  i  but  onr  experience  Icadfi  us  to  doubt  its 
trutli  till  6omc  utUer  eiddooce  is  jKTodaced  In  Ita  fkvor.— £i>.] 


1868.]  EnglUk  AnceUrtj  of  Commodore  Bainbridgc, 


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The  simplicity  of  the  arms  and  their  color  [black  and  white]  indicate 
atdo  their  antiquity* 


BAIKBBIDQE. 
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I  ootr  b7  deiocsdAatB  oow  matteied  In  Sun«T»  MIddlewz  uxl  IreUod. 


ElCSABD    BATKBIUQf 

13»»  iraa  bon»  bjr  lbii„  tli«  Shot-       frnm  *  bnach  of  Ui«  Yurkiblre 


,  dUSrr 
A9  WctttDOfdaad^  bm  It  Ii 
■sedtbe  %nom  tbef  bora  inr« 

!|r  (boat  ^toftof  to  the  pro- 
f  vhSeb  avM  Id  Ihatu  b j  ui 


-RkdiazdB. 

IofButcm^ke, 

beirtss  «jf  the  I  of  Sbotterton, 
fitsMiUUmls.  1610. 


Tbcnnu 
of  W«R!opia 
WdCmoretead. 


4.  nf  noQAlpb 

Qvrwood. 


AoQft^Ooj  B. 


eflllddleloa 
in  Tecadal*, 

1513. 


lUcbiurd, 


I 


WUllouL.       EUKabetb^Jorinlliddletoii. 


f  AotboAjr, 


I         1  2 

EeD(7— dau.  oC  Sir  Tbw*    "-dtu.  of  Hugti 
Bnckflitiurjr*  UanhoU 

Lieut  of 
Tovor  q(  Lcntdoit. 


fiftdulpb.    Ci 


ulpb.    Cuthbcrt. 


h—Ambony  B. 


BIlnbeifa-'Ambony  1 
dftu.  of   I  Keeper  uui  RaBfa*  of 
Jobo  Xiee«  1     Te«ada)e  Voreit, 
I  IWT. 


CbSlibttt       WMIaraWcMia. 


0«dhvj«  EUobitli. 
fiAjnbrtg. 


Jftoe, 


AoK— nenrj  Bkynbriff* 


HflMr  mlgllit  lhsv«  been  iOQ  «f  Cothbert  B, 
f ,  ta&  M  j«l  b«  fatt  no  ptaM  la  Uw  p«digr«e. 


I 


I. 


*  These  mr^i  likely  were  the  Qoy  And  Hemy  wbo 
vcoi  lo  AiztciicA  i  or  Quy  ;. 


ifk^  ">*»c  18  not  mentioned  in  Domesday-Book,  owing  to  their  having 
dw*  d  the  range  of  the  Norman  King's  conquests.     They  were, 

accoranjg  lo  the  State  Records,  keepers  or  Rangers  of  the  Forest  of 
Teeadale.  Under  the  earls  of  Westmoreland  of  Raby  Castle  various 
braoches  were  scattered  aboet,  holding  large  estates  in  parts  of  Dur- 
bam,  Vorkflhire  and  Westmoreland  till  early  in  the  16th  century,  whea 
a  branch  settled  in  Leicestershire,  and  soon  after  another  In  Derby- 
thifc,  the  f^hief  branch,  however,  remaining  in  the  North,  The  only 
*;Uivo  of  the  ancient  Westmoreland  branch  came  to 
ist  century,  and  hi%  descendants  are  now  scattered  in 
iJesex,  Surrey,  and  Ireland.  Christopher  Bayubrig  or  Bainbridge, 
kbiabop  of  York,  and  Cardinal  of  the  Roman  Cliurch,  was  of  this 
Btly ,  aod  was  born  io  Woatmoreland  and  educated  at  Queen's  College, 


20 


Rev.  Joseph  Adams  of  NewingUm,  N.  H*  [Januaryi 


Oxford*    This  prelate  was  a  pet  favorite  of  the  KiogB  Henry  VIL  and 

Henry  VIIL,  and  employed  by  them  on  several  embassies  :  on  one  of 
these,  to  the  Pope  Julius  IL,  he  was  created  Cardinal  of  St.  Bexide 
by  that  Pontifl',  151 L  Baiubridge  was  the  bearer  of  the  document  to 
Henry  VIIL,  conferring  on  him  the  Title  of  Defender  of  the  Faith, 
He  died  at  Rome  in  1514,  by  poison,  admioijstered,  it  is  supposed,  by 
a  domestic  in  revenge  for  some  blows  received  from  his  eminence. — 
Reginald  Baynbrig,  an  antiquarian  and  friend  of  Camden,  was  also 
a  native  of  Westmoreland  and  related  to  the  Archbishop,  and  we  find 
mention  of  him  several  times  in  Camden's  works.  Another  celebrated 
man  of  the  name  was  Dr.  John  Bainbridge,  a  native  of  Leicestershire, 
who  was  a  physician  and  astronomer  of  great  reputation «  and  has 
written  a  great  many  astronomical  works,  and  was  the'  friend  of 
Archbishop  Usher  ;  be  was  born  in  1582,  and  died  in  1643,  bo  that 
the  Bainbridge  pedigree  is  not  without  distinguished  names  in  ite 
ancient  records. 

There  is  one  circumstance,  however,  which  reflects  less  honor  on 
the  name,  for  one  Dionysius  'B^mbrige,  of  Scotton,  Yorkshire  [a  Ro- 
man Catholic],  married  the  widow  of  Guy  Fawkes,  father,  and  per- 
verted his  step-son  [Gny]j  a  protestant,  to  his  own  faith,  by  which  the 
Bainbridge  family  seem  to  have  been  implicated,  and  in  some  way 
responsible  for  the  Gunpowder  plot. 

In  Virginia,  in  the  years  1635  and  '41,  were  Henry  and  Christopher 
Banbridge  or  Bainbridge,  freemen,  and  also  a  Guy  Bainbridge,  of 
Cambridge,  1634,  and  freeman  1635,  From  one  of  these  Commodore 
Bainbridge  owes  his  lineage.  These  probably  came  from  West  more* 
land,  and  were  relatives  to  Reginald  Baiubrig  the  antiquary.  A  short 
pedigree  enclosed  will  show  the  probable  descent  of  the  three  above 
named.  It  is  hoped  that  an  authentic  lineage  will  shortly  be  traced, 
and  made  known, 

London.  H.  a*  b. 


REV.  JOSEPH  ADAMS,  A.M.,  OF  NEWINGTON,  N.  H. 
[Commimicatea  Ijy  Ckables  W.  Tuttlh,  A^.  of  Boeton.] 

Rev.  Joseph  Adams  was  bom  in  Braintree,  now  Qnincy,  Januarys 
1638-9,     He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Joseph  and  Hannah  (Baas)  Adama^ 
His  father  was  grandson  of  Henry  Adams  of  England,  who  came 
this  country,  bringing  his  family,  abont  1630,  and  settled  in  Braintreej 
(Ante,  Vol.  vii.  p.  40,  et  setj,}     John  Adams,  second  President  of  the 
United  States,  was  the  eldest  son  of  John  Adams,  the  next  young 
brother  of  Rev.  Joseph  Adams. 

He  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  ITIO,  being  one  of  a  class 
fifteen,  nine  of  whom  became  clergj^men.     While  at  college  ho  kep^ 
school  at  Newington,  New  Hampshire,  the  field  of  his  snbsequenl 
labors  in  the  ministry.     After  taking  his  degree  at  Cambridge  h€ 
studied  for  the  ministry,  and  was  licensed  to  preach.     The   people 
Newington  being  about  to  gather  a  church  there,  employed  him  fa 
some  time  as  a  candidate.   Finding  him  acceptable  they  began  to  trea 


1868.] 


Rev*  Jotcph  Adams  of  Newingtoiif  N,  H, 


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with  Mm  about  Bottling  as  a  pastor,  and  occupyiDg  their  new  meeting 
hoQse^  the  first  ever  built  there.  On  the  20th  of  June,  1716,  an  agree- 
ment was  made  and  concluded  between  hini   and  a  committee  of  the 

i  people^  whereby  he  engaged  to  become  their  settled  miuister.  This 
agreement  was  in  writing,  and  waa  entered  by  him  at  length  on  the 
first  page  of  the  Church  Record.  It  is  a  good  illnstratiou  of  the  terms 
of  settlement  of  a  minister  one  h^indrcd  and  Hfty  years  ago  ;  and,  as 

i  it  Is  a  contract  between  him  and  bis  people^  which  remained  in  force 

I  for  sixty-eight  years  following,  it  is  of  too  much  interest  to  be  omitted 

I  here, 

*•  Tlie  Record  that  I  took  of  the  agreement  I  made  June  the  20th, 

1 1715,  with  The  Committee  that  were  chosen  to  agree  with  me  about  set- 
tling in  the  ministry  at  Newington  ;  Articles  :  1,     That  my  Sallery  be 

I  ninety  Pounds,  but  as  they  pleaded  tbe  Poverty  of  the  people,  and 
the  great  charges  they  had  been  at  in  buikliug  tbe  meeting-house,  I 
consented  to  accept  86  Founds  for  seven  years  :  and  withal  I  Promis- 
ed on  their  Request,  That  in  case  I  lived  a  Bachelder  and  had  not  a 
family  1  would  abate  also  the  6  Pounds  and  so  accept  of  80  Founds 
for  1  years  aforesaid. 

2  :  That  1  was  to  have  my  Sallerj'  agreed  upon  paid  In  money  and 
That  at  2  Payments,  That  is  one  half  on  the  last  of  July  as  my  Sallery 
bcg:^  on  the  1st  of  Feb.,  1714-15,  and  the  other  half  on  the  last  of 
Jajiaary  and  so  yearly. 

3  :    It  was  agreed  that  I  should  have  the  strangers  contribution. 

4  ;  That  I  should  have  the  Parsonage  Cleared  fit  for  the  minister's 
Qae  and  Benefit,  that  is  partly  cleared  as  is  common  in  such  cases : 
sad  aD  fenced  with  a  good  and  sufficient  Fence  :  and  also  to  Kemaine 
for  bJB  use  and  Benefit  Dure  his  natural  life, 

6  :  That  they  would  give  me  60  pourida  to  help  me  in  building  my 
koitfie  :  Together  with  a  Tract  of  Land  lying  near  Stoney  Hill:  viz., 
Bdund  one  William  Witham's  Lands :  w*^  Tract  of  Land  which  They 

>iaid6d  to  give  me  Deed  of.  That  is  upon  consideration  of  my  set- 
_  and  being  ordained  In  the  ministry  at  Newington. 

li  Testimony  of  w*=**  agreement  we  all  have  signed  our  names  as 

JlkMEfB  Ad  Alls,  John  Knight, 

Factor  by  agreement.  Will**  Shackford, 

John  Bickford, 
John  Nutter, 
A  CommiUee  chosen  by  the  People, 


John  Knight,  Jr,, 
John  Fabyan, 
John  Downing, 


On  the  twenty*sizth  of  October  of  the  same  year,  Mr,  Adams  made 
UiG  following  entry  on  the  church  record  :  "A  fast  was  kept  atNew- 
mgi&n  and  a  Church  gathered  :  Consisting  of  9  members,  viz  :  John 
^■^  aingi  Thomas  Row,  Ben  Bickford,  John  Dam,  Richard  Downing, 
__  &rly  members  of  the  Dover  Church,  and  John  Fahyan,  John  Down- 
ap,  Jon,.  Hatevil  Nutter,  and  Moses  Dame,  taken  in  full  commu- 
^•ion*"  On  the  sixteenth  of  November,  less  than  a  month  after  the 
•*  fa^t/'  tbe  record  says,  *'  The  Rev^d  Mr.  Joseph  Adams  was  ordained 
|Miitor  of  said  church."  He  continued  in  this  office  till  January,  1783, 
when  old  age  compelled  him  to  retire,  having  filled  tlie  office  of  pastor 
of  that  church  for  sixty-eight  consecutive  years,  being  the  longest 
paatorate  but  one  in  New  Eampshire.     He  died  May  26,  IT 83,  and 


22 


i?€i>.  Joseph  AiamM  of  NmnngUm,  N.  H.         [January, 


his  body  was  placed  in  a  tomb  beoeaih  the  meeting  house  in  which 

h©  had  so  loii^,  and  faithfully,  exercised  his  ministerial  functions. 

His  published  writings,  so  far  as  known,  are  few.  A  sermon  in 
1757,  on  the  death  of  John  Fabyan,  Esq.,  a  prominent  man  in  the  town, 
a  deacon  of  his  church,  and  one  of  the  committee  which  treated  with 
him  in  settling  in  the  ministry  there  ;  and  one,  in  1760,  on  the  neces- 
sity of  rulers,  civil  and  ecclesiastical,  exerting  themselves  against 
the  growth  of  impiety,  are  all  that  have  been  assigned  to  him.  Tlio 
writer  has  not  had  the  satisfaction  of  seeing  either  of  these  ;  nor  any- 
thing of  his  from  which  his  intellectual  and  moral  worth  could  he  more 
paiiicularly  inferred. 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  there  is  no  description  of  him,  mentally 
and  physically,  by  any  of  his  contemporaries.  Fortunately,  however, 
we  get  a  glimpse  of  him  through  his  nephew  President  Adams,  who 
visited  him  in  1770,  on  his  way  to  Falmouth,  in  Casco  Bay,  and  who 
has  recorded  in  his  diary  the  circumstances  of  this  visit.  Under  dat^ 
of  June  30,  177D.  the  diary  reads  :  '*  Arose  not  very  early,  and  drank 
a  pint  of  new  milk,  and  set  off ;  oated  my  horse  at  Newbury,  rode  to- 
Clark's  at  Greenland  meeting-house,  where  1  gave  him  hay  anrl  oata,:^ 
and  then  set  off  for  Newington  :  turned  in  at  a  gate  by  CoL  March 'tfi 
and  passed  through  two  gates  more  before  1  came  into  the  road  that 
carried  me  to  my  uncle's.  I  found  the  old  gentleman  in  his  eighty- 
second  year,  as  hearty  and  alert  as  ever,  hia  sons  and  daughters  welU 
their  children  grown  up,  and  everything  strange  to  me.  I  find  I  had 
forgot  the  place  ;  it  is  seventeen  years,  1  presume,  since  I  was  there. 
My  reception  was  friendly  and  ardent,  and  hospitable,  as  I  could 
wish  :  took  a  cheerful  and  agreable  dinner,  and  then  set  off  for  York 
over  Bloody  Point  Ferry,  a  way  I  never  went  before,  and  arrived  at 
Woodbridge's  half  an  hour  after  sunset."  Through  the  same  distin- 
guished medium,  we  get  a  slight  view  of  Mm  as  a  preacher  and  as  a 
citizen.  In  a  letter  to  David  Sewell,  so  late  as  1821,  President  Adams 
says  of  him  :  "  My  father's  eldest  brother,  Joseph  Adams,  [was]  minis- 
ter of  that  town.  My  uncle  had  been  a  great  admirer  of  Doctor 
Mather,  and  was  said  to  affect  animitationof  his  voice,  pronunciation, 
and  manner  in  the  pulpit.  His  sermons,  though  delivered  in  a  powe 
ful  and  musical  voice,  consisted  of  texts  of  Scripture,  quoting  cha 
ter  and  verse,  delivered  memoriter,  and  without  notes.  In  con  vers 
tion  he  was  vain  and  loquacious,  though  somewhat  learned  and  ente: 
taining."     Life  and  Works  of  John  Adams,  Vol.  11,  p.  240, 

He  appears  to  have  taken  some  interest  in  civil  affairs.     Tlie  ch 
ter  of  the  town  of  Barnstead  was  granted  by  Lieut.  Gov.  WentwortI 
May  20,  1727,  to  Rev.  Joseph  Adams  of  Newington  and  others.    H 
eon  Joseph  subsequently  settled  there,  probably  on  tracts  of  lam 
granted  to  his  father. 

He  was  active  in  procuring  the  charter  for  Dartmouth  College.    Ai 
early  as   1758,   he  was  one  of  the  eight  clergymen  selected  by  th< 
Congregational  Convention,  which  met  that  year  in  Somersworth, 
apply  personally  to  Gov.  Wentworth  for  a  **  good  and  sufficient  Cha 
ter,^'  to  carry  on  "  an  Academy  or  College  within  this  Province,  with 
out  prejudice  to  any  other  such  seminaiy  in  neighboring  Colonies." 
The  next  year  the  Convention  met  at  his  house  in  Newington,  and 
after  hearing  the  report  of  the  Committee,  appointed  another  Commit- 
tee, whereof  Rev.  Joseph  Adams  was  one,  **  to  consult  upon  any 


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Church  Records  of  Ncwmgton^  N*  H, 


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mcastifPB  for  promoting  the  Q^ucatioo  of  youth  and  advancing  good 
I  litf '  ^'i  the  Proviuce,  and  make  report  to  the  next  Convention." 

^  (B  Coll  N.  H.,  Vol,  1,  p.  266,  eL  seq.)    The  charter  was 

finally  granted  in  1769, 

Rev.  Joseph  Adams  was  twice  married.    His  first  wife  was  Elizabeth 
Jaiiverin»  widow,  daughter  of  John  and  Bridget  Knight  of  Newing- 
.toii.     They  were  married  Oct.  13,  n*20,  and  had  four  children,  as  fol- 
t  lows : — 

lizabeth.  born  Oct.  13.  1121  ;  died  Feb.  13,  1721-2. 
|o9eph»  bom  Jan.  17,  1723  ;  gratinated  at  Harvard  College  in  1745. 
studied  medicine  against  his  father't*  wishes,  who  desired  that  he 
I  should  enter  the  ministry.     He  married  Joanna,  daughter  of  Major 
Oilman  of  Exeter,  and  settled  in  Newington.     About  1792,  ho 
'  to  Barnstead,  where   he  died,  leaving  deacendants.     Rev. 
^n  6.  Adams  of  Lowell  is  a  great  grandson. 
Ebenezer,  born  Sept.  5^  1726;    died  November,   1767.     No  other 
bets  respecting  him  are  known  to  the  writer. 

Betijamin,  bom  Jan.  18>  1728-9;  married*  first,  Abigail  Pickering, 
of  Newington,  and  lived  on  the  homestead  uf  hie  father  in  Newington. 
Bid  aecond  wife  was  Susanna  Brown »  of  Roches? ter.  He  died  March  24, 
ldl>3,  leaving  descendants.  Hon.  Isaac  Adams,  of  Sandwich,  N.  H., 
(brmerly  of  Boston,  inventor  of  the  famous  **  Adams  Printing  Press," 
is  a  great-grandson. 

Rc%".  Joseph  Adams  married,  for  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth  Bracket, 
of  GreeDlaud,  January  3,  lT6t>. 

»■  CHURCH  RECORDS  OP  NEWINGTON,  N.  H, 

^"  [Communicated  by  CHAHLrs  'W.  Tuttle,  A-M.  of  BoBton.] 

I^Thx  Church  Record  kept  by  Rev,  Joseph  Adams  of  Newington, 
lioiii  1715  to  his  death,  containing  baptisms  and  niarnages,  is  now  in 
possession  of  Capt.  John  Adams,  a  gr. -grand sou,  the  present  owner  and 
oocispaDt  of  the  Adams  homestead  in  Newington.  It  is  a  small  mao- 
nscript  volume  of  seventy  leaves,  four  by  six  inches,  in  the  hand- 
wntJBg  of  Mr,  Adams.  It  has  ten  leaves  of  additional  memoranda  of 
demths  in  Newington,  after  the  death  of  Mr.  Adams,  kept  by  some 
other  person.  We  commence  the  publication  of  marriages  and  bap- 
lisais  ID  the  Church  Records,  beginning  with  the  former.] 

•'  Records  of  Marriaoks." 

IT  16.     March  15.    Jonathan  Downing  and  Elizabeth  Nelson  of  New* 
ington  were  married. 
Richard  Ilussey  and  Hannah  Held  both  of  Dover, 
HateviL  Nutter  and  Leah  Furbur.* 
Zebu  Ion  Da  mm  and  Abigail  Bickford. 
Samuel  Hill  of  Kittery  and  Mary  Nelson  of  N. 
Eliazar  Young  and  Alice  Watson  both  of  Dover, 
John  Place  and  Eunice  Row  of  Newington. 


March  15. 

M»y 

If 

16, 

it 

Aug, 
Nov. 
Dec, 

16, 
22. 
28, 
5.     . 

Church  Records  of  Netviugtmij  N.  H,  [Januaryi 


1119. 


1720. 


n2i. 


16. 
Oct.  24. 
Jan.  16. 
Feb.  20. 
May  16. 
June  12, 
July  20. 
Oct,  23, 
Dec.  16. 


Feb.  12 

March 


Dec.  18. 
'*     31. 
Jan  2S. 
May  6. 

Nov.  28. 


Dec.  19. 
Jan.  IT. 
March  1. 
"     14. 

April  16. 

July  27. 

Aug.  9. 
It      t* 

Dec, 
tt 

Jan. 


March  1.     Eleazer  Coleman  and  Anne  [illegible],  ^^^ 

**     10.    Thomas  Bickford  and  Esther  Adama  boffl  of  DoTcr, 

"     21.    Will'"  Witham  and  Elizabeth  Crocket, 

April  9.     James  Rawlfngs  and  Deborah  Pevey. 

Samuel  Tompson  and  Mary  Crocket. 

John  Walker  of  Kittery  and  Mary  [illegible], 

1718.     Jan,  16.     Jame8  Pickering  and  Mary  Nutter. 

John  Damm  and  Elizabeth  Bickford. 

John  Crocket  and  Mary  Knight. 

James  Sevey  of  Newcastle  and  Abigail  Pickerio  of  N. 

John  Abbot  of  Portmnoutb  and  Mary  Hepworth  of  N. 

Benjamin  Bickford  and  Deborah  Bickford. 

Nicholas  Hilliard  of  Portsmouth  and  Elizabeth  Hoite 

ofN. 
Richard  Carter  and  Sarah  Pevey. 
20.     James  Benson  of  Kittery  and  Deborah  Rawlioga 
OfN. 
James  Webber  of  Kittery  and  Elizabeth  Furbur  ofN. 
Ebenezer  Place  and  Jane  Pevey. 
Daniel  Pkmmcr  and  Sarsrii  Wentworth  both  of  Dover. 
Samuel  Rawlins  and  Elize  Dara. 
Francis  Matthews  and  Lydia  Drew  both  of  Oyster 

River. 
Josh  n  a  Bab  and  Deborah  Bickford. 
Selathicl  Denbow  and  Rachel  Pevey,  sen. 
Thomas  Row  and  Rachel  Pevey. 
Nathan  Spinney  and  Elizabeth  Pummery. 
,    Samuel  Haynes  and  Patience  Piner  of  Greenland. 
Jeremiah  Hodgdon  and  Mary  Bab. 

John  Carter  and  Hannah  Bare . 

llngh  Banfield  and  Ilannah  Wels  of  Portsmouth, 
Joseph  Heard  of  Dover  and  Rebecca  Richards  of 
John  Richards  and  Dark  as  Ham. 
Joseph  Walker  and  Abigail  Plaice. 
James  Nutter  and  Abigail  Furbur. 
"      2.    John  Lyston  and  Susanna  Hill  both  of  Kittery. 
**     24.     Richard  Dam  and  Elizabeth  [illegible]. 
June  18.     John  Pickering  and  Deborah  [illegible]. 
Sept,  24.    Paul  Wentworth  of  Kittery  and  Deborah  Jaques  of] 
Oct.  4.     Samuel  Walker  and  Anna  Bickford. 

•♦  23.    James  Calwel  of  Londonderry  and  Letus  Mordock  of] 
Nov.  18.    Joshua  Downing  and  Susannah  Dennet  of   Porti 
Dec.  3.     Benj,  Downing  and  Elizabeth  Fabyan. 
**    10.   John  Bracket  of  Greenland  and  Eliza  Pickering  of] 

1725.  Jan,  8.     George  Marrinor  and  Mary  Gray. 
Feb.  23.   Ferley  Bickford  and  Hannah  Miller, 

■'     25.   John  Bickford  and  Sarah  Hodgdon. 
April  8.   James  Benson  and  Susanna  Row. 

•'     29.    John  Davis  and  Mary  Plaice. 
May  18.   Samuel  Nutter  and  Sarah  Hoit. 
Deo.  20.    Wiiliam  Howden  and  Elizabeth  Walker, 

"     23*   James  Libby  and  Elizabeth  Meservey. 

1726.  July  4.     William  Waterhouae  and  Sarah  Walker. 


18G8. 

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Church  Records  of  Nemngfoiif  K  H.                      25          ^H 

■  1726. 

Oct.  13. 

Clement  Meservcy  and  Sarah  Decker.                            ^^^| 

■  IT'Jt. 

Jan,  5. 

Samuel  Plaice  ami  Marj  How.                                         ^^^H 

■ 

Feb.  7. 

Thomas  Pickering  and  Mary  Downing.                           ^^^H 

■ 

May  26. 

Samuel  Walton  and  Elissabeth  Pray.                               ^^^H 

■ 

June  28. 

Hatevil  Nutter  and  Rebecca  Ayres.                                ^^^| 

m 

Oct.  4. 

Thomas  Bickford  of  Fortemouth  and  Eliza'***  Furbur      ^^B 
ofN,                                                                                    ■ 

■ 

Oct.  6. 

William  Shackford  of  Portsmontb  and  Susanna  Down-           ^H 
log  of  N.                                                                            ■ 

I 

Nov.  9. 

James  Plaice  and  Mary  Walker,                                            ^H 

1728. 

Dec.   2. 

Wiir*"  Berry  of  Scarboro  and  Mary  Libby  of  Ports.            ^H 

Ii2». 

Jan.  30. 

John  Hodgdon,  jun,  and  Mary  Decker.                                 ^H 

(( 

Furnel  and  Abigail  Smith  both  of  Kittery.             ^^^B 

1730. 

April  13. 

Sam'l  How  and  Deborah  Oanney.                                    ^^^H 

u 

•'      23. 

Henry  A  Hard  and  Sarah  RawlingB.                                ^^^H 

w 

May  13. 

Richard  Busebee  and  Maybelt  Littlefield  both  of           ^M 
Wells.                                                                             ^M 

Xng.  21. 

George  Boyde  of  Boston  and  Abagail  Hoyte  of  N.       ^^^H 

itsi. 

Feb.  7. 

Hatevil  Nutter  and  Hannah  Decker.                                ^^H 

Libby  and  Eastcs  Furbiirone  of  Scarborough    -1^    ^H 

and  the  other  of  N.                                                                 ^H 

■ 

April  7. 

William  Vincent  and  Margaret  Vincent.                               ^H 

■1732. 

1 

Sept.  11. 

Mr.  J  no.  Woodman  of  Oyster  River  and  Mrs.  Mary            ^H 
Faybian  of  N,                                                                  ^^^H 

Not.  2. 

John  Dam  and  Elizabeth  Hilliard.                                    ^^^^M 

F 

"     13. 

John  Hoit  of  Portsmouth  and  Lettice  Haley.                 ^^^H 

1732. 

Dec.   6. 

Nehemiah  Furbur  and  Abagail  Lay  ton*                           ^^^| 

"      7. 

Hatevil  Layton  and  Sarah  Trickey.                                   ^^^H 

"     7. 

Will  Bab:  of  Portsmouth  and  Dorcas  Haynes  of  York,           ^H 

Ui733. 

Sept.  IT. 

Jethro  Furbur  and  Phebe  Fabyan.                                           ^H 

H 

Xov.  29. 

Sam'l  Fabyan  and  Rosimund  Nutter.                                      ^H 

■1784. 

April  12. 

Thomas  Juxson  of  Oasco  Bay  and  Mary  Richards            ^H 

ofN.                                                                                   ■ 

Zachariah  Foss  of  New  Castle  and  Sarah  Watter-            ^M 

H 

Aug.  22. 

^ft^ 

baye  of  Portsmouth.                                                           ^H 

^k 

Sept.  19. 

Joseph  Moody  of  Scarboro  and  Elizabeth  Decker           ^H 
of  Portsmouth.                                                                        ^B 

^^^H 

Oct.  24. 

James  Trickey  of  N.  and  Elizabeth  Wells  of  Ports.            ^1 

^^^1 

tt            it 

William  Hoite  and  Elizabeth  Walton.                                   ^H 

^^^B 

'•      31. 

Joseph  Smith  of  Dyrham  and  Allice  Trickey  of  N.              ^H 

^^v 

Nov.  26. 

John  Smith  of  Berwick  and  Elizabeth  L,ibby  of  Forts,     f^  ^H 

^v 

*'     28. 

George  Coolbrooth  and  Elizabeth  Hoite.                                ^H 

Bias, 

Feb.     2, 

Benjamin  Foss  and  Ann  Hogdon  both  of  Rochester.             ^B 

^H 

Mch,  7. 

Solomon  Loud  of  Ports,  and  Abagail  Drew  of  N.                  ^B 

I 

Oct.    9. 

Capt.  William  Uollins  of  Ports,  and  Mrs.  Deborah            ^B 
Layton  of  N.                                                                           ^B 

^786. 

Feb.    6. 

Nathanel  Grover  and  Elizabeth  Walker.                                ^B 

^ 

"     19. 

Lazarus  Moore  of  Ports,   and  Sarah   VV hidden  of       ^^^B 
Greenland.                                                                          ^^^B 

Hch.  19. 

Moses  Dow  and  Sarah  Fliillipg  of  Portsmouth.              ^^^H 

^1 

April   2. 

Thomas  Gleer  and  Elizabeth  Crawford,                           ^^^^| 

^1 

May  11. 

Hutson  Fevey  and  Madlen  Brown.                                 ^^^H 

m^V 

Jan.   13. 

James  Smith  of  Dyrham  and  Mary  Trickey  of  N.          ^^^| 

m    Vol 

.  xsn. 

^^B 

St 


Church  Recordt  of  Newington,  N.  H.  [January J 


I 


173T.    Oct.   2B.  Thomas  Tripe  aod  Elizabelb  Trickey. 

1738.     Mcli,  25,  George  Peirce  of  Ports,  and  Jerusha  Furbur  of  N. 

1139.     April  22.  Phiiiehas  Colemao  and  Abagail  Huntriss. 

May   10.  Joseph  Rawlings,  jun,  and  Snsanna  Fouet. 

June  15.  Joel  Whit^more  and  Abishag  Hoit  both  of  Ports. 

Sept.  20.  Elieazer  Coieman  and  Kcziah  Lajton. 

Nov.   25.  Benja"  Berry  and  Myrian  Bickford, 

22.  Renolds  of  Strathara  and  Sarah  Phillips, 

1740.  Mcb,  24.  Charles  Runlet  of  Stratham  and  Mary  Phillips. 
April  24.  Will.  Dore  of  Cochecho  and  Mary  Wallingford  of  N. 
May  18.  Anthony  Nntt«r  and  Mary  Downing.  ^J 
Aug.  28.  Jno.  Pickering  and  Mary  Nutter.                              ^M 
Sept.  10.  Salathiel  Denmore  and  Mary  Hill  both  of  Dyrham. 

*'     14.  Joseph  Alcock  and  Jane  Ring. 

Nov.  13.  Thomas  Pevey  and  Mary  Stevens. 

Dec.  29.  Jonathan  Dam  of  Kittery  and  Abagail  Nutter  of  N. 

1741.  Feb,    1.  Ebeii'^  Bickford  and  Ann  Quint.  jm 
John  Parsley  and  Tamsin  Huntress  both  of  Port«3B 

June  T»  Michael  Martin  of  Ports,  and  Mary  Huntriss  of  N. 

Sept.  13.  John  Godsoe  and  Mary  Rogers  both  of  Kittery. 

1742.  Jan.  31,  Sam'l  Huntris  and  Mary  Coleman. 
M'ch  9.  Jonathan  Trickey  of  N,  and  Abagail  Miller  of  Ports. 
May  16.  Abraham  Furnald  of  Kittery  atid  Mary  Trickey  of  N. 
Oct.  28.  Thomas  Layton  and  Mary  Smithson, 
Nov.   1.  Edward  Ayers  and  Mary  Row, 

"     21.  Kdward  Rawlins  and  Elizabeth  Nutter. 

1743.  April  14.  John  Knight  and  Patience  Smith  of  Dyrham. 
May  19,  Thomas  Pickering  and  Mary  Jan  vim* 

"     26.  George  Huntris  and  Mary  Ring. 

Sept.  7.  Thomas  Langley  of  Dyrham  and  Sarah  Tnckey  of] 

Nov.   8,  Jonathan  Bicktbrd  of  N.  and  Lydia  Brown  of  Port 

1744.  Jan.    5.  Richard  Downing  and  Alice  Downing. 

**     12,  John  Moultoii  and  Mary  I^faston  both  of  Hampton. 

May  4.  William  Tompson  and  Anne  Barker. 

'*     13.  Samuel  Rawlins  and  Easter  Richards, 

Nov.  28.  Nicholas  Knight  and  Sarah  Tompson. 

1745.  Mch.  12.  Abraham  Place  and  Mary  Rawlins. 
June  20.  Benja"  Matthews  and  Anna  Coleman, 
Oct.    4.  Jno.  Marshall  of  Portsmouth  and  Eliza*^  White. 

"    29.  Joseph  Field  and  Abig'l  Pilsbury  both  of  Kittery, 

Dec.  42.  SamM  Fabyao  and  Eliza*^  Huntris. 

1740.     Sept.  25.  Jeremiah  Dow  and  Abiali  Brown  both  of  Hamptoil 

Dec,   1.  John  Yeaton  of  Somersworth  and  Mary  TompsQ 

ofN. 

Dec.  25.  Jonathan  Lethers  of  Dyrham  and  Catnrah  Trickfl 
ofN. 

1747.    Feb.    6.  Jonathan  Huntris  and  Mary  Walker, 

Mch.  15.  Will"'  Huntris  and  Susanna  Downing. 

May  12.  Issachar  Dam  and  Sarah  Hogskins, 

Aug.  23.  Spencer  Colebey  of  Newbury  &  Lydia  Waterhoi 

of  Ports. 

Nov.    3.  Sam'l  Shackford  and  Eliza**^  Ring. 


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27 


1747. 


1748. 


1749. 


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20. 

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17. 

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13. 

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21. 

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20. 

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6. 

It 

22. 

Feb. 

9. 

Feb.  15. 


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21. 

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15. 

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4. 

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6. 

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17. 

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16. 

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2. 

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fSS.     April 

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May 

3. 

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16. 

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13. 

^■3>ec. 

27. 

John  Natter  of  N*  and  Anna  Syras  of  Porta, 
John  Clerk  and  Abagail  Peverly  both  of  Forts. 
£1ias  Parker  and  Katheriue  Hue. 
Joaiah  Clerk  and  Mary  Moscb  both  of  Forts, 
Richard  Furbur  and  Eliza*"*  DowniJig. 
Joseph  Trie  key  and  Elizabeth  Dam. 
Samuel  Ayers  and  Phebc  Neul  both  of  Ports. 
Robert  Savery  and  Mary  Pitman  hoXh  uf  Ports. 
Will.  Caverly  and  Margaret  Hue  both  of  Ports. 
Richard  Fitzgerald  and  Sarah  Meed  both  of  Ports. 
Peter  Cook  of  SomerBworth  aiul  Abagail  Rawliaa 

ofN. 
John  Filing  of  Ports,  and  Elizabeth  Lary  of  Kittery, 
Jacob  Rawlins  and  Olive  Nutter. 
Joshua  Nutter  and  Sarah  Richards. 
Joseph  Leach  and  Abagail  Miller  both  of  Ports. 
Enoch  Gove  of  Hampton  and  Hannah   Leucey  of 

Ports. 
Thomas  Shorborn  of  Ports,  and  Sarah  Johnson  of 

Greenland. 
Jeremiah  Burnham  &  Eliza*^  Adams  both  of  Durham. 
Ebenezer  Young  ^  Elizabeth  Bickford  both  of  Dover. 
James  Tucker  and  Ruth  Kennard  buih  of  Kittery. 
Joseph  Pearl  of  Rochester  and  Sarah  Bickford  of  N. 
Leader  Nelson  and  Abagail  Brewster  of  Ports. 
Christopher  Huutris  of  N.  and  Elizabeth  Pearsoa 

of  Hampton. 
Joseph  Lord  of  Berwick  and  Martha  Iluntris  of  N. 
Henry  Abbott  and  Elizabeth  Simpson  both  of  And- 

over. 
Jno.  Bickford  of  Dyrham  and  Mary  Trickey  of  N. 
David  Deruiit  and  Dorothy  Downing  both  of  Ports, 
Benjamin  Adams  and  Abagail  Pickering. 
Joseph  Plaice  and  Alice  Dam. 
John  Dean,  mariner,  and  Miriam  Tnckey  of  N. 
S^rth  Walker  and  Anne  Tripe. 
Richard  Tompson  and  Allice  Hunter  both  of  Ports* 
Will.  Shackfurd  and  Patience  Dow. 
Gideon  Walker  and  Eleanor  Bickford. 
alias  2W\.    Joseph  Wells  and  Anna  Meservey  both 

of  Ports. 
N.   S,     The  Rev.  Mr  Jno.  Adams  and  Mrs*  Sarah 

Wlieler  both  of  Dyrham. 
Will"*  Jenkins  of  Green  and  Mary  Furnald  of  Porte. 
Samuel  Ftawlins  and  Mary  Huntris. 
Robert  Mason  of  New  Market  and  Susanna  Bick- 
ford of  N. 
Thomas  Vincent  and  Eliza**'  Fnrbur. 
Charles  Dennet  and  Hannah  Nutter, 
Joshua  Trickey  and  Roaamund  Coleman. 


[To  b«  oootlDued^] 


HtnU  to  Genealogists* 


[Januar 


HINTS  TO  GENEALOGISTS,   DERIYED  FROM   ENGLISH 
LOCAL  NOMENCLATURE. 

[Cdmmnnlcatcd  by  W,  WonritnioTON  Fowls*.] 


« 


To  attempt  to  trace  the  early  New  England  ColooiBts  to  their  place 
of  origin  in  the  mother  country,  by  means  of  sornamea,  would  at  first 
glance  appear  hopeless  ;  still,  on  a  closer  examination!  we  Jiiid  that 
some  clues  to  the  Eng-H-sh  origin  of  American  families^i  may  be  often 
obtained  by  studying  the  local  names  which  prevailed  in  the  difleren 
counties  or  dietricts  of  England,  in  the  seventeenth  century.  W\ 
must  bear  in  mind. 

First— That  a  large  proportion  of  family  surnames  were  derived 
from  the  names  of  the  localities  where  the  progenitors  of  those  fami- 
lies dwelt,  and  that  the  use  of  surnames  commenced  soon  after  the 
coming  in  of  the  Conqueror,  but  were  for  several  gyccessive  reigns  con- 
fined mainly  to  the  higher  classes,  while  *'  hereditary  surnames  can 
scarcely  be  said  to  have  been  permanently  settled  among  the  low 
and  middle  classes  before  the  era  of  the  Reformation**' 

Second— That  the  names  of  localities  were  affixed  by  the  seven 
different  peoples  who  successively  bold  or  inhabited  Britain  ;  e.  gl 
Celts,  Romans,  Saxons,  Danes,  Norwegians  and  Normans,   Some  nam 
are  almost  exclusively  confined  to  certain  sections,  some  are  at  leai 
more  frequent  in  certain)  sections  than  in  others,  whilo  others  prevai 
generally  throughout  the  whole  of  England.     Thus  in  the  north-easter! 
counties,  localities  are  distinguished  by  Danish  names  ;  in  the  north, 
by  Norwegian  ;  in  the  west  and  suuth  west,  by  Celtic  or  ancient  British 
names.     Saxon  names  are  of  general  use  from  Cornwall  to  the  Hum- 
ber,  but  are  most  common  in  the  so^th  east  and  midland  counties 

Thirds VYe  should  remember  that  two  hundred  and  sixty  years  a^ 
before  the  exodus  of  the  pilgrims  from  England,  a  number  of  cans 
were  operating  to  keep  families  of  various  degrees — nobles,  gent 
yeomanry  and  laborers — in  their  ancestral  seats,  or  in  the  same  neigh* 
borhoods,  counties  or  sections  in  England,     Hatreds  of  race  perhaps 
still  lingered,  and  sectional  prejudices  still  wrought  to  keep   separa 
the  inhabitants  of  different  dislricts.     The  Feudal  system  {to  a  ce! 
tain  extent  still  in  force)  maintaining  its  ancient  tie  betwecm  the  feu 
datory  lord  and  his  tenantw  of  all  degrees,  served  to  fix  the  residenc 
not  only  of  the  large  landed   proprietor  and  his  under-tenants,  b 
also  of  the  small  freeliolder  or  yeoman  and  the  laborer  who  tilled  hi 
farm.     Nor  had  the  fluent  character  of  modern  commercial  intercourse* 
with  its  great  amalgamator,  the  raihway,  yet  confused  the  streams  of 
genealogical  descent. 

We  find,  on  examination  of  the  ordnance  map  of  Great  Britain^ 
Tast  number  of  local  or  place  names,  such  as  were  borne  as  surnames  b;^ 
our  oady  New  England  emigrants.     Some  of  these  are  scattered  indis^ 
criminatoly  over  the  whole  of  England,  some  are  found  mainly  in  the 
north,  some  in  the  south,  while  some  are  almost  exclusively  found  " 
certain  counties  or  districts.     Thus  we  may  look  in  Cornwall  fur  tbi 
origia  of  families  whose  stirnames  commence  with  Tre  (which  in  tbd 


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Cornigh  aignifies  fort,  and  hence  town),  as  Trevor,  Trescott,  Tre wor- 
thy, Troat,  &c.  ;  with  Pen  (L  e.  Cornish  for  end)  as  Pengelly.  Pen- 
haJlow,  Pennell,  Penoyer,  and  perhaps  Penington  ]  names  which  two 
centuries  ago  were  of  very  infrequent  occurrence  in  other  parta  of 
England.  Surnames  also  commencing  with  Lan  or  Lam,  as  Lanfcar, 
Lander,  Lanfell,  Larophrey,  or  Lampns,  may  be  found  chiefly  in  Corn- 
wall or  Wales  ;  as  runs  the  proverb  : — 

••  By  Trc,  Ros,  Pol,  Lan,  Caer  and  Pen 
You  may  know  the  uiost  of  Coraisli  men." 

Williams,  Edwards,  Jones,  Evans,  Thomas,  Richards,  arc  of  Wales, 
and  arone  from  the  mode  of  nomenclature  by  whicli  the  CfiHstian  name 
of  the  father  became  the  surname  of  the  8«m  ;  thus,  Richard  ap  Evan, 
L  o.  Richard  the  son  of  Evan,  or  Richard  Evans. 

Names  beginning  or  ending  with  Comb,  which  in  the  ancient  Celtic 
signified  a  low  place  or  situation,  are  favorite  names  in  Somerset  and 
Dorset,  but  especially  in  Devonshire.  As  Gompton,  Cumber,  Combee, 
Comstock,  Combe,  Whitcomb,  Baaeomb,  Titcomb,  Newcombe,  Winch- 
combe,  Holcomb,  &c.  The  termination  Den^  i.  e.  Saxon  for  Dell,  is 
moat  common  in  Sussex  and  Kent,  from  which  counties  came  the 
Tildons,  Denes,  Ilarlakcndens,  Bcldens  or  Bellcndens,  Chittendens, 
Cmttendens  or  Crittendens,  &c.  In  the  same  counties  are  found  many 
ltain€8  ending  in  ^14,  as  Chatfield,  Fairfjeltl,  RedliehJ,  Pendeld,  Fi- 
field,  Dal!iuld,.'&c. ;  and  names  commencing  with  Af,  as  Atwood,  At- 
water^  AtweH,  &c.  Names  ending  in  ham  are  most  common  in  the 
eastern  and  south-eastern  counties,  as  Putenham  or  Putnam,  Barn- 
bam  or  Bamum,  Wickham,  Bnrnham,  &>q. 

While  name8  ending  in  ifon  are  numerous  throughout  England,  it 
would  appear  that  a  large  number  of  New  England  names  with  that 
termination  may  be  referred  to  certain  northern  counties.  Thus,  Lan- 
cashire has  its  Atbertons,  Worthingtons,  Washingtons,  Buttons, 
Pluiiptons,  Thurstons,  Bartons,  Dentons,  Chattertons,  Broughtons, 
Stantons,  Cottons,  Middletons,  Overtons,  Newton.s,  Applcttuis,  Mars* 
tons,  &c,  Cheshire  has  its  Eatons,  Mortons.  Uptons,  Coddingtons, 
Kortons,  Willistons,  Huntingtons,  Ecclestons,  Cottons,  Westons, 
Strattons,  Actona^  Buttons,  Newtons,  &c,,  all  familiar  New  England 
surDames.  Cheshire  also  abounds  in  leys,  as  Ashley,  Bagidey  (i*  e. 
Bigelow).  Kingsley,  Bulkley,  Studley,  Tingley,  Bagley,  &c,  ;  thus 
Bxem plying  the  old  proverb,  that  iu  Cheshire  there  are — **  As  many 
Let^fit  as  fleas,  Massies  as  asses,  and  Davenports  as  dugs^  tails, '^ 

Names  of  Danish  and  Norwegian  origin  are  found  principally  in  the 

BOrlh-eastem  and  northern  counties.     Hence  come  the  suniames  end- 

mg  in   by^   thorp,    thiaiite,    yriih,    beck^  ness^  garth ^  holm,  land,  end, 

ibur,  dell.  Sec,     Although  in  the  eleventh  century,  during  the  reign 

9f  Canute,  the  Raven  Standard  of  the  Danes  and  Norwegians  waved 

[horn  the  Thames  to  the  Ilumber,  their  settlements  were  made  chiefly 

[in  the   northern  and  eastern  counties,  opposite  Jutland,  vix.  :    Nor- 

[tbtimbcrUnd,   Westmoreland,  Cumberland,    Yorkshire,  Lincolnshire, 

f  Lticostershire  and  Northampton.     Consequently  a  large  proportion  of 

„lll©  names  of  localities  in  these  regions  are  Danish  or  Norwegian. 

ending  in  by  (i.  e.  toton  in  Danish),  as  Bixby,  Maltby,  Kirby, 

•rby,  Somerby,  Welby,  Derby,  Ac,  should  be  looked  for,  first, 

incolnshire,  which  boasts  of  212  names  having  that  suffix.     Such 

Vol,  XXIL  a* 


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[Jane 


names  are  also  very  frequeDt  in  Yorkshire,  Korthamptonshire,  Leices- 
tershire, Cumberland,  Westmoreland,  and  Norfolk.  Names,  en  ding  in 
thorp  (which  iu  Danish  signifies  villa^),  as  Winthrop,  Nortliiop, 
Lathrop,  Apthorp.  &c.,  are  found  chiefly  in  Norfolk,  Northampton, 
Lmcoins,  Leicester.  Nottingham,  and  Yorks.  ThwailCf  as  <juld- 
thwaite,  Braythwaite,  &c  are  almost  entirely  confined  to  Lanca-j 
eliire,  Westmoreland,  and  Cumberland.  Names  ending  in  ivilti,  as' 
Beckwith,  took  their  ongin  in  Yorkshire;  in  dale,  as  RandalL  Grin 
dalL  Fendall,  are  of  Lancaster  and  Yorks.  Westmoreland  and  Cum 
berland  names  ending  in  holm,  garth,  land,  end,  how,  rigg,  ness,  and 
in  son,  as  Anderson,  Johnson,  &c.  are  Danish  or  Norwegian,  and  took 
their  origin  in  the  same  districts. 

An  examination  of  the  connty  histories,  in  connection  with  the 
dialects  of  the  different  tribes  of  Saxons  who  shared  England  between 
them,  wonld  show  the  reason  wh}^  different  Saxon  names  prevailed  in 
different  sections.  It  is  sufiScient  for  our  purpose  that  such  was  the 
fact 

Among  the  counties  which  sent  many  emigfants  to  the  New  Eng- 
land colonies,  Essex  is  one  of  the  foremost.  The  following  familiar 
New  England  surnames  occur  in  Moraat's  History  of  Essex  *  among 
the  families  of  repute  in  that  comity  in  the  sixteenth  and  seventeenth 
centuries,  viz.  ;  Allyn,  Allen,  Appleton,  Atwood,  Averillt  Bacoo, 
Basset,  Beale,  Bynle,  Blake,  Baker,  Ben  net,  Bolles,  Butler,  Bolt- 
wood,  Bradbury,  Browne.  Buck,  Bullock,  Butts,  BougUton,  Bristow, 
Brockelt,  Bull,  Burastead,  Carey,  Cely,  Church,  Clark,  Colo,  Collins, 
Cooch,  Covert,  Chauncy,  Coe,  Carter,  Chamberlayne,  Chaplin,  Cheney, 
Ooggshall,  Colt,  Cooke,  Cutts,  Dawes,  l)eane»  Dart,  Draper,  Drew, 
Denny;  Elys,  Emery,  Fanshaw,  Fitch,  Frost,  Ford,  Gates,  Goodwin, 
Gray,  Goodhig,  Hal  let,  Halsted,  II  arris,  Hale,  Herde,  Heri  ng,  Hum 
phrcys,  Flarvey,  Haynes,  Heath,  Hewitt,  Howe,  Hubbard, Himt,Hur8 
James,  Jennings,  Joscelioe,  Kemp,  Kirby,  Keeler,  Lamb,  Lacy,  Lauej 
Langley,  Long*  Lovel,  Locas,  Lyme,  Latham,  Luther,  Lawrence, 
Manning,  Marshall.  Martin,  Mead,  Mitchell,  Moore,  Mott,  Newland, 
Newman,  Oliver,  Parker,  Peck,  Peterw,  Py nehon,  Pinckuey,  Phimb, 
Porter,  Powers,  Prescott,  Priors,  Pyne,  Raymond,  Rayner,  Read,  Reve 
Riche,  Ridley,  Roberts,  Rogers,  Rolfe.  Rowley,  Rust,  Sandford,  Sayi 
(Sears),  Searle,  Sebright,  Sewall,  Sliaw  or  Shawe,  Sherman,  Shreve 
Skidmore,  Spencer,  Spring,  Stebbins,  Stewart,  Stevenson,  Stunei 
Sutton,  Symondfi,  Todd,  Tooker,  Townsend,  Turner,  Tyrell,  Wai 
ner,  Watson,  Welles,  Wentworth,  White,  Wright^  Wylde*  Winslowe^ 
and  many  others. 


i 


Walled  Luces. — A  Dcs  Moinee  (Iowa)  eorresprmdent  of  the  Chieoj^o  Journal  mi 
there  are  two  walltd  Inkcf  iu  [owa — iine  in  Sai^  nntl  tlie  otbtr  iu  \\  ri|^ht  C^iimty.   Tl 
former  IB  about  five  mile?*  long  and  from  one  and  a  hnlf  to  Uyq  milcfe  wiile.    "Ii  is 
Ix-antiful  sheet  of^  clear  water,  with  a  nice  ifraveny  hottiini.     At  the  n[>rtheti.'it  endi' 
of  the  Irtke  there  etiniinentcy  a  wall  five  ur  ^Ix  feet  in  heii^Iit,  fminctl  of  Btonc\  inrlu(i- 
injj  very  lav^e  bjulders  and  mrtli,  wliiili  extendt*  ui-arly  around  the  lake,  Mt\^  much 
thicker  at  the  wider  imvU  of  the  lake  thnn  at  the  extreinitiee.   AriYies  »v>nie  luw  pliw^fl^ 
and  i>lou^ht4  there  ure  a  bo  levees  reaemhlin^  thi>8e  on  tlie  lower  JlishietJimfb     At  but? 
cral  point*  on  the  south  Hide,  on  high  giMund,  are  eml:M\nkments  refienilniiiir  hre«u5 
works.    The  exiutenee  of  these  atxange  wmkB  has  Liwn  doubled,  but  tbey  are  fiaid  ( 
he  veritable  curioeitL^. 


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WILL  OF  DR.  JOHN  WARD  OF  IPSWICH,  MASS. 

[Communlcfttcd  by  Johx  Ward  Dea^k,  of  Boston,] 

Thb  foIlowiDg  copy  of  the  will  and  inventory  of  one  of  the  early 
benefactors  of  flarvard  College  was  made  for  me,  under  the  supervi- 
mon  of  Alfred  Poor,  Esq.,  of  Ssaletn,  from  the  probate  records  of  Esaex 
County,  MasBachueettB.  An  abstract  is  printed  in  tlie  GoUectionB  of 
(he  Easex  Institufef  voL  i.  p.  50.  Savage,  in  his  Genealogical  Dictiona- 
ry^ states  that  Dn  John  Ward  was  a  *'  Gousin  of  Rer.  John."  The 
term  couain,  at  that  time,  conveyed  a  very  indefinite  idea.  I  have 
the  ;r*"tiPa!opry  of  Rev.  John  Ward,  of  Haverhill,  Mass.,  sufficiently 
d  that  he  was  not  ajirst  cousm,  and  to  doubt  about 
„  ?(/ coiiBin  of  the  testator.     It  is  not  improbable  that 

tb^y  may  have  been  kinsmen,  as  both  appear  to  have  had  relatives  in 
Essex  con nty,  England.  From  the  Appendix  to  the  first  volume  of 
QaiDcy's  Bigfory  of  Ifarvard  Ihiivenniy,  p.  513,  we  learn  that  in  1658 
that  insiitation  **  obtained  in  horses  £72  "  from  this  estate. 

The  notices  of  the  Shermans  in  this  will  may  be  of  service^  in  con- 
Dection  with  what  is  found  in  Cothren's  Hislory  of  Ancient  Woodbunj, 
pp.  67^-81,  and  in  Bond^s  Oejiealog^ies  and  History  of  Watertownj  pp. 
U34-6,  in  tracing  the  English  ancestry  of  that  family. 

In  the  name  of  God,  amen*  I,  John  Ward  sumtimes  resident  at 
Ipairich  in  New-England  do  make  and  ordaine  this  my  last  will  and 
testament  for  manner  and  forme  as  followeth,  viz. : 

For  that  temporall  estate  ofmonte,  goods  or  chattels  that  it  hath 
pleased  God  to  endow  roe  with  I  dit^pose  of  as  followeth  : 

Imprimis,  unto  my  cousine  Nathaniell  Ward  the  sun  of  my  uncle 
Xatliaoiell  Ward,  I  doe  give  that  houne  and  land  given  me  by  my 
^Iher  in  his  will  and  that  lies  in  East  Mersey  in  the  County  of  Essex 
in  old  Eiigland, 

Item.  To  my  uncle  aforesaid  I  doe  give  the  rents  and  prophite, 
that  have  com  of  that  tenement  aince  I  made  Edward  Sharman  of 
Dedham  last  my  attorney  for  the  receiving  of  it,  they  being  in  his  or 
the  tenant's  hands  Still,  being  next  March  two  years  and  a  halfe  rent. 
Item.  I  doe  give  unto  my  cousine  Ward's  of  Wethcrsficld  two 
yoongest  suns,  twentie  pounds  per  piece,  to  be  payd  to  them  when 
they  shall  be  of  age,  or  one  and  twentie  years. 

Item.  I  doe  give  unto  my  cousine  John  Barkor*»  eldest  daughter 
Anne  Barker,  twentie  pounds.  It  is  to  bo  understood  John  Barker 
of  Boxted  in  Essex. 

Item.  I  doe  give  unto  Sarouell  Barker  my  cousine  John  Barker's 
#on,  ten  pounds,  both  as  sone  as  it  may  conveniently  be  payd.  Allsoe 
I  doe  give  ten  pounds  to  my  muther's  poor  kindred,  which  I  doe 
desire  my  cousin  John  Barker  to  distribute  as  he  shall  thinke  meete. 
Item.  I  doe  give  unto  my  my  cousine  Samuell  Sharman 's  two 
suns,  ten  pounds  per  piece.  This  is  to  be  understood  of 
by  cousin  Sharman  that  died  some  years  since  in  Boston  in  Nqw  Eng* 
,  kod,  to  he  payd  to  them  when  they  shall  bo  one  and  twentie  yeers, 
■Dy  my  executor,  or  else  to  be  payd  to  them  that  now  have  the  care  of 


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Will  of  Dr.  John  Ward. 


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them,  (tbey  beiog:  sufficient  men)  and  giving  bond  for  the  payment ' 
it  to  the  children  when  thej  shall  be  of  the  age  prephixt. 

Item.  I  doe  give  ten  pounds  to  my  cousin  Philip  Sharman  of  Rood 
Island. 

Item,  My  bookes  I  doe  give  to  Thomas  Andrews  of  Ipswich,  and 
allso  my  chirurgery  chest  aod  all  that  ia  now  in  it. 

Item.  It  is  n]y  mind  that  my  linnen  my  cousine  Nathaniell  Ward 
should  have  when  he  shall  com  of  age. 

Item.  To  Mr,  Robert  Payne  1  doc  give  twentie  pounds,  desiring 
him  that  he  would  take  uppon  liim  my  executorship  to  receive  all  my 
depts  and  goods  whatever^  and  to  pay  or  cause  to  be  payd  the  fore 
recited  legacyes.  And  the  remainder  of  ray  estate  he  would  lay  out 
in  a  Btandiug  annuity,  wbicb  I  would  have  bestowed  upon  Harvard 
College  in  Cambridge,  and  would  liave  it  improved  to  the  convenient 
bringing  up  and  main  tin  ence  of  one  or  more  scollers  in  the  said 
Collidg,  and  only  such  to  have  btnifit,  whose  estate  or  f rinds  cannot 
otherwise  maintaine. 

It  is  my  desire  that  the  annnity  given  before  to  the  Collidg  should 
be  bought  in  such  a  place  and  towne  where  it  may  be  judged  most  ccr- 
taiiie^  but  if  it  should  please  God  to  take  me  away  out  of  this  naturall 
life  in  such  a  place,  wher  I  shall  stand  need  of  buriall,  as  upon  the 
land  wher  this  my  will  may  he  knowen,  that  then  I  would  have  fortie 
pounds  bestowed  uppon  my  funerall,  and  then  the  remainder  to  be 
bestowed  in  an  annuity  as  afiR>reBayd.  And  in  witness  hereof  I  ha^ 
Bet  to  my  hand  and  scale  thin  28th  of  December,  1C52, 

Signed  sealed  and  delivered  in  the 

presents  of  m,  ♦^*r 

Richard  Shearman,  John  Ward   Jt^e* 

Thomas  Sperle,  ♦*** 

hia  -|-  mark. 

Mr.  Robert  Payne  upon  oath  testified  that  this  will  was  sent 
him  sealed  up  with  a  letter  signifying  it  to  be  y*  last  will  and  teat 
ment  of  John  Ward  in  the  Court  held  at  Ipswich  the  25*^  (1)  1656. 

Per  me,  Robert  Loru,  Cleric. 

An  Inventory  of  the  goods  aud  chatties  of  John  Ward 

Imprimis  by  a  debt  dewe  from  Mr.  Chute, 
It,  By  a  debt  dewe  from  Mr.  Eppa, 
It.  By  a  debt  from  John  Davis, 
It.  By  a  debt  from  Humfrey  GriflSn, 
It.  By  a  wharfe  morgaged  to  bim  by  Thomas     y 

Lowe  of  Boston,  ) 

It.  More  dewe  from  Thomas  Lowe^  £19  049. 
It.  By  a  debt  dewe  from  Thomas  Spaule  of  Boston, 
It.  By  a  debt  due  from  Mr.  Phillips  of  Boston, 
It,  By  a  debt  dewe  from  Thomas  Ilawkius  of  ) 

Boston,  f 

It.  By  a  debt  dewe  from  Simon  Tomaon  of  Ipswich, 
By  a  debt  dewe  from  John  Johnson  of  Ipswich, 


late  dissea 

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S. 

D, 

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Ipswich, 


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33 


It.  By  a  debt  dewe  from  Robert  Gutcb  of  Salem, 

It.  By  a  debt  dewe  From  Samuel  Podd  of  Ipswich, 

It.  By  a  debt  dewe  from  Mr.  Powell  of  BosIod, 

It.  Ill  small  debts 

It,  One  old  Baje  mare  with  a  fole. 

It.  One  young  mare  with  a  fole, 

It.  Two  two  yeares  old  mare. 

It.  One  year  old  colt, 

It.  The  Bald  horse. 

It,  The  Baye  horse,  £14.    Two  cowes,  £9, 


These  mares  and  colts  and  horses  above  mentioned  were  prieed  by 
OS,  whose  names  are  here  nnderwritteo.   Robert  Lord,  Mathew  Boyes. 

It.  A  8argeon*8  chest  with  bookcs  given  by  will  to  Thomas  An- 
drews of  Ipswich, 

It.  A  chest  of  linnen  given  to  Nath.  Ward. 

Mr.  Robert  Payne  testified  upon  oath  this  to  be  a  true  Inventory  of 
ili^eatate  of  John  Ward,  att  the  Conrt  held  at  Jpswich  the  25*^  (1) 
16^^  to  his  best  knowledge.  Per  me,  Robert  Lord,  Cleric* 


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3 

BIBLIOGRAPHY   OP  THE  LOCAL  HISTORY   OP  MASSA- 
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New  England's  Karities  discovered,  &c.  John  Jos- 
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BUdiography  of  Mc^sachmtU. 


41 


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Description  of  New  England  in  general ,  and  of  Bos- 
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Remarkable  Providences,  illustrative  of  the  earlier 
days  of  American  Colonization,  Increase  Mather, 
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Commission  of  James  the  Second  to  Sir  Edmund 
Andros,  June  3,  1686.  Reprinted  in  Force' s  Tracts, 
Vol.  4.     Washington,  1846. 

Records  of  the  Governor  and  Company  of  the  Massa 
chufi€tts-Bay  in  New  England,  1628  to  1686. 
Edited  by  Nathaniel  B.  Shurtlcff,  6  Vols.  Bos- 
ton,  1853-1854. 

Memorable  Providences  relating  to  Witchcrafts,  and 
Possessions.     Cotton  Mather.     Boston,  1680. 

An  Account  of  the  late  Revolution  in  New  England, 
and  the  Declaration  of  the  gentlemen  merchants, 
and  inhabitants  of  Boston.  Nathanael  By  field, 
pp.  20.  London,  1689.  Reprinted  in  Force's 
Tracts,  Vol.  4.     1846.     Albany,  1865. 

A  Brief  Relation  of  the  State  of  New  England,  to  the 
year  1689.     pp.  18.     London,  1689, 

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Tracts,  Vol.  4.     Washington,  1846, 

An  Impartial  Acco^int  of  the  State  of  New  England  ; 
or,  the  lato  Government  there  vindicated,  &c.  John 
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1690.     Reprinted.     Boston,  1773. 

New  England's  Faction  Discovered  \  or  a  brief  and 
true  account  of  their  persecution  of  the  Church  of 
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London,  1690, 

Memorial  of  the  present  deplorable  State  of  New 

England,  &c.     [Sir  Ilenry  Ashurst.]     1689. 
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English  affairs.    1690.    Reprinted.    N.  York.  1865< 

Narrative  of  the  Miseries  of  New  England  by  reason 
of  an  arbitrary  government  erected  there  under 
Sir  Edmund  Andros.  pp.8,  London  and  Boston, 
1688. 

A  Vindication  of  New  England,     pp.  21. 

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sidered in  a  Letter  to  a  Friend,  &c.  Increase  Ma- 
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Bibliagraphy  of  MasmchmeUi* 


[Jamiarj, 


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A  Narrative  of  the  Proceedings  of  Sir  Edmund 
Antiroa  and  his  CompHcee,  &c.  pp.  59.  fiostoti^ 
1691  aBd  1773. 

The  Revolution  in  New  England  Justified  and  the 
People  there  vindicated  from  the  afipersions  cast 
upon  them  by  Mr.  John  Palmer,  &c.  Increase 
Mather,  pp,  69.  Boston,  1691.  Reprinted.  Bos- 
ton, 1773. 

BeaBons  for  the  Confirmation  of  the  Charter  belongs 
ing  to  the  Maseachusette  Colony  in  New  England. 
[Increase  Mather.]     pp.  4.     1691. 

The  Humble  Addresa  of  the  Publicans  of  New  Eng- 
land, to  which  King  you  please,  &c.   London,  1691. 

Erief  Account  concerning  several  of  the  agents  of 
New  England,  and  remiirks  on  the  New  Charter. 
Increase  Mather,     pp.  24.     London,  1691. 

*;^*  Tbe  above  fifteen  Tracts,  relating  to  the  Revo- 
lution in  New  England  of  1689,  Edited  by  William 
H.  Whitraore,  have  been  published  by  tbe  "Prince 
Society,''  in  2  Vols.     Boston,  1868. 

Late  Memorable  Providences  relating  to  Witchcraft, 
&c.    Cotton  Mather,    pp.  xx.  IM,     London,  1691. 

A  Serious  appeal  to  all  the  more  sober,  impartial 
and  judicious  people  in  New  England,  k,Q.  George 
Keith,     pp,  2,  67.     Philadelphia,  1692. 

A  Trip  to  New  England.    With  a  character  of  tl 
Country  and  People.     Both  English  and  Indian^i 
Edward  Ward.     London,  1699. 

A  Relation  of  the  Tronbles  which  have  happened  in 
N.  England,  by  reason  of  the  Indians  there,  from  1614 
to  1675,    Increase  Mather,    pp.76.    Boston,  1677, 

A  Further  Account  of  the  Trials  of  the  New  Englaa( 
Witches.     Increase  Mather.     Boston,  1693, 

Massachusetts,  or  tbe  First  Planters  of  New  En 
land  ;  the  end  and  manner  of  their  coming  thithi 
and  abode  there,  kc,     Boston,  1696* 

A  Confession  of  Faith  owned  and  Consented  unto  b; 
the  Elders  and  Messengers  of  the  Churches  assei 
bled  at  Boston,  May  12,  1680.     Grindal  Eawsoi 
Boston,  1699. 

A  List  of  Representatives  in  the  General  Court 
Massachusetts,  from  the  Description  of  Sir  Edmum 
Andros,  in  1689,  to  the  Commencement  of  the  n^ 
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The  Wonders  of  the  Invisible  World  ;  being  an  ac- 
count of  the  Tryals  of  several  Witches,  lately  exe- 
cuted in  New  England.  Cotton  Mather,  pp.  98, 
Boston,  1693. 

More  Wonders  of  the  Invisible  World.    In  five  p 
Robert  Calef.    pp.   156.      London,  1700.     Sali 
1796,  1823.     Boston,  1828,  1861. 

*^*  The  last  two  named  works  were  edited  by  Sami: 
O.  Drake.    3  Vols,    Boston,  1866, 


1868.] 


Grisell  Gumey,  43 


GEISELL  GURKEY. 

[Communicated  by  John  G.  Metcalf,  of  Mcndon,] 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Committee  for  ordering  the  Settlement  at  Nip- 
ugg  (Mendon),  of  which  Major  Humphry  Atherton  was  chairman, 
hich  met  at  Bedham,  30,  10*63*  Grisell  Gumey  desired  acceptance 
and  also  for  her  son  Thomas  Juell,     At  the  same  time  it  was  ordered 
Hthat  all  those  who  should  not,  with  their  families,  be  removed  there 
U/(Sipmngg)  by  Ihe  middle  of  November,   1664,   should /or/'t'ti  all  their 
B^^rmiitd,  &c.     From  this  I  conclude  thiit  all  those  who  had  house  Iota 
^assigned  them  at  Mendou  (except  Moses  Faiiie  and  Peter  Brackett 
who  were  the  grantees  of  the  Township  from  the  Indians)  were  actu- 
ally resideot  there. 

The  house  lot  of  Grisell  Gurney  was  on  both  sides  of  the  present 
Upton  road,  about  one  fourth  of  a  mile  from  the  Post  Office.  Adjoin* 
iDg  it,  on  the  north,  was  the  house  lot  of  her  son,  Thomas  Juell,  and 
on  the  south  was  that  of  Joseph  Juell. 

Who  waa  Grisell  Gumey  ?  In  page  4  of  the  Jeivell  RegfiMer,  kindly 
famished  me  by  Pliny  Jewell,  of  Hartford,  Ct.,  I  find  that  Grisell  was 
the  name  of  the  wife  of  Thomas  Jewell  **  of  Brantray/'  The  follow- 
ing is  a  copy  of  his  will. 

"  The  will  of  Thomas  Jewell  of  Brantray  while  he  is  yet  in  per- 
li£Ct  memory.  My  Soule  I  commit  into  the  hands  of  Almighty  God  in 
I  Y  mediation  of  Jesus  Christ  and  my  body  to  the  dust  All  y*'  Estate 
I  vh**  God  hath  given  me  I  doe  give  to  ray  wife  for  to  be  hers  as  long 
L  »i  the  in  a  widow  ;  but  if  she  shall  marry,  then  to  divide  it  into  three 
H  ]>arts  ;  and  two  parts  to  be  divided  among  my  children i  and  the  third  to 
H  be  hers.  I  doe  by  this  will  give  power  to  these  two  my  friends  herein 
H  mentioned,  namely  William  Neadam  and  Tho.  floater,  to  take  the  care 
H  ti)d  oversight  of  all  this  my  estate  fur  my  wife  aad  children  good, 
V  according  to  your  best  wisdom  to  be  ordered*  Dated  the  10th,  2d 
K  aonth,  1654.'' 

H  To  this  will  William  Scant  and  Hannah  H,  Harbor  were  witnesses. 
B  Lfttar  of  administration  was  granted  to  (Msell,  widow  of  Thomas 
H  Jwell,  July  21,  1654.  Oct.  6,  1655|  she  being  about  to  marry  Hum- 
^  phrey  Griggs,  William  Neadam  and  Thomas  Foster  were  appointed 
executors.  Griggs  agreed  to  bring  up  Jewell *s  children,  of  which 
there  were  several,  both  sons  and  daughters,  and  all  under  age. 

Of  tiie  family  of  Thomas  Jewell  *'  of  Brantray, '*  the  Jewell 
Begftaler  gives  an  account  of  buti!Aree;  the  rest  of  the  "  sous  and 
dii^l^tera  *'  being  unknown « 

Thomas,  b.  in  Hingham  \  m.  Susan  Guilford,  Oct.  18,  16t2.    d. . 

Jo66pb,  b.  April  24,  1642 ;  m.  Martha,  about  16T0,  m.  Isabel ; 

1  In  Stow. 

Nathaoiet,  b.  April  15,  1648  ;  m.  Baptize  Smedley,  June  9,  1616  ; 
t  til  Plainfield,  Ct.,  March,  1712. 

Humphrey  Griggs  soon  died,  as  Grisell  Griggs  administered  on  the 
estate  of  her  late  husband,  by  a  letter  dated  Aug,  18,  1657.  Grisell 
C«niey,  who  calls  Thomas  Juell  her  son,  I  assume,  was  married,  /or 
Aa  tkird  time,  to  a  man  by  the  name  of  Gurney^  and  again  became  a 


44 


Grisell  Crumey, 


[Ja&uarjl 


widow,  daring  the  interval  between  166T  and  1664,  when  she  settled 
at  McndoD* 

Grisell  Gurnej,  as  we  shall  see,  had,  for  the  fonrih  time,  intermar- 
ried with  John  Barge,  of  Chelmsford,  and  had  died  there  preirioaa  to 
the  5th  of  the  4th  month,  1675. 

The  folio  wing-  extracts  are  copied  from  the  Re  cords  of  the  original 
Proprietors  of  Mendoa,  Lib.  1,  pp.  29  and  30, 


i 


"  A  Coppy  of  ike  Will  of  GrUeU  Qurney, 

**  To  the  Select  men  of  Mendon  Thes  are  to  Tnfonne  you  by  us  Wil- 
liam Flechcr  and  John  Burge,  both  of  us  of  the  Towne  of  Chelmsford, 
apointcd  by  the  Courtis  order  to  bee  Gardians  to  the  child  of  the  Wid- 
dow  Gurney  (that  was), and  Lastof  all  wife  to  the  Abonsaid  John  Burge, 
Bhe  being  of  a  sound  understanding  did  will  unto  her  son  Joseph 
Juell,  all  that  Acomodation  that  was  there  ait  the  Towne  of  Mendon, 
Laid  out  and  given  to  her  y*^  said  Widdow  Gurney  with  all  the  Apur- 
tenancca  and  Friviledges  In  anywise  apertaiiiing  or  be  longing  there 
unto  upon  thie  condition,  that  the  «aid  Joseph  Jiiell  doe  pay  to  Na- 
thaniel Juell  and  Mercy  Juell  fifteen  pounds,  and  to  Sherehiah  Kely 
(Keby  ?)  seven  pounds,  our  desire  and  request  is  nnto  the  Selectmen 
of  the  sd,  Towne  of  Mendon  that  y"  would  Kecord  the  said  Acomo- 
dation to  Joseph  Juell  for  hts  security.  Chelmsford  this  fifth  of  th©^ 
fourth  month  one  thousand  six  hundred  seventy-five.  fl 

"  Witness  our  hands,  William  fHecber,  John  Burge.^'  ^ 

"This  is  a  trtie  Copy  of  the  Letter  sent  from  William  fllecher  and 
John  Burge  to  the  Select  men  of  Mendon  and  Now  Kecorded  by  ther 
order  the  Slst  of  the  4th  Month  16f5. 

Atestti  Samuell  Read,   Clerk,^* 


On  the  same  and  succeeding  page  is  the  following  record, 

'*  Know  all  Men  bv  THicaE  presents,  that  I,  Joseph  Juell  of  Ports- 
mouth,   in   the   Frovince   of   Newhamshire,   Miller,   have   assigned, 
ordained  and  made,  and  in  my  place  and  stead  put  and  constituted 
my  trusty  and  well  beloved  friend  Samuel  Kead  of  Mendon,   in  the 
County  of  Snffolke  in  the  Masachusets,  to  bee  my  true  and  lawful  Attor- 
ney for  mee  in  my  name  and  stead  and  to  my  proper  use  and  behoofe 
to  covenant  and  agree,  bargainc  and  sel  all  ray  Lands  and  Living  now 
lyiug  and  being  in  Mendon  abouad,  together  with  all  proffitts  prive- 
didges  and  advantages  thcreuoto  belonging  and  a  good  and  Lawfi " 
Deeds  of  Sale  to  make,  sign  and  deliver  and  acknowlidg,  and  In  cas* 
of  noil  payment  I  doe  Hereby  give  and  grant  unto  my  sd  Attorney  b; 
the  teiiour  of  these  Presents  my  full  and  whole  power  strength  am 
authority  in  and  about  the  premises,  be  it  to  Arrest  Imprison  Jmple 
or  out  of  Prison  to  ReleaSi  and  upon  the  receipt  of  any  such  sum  oi 
sums,  debts  dues  or  demands  Acquittences  or  other  good  and  lawful 
discharges  for  me  and  in  my  Name  to  make  signe  seal  and  deliver, 
also  other  Attorney  under  him  to  substitute  and  make  all  other  Actt  > 
Actts,  device  or  devices  In  the  Law  whatsoever  Needfull  and  necesai 
to  be  done  in  and  about  the  premises,  for  me  and  in  my  Name  to  d' 
and  execute  as  amply  Largely  and  Efectually  as  I  myself  might  or  coul 
do  if  I  ware  personally  present.  Ratifying, alo wing  and  holding  firm* 
what  80  ever  my  said  Attorney  shall  Lawfully  do  or  eauae  to  be  do: 


I 


1868.] 


Griiell  Gumey. 


45 


in  and  about  the  premiaee,  as  Witness  my  hand  and  seal  this  Eighth 
daj  of  August,  one  thousand  six  hundred  and  eighty  and  two. 
Signed*  sealed  and  delivered  in  x  ^  t 

^  presence  of  us  JosephJ  Jdell,      l.  s. 

H        Philip  Cavrly,  hTm^r\i 

H        Jno.  Batsham.  Id  a  bell  1  Juell,       l.  8. 

H  Portsm**  in  Newh  am  shire,  Aug,  8,  1682. 

H  "  Joseph  Juell  and  Isabell  Juetl  his  wife  came  and  acknowledged 
the  aboue  Instrument  or  Leter  of  Attorney  to  be  their  free  Act  and 
Deed,  Before  me  RicEARn  Martyn  of  y*  GouocilL 

*'  Liber  7.  p,  70-71*     Entered  with  the  Records  of  the  Notary  Fub- 
Hke  of  the  Collonie  of  the  Maaachnsets  Bay  in  New  England. 

As  attests,  John  Haywaed,  Notary  Publick, 

^*  Tliifl  ia  a  true  coppy  of  Joseph  Jueirs  Letter  of  Attorney  as 
"^  Attest,  Samuell  Read,  Town  Clerk." 

"  Boston  in  New  England,  November  21,  1684, 
Kxow  ALL  MEN  BY  THESE  Prksents,    that  I  William   Needham  of 
Ion  in  New  England,  Cooper,   have  formerly  Received  of  Samuel 
of  Mendon  in  New  England  aforesd,  Yeoman,  nine  pounds  in 
►ney,  and    of  Josiah  Chapin  of  Mendon  aforesd.  Yeoman,  att  two 
gevcrall  payments  twenty  pounds  in  money,  being  in  all  twenty*nine 
tjounds  for  the  Account  and  by  the  order  of  Joseph  Juell  of  Newberry 
U)  New  Englantl  aforead,  Yeoman,  and  is  for  a  parcell  of  land  sold  by 
Read  to  said  Chapiri  by  order  of  the  sd  Joseph  Juell  and  for  hia 
unt  sitaate  In  Mendon  aforead.  As  witness  my  hand  the  day  and 
first  aboue  written, 
Witnes,  James  Landon,  William  Needbam* 

John  Hayward,  Noty,  Publick. 
**  William  Needham  appearing  in  Boston  May  y'  5,  1685,  Acknow- 
l«d^ed  this  Instrument  to  be  bis  Act  and  Deed, 

Before  Elisha  Cook,  Assistant* 
**Lrb,  7^  p,  71.     Entered  with  the  Records  of  the  Notary  Publick  of 
tlia  Colony  of  the  Masachusets  Bay  In  New  England. 

As  attests »  John  IlAYWARn,  Notary  Publick. 

''Tills  is  a  True  Coppy  of  WiUisim  Needham's  Receipt  with  the 
Acknowledgment  and  Recording  In  the  Publick  Notary. 

Attest,  Samuel  Read,  Clerk." 

Onsdl  Ourney  calls  Thomaa  Juell,  her  son,  when  soliciting  accept- 
lace  for  hira  and  herself  at  Mendon,  in  1663;  and  she  calls  Joseph 
Ji»ll,  her  asoo,  when  making  her  will  at  Chelmsford,  in  167 5.  In  her 
win  Nathaniel  Juell,  Mercy  Joel!  and  Sherebiah  Kely  or  Keby,  are 
mentioned  as  legatees.  Was  not  this  Nathaniel  the  brother  of  Thomas 
and  Joseph  of  the  **  Register/'  and  was  not  Mercy  Juell  and  Shere- 
huh  Kely  two  of  the  "  unknown  "  daughters  ? 

Joseph  Jewell,  of  the  "  Register,''  married  for  a  second  wife  **  Isa- 
W/'  Joseph  Juell,  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  with  his  wUe  '*  Isabell,*' 
l%Ded  a  Power  of  Attorney  to  Samuel  Read,  of  Mendon,  in  1682. 
Jotepb  Jewell,  of  the  "  Register,*'  '*  removed  to  Stow  and  owned  a 
GiiatmilL'*  Joseph  Juell,  of  Portsmouth,  was  called  *'  Miller''  in  1682. 
William  Neadam  was  one  of  the  executors  of  Thomas  JeweWn  will, 
Oct.  5,  1665.  William  Needham  receipted  for  Joseph  Juell  to  Samuel 
lead  and  Josiah  Chapin  of  Mendon,  in  1684,     Was  not  the  William 


49 


Grmll  Gumey, 


[Januar 


Neadam  vrho  assisted  the  mother  indentical  with  the  William  Need' 
liam  who  assisted  the  son  f 

William  Skant  applied  for  acceptance,  in  Mendon*  in  1663.  William 
Scant  witnessed  the  will  of  Thomas  Jewell,  "  of  Brantray/'  in  1654, 
Were  tbey  not,  quite  probably,  the  same  person  f  From  the  very 
singular  name,  and  from  the  fact  that  all  the  early  settlers  of  Mendon, 
"  except  the  young  man  from  Seacoucke/'  came  from  Braintree  or 
Weymouili,  I  think  we  may  conclude  that  William  Skant  was  nona^ 
other  than  William  Scant.  ^^ 

Hannah  II,  Ilarbor  might  been  a  relative  of  John  Harbor,  who 
came  with  the  first  settlers  to  Mendon,     Is  it  quite  sure  she  had  a 
middle  name  ?     I  ask  this  question  because  middie  names  were  very 
seldom  used  in  her  day  and  generation  ;  and  that  many  persons  (aa^ 
records  show)  not  un frequently  used  the  initial  kUer  of  one  of  thei|^| 


names  for  "  his'^  or  '*  her  mark." 


That  Grisell  Gurney,  wid.^  Thomas  Juell  and  Joseph  Juell  once 
lived  in  Mendon,  I  think  admits  of  little  or  no  doubt.  Grisell  Gurney 
left  the  town  belore  1675,  and  had  become  the  wife  of  John  Burge  and 
was  dead  at  the  breaking  out  of  King  Philip's  war,  which  was  berfun 
(in  the  Massachusetts  Colony)  July  14,  1675,  by  an  attack  upon  Men- 
don, when,  as  Mather  saySp  four  or  five  persons  were  killed. 

Thomas  Juell  was  here  in  1669,  for.  May  10th  of  that  year,  ''The 
Selectmen  mett  and  ordered  fcfr  the  speedy  carryinge  on  the  fiframe  of 
the  minister's  House  that  Thomas  Juell  doe  provide  400  of  good 
Clapboardes  upon  his  own  account  and  bring  them  to  the  fframe,  as 
Goodman  Barnes  and  Goodman  Reade  shall  approve  offhand  he  is 
alsoe  to  biinge  212  more  clapboards  upon  Gregory  Cook's  account, 
good  and  Marchantable  as  y*  said  former  persons  shall  Jadge  w*^  ic 
one  month  after  this  day." 

*'  July  16,  1669,  Ordered,  that  Thomas  Juell  provide  200  clapboard 
and  bring  them  to  the  house  w*^  in  three  days  after  notice  upon  y*  pen 
alty  of  2Qs.  because  he  hath  so  long  delayed  it.*' 

Thomas  Juell,  with  others,  signed  the  contract  with  Joseph  Emc 
Bon,  the  Jirst  minister  of  Mendon,  Dec.  1,  1609, 

July  14,  1671,  Thomas  Juell  had  20  acres  set  to  him  in  the  "  Fjn 
Plaine;"  and,  on  the  same  day,  Joseph  Juell  had  10  acres  in  ' 
-'  Mill  Flaine." 

Feb.  17,  1672,  In  the  division  of  the  "great  meadows,'^  lots  wei 
drawn  for  choice.  Thomas  Juell  drew  the  IQth,  and  Joseph  Juell  tl 
15th. 

Of  the/or/^,  who  drew  lots  fur  a  choice  in  the  division  of  Swamf 
April  14,  1672,  Thomas  Juell  drew  the  14th,  and  Josepit  Juell  the  32d 

Of  the  ihirfi/'nine,  who  drew  lots  for  a  choice  in  the  division  of  u( 
land,  on  the  same  day,  Thomas  Juell  drew  the  13th,  and  Joseph  Jue 
the  80th  lot 

Whether  Joseph  remained  here  until  after  the  birth  of  his  childrea 
Joseph  and  Martha,  1  have  no  means  of  ascertaining,   as  there  is 
record  of  births,  marriages  or  deaths  in  Mendon,  prior  to  1680. 

It  is  certain  they  did  not  return  with  the  refugees  in  1680,   as 
mention  is  made  of  tliem  afterwards. 

If  1  am  right  in  the  identification  of  Thomas  and  Joseph  Juell, 
Mendon,  with  the  Jewells  of  the  **  Register/'  then  JueU  must 
added  to  Jule,  Joyell,  Jewel  and  Jewell,  as  another  way  to  spell 
family  name. 


1868.] 


Sjpectacle  Island  in  Boston  Harbor. 


47 


SPECTACLE  ISLAND  IN  BOSTON  HAHBOR. 


^^^  *  [By  Lbdta^b  BitL,  of  New  York.] 

^^  Sfsctaclb  IslaK0  was,  for  the  most  part,  in  the  poBseasion  of  the  Bill 
family  for  about  three  quarters  of  a  century.  The  first  record  of  sale 
or  transfer  to  this  family  of  which  there  is  any  positive  knowledge, 
18  a  deed  of  *'  three  lots/'  granted  hy  James  Bill,  of  PuUiug  Point,  to 
Thomas  Bill,  of  Boston,  bearing  date  Dec.  13,  1666. 

The  above  Thomas  Bill  and  his  wife  Abigail  Bill,  by  deed  in  1680, 
conveyed  all  their  interest  in  Spectacle  Island*  (about  35  acres )  to 
their  son  Samuel  Bill,  lie  subsequently  became  possessed  of  the 
entire  laland,  and  it  was  known  for  many  years  after  by  the  name  of 
**  Samuel  BiU's  Island."  He  continued  in  the  ownership  up  to  the 
time  of  his  decease.  August  18,  1705,  when  two  thirds  of  it  passed 
by  will  into  the  hands  of  his  son,  Samuel  Bill,  Jr.  At  a  later  date^ 
tbiB  son  acquired  absolute  title  and  held  it  up  to  1729-30,  when  it 
passed  into  the  possession  of  his  brother,  Richard  Bill,  of  Boston. 

It  was  during  the  ownership  of  Samuel  Bill,  Sn,  and  about  the 
year  1684,  when  the  titles  by  which  the  Colonists  held  their  lands 
were  likely  to  be  put  in  jeopardy,  in  consequence  of  the  insidious 
connael  of  some  of  the  resident  authorities  of  the  home  government, 
that  the  subjoined  deed  from  an  Indian  Chief  called  Josiah,  or  Warn- 
putucki  and  several  of  his  counsellors,  was  thought  usefuL 


I 


To  all  Christian  People  to  whom  these  presents  shall  come.  Josiae, 
aon  and  Ileyer  of  Josiah  otherwise  called  Wamputuck,  late  Sachem 
^f  tlie  Massachusetts  Country  in  New  England,  Sendeth  Greeting  : — 

Know  ye  that  I  the  said  Josiah,  son  of  Josiah,  for  diverse  causes 
and  good  considerations  me  thereunto  moving,  and  in  particular  for 
And  in  consideration  of  a  valuable  consideration  of  money  to  me  in 
hud  payd  before  the  ensealing  of  this  deed  by  Samuel  Bill  of  Boston, 
Butcher,  Hate  with  knowledge  and  consent  of  my  wise  men  and 
Cooocellors,  William  Ahaton,  Sen.,  William  Ahaton,  Jun.,  and  Robert 
Hamentaug,  Given,  granted,  sold,  enfeoffed,  and  confirmed,  and  by 
these  presents  Do  fully,  freely  and  absolutely  give,  grant,  sell,  enfeoffe, 
coDfvey  and  confirme  unto  the  sayed  Samuel  Bill  his  heyeres  and  As* 
Agnes  forever  one  certain  Island,  Scitnate  in  the  MasBachusetta  Bay, 
oominonty  known  and  called  by  the  name  of  Spectacle  Island  in  the 
l>rcsent  possession  of  the  same  Bill,  with  all  rights,  priveledges  and 
1  :  irtcnances,  thereunto  in  any  wise  appertaining  and  belonging. 
T  imve  and  to  hold  the  same  and  every  part  and  parcel  thereof  unto 
him  the  said  Samuel  Bill  bis  Heyeres  and  Assigns  to  his  and  their  sole 
ta^  and  benefit,  in  firm  and  indefeasihlo  estate  of  inlieritance  in  fee 
aimple  forever.  And  the  said  Josiah  for  himself  his  heyeres.  Executors, 
4,fT,,i,.;utE.ators  and  successors,  doth  hereby  covenant  and  promise  to 
the  said  Samuel  Bill  his  heycrs  and  Assigns,  that  at  the 
MUM.^  ui  tiie  ensealing  and  delivery  of  those  presents  that  (according- 


•  Tlii»  ttlacid  liP8  3|  mUea  from  Long  WhArf,  ami  betwecii  CasOo  and  Long  lalaadA, 
'  -e'i  m^.  o/Bi>aton,  pp.  234,  253,  318,  661,  796,— Ed. 


See 


48 


DorcJmter  T(mn  Rccordi. 


[Januarf,] 


to  Indian  riglit  and  title)  he  is  the  sole  owner  and  proprietor  of  the 
said  Island^  and  hath  full  power  and  authority  to  sell  and  convey  the 
same  as  above  sayd,  and  that  the  sayd  bargained  Island  with  all  its  pri- 
veledges,  rights  and  appurtenances  belonging,  wilt  and  doth  unto  the 
84yd  oamnel  Bi!l,  his  heyers  and  Assigns  forever  eufficiently  warrant  , 
and  defend  against  himself  his  heyers  and  successors,  and  against  all 
and  every  other  person  whomsoever  having,  claiming  or  pretending  to 
have  or  claim  any  Indian  right,  title  or  interest  in  or  to  the  same  or  I 
any  part  or  parcel  thereof,  | 

In  witnesse  whereof  the  said  Josiah  and  his  councellors  above  sayed      ' 
have  hereunto  put  their  hands  and  seala  this  thirtieth  day  of  April,  in 
the  year  one  thousand  six  hundred  eighty-four.  Jl 

Signed,  sealed  and  delivered  Josuh  his  mark  =o     (l  s)     V 

in  presence  of  William  hahaton,       (l,  a)  ' 

George  Merriott,  ^, ,  ._  ^  ,  .      . 

Experience  Ffisher.  ^Id  Wiluak  A  Ahiton,  (l  a) 


marJt 


hli 


*  ROBKRT  MaMKKTAUO,  Z      (l 

Quu-k 

Josiah,  Indian  Sachem,  and  his  Councellors  acknowledged  this 
be  their  Act  and  Deed,  May  Ist,  1684,  before  me, 

William  Stougbton. 


DORCHESTER  (MASS.)  TOWN  RECORDS. 

[Transcribod  by  Willi  am  Blailk  Traak,  witli  NoteaJ 
Coatiniaed  firom  Yol,  xxi.  pift  838, 


July  6*^  1630. 
M'  Ludlow.  M'  Democke, 

M'  Stotighton.  George  Minot. 

M'  HulL  George  Dyar. 

Natha:  Duncan,  Thomae  flbrd. 

It  is  ordered,   that  George  Minot,  M' 


Richard  Collicot. 
Austin  Clement. 
M'  Williams. 
John  Phillips. 
Duncan »  John  Phillips  anj 


Austin  Clement  relinquishing  there  former  great  lotta  in  the   freal 
marsh  shall  [in]  lew  of  them  have  the  sayd  p'portiona  in  a  lesser  mf 
dowe  lying  neerer  Naponset.     South  and  by  East  from  the   Mark 
tree,  George  Minot  6  acres.    [M'j  Duncan  2  acres.    John  Phillips 
acreSi  Austin  Clement  2  acres. 

It  is  ordered,  that  Aron  Cooke,  relinquishing  a  fonner  graunt  of  ' 
acres  of  medow  in  the  second  marsh,  hath  4  acres  now  gratinted 
the  hither  great  marsh,  adjoyning  to  Goodman  Collicnt. 

It  is  ordered,  that  M' Dancanf  shall  have   lOs.  payd  him  by ' 

•  For  liiformation  as  to  these  Indians,  see  Drake's  Hist. of  Boston ^  pp.  397  and  456,  who 
is  alpo  iintjthfr  dci'di  from  them.^En, 

t  Our  hoartv  tliftnks  would  havr  been  given  to  Mr.  Ludlow,  Mr»  StoUiSfhton»  Mr.  H^ 
and  otbcrv,  tlietr  successors,  bad  tliey  safc'ly  transmht-ed  to  ns  tlis  original  of  "ulLj""" 
ordOTS."  e^cially  the  portion  afterward*  contained  In  the  firjjt  four  pages  of  the  ti 
made  in  the  **  fiiyre  Ipglbte  hand,"  as  indeed  ft  i8»  of  Brother  Nathftniel  DuncAn. 
have  to  motirn  the  Iohh,  us  before  inlimittiid,  of  the  entire  town  i-eLurd*   for  the 
and  a  half  years  of  the  settlement  of  tht!  pLintation.    Cuiild  those  Unig  mi-sing  leave* 
fiimnd,  liow  eageily  would  the  sibyiline  treaeure  be  received  hj  the  appredatiu^  antiqua 
of  our  day  ( 


11888.] 


Dorchester  Town  RtcoiJs* 


49 


Towne  for  to  Iranficrib^  all  tbese  orders  into  a  new  booke  in  a  fayre 
^legible  band. 

It  18  ordered »  that  Aron  Cooke  shall  have  halfe  an  acre  of  ground 
orer  agaynst  his  lott,  by  the  brooke,  neere  the  dead  swamp,  to  build 
lis  bouse  upon. 

It  is  graunted,  that  these  men  whose  names  ensue  shall  have  lotta 
it  Sqnantum  necke,  according  to  the  p'portion  here  expressed,  M' 
John  Tilly  as  the  great  lott  to  his  brothers  hoamc  lott  12  acres,  and 
^M'  Holland  12  acres,  M'  Richards  10  acres,  Gootl:  White  12  acres,  John 
^httcomb  12  acres  to  plasters*  lott,  and  John  Hull  8  acres. 
It  is  graunted,  vnto  Nicholas  Vpsall  8  acres  of  ypland  upon  the 
lodian  hill,  by  Thomas  Tilestone,  also  Wiiliara  Ruckewell  hath  8 
acres  lu  his  former,  as  inlardgemetjts  to  theire  fu rmer  lotts. 

1 1  is  graunted,  to  Christopher  Gibson,  halfc  an  acre  of  marsh  lying 
at  [the]  end  of  John  Moorcs  lott,  by  tho  shipp.f 
g        It  is  graunted,  to  M^  Ilill,  that  bis  9  acres  free  graunted   at  Squan- 
Htein  Decke  shall  have  7  more  added  to  it^  so  it  be  sixteene  acres. 
V    It  IB  graunted,  to  Richard  Collicot,  as  an  addition  to  his  great  lott, 
six  acres  of  land  in  Narraganaet  way,  beyond  Naponset,  upon  tho 
bounds  between  us  and  Mount  WoUeston. 

It  is  graunted,  to  M^  Duncan  a  slip  of  upland  lying  to  his  marsh, 
by  John  Phillipg,  about  2  acres. 

It  U  graunted,  vnto  M'  Dimocke,  that  he  shall  have  all  the  ground 
betweene  his  pale  and  Goodman  Den  slow,  and  Bartholmew,J  by  the 
side  of  the  high  way.  pVided  he  p'judice  not  the  way  fo'  Carts,  Cattle 
and  passengers,  but  maynetayne  a  Cart,  Gate,  etc.  both  the  upland 
and  the  marsh  not  formerly  graunted. 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  cominoD,  to  be  devided  betweene  the  iuhabi- 
Itaota,  on  that  row,  on  M"^  Duncans  side,  graunted  in  a  former  order, 


_^llr,  Ihtiicw]  wmf  an  hnportant  man  In  the  town  and  clmrch.    He  wiw  a  prosperons  mcr- 
,  often  choiten  a  ^electnijin,  first  in  1634,  and  aftor  lib  rulnoviil  in  1654  U}  tbt:  town  of 
lu  chiMicn  vote  commiJisionc^r,  wws  a  niu^l>er  of  thnes  electctl  n  Deputv  to  tbo 
.  \w.ri  ^ji^  Auditor  General  to  the  Court,  with  ii  wilurv  of  £30  a  year.    Edward 

[Mn  i  bonder  Working  Providence ,  gpoak*  of  Mr.  Dnncim  a^  •*  learned  in  the 

I  ttfcri  ii  tongue,  a  very  good  acccuiu bint."    He  was  a  member  of  the  Old  North 

I  Clan:!]  jf)  B^jston. 

♦  W«  supfkoi^  this  relates  to  Jo6itm  Plaitow,  and  that  the  early  grant  of  land  made  to 
Urn  WM  entered  «n  the  missing  pii^§  of  the  town  record.  Hf  was  brought  Iwffire  tho 
I  QMmi  Court  in  1631,  on  charge  uf  f^tcalinj?  4  ba>kctA  of  corn  from  tin*  Indians,  Chieka- 
il  and  bid  men.  FJajstow  waj  ordered  lo  restore  them  the  douhlt  qnantity  taken  from 
,  ->  Tii.r  H  baskets  of  com,  to  be  lined  £5,  «nd  **  fierealttr  to  be  ealkd  JoMa.*,  and  not 
I  It.  M  form'rl^  hee  vscd  to  Iwe,  and  that  Willm.  Bueklind  and  Tho:  Andrewe  Khnllic 
I  chimed  for  toeing  acccMirv  to  the  iwuiie  otlencc."  *"  We  mQi*t  couclude,  therefore,"  »aya 
1Cl.aava^»  *♦  tbat  our  fathcra  thou^lit  the  whippinipr  of  tht  MTvanta  a  liijhter  punishment 
J  te  tii«  degnMlAtlan  of  t?ie  muster^*  A  few  iiKmth»  l>eft>re  that,  In  the  spring  of  the  samo 
I  J»f,  tlie  Court  liad  ordered  thut  Mr.  Plastow,  Wormewx^otl,  and  others,  niiqnietif  not  bitter 
^  .abonlUbc  iknu  prinoners  to  England.  It  has  iK-en  inrimiited  rhm  there  were  so 
[■ttf  &09on»  of  diiitimtion  who  wiftbed  to  ^o  in  ilic  vessel  to  EjTjrbnul  tb;it  there  was  no 
i  war  the  calprilH  intended  to  be  >itfit  to  the  mother  land  '*  uh  ^jcrsons  uTimeet  to  inhabit 
>*•  to  1^32^  the  estate  of  Josia'i  Plastow  waA  to  lie  Inquired  afters  ami  a  commi^j^ion 
[■ligrint^'  *'  "'" '^  ' -*  M  Mr,  Pinehon  and  Mr*  Mnvcriek,  Sen'  {Samnel  Miiverkk}  to 
|llfe>drp&  iTors  of  *iaid  Plastow  and  their  witnes^eH,  &e.    See  Court  Ro- 

'  ,  L  8'J  >iept,,  1638,  wf  iiiid  the  ijiitry— *'  Josla*  Phistow,  being  lined  £5, 

Mnv  was  the  "  Imnqne  Warwick,"  some  acconnt  of  whjeh  haft  been 

li  It.  223.    She  was  condemned,  and  a  warrant  given  to  the  consttilda 

JTKlir  :\  to  inventory  and  apprize  her  rififging,  &e.  (See  article.)    Thii 

^  l«j  f(}  hATe  been  on  the  southerly  »ldc  of  Commercial  Point, 

¥m  1  nan liolomew,  brotber  of  Henry,  who,  accordinp  to  SavagGj  was  of 

1  u  June  2, 1641 ,  artillery  eompiiny  1643,  disd  in  1646  ? 


60 


Dorcfiester  Town  Records, 


[January, 


shalbe  devided  amoDget  them  by  acre  according  to  the  Auncient  lotts 
that  lye  there,  that  is  to  say,  y*  he  that  was  to  have  8  acres.  6  or 
4,  shall  his  p'portioa  of  the  common  according  thereto,  it  being  all 
first  measured. 

It  is  grauTited,  that  the  ground  about  Rocky  hill*  shall  belong  to 
M'  Ludlow,  M'  Johnson's  house,  George  Minot^  M^  Hill,  John  Ealea, 
and  Elias  Parkeman  in  community  amongst  them,  pMded  tht*y  do 
Dothing  to  p'judice  the  common  passidge  of  people,  Carts  or  cattle, 
both  to  the  sea  or  any  other,  as  there  may  be  occasion  ;  this  graun 
being  not  to  binder  iioy  fortification,  if  the  Countery  at  any  tyme  s( 
cause,  the  bounds  being  (togeather  with  the  wajx's)  from  Joiiatha*. 
Qiltets  pale  and  so  round  to  their  yeverall  grounds. 

It  is  graunted,  to  M'  Ludlow,  M' Hill,  and  the  neighboina  tb 
haue  lotte  with  them,  that  they  may  run  a  pale  downe  into  the  sej 
at  the  Corner,  by  M'  Ludlowes,  and  an  other  betweene  M'  Hill  am 
John  Eales,  for  the  securing  there  Come  and  saving  of  much  fensing, 
p- vided  tbey  leave  stiles  and  gates  for  p'sons  and  cattle,  when  p^sons 
are  disposed  to  travell.  or  drive  Cattle  or  swine  that  way  to  Clamming* 

It  is  graunted,  to  Nicholas  Vpsall,  to  the  quantity  of  5  goad  square 
of  ground,  adjoyning  to  Goodman  Rockewells  lott,  on  the  common,  for 
a  garden. 

The  former  graunt  of  Nine  goads  to  Good:  fford,  in  the  Commo 
by  M'  Maverickes  house,  being  yielded  up  by  him  to  the  Towne,  h 
was  graunted  in  lew  thereof,  nine  goad  in  length  of  the  sayd  com^o 
by  the  pound. 

The  2*^  of  October:  1*j36,  It  is  ordered,  that  Brey.  Wilkeines  shall 
baue  six  acres  of  V  pi  and  in  p*te  of  his  great  lott,  being  a  little  necke 
lying  by  M^  Makepeaces  and  M'  B rankers  meddowe. 

The  names  of  such  as  were  chosen  for  the  ordering  of  the  affai 
of  the  plantation,  to  begin  from  the  second  of  January,  being  the  B 
Moone  dnj  of  the  month  and  so  to  continue  the  raoneihiy  meetein 
for  six.  monethes   or  till  new  be  chosen,  8  of  which  number  beii 
P^sent  they  may  act  and  order  any  thing  in  the  Plantation  accord! i 
to  the  scope  of  former  orders  to  that  cfiect.     If  any  of  these  shall 
absent  without  gcmd  cause  allowed  by  the  rest  [be]  shall  pay  for 
so  fayleing  5  shillings  ;  any  that  shall  come  after  the  houre  of  8 
the  Clocke  to  pay  12  pence,  and  after  9  to  pay  2  shillings  ;  if  any  8^ 
longer  to  pay  the  foil  fine  of  5  shillings  ;  when  3  of  these  are  come  to^ 
ther  they  shall  Judge  of  the  tyme  ;  this  act  to  continue  for  a  fi 
order  from  Tyme  to  tyme.    M'.  Stoughton,  Henry  Withington,  Rich. 
Collicot,  WilU  Gaylardi  M^  Glouer,   Nathauiell  Duncan,  John   Ho] 
man,    Cristofer  Gibson,  M.\  Joanes,  George   Minot,  M'.  Hill,  Jo] 
Pierce. 

It  is  ordered,  that  4  Barrells  of  powder  in  the  meeteing  house, 
the  Countryea  store,  Khali  bo  disposed  of  and  sould  for  the  bringii 
in  new  powder  in  the  place,  p'  the  p'tyes  vnder  mentioned. 


I 


•  "  Rocky  liiU,"  we  sapposc  to  be  wb«t  t»  rmw  "  Meetitiiir-HooHc?  hiil/*  where  four  oatf 
the  five  mt'ediig  liouses  erected  for  tho  nw  of  the  First  Church  and  Society  in  Dorcli 
were  located,  ihc  second  bnUUm^  hjivtug  be«n  reniovt'd  fitjm  "  the  plain  *'  mid  set  up  on  1 
bill,  in  Its  original  form,  as  we  prcfintne*  in  1671,  tmc  hnndred  and  ninety-six  years 
yotc  of  tlie  town  to  that  etfcrt  having  liecn  parsed,  fin  the  '27th  nf  Junc^  1670. 

Thie  liill  should  not  he  misuiken  by  the  retMiere  of  our  attcknt  recordH  £ur  *'  Bock 
now  **  Savin  htll/'    Sets  note,  R^g,  xxL  272. 


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By  Xatbaniell  Duncan  one  barrell ;  by  Richard  Collicot  one  barrell ; 

ij  NicbolaB  Vpsall  one  barrell ;   by  John  Gapin,  one  barreJI. 
Josepb   fliood  is  ChoBeo   Baylif  during  the  tjme  of  the  12   men, 
ow   Oboseu,  and  till  new  be  Choseii  to  that  office,  and  it  is  order- 
Ihat  he  nhall  levie  all  lynea,  rates  or  amercements  fur  the  Plan 
tion    p'   impuandiiig   the   otl'endera   goods  ;    and  there  to  detayne 
iiem  till  aatisfaotfon  [be]  made,  and  if  the  owner  of  the  goods  shall 
not  make  aatisfaction  within  4  dayes  it  Bhall  be  lawful!  for  him  to  sell 
the  g^oods  and  returne  the  ouerplus  to  the  p'ty  oflending,  and  to   [be] 
alowed  12*  for  euery  distresse,  and   2*^  for    encry  imponding  of  Cow, 
liorse,  or  hogg,  and  for  euery  gote  a  penny,   and  if  the  sayd  Baylif 
'  all  be  necligent  in  diftchardgeitig  hia  office  and  dtilay  the  taking  dia- 
tresse  be  shall  be  loyable  to  a  fyne  as  filjall  be  thought  fit  by  the  12  men. 
It  shall  be  law  full  fur  the  sayd  Baylif  to  recouer  any  rates  or  amerce* 
ments  p'  way  of  distresse  [on]  any  goods. 

It  is  ordered,  that  whereas  there  was  half  an  acre  of  Marsh  formerly 
graunted  to  CbriHtou[er]  Gibson,  lying  at  the  end  of  John  Moores  lott, 
next  the  ship,  the  said  halfe  an  acre  is  giaeii  oner  to  the  sayd  John 
Uoore  p'  the  sayd  Christo:  Gibson. 

It  18  ordered,  that  euery  pHicnIar  inhabitant  shall  take  a  veiwe  of 
his  house  and  garden  and  boame  lotts  bow  they  lye  bounded  (towardes 
other  mens»  or  towardes  the  commons),  according  to  the  poynts  of  the 
"^orapasse,  and  so  of  their  great  lotts  and  medow  grounds  as  they 
lay  bounded  euery  way,  and  the  number  of  acres  of  all  such  lands, 

A  note  of  which  to  be  brought  into  the  12  men  to  be  Judged  of,  and 
amongst  them  4  to  be  Chosen  according  to  order  of  Court  with  the 
Advise  of  an  Assistant  to  see  it  recorded  one  a  booke  p'te. 

It  is  ordered,  that  William  Gaylar,  George  Dyar,  and  M^  Hath- 
ome,  shall  make  a  rate  for  25'^.  for  publicke  use, 

January  16,  1636,  It  is  ordered,  that  there  shall  be  a  way  paled 
out  from  the  Creeke  joyning  to  M'  Williams  great  lott,  to  the  Cor- 
ner of  M'  Newberyes  great  lott,  and  euery  man  to  pale  the  end  of 
bis  lotts,  and  also  from  the  corner  of  M'  Richards  lott  to  the  sayd 
Creeke^  to  be  paled  by  John  Moore  and  Edraond  Miinninga,  p'portion* 
ibNy  to  their  lotts. 

It  is  ordered,  that  there  shall  be  one  in  tire  sufficient  ffience  from 
the  Lower  Corner  of  M'  New^beryea  great  Lott  and  so  round  the  great 
lott«  towards  the  Commons  to  the  pale  of  the  six  acre  loots,  and  from 
those  lotts  to  the  riuer  of  Naponsett,  which  pale  from  the  farther 
Corner  of  the  great  lotts  to  the  six  acre  lotts  and  from  the  six  acre  lotts 
to  the  riuer  to  be  paled  and  maynetayned  by  those  which  possesse 
the  six  arrc  lotts,  and  by  those  tliat  bane  formerly  paled  the  farther 
side  of  the  great  lotts,  and  fur  those  which  haue  paled  the  hither 
wMe,  formerly,  to  doe  that  still,  all  this  to  he  done  very  sufficiently  by 
the  26*^  of  March  next, 

It  is  ftrther  ordered,  that  George  Melnot  and  John  Philips  eball  see 
!*:•  the  farther  side  that  their  bo  sufficient  pale,  and  m'  Glover,  and  m' 
Holmand  to  looke  to  the  hither  side,  and  where  they  shall  find  any 
delect  to  p'sent  it  to  the  12  men. 

Kit  ift  farther  ordered,  that  what  Tresspasses  shall  hereafter  be  done 
the  TresHepasse'  shall  pay  the  one  halfe  of  the  dammadge,  and  he  that 
(s  defectiue  in  his  pale  the  other  halfe,  and  this  order  to  be  generall 
tfarough  the  whole  Plantation,  Provided,  that  if  any  Cattle  be  knowen 
to  be  commoEi  pale  breakers  j  they  shall  pay  the  whole  Trespaese. 


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[January^ 


It  18  ordered,  that  Henry  Witbington  shall  see  the  makeing  of  the 
gate  to  the  great  lotts  at  the  Chearge  of  tbose  which  haiie  their  lotts, 
according  to  a  former  order,  aod  the  aayd  gate  to  be  raaynetayned     | 
jj'  all  the  sayd  great  lotta  and  also  by  the  six  acre  lotts. 

It  id  ordered,  That  John  Philips  and  Uhristouer  Gibson,  shall  stake 
out  a  Cart  way  through  the  great  lotts.  ^^ 

It  Is  ordered,  that  Brey  VVilkcines  shall  haue  one  acre  on  the  nccke^ 
of  the  3  acre  Lott,  which  was  formerly  graunted  to  Jo:  Knell;*  the 
othe'  two  acres  to  reraayne  to  M"^  Holland  in  whose  possession  it  is, 
which  acre  the  sayd  Bray  is  to  haue  upon  Condition  he  remayne  in 
the  Plantation,  elce  to  ieaue  it  to  the  Flaotation,  and  not  to  alienate^ 
it  without  app'bation  of  the  Twelue  men.  ^| 

If;  is  ordered,  that  whosoeuer  breakcth  open  any  pale  shall  pay  fia^^ 
Bhillittgs. 

It  is  ordered,  that  all  the  hoame  lotta  shall  be  sufficiently  paled  by 
the  first  of  March  ;  Zuchariah  Whiteman,  Ilenry  VVithington,  to  tcw 
the  pale  in  the  feild  next  to  their  houses. 

Edniond  Munninga  and  George  Dyer  to  rew  the  feild  next  to  their 
houses, 

M'  Make  peace,  John  Moore,  to  vew  the  feild  next  their  houses. 

Joseph  0arne worth  and  Goodman  Read  to  veiw  the  feild  where  the 
dwelL 

William  Summer,  Goodman  Hawea,  to  vew  the  feild  where  thej 
dwelL 

John  Poape  and  Edward  Clap  to  vew  their  feild. 

All  those  which  are  appoyrited  to  vew  those  feilds  arc  to  p'setit  ani 
defect  of  bad  paleing  or  not  paling  at  the  Time  appoynted,  to  th 
Twelue  men. 

It  is  ordered,  that  M^  Israel  Stoughton  shall  haue  a  huodered  and 
fifty  acres  of  vpland  ground  oner  the  riuer  of  Naponset,  next  the  raillj 
of  which  fourty  acres  to  be  that  which  is  in  possession  of  the  Indians 
and  this  in  lue  of  so  much  p'mised  him,  and  fo""  all  his  deuision  of  aoj 
land  beyound  the  Riuer.  except  the  Change  of  the  end  of  his  grea 
lott,  and  this  graunted  him  one  condition  he  submitt  to  any  order  tha 
shall  be  here  after  made  fo'  not  alieuateing  this  portion  or  any  othc 
land  from  the  Plantution. 

It  is  ordered,  that  Ten  men  shall  be  chosen  to  order  all  the  affayr 
of  the  Plantation  on   this  manner.     They  shall  continue  a  monethlj 
roeeteing  dureing  their  tyme  that  they  are  Chosen,  which  shall  be  si 
months  after  election.     At  which  meetcinga  they  shall  consult  of  an 
act  what  may  be  fo'  the  good  of  the  Plantation,  and  after  they  ban 
made  such  acts  and  that  by  the  major  pHe  of  as  many  of  them  as 
p'eent,  which  should  be  seauen  at  least,   the)''  shall   upon  the  nei 
Lecture  day,   after  Lecture,  read  them  to  the  Company  of  free  me 
who  are  to  be  \varncd  at  p'^sent  to  stay.     And  then  all  acts  and  cc 
elusions  as  shall  nut  be  contradicted  by  the  major  p*te  of  the  free  m€ 
p'sent,  shall  stand  fo^  orders  and  bind  the  Plantation  and  euery  inl 
bitant  thereof. 

It  is  ordered,  that  all  the  land  both  of  the  great  necke  and  aboi( 
the  Towne,  and  of  both  sides  the  Riuer  of  Naponset t,  which  is  d^ 
allredy  allotted  out,  shall  be  deuided  into  p'priety  to  eachhoamo  lolj 


•  We  sliould  like  to  be  iaforaicd  wtio  this  person  was. 


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cordiDg  to  p*portion  agreed  vpon  so  far  up  in  the  Countery  one  both 
sides  the  Riuer,  the  place  called  mother  brooks.* 

It  is  ordered,  that  M'  Glouer  shall  haue  30  acres  [of  vpland]  .  .  ,  . 
medow  beyond  Naponsett,  about  a  mille  from  the  mill,  in  lieu  of  a 
Twenty  acre  lott  amongst  the  great  lotta,  beyound  the  fresh  marHh, 
which  he  leaues  to  the  plantation. 

It  is  ordered,  that  M'  Holland  shall  haue  all  that  rest  of  ground. 
Marsh  inclosed,  or  vpland,  joyneiog  vnto  the  Two  acres  on  M'  Lud- 
lowes  necke,  graunted  formerly  to  Thorn,  fiord,  leaueing  a  suMcient 
high  way  ;  also  he  shall  haue  a  little  plott  of  marsh  which  is  without 
the  inclosure,  payeiug  Thomajs  fibrd  the  Charges  he  hath  heene  at  ia 
ditching. 

It  ia  ordered,  that  M^  Joanes  shall  haue  an  acre  and  halfe  of  land 
joyneing  to  the  end  of  his  swamp  next  the  TowaCi  with  a  round 
hill  in  it. 

It  is  ordered,  fo'  the  better  payment  of  heardsmen,  that  whoaoeuer 
sball  put  any  cattle  to  keepe,  and  neglect  to  bringe  in  his  mony  to 
the  say  heardsman  fo^  such  Cattle,  at  such  ty iiiee  as  shall  be  agreed 
fo' after  some  Generall  warneing  one  a  lecture  day;  it  shall  be  lawfuU 
fo'  the  Baylife  to  impound  any  cattle  of  such  p'sons  and  their  to  de- 
teyne  them  fo'  a  day,  in  which  tyme,  if  the  p^ty  haueing  noteice  there- 
of doe  not  bring  in  his  money  the  sayd  Baylife  with  2  freemen  shall 
price  and  make  sale  of  such  Cattle  and  take  satisfaction  fo'  what  is 
I  due  to  the  heardsmen,  with  3  shills.  fo^  himselfe  fo'  lev3nng  the  dia- 
I     tiwie,  and  then  to  retume  the  ouerplus  to  the  p'tye  delinquent* 

It  is  ordered,  that  M*^  Stoughton  and  M'  Hoi  man  shall  furneish  Z 
Bills  fo'  the  heard  of  Cowes  of  that  side  the  Towne,  and  to  be  payd 
12*  fo*  each  Cow,  and  the  mony  to  be  payd  into  the  beards  men. 

It  18  ordered,  that  Mathias  Sension  and  Thomas  Sampford  shall 
keqse  the  Cowes  this  yeere,  to  begin  the  17"*  day  of  Aprill,  and  to 
oontinue  the  keepeing  of  them  to  the  15"*  of  Nouember,  to  haue  fo' 
tlicir  pay  in  keepeing  5  shillings  the  head  fo'  as  many  as  are  brought 
in;  The  sayd  fiue  shill.  p'  head  to  be  payd  ^  in  hand,  ^  at  halfe  the 
tyme,  the  other  at  the  end  of  the  tyme. 

It  is  also  ordered,  that  all  that  haue  Cowes  shall  put  them  to  the 
Keepers  to  be  kept  in  the  ordinary  Cow  pasture,  and  none  to  put  any  at 
the  Necke  of  land,  or  keepe  them  otherivise  about  the  Towne,  or  from 
the  heard,  one  payne  of  10*  fo'  [such]  offending,     Alsoi  that  all  that 
line  Northwards  from  the  meeteing  house  shall  bring  their  Cowes  into 
tht  open  place  befo'  the  mectcing  house  within  an  howerof  [sun]  rise- 
bg»  and  their  the  Keepers  to  be  ready  to  driuc  them  away,  and  so  to 
blow  their  home  along  the  Towne,  and  whosoeuer  bring  not  their  cowes 
befo*  m'  Stoughtons  house  within  an  hower  of  sunne  riseing  the  keep- 
ers shall  stay  no  longer   [but]  driue  away  those  which  are  redy  to  the 
Pasture,  and  those  which  through  their   [owne]   neglect  haue  their 
LCowes  behind  shall  not  make  that  any  Barre  of  payment  to  the  Keepers* 
H^  Tt  IS  ordered,  that  M*^  IJolman  shall  haue  20  acres  of  vpland  beyound 
^fce  [  ]  next  to  M'  Hutcbissons. 


•  *•  Hodier  Brooks  is  a  •tream  Ibrmed  by  dWi^nlag  one  third  of  the  wafers  of  Chartes 
r  from  its  nstumt  coarse,  in  the  town  of  Dedhara,  atwut  half  a  mtle  north  uf  the  Coart 
,  nod  which  turns  the  wbe^h  of  J?€vt?ral  hirgv  mann  factories  \n  Dedhnm,    The  Mother 
R  1o«e»  Itu  ulenilfir  in  the  Neponsct,  at  the  foot  of  Brush  Hill  in  Milton.'*     HMfory 
4/  DortKmUr,  577.    Mau.  Hut,  Call,  ix.  163. 

"       Vat.  XXIL  6* 


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[Janiia 


It  is  ordered,  that  M^Jaanes  shall  haae  20  acres  of  vpland  fo' 
great  Lott   [which]   he  had  p*mised  him  fo^  that  was  SilvisterB/*  fo 
which  he  is  to  haue  the  [  ]  lott  of  20  acres,  which  was  formerly 

graunted  to  M""  Olouer,  which  one  eomo  [  ]  ration  he  left  vnto 

the  Plantation  according  to  a  former  order. 

It  is  ordered,  tbat  M'  Ilolman  shall  haue  10  acres  of  plajno  mow- 
ing ground  [adjded  to  his  former  graunt  of  20  acres,  next  M^  Hutch- 
ifisons,  in  lieu  of  p'te  of  [his]  devision  bejound  the  Watter* 

The  2'^  of  May.  Whereas  by  a  former  order  it  was  concluded  the 
great  and  little  necke  [should  be]  forth  with  diuided  amongst  the 
inhabitants  it  ia  thought  meete  and  agreed  [  ]  shall  Challeng  after 

diuision  and  possession  any  portion  there  as  has  [been]  giuen  and 
grauoted  to  him,  and  his  fo""  euer  upon  these  Termes,  videlicctt,  That 
if  some  shall  desire  to  plant  and  others  to  keepe  Cattle,  The  Minor 
p He  shall  fence  agayost  the  Major  y*  is  the  Minor  pHe  will  imp'ue 
their  p'priety  to  Cortie  or  the  like,  and  the  Major  p'te  to  cattle,  the 
Minor  shall  then  fence  agaynst  the  Major  at  his  ownc  p'ill,  and  so  the 
like  if  the  Minor  will  keepe  Cattle,  and  the  Major  plant,  they  must 
secure  the  Mt^jors  Corne,  and  be  ly*  to  pay  dammage  if  they  doe  not ; 
Prouided,  that  the  Count  be  according  to  the  moatvoyses  and  not  ac- 
cording to  the  greatest  number  of  acres. 

ffor  pVenting  of  o^er  burthening  the  same  land,  it  is  mutually 
agreed  that  after  October  next,  six  score  Cowes  shall  be  Counted 
the  full  stocke  fo'  the  whole  necke,  being  in  Count  480  acreef  and  so 
each  man  to  haue  commons  according  to  his  Number  of  acres,  and  no 
man  to  exceed,  other  Cattle  being  alowcd  as  folio weth,  fine  goates  to 
one  cow,  male  and  female  Counted  alike,  and  goates  of  a  yeere  old  all 
Tnder  that  age  ;  10  kids  to  one  Cow  ;  2  yearlings  to  one  Cow  ;  3  Two 
yeerelings  2  Cowes,  one  workeing  oxe  to  a  Cow,  one  Mare  and  a  Colt 
to  two  Cowes,  4  Ualues  fo'  one  Cow  ;  a  yeereling  Colt  fo*^  a  Cow  and 
a  two  yearling,  so  likewise  vntill  3  yeere  old.  This  order  to  Continue 
vntill  it  be  altered  by  the  major  pHe  of  voycos. 

The  9*^  of  May.     It  is  ordered,  that  the  Necke  of  land  conteyneir 
by  measure  about  480  acres  shall  be  from  hence  forth  the  p*p'  inher 
tance  of  the  p'sent  inhabitants  of  the  Towne  of  Dorchester  in  this  ma 
ner  :  Every  hoame  lott  that  hath  a  dwelling  house  thereon  or  inhal 
ant  incumbant  in  the  Towne  ;  he  or  it  shall  haue  one  acre  to  the  saj 
lott,  and  other  hoame  lotts  halfe  an  acre  ;  then  the  remayner  to  beloii 
to  the  same  planters  by  this  rule.     Three  fifts  to  mens  estates,  ov 
p'p*  as  vauall  they  have  burden  ;   and  2  fifts  to  p'sons  equally  tht 
Counted,  All  men  with  their  wines  and  Children  in  the  Plantatic 
vnder  their  p'sent  gouerment  in  famalyes  to  be  Counted  ;   Provide 
allowance  be  made  where  houses  and  lotts  are  intire  all  be  it  fo'  p'aes 
they  hanenop'sons  incumbant  according  to  the  p 'portion  of  such 
Lately  did  inhabit  them . 

It  is  ordered,  that  any  of  y"  mombe"  or  house  keep"  w**  Bhalb 
Chosen  to  goe  fo'  a  sonldier  and  haue  a  Charge  of  busenesse  to  leatJ 
behind  him,  he  may  commend  the  care  of  his  busenesae  to  some  freind 
which  he  shall  nominate,  who,  if  he  cannot  of  himself  or  p'cure  othc 

•  Probably  Eichftrd  Sylvester,  who  went  to  Weymouth. 

t  Now  South  Boston.    On  st  later  page  of  the  Town  records,  for  the  jrear  1637.  is  gft 
the  aame^  oFthQae^B^  in  i]unil>cr— among  whom  the  land  oti  the  Neck  woi  divided. 


1868.]  Letter  from  Rev.  Edward  WigglesworlL 


55 


^to  doe  it  at  the  same  wages  that  is  giuen  to  the  souldiers  it  Bhalt  be 

lawful  fo'  Heneiy  VVithington  M'  Brankard,  M"^  Bates  aod  Nathaniel 

diincan  or  any  of  them  to  enjoyne  any  who  they  shall    thirike  fitt  to 

Lworke  in  this  k  [ind]  fo'  the  helpe  of  such  aa  need,  and  if  any  being  so 

'  joyned  shall  refuse  to  worke  he  shall  pay  fine  shilL  fo'  such  refusal!^  ta 

be  leuied  by  distresse. 

It  is  ordered,  also,  that  any  that  hauc  servants  or  any  other  which 
igoe  in  the  serTice  shall  haue  the  Benefitt  of  this  order, 
^  The  2^  September,  163T,  These  are  to  testifie  to  all  who'  yt  may 
Concerne  that  I»  John  Bramher,  haue  souM  and  giue  full  posess"  vnto 
Ambrose  Martin,  my  dwelling  howst^  and  Cow  howees  ioyni ng,  w*** 
my  boame  lot  of  about  3  or  4  ake",  and  my  great  lot  of  16  acke's 
w*iD  and  wthout  paling,  Also  [8]  acres  of  meddow,  6  ake'*  of  y* 
xneddow  of  this  side  of  neponset  Riu.  and  2  ake™  beyond  y^riue";  wit* 
my  hand  the  day  above  mentioned.  John  Brakkcr. 


UNSIGNED  LETTER  FROM  REY.  EDWARD  WIGGLESWORTH, 
^  D.D.,  TO  THOMAS  IIOLLIS,  ESQ,  OF  LONDON. 

^^^^  [From  the  Society'*  Files.] 

^^P  "  Cambridge,  May  Ut,  173L 

^f**  S' — I  sincerely  condole  with  you  upon  the  sorrowful  news  of  the 

V  death  of  your  honoured  Uncle  our  great  Benefactori  signified  by  your 

Letter  to  Mr*  Hutchinson,     The  Relation  I  have  had  the  Ilouour  of 

itanding  to  him  for  diverse  Years  ;  and  his  repeated  favours  to  me  in 

particular,  render  it  as  much  my  Duty  as  it  is  my  Inclination  to  lay  it 

to  Heart,  that  the  Righteous,  and  Merciful,   the  Pious  and  Publick 

ipirited  and  charitable  Man  is  taken  away.     We  must  endeavour  to 

be  suitably  affected  with  the  divine  Goodness  which  continued  him  to 

the  ordinary  period  of  homan  Life,  made  him  such  a  great,  and  diflu- 

8ive  Blessing  in  the  world,  ittcd  him  to  be  a  partaker  of  the  Irdieri- 

taace  of  the  Saints  in  Light,  and  has  given  him  a  Name  better  than 

precious  oyntment. 

May  the  Father  of  Mercies  and  the  God  of  all  Comfort  grant  the 
iieedful  Support  to  all  Sorrowful  Relatives.  And  may  all  those 
Blessings  of  Goodness  which  are  wont  to  descend  plentifully  upon 
tie  Posterity  of  such  as  have  been  rich  in  good  works,  be  showered 
Jown  npon  You  Sir  in  particular  who  are  instead  of  a  Son  unto  Hiin, 
Sir  :  please  to  accept  my  tliankful  acknowledgements  for  the  favour 
rf  the  Rev*  Dr.  Hunt's  Sermon,  and  the  mourning  Ring  to  Myself,  and 
for  Your  Present  to  the  College  of  its  Benefactor's  Coat  of  Arms. 

I  am  ashamed  that  I  am  so  late  in  testifying  my  unfeigned  Respect 
to  the  Memory  of  my  worthy  Founder,  but  I  hoped  by  this  time  to 
have  done  it  in  a  more  publick  manner  by  the  Sermon  which  I  preached 
in  our  College  Hall  on  the  Tuesday  after  that  we  received  the  News 
of  his  Death.  It  is  gone  to  the  Press  att  the  desire  of  the  President 
»Qd  Fellows  of  the  College,  and  tho*  it  hath  met  with  unexpected  de- 
lays hitherto,  Yet  I  hope  it  will  not  be  long  now  before  I  shall  be  able 
te  eo treat  Your  acceptance  of  it  irom 

Y«mr  obliged  humble  Servant/' 


56 


The  New  Hampshire  GrajUi. 


[Jaouar 


NOTBSi    BY  THE    EdITOB, 

Rev^  Edward  Wigglesworth,  DJ).,  was  born  in  1672;  grad.  H.  C 
1710;  elected  Hollia  Prof  of  Divinity  H,  C.  June  28,  1721  ;  installed 
Oct  24,  1722  ;  held  the  office  np  to  the  time  of  his  death  in  1766, 

Tbomas    Holus,   Esq.,  of  Lincoln's  Inn,  was  nephew  and  heir  of^ 
Thomas  Hollia,  of  London,  who  was  the  Fouader  of  the  professorship^H 
of  Divinity,  and  of  Mathematics  and  Natural  Philosophy  in  H.  0,^ 
Six  individuals  of  the  Ilollis  family,  viz.  :— Thonia«,   Nathaniel  and 
John^  brothers  ;  Thomas,  son  of  Nathaniel,  and  Thomas,  son  of  the 
last  named  Thomas,  and  Timothy,  son  of  John,  were  among  the  most 
munificent  contributors  to  the  early  endowment  of  Harvard  College, 
and  to  its  Library.     The  last  named  Thomas  bequeathed  his  estate  to 
Thomas  Brand,  Esq.,  of  London,  who  assumed  the  name  of  Ilollis, 
and  made  large  donations  to  the  College.     This  letter  was  addressed 
to  the  first  named  Thomas  Hollis, 

Ed w ABB  UuTcmjisoN  was  Treasurer  of  H.  C.  from  1721-2  to  hm 
death  in  1762. 

Rev**  JKREiinAH  Hunt,  D.D.,  a  distingnished  nonconformist  ministerpl 
of  London,  where  he  was  born  in  1678,  and  died  in  1744,  was  educated 
cbieiy  at  Leyden,  was  pastor  and  intimate  friend  of  the  Hollis  family^ 
Sermons  preached  by  him  on  the  death  of  the  following  members 
the  Hollis  family  are  to  be  found  in  the  Library  of  Harvard  College j 
viz.  : — ^Thomas  Mollis,  in  1718  ;  Samuel  Hollisi  1724  ;  Mrs.  Susanna" 
Hollis,  in  1725  \  John  Hollis,  in  1736. 


:4 


PREPARATIONS  FOR  DEFENCE  IN  THE   NEW  HAMPSHIi 

GRANTS. 

[Communicated  by  the  Rev*  EDMrXB  F.  Slapteb.] 

DiTRiNO  the  revolutionary  war,  especially  after  the  battle  of  Befl 
nington,  the  territory  of  the  New  Hampshire  grants,  now  Vermont,  wa 
peculiarly  exposed  to  tlie  depredations  of  the  enemy.  The  unite 
Colonies  had  not  the  means,  or  were  not  disposed  to  furnish  any  mili 
tary  protection.  For  several  years  the  inhabitants  were  in  constaii 
fear  of  English  and  savage  raiders.  This  was  particularly  the  ca 
after  the  burning  of  Royalton,  by  a  band  of  Indians  under  the  con 
mand  of  Lieut.  Horton,  a  British  officer,  on  the  18th  of  Oct.,  1780. 
This  attack,  resulting  in  the  loss  of  nearly  all  the  moveable  property  of 
the  settlement,  of  several  lives,  and  in  the  captivity  of  about  twenty-five 
persons r  carried  dismay  into  every  hamlet  among  the  grants, 
whole  population  hastened  to  provide  such  protection  as  they  couM 
Every  man  capable  of  bearing  arms  was  expected  to  polish  up 
*'  fowling  piece,''  the  **  old  Queen^s  arm,"  or  the**  family  musket,*'  an 
keep  himself  in  readiness  agaiost  an  alarm.  The  light*footed  India 
might  come  stealthily  even  through  the  deep  snows  of  winter. 
settlement  could  be  unprepared  for  such  untimely  visitants.  Cautiofl 
ary  measures  were  taken  by  the  town  of  Norwich,  which  presen| 
doubtless,  an  example  of  what  was  done  by  many  others.  On  th 
24tb  of  January,  1780,  by  a  vote  of  the  town,  Lieut.  John  Slafter  wa 
directed  '*  to  procure  snow  shoes  for  scouting  parties/'  and  to  **  colic 


18680 


T>i€  Butth  of  Bunker  Hill. 


57 


{^rovisaions  to  be  in  store  at  his  house  against  an  alarm.*'    The  fol- 
owin^  record  or  receipt,  taken  from  a  private  note  book  of  Lieut.  Slaf- 
ter,  will  show  who  the  men  were  in  the  town  of  Norwich,  who  were 
I  reader  to  buckle  on  their  snow  shoes,  grasp  their  muskets,  and  re- 
Ipel,  aod  pursue  their  invaders   through  the  snow-bound  forests  of 
[Vermont. 

**  2B  day  of  Feb.  1T81.     Each  of  ub  whoso  names  are  underwritten 
received  a  pair  of  Snow  Shoes  each  of  John  SI  after. 


I 


lath*  Sever, 
Jofleph  Hattlet, 
Peter  Thatcher,  Jan., 
Josiah  Goodrich,  Jr., 
Prince  Freeman^ 
Elijah  fi u map, 
William  Carey, 


Cornelias  Gilbert, 
John  BwBh, 
Elijah  Waterman, 
Samuel  Thatcher, 
Samuel  Waterman, 
Jonathan  Bartlet^ 
Gurshom  Bartlet,  Jr. 


John  Carey, 
Hezekiah  Johnson,  Jr. 
Nath^  Messenger, 
Levi  Waterman, 
Wm.  Hovey, 
Ebenezer  Jaques, 


I  THE  COMMAND  AT 
I    SHOWN    IN    THE 
MAXWELL. 


THE    BATTLE   OF    BUNKER   HILL.    AS 
STATEMENT    OF    MAJOR    THOMPSON 


[Communicated  by  Jbhekiah  CoLBtJEiT.] 


Thoiip50X  Maxwell,  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  the  American  Revola- 
ition,  was  bom  in  Bedford,  Massachusetts,  in   1742.     His  father  was 

n  ait  re  of  Ireland,  and  emigrated  to  this  country  in  1*133,  bringing 
with  him  one  son  Hugh,  but  a  few  weeks  old,  who  in  after  years,  with 
the  aobject  of  this  notice,  joined  the  American  army,  and  served  to 
the  close  of  the  war.  Among  his  brother  oiBcers,  none  was  more 
respected  than  Colonel  Hugh  MaxwelL  The  father  died  in  1769,  leav- 
|ing  geven  children,  all  of  whom,  with  the  exception  of  Hugh,  who 
died  at  the  age  of  sixty-seven,  lived  to  a  great  age,  as  follows  ;  Wil- 
liam died  at  ninety-five  ;  Margaret^  at  ninety-nine  ;  Sarah,  upwards 
of  ninety  ;  Benjamin,  ninety-two ;  James,  eighty-three ;  and  Thompson, 
ninety-three. 

The  following  account  of  himself  was  given  by  Major  ThompsOQ 
Uaxwelt,  to  the  late  General  James  Miller,  of  Salem,  under  whom 
Major  Maxwell  served  in  the  war  of  1812. 

"  In  1768,  enlisted  as  a  private  under  Captain  Lovewell,  of  the  Ran- 
eers,  reeonoitering  from  Fort  Edward  to  Fort  George.  In  1759,  en- 
luited  with  Captain  Samoel  Brewer,  of  Waltham,  Went  with  Roger's 
ijid  destroyed  St,  Francis  ;  destroyed  their  village,  and  upon  hearing 
their  Indian  war  whoop  we  were  ordered  to  disperse  and  take  care  of 
ouselvea^  Chose  Captain  Stark  our  leader;  lost  our  blankets,  and 
Uume  we  left  near  St,  Francis  ;  in  eleven  days  arrived  at  first  Settle- 
OMdl,  No.  Four,  Thirty-seven  of  our  party  died  at  White  River»  near 
Roy^tOD,  Sixty  enlisted  with  Captain  Barnes,  of  Chelmsford,  soon 
traoiiferred  to  Captain  Wlii ting's  company.  At  Crown  Point  entered 
eoTp9  of  Rangers  under  Captain  Brewer.    In  1 761 »  enlisted  for  the  wan 

**  lo  1773,  I  went  with  my  team  to  Boston.  I  had  loaded  at  John 
Hiuicoclc^s  warehouse  and  was  about  to  leave  town,  when  Mr.  Han- 


18 


The  BaitU  of  Bunker  HUL 


[Jauuaryy 


cock  requested  me  to  drive  my  team  up  into  hie  yard,  and  ordered  his 
Bervants  to  take  care  of  it,  and  requested  me  to  be  on  Long  Wharf  at 
two  o'clock,  P.M.,  and  informed  me  what  waa  to  he  done.  I  went 
accord  in  g-ly,  joined  the  baud  under  one  Captain  llewes  ;  we  mounted 
the  Ships,  and  made  Tea  in  a  trice.  This  done  I  took  my  team  and 
went  home,  as  an  honest  man  should.  1  remained  at  my  commoii 
avocations  until  April,  1176,  when  1  again  happened  in  Boston  witli 
my  team  ;  left  Boston  the  Eighteenth,  and  got  to  my  native  town  thai 
night,  and  put  up  with  my  brother  Wilson^  who  married  my  sister, 
and  who  was  a  Captain  of  minute-men.  Next  morning  early  he  had 
orders  to  march  with  his  company  to  Concord  ;  he  requested  me  to 
go  with  him.  I  went  well  armed,  and  joined  in  the  fight ;  my  brother 
Wilson  was  killed  ;  next  day  1  hired  a  man  to  drive  my  team  home, 
and  I  never  went  home  till  after  the  Battle  of  Bunker  HilL  When  I 
left  home  I  was  a  Lieutenant  of  mmute-mon  under  Captain  Crosby. 

''  Next  day  after  Concord  fight  my  company  started  to  join  us  at 
Cambridge  the  second  day  after.  I  then  took  command,  agreeable  to 
rank  in  my  company  under  Captain  Wilkinson,  We  were  formed  into 
regiments,  my  company  in  Colonel  James  Rced*8  regiment,  and  en- 
gaged for  eight  montlis.  Next  fight  was  that  of  Bunker  IlilL  Oa 
the  sixteenth  of  June  Colonel  Reed  waa  ordered  to  Charlestown  neck. 
About  twelve  o'clock  the  same  day  a  number  of  our  officers  passed  ua 
and  went  on  to  Bunker  IlilL  General  Ward  with  ihe  rest  returned  and 
went  to  Cambridge.  In  the  evening  Colonel  Prescott  passed  with  his 
regiment.  My  brother  Hugh  Maxwell  was  the  senior  Captain  in  this 
regiment ",  he  stepped  out  and  asked  Colonel  R^*ed  and  myself  if  ^ 
would  come  on  to  the  Hill  that  night.  We  did  so,  we  went  on 
Breed's  Hill.  We  found  Colonel  Putnam  there,  with  Colonel  Pre 
cott's  command.  Colonel  Prescott  requested  my  brother  Hugh 
lay  out  the  ground  for  the  intrench  merit  Ho  did  so  ;  I  set  up  tli 
stakes  after  him.  Colonel  Prescott  seemed  to  have  the  sole  command 
Colonel  Reed  and  I  returned  to  our  command  on  the  neck  about  el| 
ven  o'clock,  P.M.  At  day  in  the  morning,  we  again  went  on  to  tt 
Hill,  found  Putnam  and  Prescott  there.  Prescott  still  appeared  to  haf 
command  :  no  other  regiment  wa«  there  but  Prescott' s  through 
night  Captain  Maxwell  after  day  suggested,  in  my  hearing,  to  Colj 
nel  Prescott  the  propriety  of  running  an  intrenchment  from  the  N. . 
angle  of  the  night's  work,  to  a  rail  fence  leading  to  Mystic  Riv€ 
Colonel  Prescott  approved^  and  it  was  done.  I  set  up  the  stakes  afl 
my  brother.  About  seven  o'clock  I  saw  Colonels  Putnam  and  Pros*' 
cott  in  conversation  ;  immediately  after  Putnam  mounted  his  horse 
and  went  full  speed  toward  Cambridge.  Colonel  Reed  ordered  all  hia 
men  to  their  commands ;  we  returned  and  prepared  for  action, 
eleven  o^clock,  A.M.  we  received  orders  from  Culonel  Prescott 
move  on-  We  did  so.  We  formed  by  order  of  Prescott  down  by  thi 
rail  fence,  and  part  on  the  en  trench  memt.  We  got  hay  and  wadded 
between  the  rails  after  doubling  the  fence  by  post  and  rails  from  another 
place.  We  remained  there  during  the  battle.  After  we  had  been 
there  awhile,  I  saw  Captain  Knowlton  of  Putnam's  regiment  come  on 
with  perhaps  two  hundred  men,  and  formed  on  a  stone  wall  that  lead 
from  the  rail  fence  to  the  River.  The  men  were  formed  from  the  River 
extending  towards  the  rail  fence,  and  left  a  space,  I  should  ea 
sixty  rods  between  us,  which  was  manned  by  parts  of  regiments 


'  1 868,]     St^Stepmsm—Trumble^  Chuholme—Skowually.  59 

Colonel  Stark  came  and  formed  on  the  rail  fence.     We  were  all  drove 
I  from  the  Hill.     On  our  retreat  we  went  in  disorder— mixed  up*     As 
I  we  passed  the  top  of  Bunker  Hill,  I  there  saw   Putnam  for  the  first 
I  time  after  he  rode  away  in  the  morning.     (Putnam  on  horseback  with 
I  his   tent  behind,)      He   had   with   him  a  very   large   body  of  men 
who  were  a  little  over  the  turn  of  the  Hill  out  of  the  rake  of  the  ene- 
my's shot.     When  we  approached  near,  Pntnam  cried  out,  '*  Halt,  yoa 
damnM  cowards !  halt,  you  damn'd  cowards  I    turn  about  and  give 
them  another  shot,"     I  told  Putnam  it  was  in  vain,  for  our  ammunition 
was  gone  and  men  exhausted.     He  said  **  I  don^t  mean  you,  it  is  them 
damned  rascals  I  can't  get  up/*     I  told  Colonel  Reed  he  did  not  mean 
[bim,  andwe  kept  on.     Putnam  then  set  out  on  half  speed  toward 
'Cambridfce;  we  went  on  to  Winter  Hill  for  the  night,  and  saw  no 
more  of  Putnam.     I  stopped  with  my  brother  at  Cambridge,  who  was 
severely  wounded,  'till  July,  when  1  went  home  to  see  my  family,  and 
what  had  become  of  my  team  ;    found  all  well.     I  returned  and  re- 
mained till  March,  when  we  were  ordered  to  New  York.    From  thence 
we  went  with  General  Sullivan,  Colonel  Reed  along,  into  Canada  aa 
fer  as  the  Thi-ee  Rivers.     General  Sullivan  stopped  at  the  Sorel,  and 
General  Thomas  continued  at  Three  Rivers,  whore  wo  had  a  severe 
iS^ht,  and  come  oif  with  a  severe  loss." 

Major  Maxwell  settled  at  Charlemont,  Hampshire  County,  Masaa- 
chasetts,  after  the  close  of  the  war.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Con- 
rention  for  forming  the  Constitution  of  the  State.  In  1787,  he  was  a 
Captain  in  the  forces  caMed  out  to  suppress  the  Rebellion  under  Cap- 
tain Daniel  Shays.  In  1800,  he  removed  to  Miami  Co.,  Ohio.  In 
Wlit,  he  served  under  General  Miller,  was  made  prisoner,  was  after* 
wards  exchanged,  and  receiving  a  recommendation  from  General  Mil- 
ler, Mc Arthur  and  others,  in  1814  was  appointed  Deputy  Barrack 
ICaater. 
Ue  died  in  1S36,  at  the  age  of  ninety-three  years* 


^ 


%mLL — Stktensok — ^Trumule  AMU  CmsiroLitE,— At  East  Cambridge  ia 
recorded  an  instrument,  by  which  Susan  Blakiston  of  New  Castle 
upon  Tine,  widow,  appoints  her  friend  Joanna  Scill  of  New  England , 
widow,  to  be  her  attorney  to  receive  money  frr>m  Anne  Errington,  late 
of  New  Castle  upon  Tine,  widow,  now  in  New  England,  and  from 
Andrew  Stevenson,  late  of  New  Castle  upon  Tine,  cobler,  now  in  New 
loglaiidi  and  from  John  Trumble,  late  of  New  Castle  npon  Tine, 
eooper,  now  in  New  England,  and  from  Thomas  Chisholme,  late  of 
Hew  Cm«tle  upon  Tine,  tailor,  now  in  New  England,  It  is  dated  2T 
August^  1053.  Savage  states  that  John  Trumble  is  said  to  have  come 
from  Newcastle  on  Tyne,  bnt  I  do  not  know  ihat  this  positive  evidence 
of  the  origin  of  four  early  settlers  has  yet  appeared  in  print,     w.  a.  k, 

SsowrALLT — Chevallet. — I  do  not  think  notice  has  yet  been  taken 
Id  the  Register  of  a  strange  name,  which  is  found  on  two  gi*ave-6toneB 
at  Concord,  Mass.  John  and  Nicholas  Showually  are  buried  there  ; 
the  former  died  31  January,  1717-8,  aged  23;  the  latter  9  February, 
IVl^,  i^ged  68.  I  do  not  find  any  name  resembling  it  in  the  Register, 
or  in  Savage's  Dictionary ;  one  might  hazard  a  guesa  that  it  is  in^ 
tended  for  the  French  Chevallet.  w.  s«  ▲. 


m 


Thomas  Paine  of  Eastham  arid  Posterity,        [Januaiy, 


THOMAS  PAIXE  OF  EASTHAM  AND  POSTERITY. 

[CommunicAted  by  Josiau  FAi^fE,  llikrwicb^  Mass.^ 

1,  THOMAa  pAiNEp  the  ancestor  of  the  "  Gape  family  of  Painee/' 
immigrated  to  this  country,  as  tradition  has  it.  in  1624,  brii^ging  with 
him  an  only  son  bearing  the  name  of  Thomas — a  lad  of  ten  years  who 
had  lost  the  sight  of  one  of  his  eyes  by  an  arrow  before  lie  left  his 
native  clime.  From  what  part  of  England  they  came,  the  traditional 
acconnts  in  the  several  branched  of  the  family  diflbr.  The  branch 
from  which  the  late  Robert  Treat  Paine,  the  illustrious  signer  of  the 
Declaration  of  Independence,  descended,  has  it,  '*  North  of  England*' ; 
while  several  of  the  other  branches  have  it,  **  Kent"— probablj^  mean- 
ing the  County.  In  %vhat  vessel  they  came,  or  at  what  place  they 
landed  upon  the  coast,  tradition  as  well  as  records  is  silent.  The 
general  belief,  however,  is  that  they  came  over  in  some  of  those  ves- 
sels that  early  visited  the  Eastern  coast  for  fishing  pnrpo8e*s»  Of 
what  became  of  the  fiither  there  is  nothing  positively  known.  By  Rome 
he  is  supposed  to  have  been  the  Thomas  Paine  who  settled  at  Yar- 
mouth in  1639,  and  who  was  the  first  deputy  from  that  place  to  the 
Colony  Court  at  Plymouth  ;  and  who  was  living  at  that  place  as  lal 
as  1650. 

2*  Thomas'  Paine  the  son — "  the  lad  who  had  lost  the  sight  of  oo 
of  his  eyes  '* — about  1650  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Nicholas  an 
Constance  Snow  of  Eastham,  and  granddaughter  of  Stephen  Hog 
kins  the  Pilgrim,  who  came  over  in  the  Mayflower,  IG20,  and  settk 
in  that  part  of  Eastham  now  included  in  the  town  of  Orleans,  on  th^ 
place  at  the  head  of  the  Cove,  called  by  the  Indians  "  Kesscayoga 
sett/*  and  now  owned  and  occupied  by  James  PercivaL  At  the  tii 
of  his  settlement  here  the  township  was  in  its  infancy — having  bee 
settled  but  a  few  years,  and  the  whole  n amber  of  families  did  not  e| 
cecd  nineteen.  Tie  soon  became  a  leading  man  in  the  settlement,  anl 
was  shortly  called  into  public  service.  lie  was  propounded  at  Plj 
mouth,  and  admitted  a  freeman,  June  1,  1658.  In  1662,  with  Gilf 
Hopkins,  he  was  chosen  surveyor  of  highways,  and  in  1664  a  Jiiroi 
and  June  8,  a  deputy  to  the  Old  Colony  Court,  an  oflSce  for  which 
was  chosen  in  16tl,  '72,  '73,  ^76,  *78,  '80,  '81  and  1690.  In  1661 
with  8e%^oral  others  of  his  townsmen,  he  was  chosen  to  inveetigate 
cause  of  the  death  of  Robert  Chappell.  James  Nichols  and  Jame 
Pidell,  of  the  company  of  Capt  John  Allen,  wiio  were  put  ashore  i 
Cape  Cod.  In  16G7,  he  was  allowed  liberty  to  look  out  some  land  fqj 
his  accommodation,  and  in  June,  1669,  he  was  allowed  a  tract 
Namassakett  by  the  Court,  with  Experience  Michell,  Henry  Sampscj 
and  Thomas  Little,  The  tract  was  conveyed  to  these  geDtlemen 
TuBcapin  or  Black  Sachem,  and  his  son  William,  July  2t),  1669, 
consideration  of  ten  pound  sterling.  This  tract  adjoined  the  land 
John  Alden,  and  bordered  on  Aesowamsett  Ponds.  During  the  foi 
lowing  year  he  was,  wnth  Jonathan  Sparrow,  appointed  to  visit 
ordinaries  in  town,  and  see  that  there  was  no  excessive  drinking^ 
and  the  same  year  was  one  of  the  Grand  Inquest.  On  the  5th  of  Junl 
1671|  he  was  chosen  to  the  office  of  Water  Baili^for  the  Colony, 


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Iswdrn.    Tbia  office  waa  croated  for  the  purpose  of  regutatiDg  fishing 

fmt  Cape  Cod,  and  places  adjacent,  which  at  that  time  was  carried  oa 

Iqaite  saccessfullj  by  the  people  of  this  and  other  ColoDies,  without 

|moj  reg^d  to  Uie  interest  of  the  Old  Colony,  and  to  recover  such 

iums  as  the  Court  ahould  order  from  those  who  fiahed  here  ;  and  also 

I  seize  all  fish  that  were  taken  unlawfully.     In  this  office  he  served 

ay  years  to  the  acceptance  of  the  Court.     The  same  year  he  was 

[chosen  one  of  the  Selectmen  of  Eaatham,  and  re-elected  for  a  great  num- 

er  of  years.     Having  on  the  2d  of  May,  1620,  purchased  of  Thomas 

Prince  of  Plymouth,  for  X20,  his  share  of  land  at  Paniett,  lying  about 

**  LovelFs  Creek"  or  **  Eastern  Harbour/'  he  again,  June  1,  1673,  for 

en  pounds,  purchased  all  the  right  that  Jahez  Howland  had  to 

Bptand  and  meadow  in  the  same  vicinity.     The  following  year,  1674, 

bo  was  chosen  Constable  of  Eastham,  and  in  1676  was  clioaen  a  com- 

'mittee  by  the  town  to  superintend  the  building  of  the  Meeting-house. 

Oq  the  13th  of  July,  1677,  with  Mr,  Unckins  of  Barnstable,  Mr.  Gray 

L^f  Flymouth,  and  the  Treasurer  of  the  Colony,  Mr,  South  worth,  ho 

llured  the  fiiihing  privileges  and  profits  at  the  Cape  for  seven  years — 

I  paying  the  sum  of  thirty  pounds  a  year.     From  1674  to  1694,  he  was 

1  Treasurer  of  the  town,  and  for  several  years  during  the  time  was 

I  Clerk.     In  1696  he  represented  Eastham  in  the  General  Court  at  Bos- 

Iton;  and  ou  the  fourteenth  of  March  the  same  year,  he  purchased  of 

lTboiiia<«  Stableford,  a  joiner,  who  had  taken  n\y  his  residence  in  Phila- 

idelpbia,  his  house  and  land  at  Boston,  at  the  South  End,  paying  one 

f  buadred  and  thirty-five  pounds,  and  took  up  his  residence.    But  selling 

Uttt  fur  the  same  sum  to  Eleazer  Darby,  a  mariner,  Oct.  13,  1697,  he 

I  removed  to  Eastham,  where  he  had  for  so  many  years  of  his  life  re- 

llidcd,  and  retired  from  public  sei'vice  in  which  he  bad  been  employed 

I  far  zjearly  a  half  century,  and  died  Auguei  16,  1706,  at  the  supposed 

ja^  of  94  years,     llis  death  is  tlius  noticed  by  his  son  John"  in  bis 

Uiittmal  which  is  still  extant :— ''  On  this  16  day  of  August,  1706,  mj 

figed  father  Thomas  Paine  departed  this  life.     1  am  now  left  fatherlesa 

[aod  motherless,  as  to  my  natural  parents,  but  my  God  is  a  Father  of 

fiUlierlass  upon  whose  Providence  I  cast  myself     0  I  God  my 

rlkliier  do  not  cast  me   off.     Though   my    father   and   mother  have- 

fofiaken  me  my  hope  is  in  Thee." 

The  wife  of  Thomas*  Paine  departed  this  life  several  years  before 
kis  decease,  and  her  death  is  thus  noticed  by  her  son  in  his  journal : — 
'Oti  the  28  day  of  April,  1704,  my  honored  mother,  Miiry  Piine,  de- 
pi/ ted  this  life — being  suddenly  taJten  and  struck  with  death.  She 
Uving  been  io  reasonable  health  all  day  was  taken  ill  about  sunset 
w  that  she  never  after  spoke  reaiionable ;  but  gradually  decaying 
ptrtj  up  the  ghost  about  the  dawning  of  the  dayJ'  As  a  wife,  mother, 
ndghbor  and  Christian  much  haa  been  said  in  her  praise. 

By  trade,  Thomas'  Paine  was  a  cooper  as  be  affirmed,  but  he  appears 

to  bave  hid  a  knowledge  of  the  other  branches  of  mechanism,  for  he 

Cffoiii  AH  eA£ily  build  a  mill  for  grinding  as  he  could  fjishion  a  barreL 

fl©  eofi0tnieted  several  in  variou**  parts  of  the  County  in  bis  time. 

For  lib  ••  great  charges  about  building  two  grist-milla  for  the  use  of 

dir  town."  Eaatham,  in  U383,  granted  him  a  parcel  of  land  on  the 

Mitilerly  side  of  **  Cescayogansett  River.*'     The  same  year  he  built 

Meal  Bamat^le.     He  made  his  will  Mav  12,  1705,  a£id  it  was  pre- 

Vat..  XXIL  ff 


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Thomas  Paine  of  Eastham  and  PoiterUy.        [Janoary, 


sen  ted  at  Barnstable  for  Probate,  by  liis  bods,  SamueP  and  Thomas,* 
the  Executors,  October  2,  U06. 

Bj  bis  wife  Mary,  Thomas^  Paine  had  :  (Z)  Mary,  who  married  1st, 
James  Rogers,  son  of  Joseph,  one  of  the  Pilgrim  band,  January  11, 
16T0;  2d,  Israd  Cole,  son  of  Daniel,  April  24,  1674,  (4)  Samuel/ 
who  married  Patience,  dan.  of  Major  John  and  Mary  Freeman,  Jan. 
31,  1682,  and  who  died  Oct.  13,  U\2.  (5)  Thomaa,'^  born  about  the 
year  1657,  married  for  his  first  wife  Ilannah,  dau,  of  Jonathan  Shaw 
of  Plymouth,  Aug.  5,  1678 ;  she  dying:  J  lily  24,  1713.  he  ag^in  married 
for  his  second  wife,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Ealrs  of  Boston,  March  8,  1714-16, 
and  died  June  23,  1721,  aged  64  years,  (6)  Eleazer,'  born  March  10, 
1658,  who  died  young.  (7)  Elisliap*  married  Rebecca,  dau,  of  John 
Doane,  Jr.,  Jan.  20,  1685,  and  died  at  Canterbury,  Conn.,  Feb.  5,  1735. 
(8)  John,' born  March  14,  1660-1,  married  for  first  wife  Beanit,  dan. 
of  Major  John  Freeman,  March  14,1689;  she  dying  May  13,  1716, 
for  his  second  wife  ho  miirried  Miss  Alice  Mayo,  dau.  of  Nathaniel, 
March  13,  1719-2a,  and  died  Oct.  26,  1731.  (9)  Nicholaa,=  married 
Hannah  * — —  about  1608,  and  died  in  1733.  (10)  James,'  born  July 
6,  1665,  married  Bethia  Tbacher,  dau,  of  CoL  John  of  Yarmouth,  April 
9,  1691,  and  died  in  Barnstable,  Nov.  12,  1728,  aged  63.  (11)  Joseph,' 
married  Patience,  dan.  of  Capt.  Jonathan  Sparrow,  May  27,  1691.  died 
at  Harwich,  Oct,  1,  1712.  (12)  Dorcas,'  married  Benjamin  Vickerie, 
of  Hall,  about  1690,  and  died  October  30,  1707. 

4,  SamucP  Paine,  son  of  Thomas*  and  Mary  Paine,  married  Pa- 
tience Freeman,  dan,  of  Major  John,  by  his  wife  Mary  (Prince)  Free- 
man, Jan.  31,  1682,  and  settled  in  Eastham,  where  he  was  a  man  of 
diBtinction  in  his  day.  He  took  the  freeman's  oath  June  6,  1684. 
He  was  chosen  one  of  the  selectmen  in  1697,  and  re-elected  in  1700, 
1701,  n 02  and  1705.  He  belonged  to  the  militia,  and  was  several  years 
a  lieutenant.  He  died  October  13,  1712,  intestate.  His  widow  Pa^ 
tieuce  took  out  letters  to  administer  upon  his  estate,  Jan.  27, 1712-13. 
Hie  estate  was  valued  at  £127  03  0.  His  guns,  swords  and  am  muni- 
tion were  valued  at  three  pound.  No  division  of  the  estate  %vas  made 
until  Jan.  29, 1717,  when  the  double  portion  was  settled  upon  Ebenezef* 
the  eldest  sou.  which  included  the  homestead.  The  death  of  " 
widow,  Patience,  does  not  appear. 

By  wife  Patience,  SamueF  Paine  had :    (13)  Samuel,*  born  Oct. 
1683,  who  died  Oct.  5^  1706,  a^ed  23  years,  unmarried.     (14)  Mei 
born  August  5, 1686,     (15)  Nathanief,*  horn  July  9. 1689  ;  died  M{ 
14,   1706-7,     (16)  Ebcnezer,*  bom  June  17,  1692,   married  Ham 
Hopkins,  dau.   of  Joshua  and   Mary  (Cole)  Hopkins,  Dec.  13,  ITI 
died  in  1733.     (17)  Elizabeth,*  born  June   11,   1694.     (18)  Joshi 
born  May  20,  1696,  married  Piiebc  Snow,  March  19,  1729.     { 19)  Isai 
born  Jan.  13,  1698-9.     (20)  Mary,*  born  Feb.  24,   1703^1,   died 
married.     (21)  Seth,*  born  October  5,  1706,  died  March  23,  1722-; 

5.  Thomas*  Paine,  the  second  son  of  Thomas'  aod  Mary  Pair»©' 
Eastham,  was  born  in  that  town  in  1657.     For  his  first  wife  he  murri( 
August  5,  1678,  Hannah,  dau.  of  Jonathan  Shaw  of  Plyn^onth 
dying  at  Truro,  July  24,  1713,  aged  51,  he  again   married  Mrs,  Eli 
beth  Eairs  of  Boaton,  March  8,  1714-15.     He  took  the  freeman's 
June  6,  1684.     In   1690,  having  purchased  of  his  father  the  sev^ 
tracts  of  laud  at  Pamet  or  Truro,  which  he  had  purcliased  of  G( 
Freuce  and  Jabez  Howland,  he  became  a  proprietor,  and  between 


1868.] 


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Itiroe  aad  1705,  removed  to  the  north  side  of  Little  Paraet  Kiver,  and 

aettled.     When  Truro  became  a  townsliip,  he  was  elected  one  of  the 

Lfir«*t  selectmen,  and  was  re-elected  for  several  jears,     InniO^heeuc- 

LceedcdJohn  Snow  as  Clerk  and  Treasurer,  and  received  his  commission 

laa  Jastice  of  the  Peace*     He  was  the  proprietors^  Clerk  of  Truro  many 

[years,  and  the  records  kept  by  him  are  well  written,  and  yet  remain 

Kin  a  good  state  of  preservation.     On  the  5th  of  July.  1713,  he  was 

lappuiuted  a  special  Justice  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  an  office 

Lwhich  he  held  for  several  years.     Before  the  incorporation  of  Troro. 

|he  was  the  selectman  of  Eastham  fur  several  years,  having  been  first 

^chosen  in  1695.     In  1691,  with  his  two  brothers,  Samuel  and  John, 

he  was  chosen  selectman,  but  he  declined.     After  this  year  he  was 

again  chosen,  and  served  several  years.     In   1696,  he  was  chosen 

Clerk  of  the  same  township,  and  re-elected  several  years  afterwards. 

He  served  both  towns  as  a  Representative,     His  deatlr  occurred  at  the 

age  of  64,  June  23,  1721,  and  he  lies  buried  m  the  old  burj'ing  ground 

in  Truro,  where  stones  mark  the  spot.     His  wife  sunived  him,  and 

was  living  in  Belli ng^ham,  very  aged,  in   1754.     The  will  of  Thomas* 

Paine  was  written  April  6,  1720,  and  was  presented  at  Probate  Court 

July  4,  1721.     The  staff  ol  Thomas'  which  is  said  to  Iiave  been  brought 

over  from  England,  is  now  extant  in  Truro,  and  is  held  by  the  oldest 

of  the  name  in  the  towB. 

By  his  wife  Hannah,  Thomas'  Paine  had  r  (22)  Hannah/ bom  April 

fi,  1679,  who  died  Nuv,  17,  IGSL     (23)  Hugh/  born  July  5,  1680,  died 

Nov.  29,  168L     (24)  Thomas,^  born  Feb.  28,  lCSl-2,  married  Thank- 

M  Cobb,  May  12,  1705.     (25)  Hannah,*  born  March  12,  1684,  married 

John  Binoey  of  Hull,  May  5,  1704,  by  Jonathan  Sparrow,  Esq.,  of 

Sastham,  and  she  died  at  Hull,  Jan.  14.  1757,    Her  descendants  are 

mamerous  and  respectable.     The  late  Dr.  Amos  Binney  was  ooe,  and 

fibe  Hon.  Horace  Binncy,  LL.D.,  is  another.     (26)  Jonathan,*  born 

^Fcb,  1,  1685-6,  married  for  bis  first  wife  Sarah  IMayo,  Oct.  7,  1709; 

llbr  his  second  wife,  Mary  Purrington,  June  29,  1719.     (27)  Abigail/ 

[bam  March  4,  1687-8,  died  January  25,  1688-9.     (28)  Abigail/  born 

iNov.  5.  1689,  married  Ebenezer  White,  Nov,  8,  171 L     (29)  Phebe/ 

FWn  March  4,  1691,  died  Jan.  21,  1695-6,     (30)  Elkanab,*  born  Feb, 

1,  1692-3,  married  Reliance  Young,  March  10,  1719-20.     (31)  Moses/ 

born  Sept.  28,  1695,  married  Margaret  Mayo  of  Yarmouth,  April  14, 

["ItlO.     (32)  Joshua,*  born  August  28,  1697,  married  for  his  first  wife, 

^B^becoa  Sparrow,  Oct,  20,  1720  ;  she  dying,  lie  again  married  widow 

'  Coflifitauce*  Baker,  at  Canterbury,  Conn',  Jan.  6,  1737.     (33)  Pbebc,* 

I  born  Feb,  11.  1698-99,  married  Paul   Knowles.  Feb.  28,  1722.     (34) 

I  Lydia.*  born  Dec.  4, 1700.  married  Josiah  Hinckley,  Marclx  2,  1719-20. 

(S5)  Baruabad/  born  Nov.  13,  1705,  married  Mary  Purringlon,  June 

125/1724. 

7.  EliBha*  Paine,  son  of  Thomas*  and  Mary  Paine  of  Eastham,  mar- 
[lied  Rebecca,  dan.  of  John  Doane.  Jr.,  of  that  place,  Jan.  20,  1685, 
l^bout  1690,  he  removed  to  Barnstable.  From  there  again  to  Eastham 
l^oon  after,  and  from  thence,  about  1700,  to  Canterbury.  Conn,,  where 
lie  settled.  Here  he  was  one  of  the  eight  who  formed  Ibc  first  church 
pre,  June  11,  17U.  lie  died  at  Canterbury,  Feb.  7,  1736.  His 
Rebecca  died  Dec.  19,  1758,  very  aged.  He  was  a  man  of  influ- 
and  was  one  of  the  first  men  of  llie  place.  His  posterity  is  not 
mneroas.     Many   of  his   descendants   spell   their   name   **  Payne.'' 


M 


Ancient  Hoiaes, 


[January, 


Three  of  his  sons  became  ministers,  and  two  of  his  grandsons  by  the 
name  of  Clcaveland  became  preachers. 

By  liis  wife  Rebecca,  he  had  bom  in  Eastham  :  (36)  Abigail/  bol 
Jan.  5,  1686,  married  Josiab  Cleaveland.  (37)  Abraham,*  bom  in 
BarnBtable  in  1691,  married  Rntb  Adama,  Dec,  19,  1717.  (38)  Elisba,* 
bom  in  Eastham,  Dec.  29, 1693,  married  Mary  Jobnaoo,  Sept.  25,  1720, 
died  at  Bridgehamton,  L.  I.,  Augnst  26,  1775.  (39)  Mary,*  born  at 
Eastham,  Feb.  1,  1 695-6 »  married  Ist,  Robert  Freeman  ofTrnro,  April 
5,  1T22;  2d,  William  Fitch  of  Canterbury.  (40)  Solomon,^  born  at 
Eastbam,  May  16,  1698,  married  Ist,  Sarah  Carver,  Nov,  2.  1720;  2d, 
Priscilla  Filch,  died  October  25,  1754.  (41)  Dorcas/  born  Feb.  20, 
1699-00.  (42)  Coiifitance,*  bom  in  Canterbury,  married  Ist,  William 
Baker;  2d.  Joshoa  Paioe,*  her  cousin,  (43)  Rebecca,*  bom  in  Ca 
terbury,  married  Edward  Cleaveland,  April  17,  1737*  (44)  Hannal] 
bom  in  Canterbury,  married  Watts.  (45)  John/  born  in  Canterbur 
married  Sarah  Church,  Febniary  12,  1729. 

fTo  be  ocmtioii«d.) 


ANCIENT  HOUSES. 

[Under  this  head,  a  writer  in  the  Evening  Transcript,  of  Sept 
nit.,  contributea  the  following  intereeting  facts  :] 

There  are  a  few  houBcs  now  standing  in  this  part  of  Massacho«et 
which  were  erected  previous  to  the  year  1700.  It  is  said  the  olde 
wooden  house  in  the  United  States  is  the  "Minot  Iltmee/'  in  Durch€ 
ter.  It  was  built  in  1633,  and  rents  to-day  for  |80  a  year.  It  w| 
the  head -quarters  of  General  Washington,  for  a  season ,  during 
Bevokition,  and  was  once  defended  by  Mrs.  Minot  alone  when  atta 
ed  by  Indians. 

Another  of  these  ancient  structures  is  the  Blake  Mansion,  In  Cott 
street,  Dorchester.     This  house  waa  built  by  Elder  James  Blake,  pn 
vious  to  16^Q,  and  was  in  the  Blake  family  from  the  time  of  its  ere 
tion  until  1825,  _ 

The  Tolmao  ITouse,  now  standing  in  Tolman's  lane,  near  Washing- 
ton street,  Dorchester,  was  erected  about  1696.     Three  generatiou8_ 
of  the  family  lived  in  it.     The  first  owner  died  in   1729.     It  is  nc  " 
owned  by  Miss  Abigail   Baker.     The  New  England   Historical 
Genealogical  Register,  a  few  years  ago,  had  an  engraved  sketch 
the  venerable  structure  as  it  riow  appears. 

Joshua  Coffin^  Esq.,  the  historian  of  Newbury,  lived  and  died  lo  I 
house  that  was  built  by  his  ancestor  about  1654.     It  is  in  a  goo 
Btate  of  preservation,   and  some  of  its  present  occupants  are 
aeventh  generation  born  under  its  roof. 

The  Noyes  House,  in  Parker  street,  Newbury,  was  built  about  1( 
for  Rev,  James  Noyes,  and  is  still  owned  by  one  of  his  descendants. 

The  oldest  house  in  Gloucester,  Mr.   Babson  thinks,  is  the  **  Ca 
Mansion,"  a  few  rods  south  of  the  eastern  end  of  Front  street. 
was  built  without  doubt  before  the  year  1700.     In  size,  form,  and  id 
tern  at  arrangementi  it  is  a  specimen  of  the  best  houses  of  the  time  < 


18G8.] 


Afictcnt  Hoiisei, 


6S 


lis  erection ;  and  as  such,  and  as  the  only  architectural  relic  of  the 
early  period  of  the  history  of  the  place,  an  engraving  of  it  is  presented 
on  the  i52d  pag-e  of  Mr.  Babson^s  valuable  work. 

The  Craddock  MaosioDi  m  Medford,  Mass.,  was  erected  in  I634« 
The  Rev;  Charles  Brooks,  in  his  History  of  Mcdford^  expresses  the 
optntOQ  that  this  ancient  structure  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  the  United 
States  that  retains  its  original  form.  Its  walls,  which  are  yet  strongi 
I  we  eighteen  inches  thick*  This  seat  of  the  old  Governor  is  one  of  the 
most  precious  relics  of  antit|mty  in  New  England. 
'  One  of  the  oldest  houses  still  standing  in  New.  England  is  in  the 
town  of  Medfield,  Mass.,  eighteen  miles  southwest  of  Boston.  It 
was  standing  when  the  principal  part  yf  the  town  was  burnt  by  the 
ladians  in  1676 »  and  consequent Jy  must  be  more  than  one  hundred 
iad  ninety-one  years  old.  It  is  an  interesting  specimen  of  one  of  the 
€*riy  styles  of  building.  It  is  24  by  14 J  feet ;  10  feet  from  the  ground 
to  the  eaves ;  and  12  feet  from  the  eaves  to  the  top  of  the  roof. 
There  is  a  house  in  Newbnryport  that  was  erected  about  the  year 
WO,  on  the  estate  formerly  owned  by  Mr.  Edwin  Rawson,  the  noted 
ecretary  of  the  Colony  of  MaseachuBetts. 

The  old  parsonage  house  of  the  Bylxeld  parish,  in  Newbury,  was 

nilt  about  a  hundred  and  fifty  years  ago.     Chief  Justice  Parsotie  was 

om  there  in  1750,  and  the  house  is  now  in  a  good  state  of  preserva- 

m. 

_  The  original  meeting-house  in  Salem  was  removed  and  preserved,  a 

tor  years  since,  by  the  members  of  the  Essex  Institute,  and  now 

itiiids  in  the  rear  of  their  beautiful  building. 

There  is  an  ancient  stone  house  on  "  Pettiugiirs  "  (formerly  Pierce's) 
hrm  in  Newbury,  which  was  built  about  1660  or  1670,     It  was  used 
for  many  years  as  a  place  to  store  the  town's  powder.     This  house 
WIS  occupied  by  the  ancestors  of  Franklin  Pierce,  ex-President  of  the 
Doited  States. 
There  is  a  portion  of  a  house  now  standing  in  Marsh  field,  Maes., 
nilt  by  Peregrine  White,  the  first  male  child  born  of  English  parents 
fjtw  England.     It  is  now  used  as  the  kitchen  of  a  dwelling  erected 
■bniiect  with  it. 
Tfce  old  house  on  the  Watertown  road,  opposite  the  ancienf  burial 
eround,  according  to  tradition  was  the  residence  of  the  Rev.  George 
Phillips,  the  first  minister  of  Watertown  and  ancegtor  of  the  Phillips 
ikmily  in  this  State.     He  died  in   1644.     This  house  has  been  some- 
what modernised  in  its  external   appi^arauce.     According  to  the  old 
^ll^the  second  story  projected  over  the  first,  but  that  has  been  made 
^Hm  modern  piazza.     The  interior  retains  many  marks  of  its  anti- 
^HR^.     By  a  record  in  "  Prince's  Annals/'  Mr.  Phillips's  first  house 
^Kbs  bamt  in  1630,  and  this  was  probably  his  second  house,  built  on 
ffae  parsonage  lot.     It  stands  back  from  tht  road^  and  still  makes  a 
ftiy  respectable  appearance. 


Tee  Provtuci  op  Nkw  Havpseire. — New  Hampshire  never  had  a 
ekarier.  It  was  simply  a  Province,  and  never  a  Colony  under  the 
C?rowii.  The  first  Constitution  in  the  United  States  was  adopted  at 
beter.  N.  H.,  January  6,  1776. ♦ 


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Birth,  Marriaget  and  Death  in  Dartmouth.      [  Ja 


BIRTHS,  MARRIAGES  AND  DEATHS,  PROM  THE  REC 
OP  THE  ANCIENT  TOWN  OP  DARTMOUTH,  MASS 
[Tniifcribed  t^  Jamss  B.  Conodon,  Bsq.,  of  New  Bedford,  for  the  Begiite: 
OootfoMd  firofn  Tol.  xxL  page  900. 
BlBTHS. 

Hart,  Hannah,  d.  of  William  and  Sarah 
**    Mary,      d.  of 

"    Deborah,  d.  of  Archepas  and  Sarah 
-'    Hart,       d.  of       " 


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it 
tt 


"    Mary,      d.  of      " 
*'    Lydia,     d.  of       "  " 

Lms,  Archelans,  s.  of  John 
"    John,  8.  of    " 

'*    Elizabeth,  d.  of    " 
SoBle,  Maiy,       d.  of  Oeor^ 
litUe,  Barker,     s.  of  Nathaniel  and  Lydia 
Hewland,  Abigail,  d.  of  Stephen  and  Mary 
"         Elizabeth,  d.  of     " 
**         Prince,       B.  of     " 
Wood,  Zilpha,    d.  of  George  and  Sarah 
George,  s.  of       "  " 

Sarah,     d.  of       *'  " 

Phebe,    d.  of      "  *' 

Anne,      d.  of       " 
'*      Stephen,  8.  of       " 

"      Martha  and  Rebecca,  ds.  of  George  and  Sarah 
Babcock,  Mary,       d.  of  Return 
Dorothy,  d.  of      " 
Sarah,       d.  of     " 
Elizabeth,  d.  of     '' 
William,    8.  of     ^' 
George,     s.  of     *' 
"        Benjamin,  8.  of     ** 
*'        Joseph,     8.  of     *' 
"        Return,     8.  of     *' 
**       James,      s.  of     " 
**        Abner,      s.  of 
"        Hannaji,   d.  of 
Hathaway,  Simon,   8.  of  Arthur 

"  Joanna,  d.  of.    " 

Spooner,  Paul,  s.  of  Cornelius  and  Elizabeth 
Silas,  8.  of         " 
*'        David,  8.  of       "  " 

"         Elizabeth,  d.  of  " 
Gannon,  Oomelius,  s.  of  John 
'*       John,         6.  of    *' 
"       Elizabeth,  d.  of    " 
*'       Mary,        d.  of    •*  ^ 


tt 
tt 
tt 
tt 


tt 
tt 


June  ( 

Nov.  1 

March  24,  : 

Julye 

May  22 

Feb.  21 

Feb.  1 

Oct.  1 

April  li 

July  8( 

Oct.  2^ 

Sept.  ] 

March  *! 

Nov.  21 

May  H 

May  21 

March  3, 

Oct.  J 

July  r 

April  r. 

Nov.  21 

Oct.  1( 

Jan.  11 

Jan.  3] 

April  i 

Feb.  27, 
June  2] 
Nov.  11 
Dec.  21 
Dec.  21 
June  2! 

March  11 

Aug.  4 

Dec.  2( 

Nov.  i 

May  21 

Dec.  2( 

April  1 

June  1^ 

July  1^ 

Aug.  1] 

March  2( 
Aprils 


1868.]         Birtht,  Marriage$  and  Death  m  JfartmtmA. 


67 


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u 

9i 
$i 


It 


Cannon,  Philip,       s.  of  John 

"       Joanna,     d.  of    " 
Devil,  Christopher,  s.  of  Joseph 
"     Lydia,  d.  of      " 

"     Joseph,         s.  of     " 
"      Mary,  d.  of      " 

Tripp,  John,  s.  of  James 
••  Hizabeth,  d.  of  " 
"  Robert,  s.  of  " 
"  James,  s.  of  " 
"  Mary,  d.  of  " 
'•  Francis,  s.  of  " 
Lapham,  Mary,     «  d.  of  John 

*'        Nicholas,  s.  of     *' 
lari,  Deborah,    d.  of  Ralph 
"    Barnabas,  s.  of     " 
•'    Hannah,     d.  of     " 
"    Meribah,    d.  of     " 
Colvin,  Anna,      d.  of  John 
John,       s.  of    " 
Stephen,  s.  of     " 
Abigail,  d.  of    '' 
Samuel,  s.  of     " 
Anne,      d.  of 
Deborah,  d.  of 
James,     s.  of     " 
''      Josiah,    s.  of     " 
Fimnklin,  James,  s.  of  James 
•     "        Lydia,  d.  of     " 
"        Abel,     B.  of     " 
Willcoeks,  Jeremiah,  s.  of  Samuel 
William,     s.  of     •' 
Mary,         d.  of     " 
larl,  John,  s.  of  John 

"     John,  s.  of  John  and  Mary 
Rowland,  Rebekah,  d.  of  Nathaniel 
•'         John,        s.  of       " 
"         Thomas,  s.  of       " 
"         Sarah,      d.  of 
■'         George,    s.  of       " 
•'         Mary,       d.  of       " 
Spooner,  Benjamin,  s.  of  WiHiam 
**        Joseph,       s.  of      *' 
"        Joshua,      s.  of      " 
Sarah,        d.  of      " 
"        Abagail,     d.  of      " 
Tripp,  John,  s.  of  Joseph 

"  Thomas,  s.  of 
"  Jonathan,  s.  of 
*•  -  Peleg,  8.  of 
"  Bbeneser,  s.  of 
"  James,  s.  of 
"      Alice,        d.  of 


Sept.  11 

March  27 

Jan.  7 

April  8 

Jan.  16 

July  14 

Nov.  8 

Nov.  21 
May  15^ 
July  17 
.  Jan.  9, 
June  8 
Oct.  6 
April  1 

Sept.  27 

Feb.  8, 

Dec.  21 

Jan.  29. 

March  26 

April  19 

Sept.  24 
July  28 
Dec.  10; 
Oct.  81 
May  28 

Nov.  24 
June  6 
July  8; 

June  18 
May  18 

Sept.  24 

Feb.  2 

Feb.  14 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug.  12 

April  14 
Feb.  18 

Nov.  16 
Dec.  11 

March  31 

Feb.  18 

March  16 

Oct.  6 

Dec.  6 

July  6 

March  28 

Oct.  6 

Nov.  6 

Dec.  17 

Jan.  12 

Feb.  1 


1721 
1728 
1700 
1701 
1702 
1705 
1686 
1687 
1691 
1694 
1700 
1705 
1686 
1689 
1693 
1698 
1701 
1703 
1679 
1681 
1683 
1686 
1688 
1690 
1693 
1695 
1700 
1682 
1688 
1690 
1683 
1685 
1688 
1688 
1687 
1685 
1687 
1689 
1690 
1693 

1690 
1692 
1694 
1700 
1702 
1668 
1670 
1671 
1673 
1675 
1677 
1679 


68 


Birthi,  Maniaga  and  Deaths  m  Dartmouth.     [ Janoarji 


it 
it 

44 


<l 
44 
44 


Tripp,  Abiel,  6.  of  Joseph 
"  Mehitable,  d.  of 
"  Joseph,  s.  of 
**  Jabez,  8.  of 
"  Maiy,  d.  of 
"  Daniel,  s.  of 
Peckcom,  [Peckham]  Stephen,  s.  of  Stephen 
Samuel,    s.  of  " 

"        Eleanor,  d.  of  " 

William,  s.  of 
"        Mary,      d.  of  " 

"        Hannah,  d.  of 
"        John,       s.  of 
Deborah,  d.  of 
Joseph,    s.  of 

Jean,       d.  of  " 

Isaiah,     s.  of  '' 

Jene,  Sarah,  d.  of  John 
''  Mehitable,  d.  of  " 
"  Elizabeth,  d.  of  " 
"  Samuel,  s.  of  " 
*'  Lydia,  d.  of  " 
"     John,  6.  of    " 

Bussell,  Rebecca,   d.  of  Joseph 
"       Benjamin,  s.  of      " 
Seth,         s.  of      " 
West,  Katharine,       d.  of  Stephen 
"     Sarah,  d.  of      " 

"      Ann,  d.  of      " 

Bartholomew,  s.  of     '' 
Amy,  d.  of      *' 

Stephen,  s.  of      " 

John,  s.  of      " 

Eunice,  d.  of      " 

Lois,  d.  of      " 

Porter,  Mary,  d.  of  Nathaniel 
Tripp,  Lydia,       d.  of  Benjamin 
"      Rebecca,  d.  of 
''      Elizabeth,  d.  of       " 
"      Stoak,       s.  of 
Howland,  livdia,     d.  of  David  and  Levina 
"        Henry,     s.  of     '*  " 

"        Rebecca,  d.  of     "  " 

Mazfeld,  Edmund,    s.  of  Timothy 
"         Timothy,   s.  of 
"         Abagail,    d.  of 
"        Elizabeth,  d.  of 
'*        Mary,        d.  of 
*'         Dorcas,      d.  of 
Lydia,       d.  of 
"         John,         s.  of       " 
*'        Nathaniel,  s.  of  John  and  Dinah 
**        Abraham,  s.  of     "  " 


it 
44 
44 
44 
44 


it 
14 


44 
44 


Jan.  8,  1681 

Oct.  9,  1683 

Aug.  24,  1686 

Nov.  3,  1687 

Aug.  22,  1689 

Nov.  3,  1691 

Feb.  23,  1683 

Aug.  17,  1685 

Jan.  12,  1686 

Oct.  27,  1688 

Aug.  17,  1690 

Jan.  28,  1691 

Jan.  15,  1697 

June  18,  1699 

Feb.  2,  1700-1 

Jan,  23,  1702-3 

Sept.  14,  1705 

May  21,  1672 

Sept.  26,  1673 

Feb.  5,  1676 

Feb.  4,  1678 

March  6,  1682 

April  18,  1684 

Jan.  3,  1688 

March  17,  1691 

April  7,  1696 

Sept.  9,  1684 

Aug.  1,  1686 

July  9,  1688  * 

July  31,  1690 

May  22,  1693 

May  19,  1695 

April  27,  1697 

June  21,  1699 

April  12,  1701 

March  25,  1702 

Oct.  31,  1714 

May  1,  1717 

May  6,  1722 

May  13,  1726 

May  24,  1764 

Jan.  3,  175T 

Jan.  24,  1760 

Sept.  12,  1708 

Sept.  12,  1708 

Aug.  17,  1710 

Aug.  13,  1718 

Aug.  22,  1716 

Aug.  30,  1719 

Oct.  27,  1721 

Aug.  16,  1726 

Sept.  6,  1756 

Aug.  5,  1769 


f 


1868.]  Birtht,  Mania  get  and  Deatht  in  Dartmouth. 


69 


Kaxfeld,   Mary,        d»  of  John  and  Mehitabel 

Aug.  11,  nt2 

"         Boreas,      d.  of     "                   " 

Mays,  ni4 

'*      t  Mehi table,  d.  of      "                   ^' 

April  23,  1716 

Baniel,  Reuben,    e.  of  Jeremiah 

July  24,  ni2 

Timothy,  b.  of 

Jan.  1,  1713 

Akin,  Susannah,  d.  of  Benjamin,  Jr.,  and  Mary 

Nov.  9,  1759 

**     Eunice*       d.  of         *'                           '* 

July  11,  1762 

Taber,  Meribah,  d.  of  John  and  Mary 

Sept  27,  1753 

[John  T.  wa«  mirnster  Philip's  son] 

•*       John,        8.  of  John  and  Mary 

Jan.  12,  1756 

Bowlaod^  £dward,  s.  of  Henry 

Aug.  10,  1698 

Zobeth,    B>  of      " 

Nov.  2,  1701 

"          Henry,    b,  of      " 

April  3,  1703 

Mary,      d.  of      " 

March  27,  1706 

Abagail,  d.  of      ** 

. 

May  9,  1708 

♦•         Thomas,  s.  of      •• 

June  6,  1709 

"          Hannah,  d.  of       " 

Sept  17,  1711 

Stephen,  s.  of       " 

MavU,  1716 

Deborah, d.  of       " 

March  17,  1717 

William,  8.  of       " 

May  30,  1720 

Pope,  John,         s.  of  Seth 

Oct  23,  1675 

"     Thomas,    s.  of    " 

Sept.  1,  1677 

"     Susannah, d.  of    " 

July  31,  1681 

''     Sarah,       d,  of    " 

Feb,  16,  1683 

*•     Maty         d,  of    *' 

Sept  11,  1686 

**     Seth,         8,  of    " 

Aprils,  1689 

"     Elnathan,  s.  of    " 

Aug.  15,  1694 

"     Hannah,   d.  of    *' 

Dec.  14,  1693 

"     Lemuel,    s.  of    "  * 

Feb.  21,  1696 

Tiber,  Frecillah,  d.  of  Thomas 

Jan.  28,  1701-2 

*'      Jonathan,  s.  of        ** 

Feb.  24,  1702-3 

**      Amaziah,  s.  of        ** 

July  9,  1704 

AOeo.  Mary,        d.  of  Ebenezer 

Oct.  2,  1682 

"      Philip,        B.  of       •' 

Feb.  28,  1684 

••      Zebulon,    b.  of        ** 

May  26,  1687 

'*      Ebenezer,  s.  of        " 

Jan.  16,  1690 

'*      Sarah,        d.  of        •' 

June  9,  1692 

*'      James,       s,  of        •• 

Nov.  30,  1695 

••      Haoiiah.    d.  of        " 

Aug.  10,  1697 

iOeii,  Abagail,  d.  of  Ebenezer 

Dec.  16,  1705 

Bcmland,  Aba^^ail,    d.  of  Benjamin 

Nov.  30.  1686 

"        Benjamin,  b,  of 

Nov.  16,  1688 

"        laaac,         s.  of 

Jan.  30,  1694 

••        Desire,       d.  of 

Aug.  29,  1696 

*'        Barnabas,  s.  of 

Sept  16,  1699 

*'        Lydia,       d.  of 

Oct  10,  noi 

hattb,  John,       a.  of  Deliverance 

July  11,  1693 

••      Deborah,  d.  of 

July  13,  1695 

*•     Ann,         d.  of         •* 

Dec.  16,  1696 

*•      Alice,       d.  of          " 

Oct.  29,  1698 

••      Pelcg,       8.  of         " 

May  27,  1700 

"      George,  b,  of         " 

Jan.  23, 

r^  bt  ecDiiaoed.] 

m 


Genealogy  of  the  FitU  or  Fiiz  Family.  [January, 


GENEALOGY  OF  TEE  FITTS  OR  FITZ  FAMILY. 

[CoimiiuDicatcd  by  Ruv»  James  H.  Fittb,  West  Boylston,] 

L     1.     TffE  American  ancestor  of  the  family  of  FiUs  or  Fitz  was 

Robert^  who,  with  his  wife  Grace  D*,  was  among  the  original  set- 
tlers of  Salisbury,  Mass*  The  record  of  land  granted  to  him  is  on 
page  21  of  the  early  town  records. 

"  The  first  or  Original  list  of  y*  townsmen  of  Salisbury  in  y*  booke 
of  Records.  Rob:  ffitts  ....  [68  in  alL]  '* 

''This  18  a  true  Copie  as  they  were  first  listed  in  y*book  of  Records^ 
as  attests,  Tho:  Bradbury,  rec*.*' 

Tradition  says,  '*  Robert  Fitt,  Planter/^  as  he  signed  his  name»  sc 
tied  first  in  Ipswich,  to  which   plantation  he   came  in   1C35,  fron 
England. 

'*  Secando  die  SeptembriHf  1635. 

"  Theis  vnder  uritten  names  are  to  be  transported  to  St.  Christ 
phers  :  imbarqned  in  the  William  and  John— Rowland  Langrara  M'- 
have  been  examined  by  the  Minister  of  Grauesead  and  tooke  the  oath 
of  AUeg.  and  Suprem;  die  et  A'  p'. 

"  Robert  Fitt  18.   [and  others].'*  ^ 

It  is  certain  that  Mr.   Fitts  in  his  later  years  removed  with  liiif 
family  from  Salisbury  to  Ipswich,  where  he  died  May  9,  1665.     Hi 
Will,  dated  at  Ipswich,  Jan.  5,  1663,  was  admitted  to  Probate  June  26 
1665.     An  Inventory  of  his  estate  waa  returned  Sept.  2^,  1665.     Hi 
widow  died  at  Ipswich  Apr.  26,  1684.     He  left  only  one  child, 
4-2.    Abraham,  probably  by  a  former  marriage. 


II.     2.     "  Abraham   Ffitts    was  married   to  Sarah   Tomson, 

(lath)  day  of  May,  1665,  by  y*  worshipfull  M"^  Symon  Bradstreet." 

Salisbury  Mecords,  ] 

They  settled  in  Ipswich,  where  she  was  born,  the  daughter  of  '" 
Simon  Thomson,  and  died  June  5,  1664.     Children  : 

3,     Sarah,  b.  Feb.  21,  1657  ;  d.  June  14,  1660. 
H-4.     Abraliam,  d.  1714. 

5.  Maberi,  b.  Mar.  36,  1660  ;  d.  June  15,  1661.  [30, 

6.  Sarah f  b.  Mar.  15,  1661  ;  m.  William  Baker,  of  Ipswich,  Uec, 
Mr   Ffitts  married  for  hia  second  wife,  Rebecca*  widow  of  Tyler 

Birdlcy,  Jan,  1,  1668.     She  died  June  2,  1709.     Children  : 

7.  Boberl,  b.  May  28,  1670  ;   d.  young. 
4-8.     Richard,  h,  Feb.  26,  1672. 
+&.    ham,  b.  July  3,  1675. 

Mr.  Fitts  took  the  Freeman's  Oath,  March  11,  1674,  and  with  27 
other  Ipswich  men,  was  impressed  for  the  Narragansett  expedition^ 
Nov.  30,  1676.     He  died  March  27,  1692.     His  Will,  dated   Feb.  21 
was  presented  for  Probate  March  29  ;  and  the  Inventory  of  his  estate" 
was  returned  April  6,  all  in  the  year  1692, 


III.    4.     Abraham  Fitts,  Jr.,  of  Ipswich,  married  for  his  first  wift^ 
Haboaret  Choat,  the  daughter  of  Sargeant  John  and  Anne  Choat, 


1868.] 


Genealogy  of  tfie  FhU  or  Fitz  Family. 


71 


emigrant  ancestors  of  that  disting-Qished  family  ia  the  United  States* 
She  died  Feb.  28,  1692.     Childreu  : 
+10.     Abraham,  d.  June,  1763. 

'  1.     Ebenezer,  b.  Ang.  5,  1685  ;  d.  young. 
2>     Anna,  b.  June  18,  1686  ;  d.  young, 

3.  Jiobert,  h,  July  19,  1690, 

4.  AnnOf  m,  Ebenezer  Severance,  of  Ipswich. 

5.  MargareUj  b.  Jan.  25,  1692  ;  m.  Ebenezer  Grant,  of  Salem. 

Second  Marriage  : 

■  Abrabah  Frrrs  was  married  to  Mary  Ross^  Jan"^  y*  9th,  1693 
I  [1694]  /'     Ipswich  liecords. 

She  died  Aug.  16,  1739.  His  Will,  dated  Aug,  4,  1714,  was  ad- 
[mitted  to  Probate  Sept.  13,  of  the  same  year.     Children  : 

le.     Mary,  b.  Jan,  8,  1695  ;  d.  July  3,  1699. 

It*     Mercy,  b.  March  3,  1696  ;  unm.  ;  d.  Oct.  25,  1721. 

18.  Sarah,  b.  March  15,  1698  ;  m.  Daniel  Wood,  Nov.  11,  1729. 

19.  Samuel,  b.  Aug.  16,  1699  ;  m.  Mary  Beadle,  pub.  Dec.  3, 
1726,  and  settled  in  Kittery,  Mc. 

1^20.    Jb/in,  b.  March  31,  noi. 

21.  Mary,  b.  March  13,  1703  ;  m.  John  Brown,  of  Ipswich. 

22.  Ephraim,  bap.  Sept.  30,  1705  ;  was  published  to  Abigail  Hodg- 
kiss  May  9,  1730.  Re  entered,  Oct.  27,  1737,  hift  right  on 
his  grandfather^ 8  account,  as  one  of  the  Grantees  of  Ips- 
wich Canada,  now  Winchendoii.  and  drew  Lot  No.  10  in  the 
South  Division.     He  died  "suddenly,*'  Jan.  13,  1742. 

Ebenezer,  h,  April  12,  1708. 


23. 


III.  8.  "  Richard  Fitts  was  married  to  Sarah  Thobke,  March  y* 
18*,  169|/'     Ipswich  Records. 

He  settled  in  Salisbury,  on  the  original  grant  to  his  grandfather 
Robert  Fitts ;  and  it  is  still  occupied  by  his  descendanta,  having 
never  gone  out  of  the  family  name,  lie  died  Dec.  3,  1744.  His  Will 
WIS  dated  July  25,  1741,  and  admitted  to  Probate,  Jan.  14,  1745. 
laventoiy,  Dec.  2,  1745.  His  wife,  a  superior  woman  and  remarkable 
for  piety  and  energy  of  character,  died  March,  1773,  aged  100  years, 
Thig  was  the  source  of  the  New  Hampshire  Branch  of  the  Fitts  family. 
Children  : 

24.  haac,  b.  Dec,  19.  1695  ;  d.  Aug,  10,  1691. 

25,  Sarah,  b.  July  12,  1697  ;  m.  Jeremiah  Allin,  Feb.  8,  1721. 
fSa.     Nathaniel,  b.  July  13,  1699. 

2t.    Martlia,  b.  Feb.  27,  1702  ;    m.  John  Eastman,  April  1,  172T. 
f2S.     Htckard.  b.  Jan,  20,  1706. 

Sa.     Ward,  b.  June  9.  1707,     She  was  num.  in  1739, 
f4a.     Daniel,  b.  April  30,  1710, 

31.  Jermha,  b,  Dec.  10,  1712  ;  m.  Roger  Eastman,  Jan.  25,  1730, 
Their  daughter  Abigail,  b.  Sept,  27,  1739,  was  the  second 
wife  of  Col.  Ebenezer  Webster,  m.  Oct,  13,  1774,  and  the 
mother  of  lion,  Daniel  Webster,  b,  Jan.  18,  17S2. 

in.     d.     I«AAc  Fitts,    of  Ipswich,  married,   first,  Bethia   ~ , 

rho  died  Aug.  22,  1722;  and  second,  Wid,  Mary  Noyes,  June  6, 
1 123,  She  was  b.  May  1,  1682,  the  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Judith 
(March)  Thorley,  of  Newbury.     Mr.  Fitta  died  April  6,  1747.    He 


32 


Ancient  InqtiesL — Ordlnatum  Rock, 


[Januarj, 


was  the  ancestor  of  the  Essex  County  Branch  of  the  family,  who  spell 
the  name  Fitz.     Children  ol  Bethia  : 
4-32,     Isaac, 
+33.     John. 

S4.     Sarah,  b.  Oct,  12,  1705. 
+35.     Jeremiah,  b.  Jan.  9,  1108. 

36.  Huih,  h.  May  6,  17 IL 

37.  Abigaii,  b.  April  12»  1713  ;  d.  young. 

38.  George^  b.  April  15,  1716  ;  d,  young. 
+39.     James,  b.  June  1.  1718. 


42. 


JbraJmm,  b.  Aug.  9,  1719. 
George,  bap.  July  23,  1721 

Cbildreo  of  Mary ; 
Abigail,  bap,  Sept.  8,  1728. 


d.  Aug.  22, 1721. 


[To  be  odDtiQUfiiL] 


AN  ANCIENT  INQUEST  IN  NEW  HAMPSHIRE. 

[Tag  following  is  copied  from  the  second  volume  of  Deeds  in 
Registry  at  Exeter,  N.  H.] 

"  The  names  of  the  Jury  panneld  Coroners  xoqyesti  upon  the  bodj 
of  Thomas  Tutteil  {Ante,  vol.  xxi.  135)  tbe  sonne  of  John  Tuttell 
Dover:  the  first  month  ;  1655  :  viz.  :   Thomas  Roberta  :   Thomas  La 
ton;  John  Hall :  William  Furbur  r  John  Roberts  :  Anthony  Nutter  | 
Thomas  Beard  :  Job  Clements  :  William  Stury  :  James  Newtt :  Josep 
Austin :    Jeremy  Tibbetts :    Wee   whose  names  are  subscribed  dc 
testifie  how  wee  foond  Thomas  Tuttel!,  the  son  of  John  Tuttell  by  th 
etump  of  a  tree  which  he  had  newly  fallin  upon  another  limb  of  th 
other  tree  rebounding  back  and  fell  npon  him,  which  was  the  caaa 
of  bis  death  as  wee  consider :  this  was  found  the  last  day  of  the  la 
March  (54). 

*'  A  true  coppie  of  the  original  by  me  Esnald  Fernald." 

C.  W.  T. 


Ordikatiok  Rock,  near  Tamworth,  N.  H.  About  a  mile  from  ti 
village  of  Tarn  worth,  N.  H  ,  by  the  roadside  is  a  curious  rock,  abon 
twenty  feet  square  and  nearly  fifteen  feet  high,  called  "  Ordinatioi( 
Rock/"  on  which  is  erected  a  monument  of  white  niarblo,  standing 
on  a  granite  base,  bearing  the  following  inscription  : — 

South  Side,    **  Menaorial  of  the  ordimition  on  thia  rt>ck  Sep.  12.  1792,  of  the  ] 
Samupl  Hidden,  as  paatar  of  the  C<in^'gati<jnal  Churchy  institutol  on  that  day.^' 

East  Side.     "  Earn  m  Rowley,  Maiw.,  Feh»  22,  1760.     St-rveti  in  the  revolution  by 
foor  enlit^tmc'tite,  1777  to  17BL     Graduaknl  at  Dartmouth  College,  1791.    Miniati 
in  Tamw«>rth  46  yeara.     Died  Feb.  13,  1837,  Agtxl  77.'' 

North  Side.    **  He  came  into  the  Wildermi»ii.  and  left  il  ft  fraitful  field," 

Wtsi  Side.    ^*  To  jwrpetunte  the  mcaic»ry  of  mw  ministry  and  piihlic  eer?iceB»  a 
ffrandfion,  boariiuf  hii  houored  name.  pnjYtded  fi>r  the  erection  of  this  cenotaph, 

Ifiscription  on  the  Base.    **  Town  Chartered,  1766.  Settled  in  1771.    40  Fimulie 
17^.    CeaauB  in  1860—1717.*' 


1868.] 


The  Peirce  Family. 


73 


THE  PEIRCE  FAMILY, 

[Conunttmcated  bj  Qen,  EBEKEJSEfi  W*  Pbirok,  of  PrcetomiJ 
Contlinicd  Uma  toI.  xxi.  pagt  SfiOi. 

CAPTAm  Job  Peirce  (No.  47)  was  the  3d  son  of  Ebcnezer  Peirce 
(No.  22)  and  wife  Marj  Huskma,*  and  born  in  that  part  of  MitlJle- 
^borou^h  now  called  Lakeville,  Nov.  29,  1737,     (Town   Records  of 
^iiddleboruugh.) 

At  the  proper  age  he  was  apprenticed  to  William  Strobridge,  of 
iMiddleborungb^  blacksmith,  and  while  thna  engaged^  hostiHtied  were 
[renewed  between  England  and  France -f 

Affairs  in  the  northern  part  of  the  colony  of  New  York  soon  began 
I  to  assume  a  gloomy  aspect.  Fort  William  IlenryJ  being  menaced  by 
[the  French  and  Indiaim  under  the  Manptiia  Montcalm  ;  who  though 
]  foiled§  in  his  first  attempt,  about  five  months  after|[  through  the  imbecil- 
ity or  ill  timed  prudence  of  Gen.  Webb,  the  English  commander,  was 
eiiahled  to  succeed  in  forcing  the  fortress  to  surrender,  and  then  turn- 
ing loose  two  thousand  of  his  Indian  allies  upon  the  captives,  fifteen 
homlrud  of  the  latter,  in  violation  of  the  teniua  of  capitulation,  were 
butchered  or  dragged  into  hopeless  captivity.  More  than  one  hun- 
dred men,  slain  or  shockingly  mangled,  were  left  upon  the  ground. 
The  furt  was  entirely  demolished,  and  the  barracks  and  out  bouses 
reduced  to  a  heap  of  burning  ruins.  Half  consumed  human  skulls 
and  bones,  frying  and  boiling  in  the  decaying  fires,  loaded  the  air 
with  suflbcating  smoke  and  an  intolerable  stench.  The  devastation, 
barbarity  and  horror  that  every  where  appeared^  presented  a  spectacle 
too  diabolical  for  description. 

It  was  upon  one  of  the  alarms  cons^equent  on  tins  unhappy  state 
of  affairs,  that  Job  Peirce  was  required  to  leave  the  labors  of  the  anvil, 
»nd  perfunn  a  sliort  tour  of  duly,  in  a  company  of  the  local  militia  of 
^^*^'''  borough,  under  Captain  Joseph  Tinkliam,  detached  as  a  rein- 
it  for  Fort  Wm,  Henry,  (See  French  and  Indian  War  Rolls 
ij*  ii.*7,  at  State  ll^iuse,  Boston.)  But  the  crisii^  was  over  ere  this 
IT^Ilant  body  of  citizen  soldiers  reached  the  utmost  limits  of  onr  own 
State,  and  they  were  thrreforo  ordered  to  return,  having  neither  shed 
Wood  nor  had  sight  of  the  foe,  and  the  campaign  to  tlie  young  militia 
toin  WiiH  but  a  series  of  sights  and  scenes,  novel  and  gratifying. 

Early  the  next  year,  Cap t.  Benjamin  Pratt  having  received  orders 

tii  faifie  a  company  for  the  Provincial  service,  Job  Peirce  succeeded 

fn  prf'ttirsf:'  leave  from  his  master  to  enlist  on  condition  that  the  latter 

.  e  one  half  his  pay.     April  5,    1T5S,   witnessed  bis  en- 

ibe  regular  service,  as  the  ward  of  William  Strobridge,  of 

T  .if  TT.  ury  HovkiuR,  and  prin<l<livfiirbtcr  of  WUliam  Hoskios^  of  Taunton, 
t  Vkii  1  June  9,  1756,  and  ended  witti  the  treaty  of  Paris,  concluded  and 

iiBw4Pr 
*  "^  "  —  •   ■    :  *  the  hood  of  Lake  George,  and  was  erected  by  General 

I  St.  Patrick's  Day,tliP  first  attempt  to  rapUire  the  ^'arri^on 
4f~.  ihv  vigilance  of  Lieut,  (atterwanls  Geoeral)  Stark*    >ioatciilin 

id  f  ink,  and  the  Irish  soldiers  were,  but  Stark  and  iii6  Riingcrs 

t»  :urt. 

md  mooetfifaJ  «Uack  was  in  Aogustj  1757. 

-   --vU,^ 7  


74 


The  Pei/ce  Family, 


[Jannarr, 


MiddlebDrough,  and  in  tho  Regiment  of  Colonel  Thomas  Doty,  where  1 
Le  was  accredited  with  service  S  raootha  and  15  days,   for  which   he    ' 
received  15  pounds  and  9  peoce*  bis  own  part  arnouuting  to  7  pouada 
10  8ln'lling3  and  4  and  a  half  pence,  which  when  reduced  to  the  cur- 
rency  of  our  own  time  was  25  dollars  6  and   a  quarter  cents.     (See 
War  Rolls  for  1758,  at  the  State  House.) 

Among  the  stories  with  which  my  parent  sought  to  amuse  me 
"when  a  chihi,  was  the  repetition  of  his  father's  account  of  what  lie 
saw  and  sullered  in  thiH  bloody  caiiipaign,  and  more  particularly  the 
disasttT  of  July  6  and  S,  1758. 

It  was  just  at  dark  on  a  sultry  Saturday  evening,  when  a  well  armed 
force  of  sixteen  thousand  men  debarked  upon  a  beautiful  cape  on  the 
western  shore  of  Lake  George,  to  enjoy  a  few  hours  repose,  and  re* 
embarking  abnut  Uiidi light,  moved  slowly  and  majestically  down  the 
lake  at  an  early  huur  Surnlay  moroiug.  In  a  large  boat  the  yontbfu 
hero,  Lord  Howe,  the  loved  and  honored  of  both  officers  and  soldiei 
led  tlie  van  of  the  tlutil!ti»  accompanied  by  a  guard  of  Hangers,  In  tl 
"  full  blaze  of  red  uniforms/'  next  came  the  English  Regulars,  whlj 
the  Provincials  occupied  the  wnngs,  and  thus  under  a  clear  sky,  wir 
out  a  breeze  to  distivrb  the  placid  waters,  this  imposing  animmei 
exibited  a  grand  military  show.  At  a  later  hour  Sunday  mornini 
(July  6),  this  formidable  army  was  safely  landed  about  four  mih 
from  Fort  Ticonderoga  (then  held  by  the  French),  and  before  noon 
three  columns^  with  the  Rangers  of  Rogers  and  Stark  as  advance  at 
flank  guard,  pressed  steadily  forward  through  a  dense  forest  towai 
the  point  of  destined  attack.  But,  through  the  ignorance  of  the  guid< 
they  were  soon  tlirown  into  confusion,  and,  encountering  the  Freni 
advance  guard,  a  skirmish  ensued,  in  which  Lord  Howe  was  kilU 
and  tfie  English  greatly  futigued,  broken  and  confused,  fell  back 
the  pbice  of  landing  and  there  bivouacked  for  the  night. 

Early  on  the  morning  of  the  7th,  Cob  Bradstreet  advanced  and  oc< 
pied  an  aban<loncd  position  of  the  enemy,  near  tfie  present 
lage  of  Ticonderoga,  and  an  engineer,  sent  forward  to  recounolti 
reported  the  fort  to  be  in  an  unfinished  condition  and  that  it  could 
easily  taken.  Jnly  8th,  the  troops  were  again  put  in  motion  towai 
the  fortress,  whieli,  as  they  approached,  was  found  to  complete! 
shelter  the  Frencfi,  who  openeil  upon  the  English  with  a  heavy  di 
charge  of  artillery.  Yet,  in  spite  ««f  this  territrle  storm  of  death,  ti 
English  pressed  forward,  determined  to  carry  tlio  works  by  assault 
but  were  prevented  by  a  deep  and  well  constructed  abatis,  which  fcj 
four  hours  they  sought  in  vain  to  remove  or  cut  through  ;  while 
each  successive  aiid  rapid  discharge  of  the  French  artillery  scores 
the  brave  English  soldiers  were  mown  down,  and  it  was  not  until 
loss  of  the  latter  amounted  to  nearly  two  thousand  men  that  flen,  Al 
crombie  ordered  a  retreat.  And  what  a  retreat  was  that !  The  horroi 
of  the  scene  were  clearly  remembered  by  Job  Poirce  to  his  dying 
day.  The  ground,  said  he,  was  covered  with  the  dead  and  dying ; 
the  latter  appealing  for  assistance  in  tones  of  anguish  eiiougli  to  move 
to  pity  the  hardest  heart ;  and  every  bush  seemed  the  covert  of  a  Iqi 
ing  savage  ready  to  pounce  upon,  torture  and  tear  the  woundec 
strip  and  mangle  the  dead,  while  their  unearthly  yells  nearly  drowni 
the  ear-piercing  cries  of  the  w^ounded,  as  if 

"  All  tUe  fiends  from  lumven  that  fell 
Hivd  pealed  tlic  tetmer  crj^  of  licU." 


1868,] 


The  Peirce  Family* 


IS 


This  tonr  of  Job  Peirce's  service  closed  on  llie  24tb  of  Nov.,  1758, 
or  five  days  before  he  attained  his  majority.  Rcmainiof^  at  home  through 
the  winter,  the  next  spring  (viz.,  April  6,  HoO),  he  again  en  listed, 
and  from  the  French  and  Indian  war  ikoUs  at  the  State  llon^e,  Boston, 
we  team  that  he  served  out  the  terra  of  another  enlistment  of  30 
weeks.  For  this  service  his  wages  amounted  to  13  pounds  and  10 
shillings,  from  wliich  was  deducted  the  eum  of  8  pence  lie  had  received 
i  of  Lemuel  Dunbar,  his  captain  ;  thus  leaving  the  balance  due  hiuj,  13 
I^oonds  9  shiOings  and  4  pence,  which  in  our  currency  equals  44  dol- 
lars 89  centB.* 

His  second  term  of  Provincial  service  was  performed  at  Hal i fax, 
K.  S.  At  its  close,  it  being  about  the  commencement  of  December 
(l^.'SO),  Job  Peirce*  with  other  RoUlier*i  whose  enlistiiieni  bad  just  ex- 
pired, was  put  on  board  a  government  transport  bound  for  Bt>Klon,bnt 
had  not  been  out  long  ere  they  encountered  a  severe  storm,  that  speed- 
ily reduced  the  vessel  to  an  unmanageable  wreck ♦  which  witli  the  relief 
forded  by  almost  constant  pumping  was  yet  scarcely  able  to  float, 
Fhen  the  storm  subsided  they  found  themselves  far  out  of  their  course, 
p4  short  of  provisions.  Entirely  at  the  nierc}^  of  the  currents  and 
'  winds,  they  drifted  for  several  weeks  ;  but  when  liope  had  nearly 
^nished,  their  fresh  water  being  about  exhausted  and  almost  the 
Bt  biscuit  Bended  out,  they  discovered  land,  and  sncceeded  in  getting 
here  on  one  of  the  West  India  Islands,  where  they  were  forced  to 
Rain  till  some  vessel,  homeward  bound,  chanced  to  stop. 

iwhile,  news  of  the  departure  of  the  transport  from  Halifax, 
ln?r  with  the  names  of  her  ill-fated  passengers,  was  received  in  the 
Colony  homes  of  the  returning  soldiers  ;  and  after  anxious  watching 
hd  waiting  for  intelligence  of  those  who  survived  the  storm,  the  pa- 
Dt«  of  Job  Peirce  felt  compelled  to  reliJiquish  all  hope  of  ever  seeing 
eir  BOD.     The  sorrowing  parents  are  in  a  measure  comfitrted  fi>r  their 
l{>posed  loss  in  the  safe  return  of  their  older  son,  ]A,  Abial  Peirce, f 
the   famed  field  at   Quebec ;    for   whose    preservation    in   the 
le  day  of  battle  they  devoutly  thank  God. 
tio  weary  months  of  a  cheerless  winter  at  length  are  passed,  and 
new»  being  rpceived  of  the  loved  one  and  lost,  a  proper  respect 
■his  memory  is  thnught  to  demand  the  public  demonstration  of  a 
jlnerat,  and  the  erection  of  a  monumental  stone. 
But  the  warm  sun  that  brings   "  seed  time  and  harvest  "  has  re- 
irned,  and  Jf»b  Peirce,  the  brave  soldier  and  tempest-tossed  sailor, 
;  hi  last  succeeded  in  securing  a  passage  on  board  a  vessel  hound 
^r  Xew  England,  and  is  safely  landed  at  New  Bedford.     Allowing 
I  delay,  he  ont-fravels  the  news  of  his  arrival,  and   stands  upon  bin 
Ittve  hills  again.     Scenes  familiar,  orchards   and   beech  en  forests 
ic^t  his  eye  ;  but.  save  the  lowing  of  cattle  and  the  singing  of  lurds, 
I  death-like  stillness  prevails,  for  it  is  Sunday-*a  New  England  Sab- 
kept  after  tlie  manner  of  the  Puritan   fathers.     No  alarm   was 
trofbrc  occasioned  in  his  mind  tn^find  his  home   untenanted,   the 
'  family  having  repaired  to  the  country  church  to  attend   puMic 
Hip ;  an  example  he  lost  do  time  in  following.  Arriving  at  the  sane- 


r^ 


'  sr,  that  tt  may  retidily  tx*  seen  liuw  Firinll  u  sum  of  mom'y  those 
I  those  diiniEcrs  and  ^niltired  all  tliif-  HilTcnnj.% 
.    ,      ;   ..»    t  ^ervke  at  Hdhfax,  K,  S.,  fxiJind  Nov*  2,  17j9,  and  that  of  h\A 
r,  Lr*  AbUa  Peirce,  m  or  mmf  Quchcc,  Dec,  16,  i7'>9. 


w 


The  Pdrce  Family, 


[Jannarf, 


tuary  daring^  tho  "  loDg^  prayer/*  at  its  close  he  walked  reverently  up 
the  broad  aisle  to  the  family  pew,  and  there  took  his  seat,  creating  no 
small  stir  among  the  worshippers  ;  for  the  superstition  of  that  day  in* 
vested  the  sight  with  far  lesi?  uovelty  than  terror.  It  is  uncertain 
how  the  grave  assembly  would  have  gained  its  equilibrium,  but  for 
the  good  sense  and  remarkable  presence  of  mind  exhibited  by  the 
preacher,  wlio  was  about  to  open  the  sacred  volume  to  improve  upon 
his  contemplated  text ;  for,  when  this^  unexpected  sight  quite  upset 
his  former  plans,  without  6ndiiig  his  text  or  even  opening  the  book, 
he  gave  out  that  passage  of  the  Scripture  wliich  saith,  **  For  this  my 
eon  was  dead  and  is  alive  again,  he  was  lost  and  is  tound,*' 

For  the  next  two  years,  the  name  of  Job  Peirce  does  not  appej 
upon  the  ancient  war  rolls  at  the  State  House,     One  brother,   ho^ 
ever,  has  been  promoted  to  a  capital ncy,  raised  his  company  and  ag 
repaired  to  the  field,  taking  another  brntlier  in  the  capacity  of  a  pi 
vate  soldier.     The  reason  why  Job,  himself,  did  not  also  go,  will 
evident  from  the  fact  that  soon  after  this  was  tijc  publishment  of" 
banns'*  between  Job  Peirce,  t»f  ]!kIiddb?borough,  and  Mis?*  Elizabei 
Rounsevill,*  of  Freetown,     She  was  the  orphan  daughter  of  Willi 
Rounsevill,  eldest  son  of  Philip  Rourisevill  the  emigrant,  who  at  ti 
time  was  one  of  the  wealthiest  men  in  Bristol  county,  and  among 
largest  landholders  of  the  Colony,     May   18,    1761,  Jid)  Peirce, 
Middleborough,  and    Miss    Elizal>eth   Rounsevill,  of  Freetown,  w 
joined  in  marriage  (see  Tt>wn  Ueeords  of  Middleborough )»  he   beii 
23  years  of  age,  and  she  17. 

Early  the  next  year  (viz.,  March  21),  Job  Peirce  for  a  third  til 
enlists,  and  his  name  now  appears  "in   Km  Majesty's  Service,'*  ni 
in  the  company  of  which  ''  Ephraim  Holmes,  Esq.  is  Captain."    IL 
he  served  till  March  14,  1763,  or  50  weeks  and  6  days.     The  wbi 
amount  of  hi«   wages   was  22  pounds   17   shiOings  and  9  pence, 
which  ho  had  taken  It  shilHngs  in  beer,  and  the  balance  due  him 
22  pounds  3  shil lings  and  9  ponce.     With  Job,  in  this  company,  all 
served  his  brother  Ilenry  Peirce,  who  was  six  yeare  his  juuior. 

News  of  the  treaty  of  peace  concluded  and  signed  Feb.  10.  17 
between  England  and  France,  rendered  their  further  service  uiinocj 
eary,  and  Capt.  Abial  Peirce,  with  his  brothers  Job  and   Henry,  w 
honorably  mustered  out  of  the  service,  and  for  tho  next  twelve  yej 
suflered  to  dwell  in  peace  at  hf>me. 

During  his  absence  upon  this  last  campaign   (viz.,  April  25,  176! 
the  hapijincss  of  his  house  is  increased  by  the  birth  of  their  first  chill 
adaug!iter,  who  was  blessed  with  a  good  constitution,  sound  healt 
and  remarkable  sweetness  of  temper,  which  with  themddition  of  a  w^ 
balanced  mind,  made  her  the  loved  and  honored  of   all   classes 
Bociety,  and  no  di»ubt  conspired  to  prolong  her  life  of  usefulness 
the  good  old  age  of  8§|ycars,    But  with  thoretupn  of  peace,  the  youjj 
husbaud,  released  from  further  service  in   tlie  held  of  carnage, 
health  and  morals  unimpaired,  returns  to  the  bosom  of  his  family  \ 
friends  ;  and  tho  grateful  parents,  mindful  ofGod^s  watchful  care,  na 
their  first  born,  Mercy, 


•  Her  hrothor  Levi  Hniin!!fviU  was  Capt  ifn  of  tlip  FrcetowTi  rompnnv  of  Minute 
**  that  n?j*pv.HitkHl  ro  tlie  cxiU  at  Lextn^rtori  alarm,  nnit  lie  nfterwjinl-  niised  and  coma 
A  company  of  th«!  Ooatln'jntttl  Army."    (S«?o  ttoUs  at  the  State  House,  Dostoti.J 


he  Fetrce  Family. 

(156)  Mercy  Pel rce,  liorn  April  25,  n62,  married  Oct.  11,  1782, 
Major  reter  IIoar»  of  Middleborough,  an  officer  of  tlie  Patriot  army 
in  the  war  of  the  Revolution.  She  died  May  20,  1847,  in  her  86th 
yean  Ue  died  March  12,  1815,  aged  60  years,  (Towu  Records  of 
Middleborough. ) 

The  year  HOH  was  rendered  memorable  in  the  family  of  Job  Peirce 
by  two  events  : — first,  his  safe  and  final  returii  home  from  the  eaogui- 
nary  fields  of  the  French  and  Indian  war;  and  secondly,  by  the  death 
of  hi»  wife's  grandfather,  Philip  Kounsevill,  of  Freetown,  at  the  age 
of  85  years. 

Philip  Rounsevill  emigrated  to  America  from  Ilonetun,  in  Devonshire 
County,  England,  about  the  year  1100,  being  then  neur^M  years  of  age. 
He  was  by  trade  a  clothier  or  cloth  d refiner,  but  by  practice  a  shrewd 
schemer  ;  and  keen  calculations  and  lingular  furesiglit  enabled  him  to 
ceumulate  a  larger  property  than  that  aeiinired  by  Im  neigtibors. 
|c  not  only  bad  the  faculty  to  get,  but  also  to  keep ;  fur  he  was  pa- 
^  hti  self-denying  and  exceedingly  obstinate,  and  6Q  years  of  almost 
cedented  success  made  him  not  a  little  purse-proud,  arbitrary 
I  tirerbearing.  Such  unlimited  confidence  did  he  repose  in  himself 
jkd  such  contempt  for  every  body  else,  that  his  children,  now  ad- 
luced  to  the  age  of  three  score,  were  to  his  mind  still  in  their  non- 
tee  in  the  ability  to  manage  properly,  and  nu  division  of  his  property 

t  power  would  he  make  with  any  of  them.  They  mnat  wait  till  after 
I  death,  and  all  must  keep  upon  their  good  behavior,  or  *^  King 
iiitp  "  (as  his  neighbors  nicknamed  him)  would  cut  them  off  with 
shilling  at  last,  William  Rounsevill,  eldest  hqu  of  Philip,  liad  died 
len  his  daughter  Elizabeth  was  little  more  than  five  ^nonths  old, 
hen,  therefore,  Job  Pcirce  became  the  husband  of  Elizabeth  Roiinse- 
Till,  it  was  expected  that  he  would  be  extremely  careful  to  humor  all 
the  whims  of  her  austere  grandfather,  in  the  hope  th;it  his  wife  might  be 
handsomely  provided  for  in  the  Will  of  that  man  whose  pcrversenesa 
hiid  ever  kept  his  family  under  such  long  and  degrading  surveillance. 
The  yoang  wife  is  still  at  her  grandfather^s,  and  the  okl  gentleman, 
fho  is  evidently  pleased  with  her  husband,  astonishes  the  neighbors 
" '  the  liberality  of  his  expenditure  for  the  beautiful  furniture  he  has 
cured  as  the  outfit  for  the  graoddanghter.  The  day  is  Bet 
the  house-keeping  of  the  youthful  pair  shall  commence,  and  Job 
firce  sends  an  old-fashioned,  long  liodied  ox  cart  to  take  to  their  new 
dttse  the  first  load  of  furniture.  When  the  cart  was  loaded  and  ready 
t»  Fhtlip  Rounsevill  thus  addresses  the  young  husband  :— "  The 
•  upon  this  cart  is  mine,  and  1  loan  it  to  you  for  the  use  of 
^  your  wife,  my  granddaughter/^  **  Indeed,"  says  the  young  man, 
'  I  mock  gravity,  "  indeed,  you  surprise  me;  now  let  me  return 
'ivor  by  surprising  you  equally  as  mucli.  1  am  unwilling  to 
any  thing  ofypu,  nor  will  1  ;  -^  and,  suiting  his  acti-n  to  the 
t»rda.  stepped  to  the  forward  end  of  the  cart,  and  raised  it  till  the 
Ige  rested  on  the  ground,  then  starting  the  team  drove  on  till 
Bt  article  of  furniture  had  tumbled  from  the  cart  and  lay  scat- 
titpon  the  ground  ;  then  turning  to  his  bride,  he  said;  "  Come,  let 
Ibome,  I  didn't  bttrrow  you/* 

[itiurmar  or  complaint  escaped  the  lips  of  the  lady  whose  money 

had  thus  been  so  seriously  compromised,  for  with  her  hand  she 

fgiven  her  heart,  and  was  ready  to  leave  not  only  father  and  mother 


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The  Peirce  Family. 


[January, 


but  grandfiither  with  al!  his  wciiUli,  if  the  same  in  any  measuro  fiought 
to  pkick  asunder  what  God  hiid  joined  tugether.  Her  hnsbund  fully 
appreciated  the  worth  of  his  wife,  and  realized  the  obligatiuu  he  was 
under  *.  aud  Ihos  was  laid  the  firm  and  lasting  foundation  for  that  mutual 
affection  towards  each  otlier^  which  ever  characterized  their  married 
life.  When^  therefore,  the  burthen  of  more  than  80  years  w^as  upon 
him,  and  the  pains,  aches  and  decrepitude  to  which  flesh  at  four  score 
is  the  legitimate  heir  were  realized  in  his  person ^  Job  Peirce  was  fre- 
quently heard  to  say,  *'Had  1  not  lived  to  he  old,  1  never  should  have 
known  how  an  old  person  feels  ;  but  it  is  all  right,  for  I  have  had  a 
long  lite  of  prosperity,  health  and  happiness.  1  have  taken  a  great 
deal  of  comfort  in  living;-'  and  then,  in  the  language  of  his  illustrious 
namesake  of  the  iand  of  Uz,  would  add,  "  Shall  we  receive  good  at 
the  hand  of  God,  and  shall  we  not  receive  evil  'f  ■  *  It  was  to  his  wife's 
sagacity  or  practical  common  sense  that  Job  Peirce  owed  much  of 
that  counsel  which  perfected  his  plans,  and  secured  to  him  that  long 
and  uninterrupted  tide  of  good  fortune  by  which  he  was  made  to  rank 
among  the  most  wealthy  men  of  his  native  towni. 

Philip  Rounsevill,  the  grandfather,  was  a  man  fur  too  practical  to  alloi 
any  sudden  gust  of  passion  to  put  him  permanently  in  the   mood 
wrong  his  own  blood,  and  no  doubt  soon  felt  a  secret  eatisfactic 
and  indulged  an  inward  pride  in  the  flattering  prospects  of  the  youi 
people  who  had  so  resoltitely  and  yet  so  patiently  set  out  unaided 
face  the  storms  and  stem  the  adverse  currents  of  life  ;  and,  at  " 
death,  it  wa8  found  that  Elizabeth,  although  the  wife  of  the   unyieU 
ing  Job  Peirce,  had  been  well  cared  fur,  and  her  portion  equalled 
her  most  sanguine  expectationj^  had  ever  caused  her  to  anticipate,  ev« 
had  her  husband  given  the  utmost  satisfaction  to  the  austere  doncj 
Their  union  was  now  blessed  in  the  birth  of  a  second  child,  their  fit 
born  BOD,  whom  the  happy  mother  cliristens  with  fhe  name  of  her  o^ 
father. 

(156)  William  Rounsevill  Peirce  was  born  April  19,  1764:  raarrifl 
Leonora  (daughter  of  Francis  ?*)  Jones  of  Beaufort  County,  N,  Gar 
lina.  William,  a  sailor  in  the  Patriot  Navy  in  the  war  of  the  ~ 
volution,  was  captured,  carried  to  England  and  there  con  fined*  He  all 
served  as  a  soldier  in  Capt.  Ilcnry  Peirce's  company,  upon  R.  Island 
after  the  war  became  a  master  mariner,  and  died  May  15,  1794,  up 
the  Island  of  St.  Bartholomew,  where  he  was  buried.  A  stone  wi 
erected  to  his  memory  in  the  family  cemetery  in  Middleborough,  nc 
Lakeville. 

(157)  Elizabeth,  second  daughter,  born  Jan.  6,    1766,   rnarriG 
Jan.  6,  1788,  General  Abial  Washbtirn,  of  Middleborough.f     She 
March  23,  1850.     He  died  June  17,  1843. 

(158)  Job,!  second  soa,  bom  Dec.   12,   1767,    married,  Jan, 
1799,  Annie,  daughter  of  Lieut.  Robert  Strobrid^e,  of  Middleboroug 
now  Lakeville.    This  eminently  successful  merchant  died  at  "* 


*  TnuHtion  Id  tbe  family  aay*  Blie  wns  ttic  fUuglitcr  of  Esquiro  Jones,  nnd  some  \ 
Wllliain^s  {Hipvrs  Icml  tis  to  sujppos©  lip  wsih  Fraucis  Joni'jt,  E^n*,  of  Byaufort  Co.,  N.  C. 

t  He  wiii*  comiiiissioncd  Adjiitant  »>f  -Ith  Regimpnt  hi  ist  Brigade,  oth  Division,  Oc 
1788.     Prumoted  lojimior  Majorof  stiitl   Ri'^nie'nt  Mjit  !»  1794.      Senior  Mnjor,  Jiui,- 
1797-    Lt.  CtjL  Curaiufinilant,  July  22,  1800.    Brii^adier  General,  Sept.  4,  1810.     Honor! 
diischiiri^crl  in  1824,    Paitl  thf:  Ijir^'ci'^t  tax  in  Midilieboron^ti. 

X  CommlB.-^ionid  Cnptairi  of  1st  Company  of  In&ntry  in  Freetown,  Ang.  21, 1801- 
companj  parmled  at  his  funcrnL 


re.] 


Tltc  Peirce  Family. 


79 


town  Sept.  22,  1805,  and  was  buried  (with  military  honors)  iQ  the 
family  cemetery  in  Middleborough, 

(159)  Annie,  third  daughter,  born  Dec,  18,  11^9,  married  Dr. 
Nicholas  Hathaway  (her  cousin),  of  Taunton,  She  died  near  Milford, 
Fiiion  Co.,  Ohio,  Sept.  28,  1822.     He  died  at  the  same  place, 

(100)  Lucy,  fourth  daughter,  born  Dec,  18,  1771,  married,  Feb. 
11>,  1795,  IloTj.  William  Bourne,*  of  Middleborough.  She  died  Dec. 
2,  1859.     He  died  Dec,  1845. 

(161)  Levi.t  third  son,  born  Oct.  1,  1773,  married,  Dec.  13,  1795, 
Sarah,  a  daughter  of  Gapt.  Abner  BourneJ  of  Jliddleborough.  Levi 
commanded  a  battalion  in  active  service  in  the  last  war  with  England  ; 
was  deacon  of  the  Baptist  Church  in  Middleborough ,  and  noted  for 
liberality  and  benevolence.     He  died  August,  1847. 

(1G2)     Ebenezer.§  fourth  scm,  born  May  26,  1775,  was  christened 
foha  fur  biB  father's  eldegt  brother  (No.  44),   and  continued  to  be 
lied  John  till  the  death  of  his  uncle  Ebenezer  Peirce  (No.  53),  (who 
erished  in  the  defence  uf  his  country  in  the  war  of  I  lie  American  Re- 
rolotion,  being  a  soldier  in  the  company  of  Capt.  Joshua  White,  in 
jservice  at  Newport,  R.  L),  when  his  name  was  changed  to  Ebenezer. 
iBe  married,  April  24,  IBO^i,  Joanna,  eldest  dauichter  of  Colonel  Benja- 
[mio  Weaver.ll  of  Freetown,  and  died  Jan.  6,  1815.      She  died  Jan.  6, 
"S69,  in  her  73d  year. 

(163)     Polly,  Bfth  daughter,  horn  May  31.  1777.  married,  in  1797, 

!  Ber.  David  A.  Leonard,  of  Bridgewater.     They  removed  to  Kentucky, 

I  She  died  Oct.  2.  1836.     They  wore  the  parents  uf  the  wives  of  Gov- 

iT^rnor  Merri weather  and  Hon     William   P.  Thomason,  members  of 

^  from  Kentucky,  and  the  grandparents  of  Major  John  Hay, 

-tj'Cretary  to  President  Lincoln. 

064)     Sally,  sixth  daughter,  born  March  20,    1779,  married  A bial 

Nelson,  of  Middleborough,  now  Lakeville.     She  died  Nov.  24,  1838. 

iHediedin  1829. 

165)  Elnathan,  fifth  son,  born  Oct.  20,  1781,  died  Oct.  5,  1797. 

166)  Thomas,  sixth  son,  born  Dec.  26,   1783,  died  March  1.  1784. 
(167)     Peter  Hoar,Tf  seventh  son,  born  March  25,  1788,  married, 

f  Mijr  10,  1813,  Nabby,  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Sprout,  of  Middlebo- 
rongh.  He  died  Jan.  27,  180L  She  died  in  18B-.  He  commanded 
I  company  in  active  service  in  the  last  war  with  England. 


•CuptiitnofYolunfrt^rrnvalry  fVom  May  22,  17D7;  Mi^or  of  CavAliy  Sept.  12,  1803; 
ll«ii*  1B*20,  And  tjne  f>f  the  County  CrjTi  mi  if*  sionerii. 

■'"  Miyor  4th  Regiment,  \si  Bri^atk',.  5th  Division,  Juno  8, 

-.,;.,-.   *i.....-iablydijscliargt!(i,  1816.    Several  tirneH Ucprescntiitive from 

I  to  General  Court  at  Boston;  Member  of  Coastitatiaiial  (Jouveiition,  1820  ; 

r  muij  year*. 

mt,  ANner  Bourne  oommaniled  a  compflDy  in  tlie  Piitrlnt  nrniy^  in  Fcn-icc  at  R,  I., 

nnr  t>f  the  Rerolulion,  and    was  Deacon  of  thi^  Ist  Corigrcgadonal  Ciiurch  in 

if  Frcetoi^  in  I80l»  1803-Oi,  and  1805;  Repreatntadvc  to  tbe  General 

'  H24 ;  Auditor  of  Town  Accounts  20  yciirs  j  Boiicoii  of  Ist  ChriKtiim  Church 

I'iov.  ■  -  -"vi-  ycflr*, 

f  OfWrer  lit  army  in  the  war  of  tlie  Revolution,  being  Captain  in  CoL  Kemp- 

tfm'*Jlr  n  T.t.  Cnlonel  nf  Colonel  Oeor/jc  Cbghoni's  Regiment.    CUiifhora 

wu  T  ite  ConjititutJoT),  aiKl  httiltl^rof  the  first  American  whaler 

tky  ^1  ned  a  Ciirjiro  of  oil  In  the  Pncific  Oreao, 

.  . ..    .   -^  Company  of  Infantry  in  Midd]elK:>rnut;h  in  1810;  Cnptaln, 

-miotcfl  to  Major  of  the  ith  Ito^itTient,  1st  BHpuie,  ftth  Dlvi^io^  of  Mjissa- 
inl8l6;  Lt.  Colotid,  April  2-5,   1818;   honorably  dii^ckargcd.  1823.    Ho 
TiCTCfad  timet  a  member  of  tlie  Ma£saiiiusctt«  Senate. 


\tTT€fit 


Iff. 


mnnBTp 


CURRENT  EVENTS. 

By  Rev.  EoAs  Nason,  of  Nortb  Billerica,  Mass. 

CoDUoaed  firoiii  Vol  zxi^  pafe  BOA, 

AuGCST^   1867. 

17.  Telegraphic  cable  between  Key  W«*t,  Fla,,  and  Choirem,  Cuba,  completed. 
Id.    A  party  of  eix  females ,  ivho  had  been  out  picking  berrieB,  drowned  in  Bow 

Lake,  Strafford,  N.  H. 

20.  The  I«t  Bn'giide  of  Ma«»ichuB«tt8  Volunteer  Jlilitia  munter  at  Camp  Lincoba, 
Hull.  ^ 

21.  Cerenl  crtips  lieavy  throughout  the  country  ;  but  bread  itufffe  are  still  verj'  high 

26.  OiotiTUU'**  wrt  weather— cu using  dot«y  in  potatoes,  etc. 

27.  Gold,  K41  M. 

September,  1867. 

9.  The  city  of  Roibury  is  to  be  unitt^  with  the  city  of  Boston.  Vote  of  ) 
former  city^  \S3^2  for,  and  51>2  agninet ;  and  of  the  latter  city,  4633  for,  and  1€ 
ft^irist  union.  ....  David  Makepeace,  of  Norton,  Ma^B.,  celebrate**  hm  ItT 
brrtli-da  V . 

15.     licnry  white  frost,  first  of  the  Bea««jn,  this  morning,    Grapea  iniured  thereb 

18.  Umnd  annual  gathering  at  Salisbury  Beach.  Address  by  General  B^qj 
mill  F*  Butler. 

29.  A  tery  ulight  fall  of  inow  in  Boston — first  of  the  season* 

OCTOBKR,   1867. 

2.  TlrtJ  900th  anniTersary  of  the  organization  of  the  First  Parish  in  Bevcrh 
Mafis.,  C(?le!) rated. 

7.     General  Philip  SheriilEUi  \mts  Boston,  and  meeti!  with  a  rao«t  cordial  receptio 
15.     Aniuial  iiieetingyf  the  Vermont  llistimLiil  Sijeiety.     Kev.   I*liny  II.   Whi| 
is  ch'cUMl  I^-flident,  and  George  F.  Houghton,  Ewj,^  of  ISt.  Albans,  Secretjvri'. 

17.  The  JhiHdaehusette  Teacliers*  Aasoeiation  holds  its  annual  seeeion  at  Sprii 
field. 

IH.  A  terrible  accident  occurs  at  the  Hoosac  Tunnel,  by  which  13  workmen  ] 
their  lives.  ^ 

22.  Daniel  Wcbster^s  place  at  Franklin,  N,  IL,  embracing  the  buildings 
200  aerw  of  land,  iH  mM  for  ^15,400. 

30.  Es'Govcrnor  John  A.  An<lre  w  dies  suddenly  of  apoplexy,  at  the  age  of  48  yc 

November,  1867, 

3.  Garil>aldi  and  hiP  troops  defeated  near  Rome,  by  French  troops.  He  fled,( 
eurrcndertnl  himeielf  by  the  Italian  army. 

5.  Elt<;tion  day  in  Massaohuaetta.  Alexander  IL  Bullock  re*electtnl  gover 
Gold,  1.40. 

14.    A  meteoric  shower  took  place  this  morning.    It  wa«  not  remarkably  notio, 
able  around  Boflton ;  but  as  ol)ftervod  from  the  National  OI»eervat(>r>'  at  W'^n^thing 
ton,  it  was  the  most  brilliant  disjilay  seen  in  this  country  since  1B33.    One  ihoua 
meteors  were  counted  io  twenty-one  minutes  previous  to  4.35,  A.M.     At  Kiel] 
Vn.,  tbey  were  obaervcd  at  the  mte  of  tilttn^n  himdrt-d  per  hour. 

18.  Jtlr.  Charles  Dickenti  arrived  at  Bowt^ju  in  the  Steamer  Culm. 
The  statue  of  Edward  F>erett  set  up  in  the  Public  Ganien,  lijHttjo. 
2f).     A  eulogy  on  the  late  Gov.  Andrew,  pronounced  in  the  Music  Ball,  ] 

by  Mr.   E.   P.   Whipple;    pwiem  by  Mrs.  Iluwe;  appropriate  ti^ubio,\^t»dcv 
dirwJtion  of  Mr.  Carl  Zerrahn.  ,  ., 

98.  National  Tlianksgivin^  observed  to-iJay,  pursuant  to  the  ^Preeidvijt^  pp 
clamation.  The  Gijverntjrs,  flso,  for  the  uiiist  part,  apjKjintcd  tliw  dnyas  Thank 
giving  day  in  their  ret'peetive  States.  '^"^ 

From  the  15th  to  the25tb  of  November,  inclusive,  tliere  were  852caBt^of  chole 
with  48G  deaths,  in  the  city  of  Havana,  as  reported  by  our  Vice  Consul  ihert% 


18G8.] 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 

Tttit  Osgood  F\iitLV. — To  tfu*  Editor  o/thv  Neic  England  Historical  and  Gtmea- 
lof/trai  RttjtiLtef.  Sir — In  ao  nrticfe  of  mine  in  your  Nu,  fur  Jatjimn ,,  186*5, 1  stiited, 
(vn  tlir  authority  of  Nevr  En^liuid  writcrn,  tlmt  the  Hrpt  Jolin  OsgCHxl,  of  Antlover, 
Mae*.,  left  a  »jn  immcd  Chris U)ph<>r.  lioth  FftniaT,  and  AhI>Lit  in  liis  lli^itury  of 
AndoverT  mention  this  ae  a  fwct.  I  should  be  glad  tti  know  if  tb<^re  m  any  good 
u  '  ■'  f'jr  tliifl  stat-enient.  It  i»  well  known  that  there  wai«  n  ChriHtopher  Osgtxxi 
i\  at  an  early  date ;  hut  inaeraueh  as  the  ahtjve  Jolixi  IMgood  doee  not 

I. ,.  uiy  Bon  of  thivt  name  hi  \m  will,  while  Chrietophcr  Usgtxjd,  flie  first  of  the 

fiinily  w  ho  had  eettlod  at  Ipiswichi  does,  1  am  led  to  enppoee  that  the  two  Christo- 
phcre  wrrr  father  and  son. 
Aj>  '  >tb  of  the  emi™>nt«  from  Englimd,  name  in  their  will^  nil  their 

♦  n  living  at  the  time.  That  of  John  OtigiKid,  datetl  l'2t!i  April, 
1^50.  in  v.w  ^\x\\  Year  of  bk  a^e,  ^letiks  of  his  sons  John  and  Stephen,  and  daiigh* 
tcre  Mury,  Klizafjeth,  llannnh,  Sarah  and  Hebeccab,  and  bit*  wife  Sarah.  Chrieto- 
phtT'*  -  ■''  ;-  !  Ued  April  19,  1650,  and  naine«  bii?  eon  Ckrislopfur,  daughters  Mary, 
Ahi_^  lb  and  Deborah,  and  wife  Marij:ery* 

I  ••.  M' name  of  Oagood  bein*;  deriveu  from  the  DaniBii  or  Soindinavian. 

hliink,  bowvver,  that  there  arc  equally  strong  grountk  for  Buppoeiiig  it  to  be  of 
Sui>n  origin » 

I  ttiuii  myeclf  of  tbis  opportunity  to  correct  two  eligbt  errors  in  the  article 
Inferred  to.  Li  speaking  ol  the  arui^,  an  given  in  Iicrr>''fl  **  Enc^'Clopedia  Heraldi- 
•/'  the  piinigraph  should  rt*nd — *'  three  garbs  within  a  double  trc»sfiurc  flory  and 
iouirlerflory  gulee/'  iiii^tttid  of  **  within  a  tre&sure  flay  and  c^^unterfliu'  giilcti,  '  At 
]A|e  25,  line  17,  for  **  and  of  the  principal  towns,*'  read  *'one  of  the  principal 

t hiite  rccciTpd  several  oommuni cations  from  descendants  of  William  Osgood,  of 
I  Sftlisbar^',  Mace.,  who,  it  is  said,  buDt  a  barn  at  Newbury  in  1640,  for  Mr.  Jolin 
Dcjrr,  re^jufsting  information  aa  to  lii«  Englii^h  ancestry,  and  I  regret  that  my 
^iwe  not  enabb'tl  rae  to  trace  bJa  parentage,  4c.  to  my  satiafaction. 
.ve  l>een  the  William  Oegtxxl,  described  a*  a  **  child  under  11  yturs 
>ffjpniiit«<J  Sarah  Uw^ood  to  New  England  in  the  ship  Conidenc4%  in 
--  fij    ;i !«►  was  acciwntaUy  or  porjioftely  misstated. 
;   U  luivi   f>een  one  of  the  bcrsKms  of  that  minie  referred  to  in  the  fol- 
iIIp: — ^Ajin  0^|^o<:»d  of  Wei*t  \VVMHlha3%  Co.  Berks,  widow  of  Richard 
Kim^  y>lace,  m  her  will  dated  May  16tb,  Hth  James  1st  (^lOQf*),  ap- 
4  one  of  the  overB<'er8  of  it.     Richard  Osgood,  of  bhipton,  m 
s  1025,  amjotntH  Iiih  mm  William  executor, 
>  1^  iitxjutc  miles  W.  S.  W.  of  Newbury,  and  alxjut  10  miles  N. 
of  J,  hipton,  Uant«,  is  about  8  miles  west  of  Andover,  and  10  or  12  miles 

.X.  1  jry,  Osgood  Fi£Ld. 

76  Mark  Lane,  London^  Septt-mber  13,  1867. 

trmx .— In  1638-9,  Richard  U^ttin  arrived  in  New  Endnnd.  aod  settled  at  Ccrti' 
ftwl,  Maai,  lie  is  euppowed  to  have  emigrated  frcm  Kngland,  bringing  &  wife  uid 
v»  or  more  cbildrcn.    Can  any^  one  inform  me  from  what  place  he  came?  L. 

•Hi  of  the  nae^ 


Aprl 


^'  -Mrs  B<7uiettmc«  have  a  fancy  for  bindings.    Towards  the 

V  very  Ixniotiful  binding  were  made  f(^r  the  Medici,  the 

..  -  ,  and  other  noble  families.     Aldus,  the  famous  printer  of 

the  tii-st  to  issue  lx»oks  in  diflbrent  stvles  of  covering,  to  § utt 

>f  hie  custfjmers.    There  are  very  early  Itindin^  which  appear 

!r  ii-  < 'iij^ruved  blocks.    Some  of  them  may  De  even  earlier 

1  I    I  u  '^  lan  the  Spencer  St.  Christopher. 

!  r  whtjsc^  bindings  are  sought  after  in  Jliebael  Majoli,  but 
18  Majdli,  who«e  de^icew  and  style  of  ornamentation  were 
►   >,   X  ,'  ._M   liixikbmders.     Upon  his  books  ia   found  the  inscription, 
,  4i  et  amicor."     Besides  this  there  is  his  motto,  which  was  generally 
L-u  oiichi,  non  mc  miclii ;  '*  and  more  rarely,  as  an  example  in  the  British 
;,  *^  fngratia  eervire  nephas.'*    At  the  Libri  sale  in  ltJ59,  where  there  were 


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©o  many  mngnlfiocnt  epeciracns  of  binding,  one  voltun©  mid  for  £91  ;  unother  ftl 
the  Bergeret  Hale  producetl  £  104. 

Still  more  fainoua  are  the  "  tJ roller  "  bindings .  Jean  G roller  yrn»  bom  at  Lyon* 
in  1479.  He  wns  cmijloyed  by  Fmnciw  I.  aa  jiayrimster-^eiieral  to  bifi  furet*  in 
Italy,  and  was  aftorwardK  eeiit  on  apolitical  mifinioti  to  Clement  VII.,  who  had  he' 
eorac  vei^  much  atta diet]  tck  him.  He  die<J  in  1565,  but  bin  library  wns  not  di** 
pereed  tdl  ICj75.  There  are  forty  or  mare  volumes  from  it  now  in  the  Briiiflh 
Mueeum.  c.  a, 

Ges.  Scott's  Will. — Gen,  Scott's  will,  recently  admitted  to  prubi\te,  becjuoithB 
all  hii}  property  t>  hie  daughter,  wife  of  CoL  Scott.  Hit^  other  dsmghters  had  pre^ 
viou«ly  lieen  ^iven  vers^  nearly  equal  portions  of  bia  effect«.  His  Pukjaki  tword 
w:i8  left  to  West  Point  Academy,  and  bi&  Bword  worn  in  Mcjdco  to  hln  grandnun, 
WinBeld  Seott  Hoyt, 

The  Tomato.  —In  Felt's  Annak  of  Salem  there  is  a  note  which  eaye,  under  date 
of  **  1809,  Oct.  12. — Mr.  Come  is  endeavoring^  to  intnj<juee  theTomatoe*.  He  tin  da 
it  difficult  to  perpuade  hb  even  U*  Uwte  of  theio,  after  all  liif*  pmise/'  Felt  altwj  wiji 
the  tomato,  *^  beitii;  a  native  of  South  Amuriai^  waa  earned  to  Europe  and  mm 
in  England  before  1600.  Still,  for  a  longer  period,  it  wob  no  favorite  m  our  Nor^ 
ern  SUite^/* 

This  may  answer  the  questioii  mified  on  page  373»  vol.  xx,  ante. 

St.  John's  Dat  in  Bcwton  m  1739*— The  fin^t  etlebration  of  St.  John's  Day 
Boat4.:»n  wan  in  1730*    Jo^seph  Green,  one  of  the  pocU  of  the  day,  wrote  »ime  lir 
iibout  the  affair,  whieh  were  full  of  local  hits,     I'he  celebration  was  on  the  26tl|| 
the  postponement  is  thuB  referred  to  : 

"  J  (104;,  the  S*ih,  wa»  Sundaj, 

And  Oov^or  Bclchef  teita  on  Motidaf , 

So  ftar  Um  fake  of  eaitnt  dbion', 

tb«jr  trlck'd  the  Sales  lo  ptcue  the  Siuner." 

PiTtTKiNG  SiGNDtiARDs. — IIow  punning  si^hiMvrd8  were  eonc<jcted  we  mny  gath 
from  a  Bcene  in  Ben  Junwin*s  Alchvmit^t,  Act  TL,  Scene  first;  where  a  rvb 
wgn  ia  to  be  found  for  Abel  Dru^irer,  who  lor  that  nurpo^  ffoee  to  a  kind  of  fortum 
tdler,  staling  himself  an  alchymlht,  and  who  provider  our  shopkeeper  in  the  foUoiJ 
iug  manner  : — 

**  He  ahall  have  a  bell,  that's  Ahel, 

And  by  it  stand in;^  one  whose  name  is  Dee 
In  a  ruff  gown,  there's  D  and  ntf^^  that's  drug^ 
And  right  anensi  him  a  dog  snarl  in  i;  rr. 
There's  Drugger^  AIk'1  Dnisj^er.    l*liat's  his  sign, 
And  here's  no  mystery  and  lnei*roglyphie/' 
This  wowlerful  sign  the  Alehymist  terms  a  '*mystie  character/'  the  radii  of  whii 
are  to  pn>duce  no  end  of  goi*d  results  to  AbcPs  trade. 

A  IIa\d   and  Cock   w'fts  the  punning  sij^  of  John  HanctK^k  in  Whitefriaij 
Ge<^rge  Cox  in  the  AlinorieSj  tullown? handler  by  trade,  had   Two    Cones  for 
fiign,    Thomas  Cockayne,  a  distiller  in  Southwark,  had  the  same  sign  as  a  ftM:4ile  pa 
on  part  of  his  name  i   whilst  Chrirtttjpher  Bostoek,   not  seeing  any  possibility  **  to 
hammer '^  a  rebus  out  of  his  own  patronym,  fortunately  for  him  liveil  at  CiX'k't 
Key,  and  so  c<juld  make  up  lor  this  misfortune  by  punning  on  the  name  of  tlmt 
place,  whence^  his  si|rn  triumphantly  exhibited  the  Cock  and  Key.    The  SrN  axo 
Kkd  Cross,  in  Jew  in  street,  was  the  sign  of  John  Cro>ss,  who,  taking  a  house  witf^" 
the  sign  of  the  Smw,  add  cf  I  to  it  ^  Cross.     In  the  same  manner  Pel  ham   More, 
Jlfoorjgttte,  had  the  Sun  and  Moor's  Head,    John  Chern  ,  of  Maidenhead,  adopt 
a  Chkbrt  Trkk  as  his  sign,  showing  in  this  as  much  wit  as  the  anet«t«ir  of  the  Cn 
qui  familv  in  France,  who  chose  a  Vrequkr  (old  French  cherry-tree)  as  his  ecnit  i 
arms.     Hugh  Conny,  ol  Caxton  ami  Elsworth,  Cambridge,  had  in  166fi  T»n 
CuNtES,  or  rahbiti^,  lor  a  sign.    Richard  Lion^  ia  the  Strand,  hati  the  Lion.     Barth 
lomew  Fish,  at  Qu*/enhithe,  in   1667,  Three  Fisues.    Thomas  Fox,  in  Newg 
Market,  a  Fox.     William  lieeee,  King  street,  Weslminst^T,  Three  Geesk,     Klni] 
Gandor,  Upper  Shad  well,  1667,  w  Ga>dkh;  whilst  U.  Gix^,  a  native  of  Antwp 
printer  at  York  in  154M>,  next  at  Beverley,  and  finally,  in  Lcindon,  bad  for  his 
a  GoosB  witli  an  H  aliove  it.     John  Hive,  St.  Mary,'H  Hill,  1667,  had  the  sign  of  1 
Beehive.     Grace  Pestell,   in   Fig-tree  Yard,  Kjit^'litfe,  the  Pk5<tl£  and  "MortaJ 
John  Atwood,  in  R<ise  Lane,  the  The  man  in  the  Wood.     Andrew   Hind,  ov 
against  the  Mews,  Charing  Cross,  a  IliSD.    Jane  Ke>e,  liloonisbury  Morket,  l€ 


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»  Kit.  In  171  J,  n  grocer  named  Laureoce  Green j  proved  thnt  to  the  '^fortem  ac 
tenacempropiisiti  vtrum  "  nuthin^  h  impoesible^aDd  loimd  mfnns  to  pun  upon  hisun- 
tnu'tiible  name  by  painting  his  ooorpoets  green^  and  calling  his  shop  the  Grekn 
Posts,  The  Salmon  waa  the  etign  of  Mrs.  Salmon,  the  Madame  TuBsand  of  the 
eighteenth  century  ;  her  ffallcry  wa«  fin^t  m  St.  Martin  Vle-timnd,  near  AlderB^t€, 
whiincNA  she  reuiovod  to  lleet  stret^t.  The  Brace  Tavern,  in  Queen's  Bench  prw<m, 
lle«l  on  aciViunt  of  iti*  being  kept  by  two  brotberB  of  the  name  o{  Partrid^gt^ 
■m  HiLNRT  was  the  ni^n  of  rhomat*  Hart,  a  Tailor  in  Monmouth  street,  St. 
liM  '  a.irK  MSS.,  Bagfurd  Bdls,  59311.  Bat  Pidgtjon,  the  hairdri^tMH^r  ini  mortal- 
ixed  in  the  Sfx-ctator,  lived  at  the  Threk  PiOEt»\s,  *■-  the  eonier  house  of  St  Clement's 
chureh-ynrd,  next  to  the  Strand*  where*  eaye  IVnnant,  he  cut  my  boyish  locks  in 
the  year  iUO.''—HiStoiy  of  %n/k>arrfjr,  2d  edition,  pages  470,  471,  472  ai^d  473. 

w,  J.  F, 

Joirv'  CszsAirr's  Protest  against  Coachis. — In  the  year  1672,  when  throughout 
Great  Britain  only  «ix  sUvge  coaehee  were  constantly  gomg,  a  pamphlet  was  written 
by  one  Jolui  OsjSHet  of  the  Charter  house,  for  their  gupprttwion,  aod  ainonij  the 
many  gnvve  reaiMjtw  given  npiioHt  their  continuance  is  the  following: — 

*•  Tht^tfc  Ciiocht«  mukt*  gentlemen  come  tu  Umdon  u|Mjn  every  wmillixx^asi on,  which 
iher«ii*e  they  would  nor  do,  bat  utH>n  urfrent  necetwity  ;  nay,  the  conveuience  of 
tiic  pai^iii^'  muketJ  their  wivt*  come  up,  who,  rather  than  come  »*uch  loni;  journioB 
on  horst^liack^  tvould  btny  at  home.  IlercT  when  they  have  come  to  town,  they  niUBt 
presently  be  in  the  mo<k%  ^fet  line  clothen^  t^y  to  the*  plays  and  treat*,  and  by  these 
tncajK4  get  such  a  habit  ol  idlcneae,  and  love  of  pleasure,  that  they  ore  anea«y  ever 
after/* 

_  Banrnbe  Rich,  *'  souhJ ier,  Servant  to  the  King's  moet  excellent  Majestie,"  pub- 
listie*!  in  1*>13,  a  work  liearing  the  following  title  : 

"^^  The  Excellency  of  good  women.  The  honour  and  ei^timation  that  belongeth 
iinti>  them*  »  ,  .  .  Ixindon,  printed  by  Thoraws  Dawson,  dwelling  net^re  the 
tkree  Cranes  in  the  VinetreiT,  and  are  there  to  lieeolde.'' 

John  i'avne  Collier  notice*  thiM  work  in  his  **  BMio(jraphiral  Account  of  Early 
Enffliih  LUtratnrt,"^    Thii*  noted  '*  liooic  ilixTKa'*  telk  us  that  be  **  never  heard 
of  ro^>re  than  two  c^jpieu  of  this  very  curious  production."     Mr.  Collier  favons  u« 
with  an  extract  from  the  volume^  which  he  t«vye  '*  curiously  illuBtratce  the  early  luao 
"coaches  for  the  purpfM^^  of  Conveying  dainty  dnraes  "  ; 

•*  And  there  ie  no  remedy  bat  my  Lady  muet  Ix?  coach t :  she  can  not  go  to  church 
e  Oud  without  a  coach  :  she  that  bei^^elfc  and  her  mother  before  her  have 
omny  s  mvle  a  footc,  can  not  now  crostje  the  breadth  of  a  etrcctCj  liut  shee 
have  a  conch/*  w.  j,  f. 

John  WueklwhichtV  Wife— (V'oK   xjci.,  p,  354),— Joseph  L,   Chester, 

llfHj,,  write*  as  follows  in  relation  to  the  en^^cetion  in  the  note  on  the  aliove  Ijage, 

tiVi I  Mar>' Stom?  who  married  Itev.  John   n  heel wri^bt  may  have  been  a  widow 

vrh+  n  t*]ie  murrit'^i  him,  and  a  eintcr  of  William  Uutchin.%>n  :   *'  If  any  cme  will  look 

it  tUr  ibite^^r  M;irv  Hutchinson's  JxiptiHm.  ^ven  in  my  Uutchinsmi  paper,  he  will 

'    '  '        5t  wa8  ***J  Decern W,  IG05,  and  if  it  was  she  who  married   WheelwTight 

-er,  lO^Jl,  she  would  n(.^t  have  l>ceri  ^piite  Iti  ^r'eare  old— mtber  ttK>  young,  I 

'ji\e  hud  two  huwlmnds.     The  note  m  therctorc  calculated  to  mislead,  or  to 

:    h  that  Would  jirove  friiitles*^.     Uavinjg  searched  the  Aiford  and  Bilsby 

-    .ihi  the  tninscripta  at  the  Bishop's  Registry  so  tborongbly,  1  feel  con- 

iiovvvl  that  Wheelwright's  wife  waw  Mary  Storre,  and  not  Mary  ilatebinson,  unleM 

kia  fir^t  wife  died  and  he  nairriwJ  the  latter  in  New  En*;land.     It  is  4uitt*  clear  that 

QDMidi  marriage  took  place  /itrc." 

SoitciT  Recorde.  —  Mr.  John  Piiyno  Collier,  in  bi^  "Bibliographical  Account 
of  Karly  English  Literature,'*  bus  given  »ome  iw^coant  of  this  author  'Oie  work 
n>>tioe«i  by  Air.  C,  of  which  a  copy  esistri  in  the  lijdleian  Library,  beariJ  the  tollow- 
h^  title  : 

**  The?  Cnatle  of  Knowledge. — [CblopbonJ  Imprinted  at  London  by  Eeginaldo 
Wolfr     *  -     Domini  \bm.     4to/^ 

Ti  I  jMjt  of  the  titlopage  is  lille<l  with  the  device  of  a  caatle ;  but  on 

hin-=  „  .  _L^  are  two  brief  copies  of  explanatory  verses.  An  emblematical  figure 
of  kD*>wle<ige,  and  of  perajna  taking  the  heights  of  certain  stars,  are  also  to  bo 
*>«>  upon  it.  The  title  of  the  book,  **  The  Castle  of  Knowledgo  ^*  is  on  a  scroll. 
Hms  dedicatioii  is  to  Queen  Mary  in  English,  and  to  Eegbald  Polo  in  lAtiQ  ;  but 


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althovi§h  the  work  is  merely  one  of  eoicnoc,  the  author  hns  inlerflixjrsed  Terees.  Bome  | 
of  thern  of  no  ordinftry  excdlencc,     A«  no  notioo  haa  over  been  taken  of  an  admira- 
yp  llymn  containiMl  in  the  **  Preface/*  wo  shall  extract   it,  calling    uj>on   the  1 
reader  to  l>eAr  in  mind  at  what  an  early  date  it  was  oomposed,    Recorde  was  a 
student  at  Oxford  aliout  1525,  but  took  hieT degree  of  M.D.  at  Cambrid^  in  1545. 
Cooper '*»  Ath,  Cantaltr.  L,  175,     JIjk  learning  was  great  and  varied,  and Ti is  fortunes 
as  varied  m  hie  attainments,    IIIb  talcDt«,  too^  in  many  departments,  were  remark- 1 
able.     There  was  perhaps  nolx>dy  else  living  in  the  reign  oi  Mnry  who  was  I'apable  l| 
of  writing  what  we  are  about  to  extract.    The  preface  opens  with  the  fuUgwir      • 
etrikiiig  quatrain : — 

**  If  rttMiiu  rcadie  tnuMoende  the  8kye, 

Wb7  atioiUd  tt,  thva^  to  outh  be  bouode  1 
The  irltt«  it  wruafed  and  le&dde  ftirrye. 

If  mxDde  be  miuied  u>  tbe  grooDde.^' 

Tbe  Hymn  is  in  the  same  mcdiflure,  and  is  pr^ei^ely  of  the  chamctor  and  len^ 
thlit  could  be  wished,  full  of  reverence  and  poetry  : — 

"  The  worlde  it  wrouKht  rights  iromteroot^ 
Wbote  partet  exoeedi*  mctuiei  pluuiitatlai: 

Sunnxiritelb  mote  all  maiLiu  derUo* 

Ko  ere  haih  tcenc,  do  ««re  hnth  heurda 

Tbe  leuM  tpftrkct  tsf  hla  MiU«*tle :  i 

AH  tbooff btea  of  hewia  are  fdUye  bacde 

To  eompirehjmL  bit  Doltje. 

Oh  Lorde  I  wbo  may  thy  pcnrer  kooire  T 

WhAt  royiide  can  reacbe  tbee  to  bebolde  f 
Id  h^mreD  above,  !q  eartb  belove, 

HJa  preseoctt  U,  ftn-  to  be  woulde. 

Hbi  foodaen  greate,  so  fs  blfl  powvr^ 

Hit  wyt«iloTDu  (rqoalJe  with  tbtm  botbe  ; 
No  want  of  niU,  tllb  everye  bower 

Wm  grace  to  tbewc  be  ia  oot  lotbe. 

Bebojde  bf»  power  in  tiie  akyt. 

Hit  iryiediomie  ecbjcirhere  dooth  appears  z 
nia  goodiMM  dooth  ^race  mttlbLplye 

lo  beafim^  in  earth,  botb  brre  and  oeare/* 

Ilere  we  have  force,  brevity,  grandeur,  and  Bimplicity,  the  essentials  of  i 
poetry,  united  witfi  the  truest  and  mo8t  ciirnprehenpive  piety*     Yet  this  man, 
Laving  ij;3ilrie<l  great  profiyneiijnal  emioenee,  and  tilled  unportant  offices  in  Engla 
and  Ireland,  die+i  in  the  Fleet  Prisjn  only  two  yeare  after  the  above  Uyinn 
printed.     Even  Messrs,  C(Joper,  whose  knowledge  and  industry  are  »)  comniendab 
seem  to  have  been  unac<]uaintf?<i  with  Rceorde's  poetical  jwwers,  although   tlioy 
justice  to  hia  scientifif  attjxinincntp.   They  tell  us  that  **  he  wan  thetirst  in  this  ooa 
try  that  adopted  the  Cojit^rninin  system,  the  first  writer  on  arithmetie  and  ^eorneil 
in  Engliifh,  the  iirst  intr«Miucer  of  the  knowledge  of  alfjebra  into  England,  ami  the  f 
Venfcijr  of  the  present  metlii>d  of  extraeting  the  square  root/'   He  wjis  tilsj*  a  uroficidi 
in  muftit%  hut  no  hint  k  any  where  given  of  the  cause  of  his  iinpriwmincnt.   11  is  ear^ 
est,  dated  pr^xluction  was  his  *^  yround  af  Artes,"  1519  ;  and  hie  *'  i'antlpof  Knol 
led^e  "  seems  tf>  have  been  followed  by  liia  *'  (Jute  of  Knowledi^e"  and  hia  **  Treasu 
of  Knowle^lire,"'  but  we  have  not  met  witlj  them,  and  the  titloe  read  as  they  ^ 
intended  to  be  parts  of  the  **  Castle  of  Knowledge,"  w.  J.  ^ 

^  Ajcericvn  Antiqi  ARiAN  SociETT-^ — At  the  semi-annual  meeting  of  this  learned 
ciety,  held  Uet.  21,  the  report  of  the  Couneil  wuh  read  by  Samuel   F,  Uaven^ 
Donations,  as  folio WH,  were  ae know le<Jged  :  fix>m  Hon,  Stenhen  Salisbury, money 
land  amounting  to  $10,036.25 ;   from  Mrs.  Barton  aud  VVilliam  S.  mrton,  I 
and  marble  huf^ts  of  Washington  and  Franklin,  made  in  Italy  ;  from  the  late  Jud 
Barton,  [iiiintingw  in  oil,  orColumhue  and  Vespacius  ;  ami  from  the  children  of 
bite  Samuel  Jennis-m,  books  and  pamphlets.     Biograph lad  notices  of  lion.  Im  j 
Barton,  Hon.  Charles  G.  Ljrin^  and  Caleb  AtwattT,  of  Ohio,  author  of  the  **  Me 
of  the  Antiquitiew  found  in  Ohio  and  the  Western  Country,''  were  read.     After  t 
the  report  pry<:?eetls  to  a  general,  but  exceedingly  interesting  review  of  the  suljl 
embrace^l  in  Mr*  Atwat^T's  learned  work ,  with  a  flynopti<ail  statement  of  the  J 
recent  archjieologieal  diflcoveries  in  Europe  and  Amenca» 

Mr.  Nathaniel  Paine,  tbe  Treasurer,  reported  the  aggrctfiite  fimdi  of  the 
ae  $60,534.29. 


1868.] 


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85 


Rrr*  E,  E.  Hftle  spoke  of  the  rtwovery^  hv  the  State  Department  ftt  Wn«hingtoo. 
of  ft.  valuable  8^31  of  L^_1le"8  maps,  which  haa  beea  misamg  for  a  long  ttiue ;  and  ot 
the   deriratioa  of  the  Wi>Td  *^  Massachufletts,'*  giving  liiii  opinion  that  the  aame 
orl^nat^  in  Rhode  If<land. 

Charles  Folsr^m,  R^q.,  Dr.  Green,  Charles  Beane  and  Rev.  George  Ellis,  D.B., 
t&a4e  remarbi  in  rui^irJ  to  the  inecripttone  iipun  the  Di|^htoD  Kock« 
Xhf  f  .n  .u  ;.,,/  offioera  wern  ele<;ted  .• — 
Pri  J  >n.  Stephen  8aU(*lniry,  of  Worcester. 

Vii  itii— lijn.  Levi  LiDcx>Ln,  LL.D.,  of  Woroeeter,  and  Hon.  B.  F.  Thomas, 

X»L.D.,  of  l{i*xbarv» 

Council— II m,  t«aac  Davis,  LL.D,,  of  Worcester;  Nathaniel  B.  Shurtleff.  M.D,» 
B^i0ton  ;  Cliark**  FuUiim,  Et*q.,  of  Cambridge;  Hon.  John  P,  Bi<;elow,  of  Boston; 
uel  F.  Haven,  E->*r4,.of  Woreentcr  ;  Rev.  E«lwiird  E.  Hale,  of  Bowtoo  ;  Joseph  8ar- 
it,  M.D,,  of  Worcester  ;  CliurU*  Dcane,  Ettq.,  »>r  Cauihridi^e;  Kcv.  8.  iSwet'tser, 
.0**  of  Worcester,  and  Richard  Frt>thin>jhiLm,  Esq-i  of  BuHton. 
Snjcrctnry  of  F*>reign  Cortt^pandence — Hi>n.  Chnrliifl  l^iiioDer,  LL.D,,  of  Boston. 
Siccrctary  of  Domestic  Com^HponderKX" — Hon.  Eraorv  Washburn,  of  Cambridge. 
B«ordinff  S^m^tAry — Rev.  AUinzii  Hill,  DJJ.,  of  Woroeeter. 
T^vswuri  I      *'     '     tiel  Paine,  Esq.,  of  Wtirce«ter. 

Commit  [  ifiition — Samuel  F.  Haven,  Es^q.,  of  Worceeter, Rev,  E.  E,  Hale^ 

Bofltm,  ^.,, ,  .  .....:l8  Dtrane,  Esq.»  of  Cauj bridge. 

Xadlvjns — Hon.  leaac  Davie,  LL.D.,  of  Woroestcr,  and  Hon.  Ebenezer  Torrey,  of 
TikhhiiTif. 

liuows  pNivEttsiTV — Nkcrou>gy  FOR  18G6-7. — The  following  le  the  necrology  of 
Bnmn  LTnivcf*itv  for  the  college  vejir  which  has  just  pai?8tid  : 

John  Whipple*  LL.D,,  class  of  i8Q2,  died  Oct   19.  1866 ;  James  S.  Rogers,  olaaa 
rtf  |ft4«,  4i,4  ocu  29,  1866  ;  Rev.  David  Holnian,  claas  of  1B03,  died  Nov.  16,  1862; 
'    '    ■  -.  M.D.,  class  of  1820,  died  Dee.  15,  1806  :  George  W.  Boorom,  elaae 
e.  27,  1866  ;  Rev.  Benotu  Allen,  class  of  1823,  died  Jan.  1.  1867  ; 
;^h,  elasd  of  1825,  died  Feb.  3,  1967  ;   Rev.  Jaiui^  R.  Burdick,  class 
li.  8,  1867;  George  O.  Strong,  class  of  1814,  die^i   Feb.  8,   1867; 
-if.,  cla^  of  1866,  dlL-d  March  11,   1867;   Samuel  0,   Chac«f,  class  of 
I dit--i  Muieh  20,  1867  ;  Henrv  Btiwen,  class  of  1802,  died  April  16,  1867  ;    Dex- 
imialL  class  of  1811,  died  April  i?3,  18tJ7  ;  Rev.  Ethan  Allen,  claee  of  1823, 
lav  11>,  1867;  AlU'rt  Smith,  claHs  of  1813.  died   May  28,  1867;    Rev.  Joel 
l,l>J)..ela.Hflof  !H13,  dieii  June5,  1867  :  Eli^ha  Atkms,  claflS  of  1816,  died 
to    IK.:-  .   i^  \j^  Barton,  cUi«sof  1819,  rlitHi  July  18,  1867;  Stephen  Kawson. 
fW  d  Autj.  21, 1867  ;  Rev.  Robinson  P.  Dunn,  D.D.,  cla£S  of  1843,  died 

Auff-  :    Williara  W.  Pcarce,  class  of  1&16,  died  Sept.  1,  1867;  Fayette 

(Ttpp,  ALD..  cla«  of  IB-lS,  died  Aug.  2*3,  1864  ;  Dexter  Lcland,  elasB  of  1822,  died 
MarvhSO,  IK65. 

TImj  li**  cuinprises  twenty-tliree  names.    From  it»  it  will  lie  seen  that  some  of  the 
•tJ^agivt  ajid  hrmeet,  a^  well  as  oldest  friends  of  the  Univereity  have  been  removed 


SOLDIERS'  MONUMENTS. 

SrniLTKO,  Mass. — ^The  soldiers*  monument  at  Sterling,  was  dedicated  by  appropri* 
ikM^i(¥«,  oD  Monday,  June  17,  1867.  Poems  were  read  by  Jliss  Mary  L.  Rugg, 
Mia  A.  M.  ljAWrence,'and  E.  K.  Waitc.  The  Addreea  was  by  Rev.  George  Put- 
Mm,  D.D.,  of  Koxbury,  Mass.,  a  native  of  Sterling. 

BftTvnTrT.T>,  Mass. — The  4th  of  July,  1867,  waaobeerved  in  this  town  by  the  dediea- 
tijtt  I      '   i  tH*  monument.     It  m  e<»mpcj8ed  of  a  niniple  pjTami- 

(kl  ii  MouHon  granit4,%  five  fci't  and  four  inche«i  at  the  base, 

aad  »  ^       Its  whole  cost  is  al)out  $1560  ;  about  $1250  of 

tains  TTi  N.  Flynt,  of  Moneon, 

<['  t\w  reading  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence , 


Voi«  XXIL 


iL*t.  F.  D.  Liui!ohi,  of  the  46th  regiment,  and  a  dedicatory  prayer  by 
ull,  D.D.,  which  was  folio  wed  by  a  public  dinner  at  the  Town  Hall. 


86 


Soldier i  Mcmuments, 


[January, 


Dekrwekd,  JiAsa,— The  mhabitonte  of  Dcerfield  dedioited  the  eoldicrs'  monument 
that  they  have  recently  er<?ctciJ,  on  the  4th  of  SepteuiIxT^  1867;  in  n  general  tnao- 
ner^  witti  the  toUin^of  hells,  a  prrjcce^irm,  ilcdicai^irv  exerciece — eiiibnicing  an  ora* 
tbn  by  Hon.  II.  L,  Dawes,  of  Fitttfticld,  and  a  poem  bv  E.  W.  B.  Canning,  of  South- 
brid^'-e — tiinner  and  epeechop.  Tlio  hoiisoe*  were  generally  decorated  and  ninile  eongpi- 
cuou^  with  mottoes  honoring  the  t^jldiers.  The  monumunt  stantiB  on  tho  Common* 
within  the  bt>uniij!i  of  the  old  fort  Iniilt  in  1689*  It  is  built  of  Portland  6t<jne,  and 
c-Drnprieos  a  pcnlegtal  with  a  i*hafl  divide*]  int«j  three  eectioug,  separated  on  eaeh  side 
by  an  imicription  naming  scime  of  the  prineinal  bnttlefl  in  which  Deerfitdd  eoldicni 
were  et^gpi^edi  the  whole  flurmounted  by  a  fine  statue  of  a  Union  si^ldier.  It  is  6 
feet  10  mohes  square  at  the  base^  and  32  feet  high,  including  the  foundation,  and 
the  whole  coet  up  Uy  the  prefient  time  is  ^3540.  Altogether  it  is  one  of  the  mosi 
beautiful  and  appropriate  monuments  yet  erected  to  our  departed  eoldiere* 

Leomisstrr,  Mass. — The  monument  erected  in   this   town   to   the  memory  of 
her  fallen  heroes,  was  deilicated  Septemlier  12,  18G7.    The  monument  ie  of  Qtiincy  * 
granite,  and  coet  about  ^4000.    The  ba»a  is  alxiut  four  feet  wiuaro  and  hi 
and  the  pillar  twenty-one  feet  high.    The  namee  of  the^  eoldiers  are  j 

§ilt  letters  upon  the  monument  aa  follows  ;  On  the  ©a«t  side— Corporal  A.  »> 
rey,  G.  H.  i^llup,  Scr^^eant  F,  Gardner,   Ca^jt.   U,   P,  JorgeiiBon,  Corp^ 

A.  Lamb,  Sergeant  J.  Tripp,  Sergeant  J.  E.  "Wilder,  W.  L.  Wmtney,  Corpu:_: 

B.  Wooda. 
Immediately  underneath  iB  the  word  **  Gettyaburg.*'      On  the  north  side — H. 

Barker,  R.  LI.  Carter.  A.  F-  Creed.  J,  F.  Crosby,  A,  S.  Farwell,  F.  Georije,  G. 
Hon  if  h  ton,  W,  IL  Johnflon,  Lieut,  J.  M.  Mellen,  J.  E.  Marshall,  J,  C.  Iteady, 
H.  Sinclair*     Underneath,  '*  Port  lluti«,>n.7* 

On  the  wee t  side.  J.  McDonough,  D*  Biitterficld,  E.  A,  Elleck,  J.  B.  Foster, 
Fer^Bon,  E.  Uani;j%  A.  W.  Jolin»on,  M.  A.  Jordau,  Sergeant  J.  M.  Lewis, 
Ri  chardei>n ,  E.  S  u  Uivan .     Undernea  th ,  '  *  Knoxville .  *  * 

On  tho  south  nide,  Lieut.  A,R.  Glover,  Corporal  A,  H.  Qirter,  Sergeant  C. 
Derby,  Corporal  L.  Goodrich,  Sergeant  L.  R,  Gallup,  R,  H,  Moore,  A.   B. 
J.  Owens,  J.  Schow,  A.  L.  Wilder.     Underneath,  \*  BalPs  Bluflf." 

A  prfxieseion  was  forme<i,  conei^tin^of  the  Le<jmin»5ter  Braie  Band,  Company 
of  the  10th  lleghuent,  under  communu  of  CitpUiin  Lucius  Cook,  Teterans  from  " 
Burrounding  towns,  mcmbera  of  the  committct^  fruosts  and  citisenB  at  large, 
whole  under  tho  eomuumd  of  the  marshal  of  the  cTay,  Mr,  litonard  Wo<xl.  and  a 
murohing  round  the  stiuarc  pr<jcei5ded  tt*  the  Common,  where  the  de<lieatorj'  cxen 
took  ^laee.    There  was  miisie  by  the  band,  singing  by  the  choral  club,  readinj 
BelecbonB  from  the  Scriptures  by  J.  W,  liatt,  of  Leominster,  prayer  by  Rot. 
Parker  of  Ashby,  original  poem  by  Mr.  James  Bennett,  an  oration  oy  Rev.  Geor^ 
Bali  of  Upton,  an  addrc:«s  by  Rev /Dr.  Stebbins  of  Cambridge,  and  another  poem  ; 
exercises  closing  by  the  isinging  of  '*  Ameriea.'* 

AA'TreTAM,  ^In. — ^The  National  Cemetery  established  on  the  battle-field  of  Anti 
torn,  was  dedicated  on  the  17th  of  September,  1867.  ^The  President,  several  m« 
bew  of  tho  Cabinet  and  other  distingutflhed  persons  were  present.  Tho  ch 
Address  was  delivered  by  Es-Gov.  Thomas,  of  Maryland. 

DoRCHBSTEa,  JLt&s.— A  monument  tci  the  deceaseil  eoldiers  of  this  ti">wn  wlio 
during  tho  late  war  was  decUcpte^l  September  18,  1867.    This  monument  was  er 
od  under  the  auspice*  of  the  Pickwick  Club,  a  literary  society  of  Dorchester,  tWonf| 
two  of  whose  meml)ers  were  in  service  during  the  war,  and  wven  of  whom 
while  in  service.     A  very  able  and  eloiiuent  oration  was  delivered  by  Rev.  Ch 
A.  Hmnphreys,  late  Chaplain  of  Volunteers.    Fmncia  P.  Denny,  liq.,  Chair 
of  tho  Piokwiek  Club,  delivered  a  touching  address,  and  in  Kibalfof  the  Club  tr 
ferred  the  moiuiuient  to  the  town  authorities.    James  II.  Ui>ham,  F^i.^  Chair 
of  the  board  of  Selectmen,  refiix>ndi>d  and  accepted  the  patriotic  gii't.     A  letter 
read  from  Gov.  Bullock,  in  which  occnra  the  following  sentence  :     **  The  anoie, 
continued  and  unbroken  current  of  patriotic  sacrifice  for  the  American  Union  whij 
Borchet^ter  has  prcfteuted  in  every  one  of  our  wars  for  nationality,  from  the  Revo 
tion  until  now,  will  tend  to  the  present  commemoration  an  interest  which  ifl  List( 
caUv  Bubiiine.     l>et  the  piresent  bo  a  lit  8e<|uence  of  the  past.'* 

The  Binging  by  tho  children  of  the  public  schools,  under  the  direction  of  Mr. 
Wilde,  was  one  of  tho  pleasant  f^^at^rcfi  of  the  occasion.     The  Dorcheet^r  RiL, 
under  tho  command  of  Cant.  Edward  S.  Merrill^  were  jtresent.    The  mQ«ic  by  the 
Gennania  Band  woia  Taried,  and  of  &  hi^h  order  of  excellcnoe* 


1868.] 


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87 


CUmp 


I  Sunad  : 


GjLkTroiS,  Mas.— The  people  of  Grafton,  bnviag,  by  ft  Totc  nf  the  tatm,  erocted  a 
beaatiful  marble  moDament  to  tho  memory  i)f  ber  fodlGii  soldiers,  at  a  cost  of  about 
$5000,  dedicated  it  on  Saturday,  OctQb<^r  13,  ISd?. 

The  montimeiil  b  veij  oonnpicuoufily  looited  near  the  north-east  oomer  of  the 
comiDoii,  in  the  centre  of  the  t^jwn,  at  the  junction  of  several  roads,  and  cannot  fail 
to  be  seen  by  petiBOns  comin|ij  int<j  the  town  from  either  direction.  It  is  situated  on 
sn  devnted  mound  of  earth »  and  encloecd  by  a  neat  iron  fence,  around  which  is  a 
grmvcl  walk.  The  enclfjsure  is  of  an  ootagi.)nal  fomi,  and  is  about  IG  feet  in  diame- 
tar.  It  i^  finely  graded  and  tinished,  and  in  the  centre  tho  monument  riBos  to  the 
height  of  thirty*two  feet  eix  inches.  The  base  of  the  monument  is  a  «^ranite  block 
mxlect  squaro  oy  two  feet  in  heij^ht ;  over  this  is  a  large  »<|uare  die  of  Italian  mar- 
hies  about  eix  feet  in  height,  with  heavy  moulded  base.  The  four  faces  of  this  die 
I  efre  sunken,  and  on  them  arc  cut  the  names  of  tbe  soldiers  whoso  lives  were  sacriJiGed 
in  the  late  war,  of  which  the  following  is  a  list : 

Albert  D.  Amsden,  Henry  8.  Bail,  Adelbtrt  L.  Br<3wn,  A.  B.  Bryant,  Joseph 
Bonner,  Gilbert  E»  Bale»)m,  Lucius  Boyden,   Joseph   Bardsley,  George  E*  Bams, 
'"'•(er  BAnasa^  Chark«  L,  Ca^weD,  ^\jidrew  J.  Copp,  Curtis  Cadv,  Harrison  J.  Clis- 
e,  Ptcfton  A.  Champney,  Samuel  G.  Champtiey,  Lon>y  8*  Currier,  Donald  A. 
unpbell,  Orin  L*  Diivi^,  Mariner  O.  Davis,  Georiro  Davis,  Reuben  A,  Ellid.Fmncia 
E  Fairbank.  Henry  A.  Fri8*H'll,  Charles  N,  French,  llt^nry  H.  (iilfein,  Jow^oii  llayu, 
iHoweth,  James  Hu^hes^  Alfred  A.  H^we,  Martin  T.  Hildreth,  Edward  S* 
.Jerome  Johne4jn,  IWal  A.  Lelaiid,  Auj^untiis  J.  Lt^land,  Will  mi  n  Matthews, 
f.  Marhk\  Wilson  E.  Morse»  Charles  L.Mit^^hdl,  Jfiim?»  E.  McCIellen,  Chue. 
lum*ie,  Charlet*  Wyett,  Elmer  M.  Kcwtin,  Leroy  A.  Neb^n,  Sylvester  Oake, 
-'*:  H/ Pratt,  Abncr  11.  Kieo,  Aliiheue  Remick,  Jona.  P.  St^»w,  John  D.  Shcr- 
"'     '    '-'now,  Matthew  Smith,  William  Sibley,   Fvdward  Tirrell,  Geor^  N. 
Win  rim  A.  Walcutt,  JtJtH^ph  E.  Webb,  John  Suvn^xc  and  Albert  Waitt* 

:  the  die  con  tain  ini' tbe  names  JM  a  moulded  eomice,  and  aboyo  this 
s  of  an  ornamental  bhxik  are  the  emblems  in  relief  of  the  diiferent 
'  service,  infantry,  cavalry,  artillcrj',  and  navy. 
Fff^iu  liiid  bLx'k  rijsoe  a  shaft,  which  m  made  from  a  ^did  f>l<x*k  of  marble,  twelve 
&rt  in  length,  imported  exprLtse^ly  for  thopurpciee.    Thi«  is  very  neatly  finished  with 
^  liuifcen  fact's  and  moulded  corners.     The  crowning  piece  of  the  monument  is  a  ^Tise 
^nped  with  the  American  ilag,  above  which  the  torch  of  liJwrty  m  ever  burning. 
,     Wear  the  base  of  the  monument  are  the  following  inscriptions  :  '*  Erected  bv'  the 
[tcnrnin  1^07/*  *' In  memory  of  our  Patriotic  Dead,**  *' We  died  for  our  Coun- 
[ttj,'*  •*  Fur  Liberty,  Loyalty,  and  Law/* 

At  Ih  o'clock,  a  proeeesion  was  li>rmod,  consisting  of  two  brafts  bands,  one  milifea- 
and  thrr**   fire  companies,  officers  of  the  day,  and  relativcei  of  deceased  sol- 
'  withstanding  the  muddy  condition  of  the  roads,  it  marched  through 
ion  of  the  toT^Ti  until  2h  o'clock,  whoa  the  memoers  of  the  procession 
.  ^.  iierally  assem^)led  in  the  Town  Hall,  wliere  the  eiercipee  of  commemo- 
\  held.    The  exercises  becan  by  the  presentation  of  the  monument  to  the 
rv,  W.  G.  Scanlln^  President  of  the  day,  and  its  acceptance  by  the  chair- 
)  selectmen  ;  this  was  folio we<l  by  reading' from  the  JScrij) tore,  by  Hev.  Mr. 
s,  and  the  dtxlicatory  prayer,  by  Rev.  T.  C.  Briscoe  ;   an  appropriate  hymn, 
''       '  ion  bj'  Rev.  O.  Kobbins,  was  then  Bung,  after  wliieo  Rev.  George 

live  red  the  principal  address  of  the  day.     Sal>i*e<iuent  addressee 
il  (now  Judge)   Devens,  by  His  Excellency  Uovernor  Bullock, 
,  all  of  wliicTi  were  eloquently  delivered  and  well  received. 
nfirlrrpsrF,  prvrral  young  miiiseB  on  the  platform  presented  to 
1  BTjme  beautiful  bouquets,  one  of  their  number 
poetic  addre*»,  in  response  to  which  the  Gover- 
lu         i    i  in.:  Min8,  this  is afMing  the  higher  sentiment  oi  poetry 

:  and  I  desire  to  prewnt  my  thanka  to  all  thewe  girls 
..,,....      .^  hitf  closing  words  with  a  Inss. 
A'  iii^iion  of  tlic  ejterciees  in  the  hall,  a  collation  was  served  at  the  resi- 

4o>  J.  D.  Wheeler. 

Eift  WisniN'QTox,  N,  H.— A  monument  to  the  memory  of  twelve  deceased  eol- 
«i*f  wti  v,f  t)t  to  tl^r  liite  war  from  that  town,  was  dedicate*!  at  East  Wfi«hin0on, 
ICJ '  s  were  delivered  by  the  Governor,  Hon.  Walter  Harnman, 

««1  .k  Smyth. 

Ti  UENT, — The  monument  fa  Fall  description  of  which  will  l>e  found 

io  V  .  73) ,  croc  tod  at  Mt.  Auljura  to  the  memory  of  those  members  of 


88 


Cenfennml  and  other  Celebrations. 


[Januaf 


the  Indopcnuient  Corpe  of  CadL'ta  who  perished  from  dii«i8e  or  wounds  in  the  late 
was  di?dieated  with  appropriate  ceremoniee  on  the  16th  of  November,  IHC7. 
oorpp  musti?red  ei^rhty  muHKct^»  and  paraded  as  a  battalion  under  their  cominandcr^ 
Lt.  Col.  V.  L\  nolmew,  having  with  thorn  n  hirge  number  of  past  offieerH  and  inenr 
here,  and  a  lew  j^m^tH.     Brown's  full  band  aceompanled  the  corps,    Eev.  Samut^ 
K.  Lothrop,  D.0»»  the  Cliaiilain,  oO'ered  jiruycr  ;  B.  J,  Jeffriee,  Surget:>n  of  theoorpeJ 
made  the  presentatipn  addres!**  and  the  gift  wae  received  by  Lt.  CoL  Holmes,  whoT 
briefly  responded.    EUxnient  and  affecting  addresses  were  then  made  by  Gov,  Biil-| 
lock^  Lt.  Col.  Jamet)  SV.  Sever,  a  past  commander  of  the  corps,  and  Rev.  Dr. 
Lothrop. 

A  tanlet  in  one  of  the  panels  in  the  die  of  the  monument  bears  tha  following  record ; 

Col.  Powell  T.  VV^vman,  IBth  >Ia»*.  Inf.,  t.ilendnle,  June  30,  lSf>2  ;  Major  Charlc 
P.  Chandler,  1st  Masn.  Inf..  illeMdnle,  June  30,  18(»'2  ;  let  Lieut.   Geo.   F.  Hodgei 
Jan.  31,  1802  ;  Cnpt.  Williiim  B,  WilliaiiiH,  t3d  Masj^,  Inf.,  Ceiiar  Mountain,  Aui 
9,  ISm;  Capt.  Richard  L\  i^xMiwin,  2d  Mam.  Inf.,  CetiarMounta'ui,  Aug.  9,  iSdS 
Capt.  Nath.  B.  Shurt!eff,  Jr.,  t'itli  Mam.   Inf.,  Cellar  Mtjuutain,  Aug,  9,  1883 
1st  Lieut.  Artliur  Dehon,  I'Jth  Mass.   Inf.,  Fredericksburg,  DecembcT  13,  1802; 
Ist  Lieut.  Wra.  OrcoiKHjgh  White.  I2th  Mass.  Inf.,  Antietam,  Septeml>er  17,  1863; 
Cant,  CharU^  F.  CaUtt,  2<)th   Mass.  Inf.,  F^i-ejlericksburg,   Dec.   13,  1863  ;   Mojc 
Sidney  Willard,  35th  Ma^P.   Inf.,  Fmierieksburf?,  Doc.  13,  1862 ;  CoL  Chark*  ' 
Griawold,  56th  Mass.  Inf.,  Wilderness,  May  6,  \m\  ;    Lieut,  Cul.  Waldo  Merris 
16th  Ma«.  Inf.,  Spott^vKimia.  May  le,  iHfll  ;   isi  Lieut.  lleur\'  M.  Bund,  eorli 
Inf,,  May  20,  1864  ;  Lieut.  Col.  Charles  L.  Chandler,  57th  Mass.  Inf.,  North 
River,  May  34,  1864  ;  Private  George  W.  Thachtsr,  6th  Mass,  Infantry. 


CENTENNIAL  AND  OTHER  CELEBRATIONS. 

Ojte  HrNDRBn  axd  FirriETH   AjfwnrEWiAjn   Cslebilation   of  t«e    Chtbce  * 
FiflUKii^L,  N.  Y.    This  celebration  took  place  Sept.  12,  1866.    The  choir  opened 
excrciica  by  singing  the  anthem,  "  Priiise  ye  the  Lord,"     Prayer  by  the  Rev.  Geo 
H.  Fisher,  D.D.,  of  HackeiiJ>ack,  K,  J.,  the  only  surviving  former  pastor  of  1 
Church.     An  appropriate  hymn,  written  for  the  occasion  by  Mias  Anna  li.  Ban 
of  liopewtiH,  waa  sung  by  the  choir.     The  pastor  of  the  church,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Fn 
M,  Kipp,  then  delivered  an  able  and  extended  historical  discourse,  occupying  an  1 
and  a  half  in  its  deli veiy\     The  speaker  traced  the  early   history  of  that  gectinn, 
contrOTBTsy  iu  tlie  llefonoed  Dutch  Church,  and  its  relation  tn  their  ow"n  church,  i 
gave  a  concise  sketch  of  the  ten  pastors  of  the  Finhkill  church,  &c.    The  Rev.  Ge 
H*  Fisher  was  pastor  from  1830  to  1835,  since  which  tmie  Dr.  Kipp  hag  sustained  ^ 
office*     Of  these  ten  pastors,  two  died  in  the  service  and  two  are  living.     AA^  ' 
addxesSy  ti  hymn,  written  for  the  occasion  by  James  E.  Dean,  Esq.,  of  Fishkill, 
Btrng.     A  poem,  in  memory  of  the  early  times  and   customs  of  the  country,  woa  l 
delivered  by  T.    Van   Wick  BrinkerhofF,  Esq.,  of  Hopewell.     Rev,  Thomas  De  " 
D.D.,  of  New  York,  closed  the  exercises  with  Prayer  and  the  Benediction. 
Jluiloriml  Magazine  (October,  1866)  for  a  fuller  account  of  thlfi  annirersary. 

Fortieth  Anniversary  of  the  Settlement  nr  Re\^.  Alonko  IItll,  D.D., 
Worcester,  JIass.— On  the  28th  of  Mnreh,  18*>7,  was  eeh-bmttHl  at  Worcester,  by 
the8eoc>adCon*rregtitional  S<jciety  in  thateilv,  the  fartieth  anniverBary  of  the  s*'tcL- 
nient  of  their  endeared  pastor,  the  Rev.  Dr.  llilL  Voluntary  on  the  organ  ;  ni. 
invocation  and  reiiding  of  the  scrijitiires  by  the  Rev.  Rush  R.  Shippen,  of  the  < 
of  the  Unity;  praytT  by  the  Rev.  James  W.  Thompstin,  1>.D.,  of  Januiica  I'liiia; 
hymn;  eermou  by  Rev.  Dr.  Hill;  prayer  by  the  Kev.  Clmndler  Robbins,  D.D.,  of 
Rjpton  ;  anthem;  honed  let  ion. 

The  collation  was  partuken  of  in  the  ventry  of  the  einireh.  lion.  Stephen  Salisbuiy 
presided.  Afber  mynw  introtluctory  renv.trktf,  Hon.  l^hinehns  Ball,  one  of  the  deftcuns 
of  the  church,  was  eallitl  upon  to  nay  a  wi>nl  of  the  pafit  and  pre**ent  of  the  cliurch* 
He  wa«  responded  Ui  hy  Rev.  Dr.  I  fill.  The  other  gt>cakers  were  the  Rev,  Gpijrgc 
M.  Bartol,  of  Lanciister;  Rev.  Mr.  Shippen,  Hon.  Henry  Cbapin,  Hon.  Emory  Wast 
burn.  Rev.  Dr.  RobhinH,  Rev.  l)r,  Sweetser  of  the  Centre  Church,  Woreeflter,  Hev, 
Mr.  KichardjWD  of  the  Salem'^treet  church,  and  Rev.  Wni.  R.  Huntin^t^^n  of  All- 
Saints'  Church.  Worcester;  Rev.  Mr.  Green,  of  Ijf'tjnii lister.  Rev.  Mr.  llarl»er«of 
Harvard ,  liev.  Mr,  B^jwlee,  of  the  Univer^Uett  church  in  WurccfiUsr,    Ifettcxs  WQ 


[868.] 


Centennial  and  other  Celebrations. 


8d 


iceiTed  from  Rer.  Edwiird  £.  Hale,  Boston,  Gov.  Bollock,  Hon.  B.  F*  Tbomad| 
Jcnry  W.  Bdlows,  D.D.,  of  New  York. 
The  ppruion,  by  R^^v.  Dr.  Hillj  entitl^^d  **  The  _Pastor'B  Reoonl,"  together  with  an 
LTcineB  oij  that  lutt'iv^tiuj^  tKX'aeioH,  ii^  before  us  in  a  beniitiful  pam- 
et  uf  66  im^f'^     ,,  <  .^  >      Purtniite  of  Rev.  Dre.  llill  and  Bancrort^  with  views  of 
finrtsfia  8(^'  '^\^  huuset*,  and  ol  the  present  church ,  dedicated  March  26, 

WsfTHtsfSTKR^  Vt,  CENTENNrAL  Celerratton, — T\w  lOOth  anniversary  of  the  or- 

unlzatioii  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  WeetmiriHter,  Vt.,  was  held  on  Tuettdav, 

i:n<  11.  I  w;7.     The  Iliiitorical  St^rmon  was  by  llcv.  Pliny  II.  White ;  Ui^tory  of  tho 

<')iMr.'l»  in  \\>i!?tmini*t4-r  We«t,  by  Rev.  A.  Stevens.     After  the  eloee  of  tho  ejcereisefl 

I*  Church  the  pniceiwion  marched  tf»  the  Town  Hull  (the  old  Church  built  in 

r      I,  where  tliey  i»arti34jk  of  a  fine  repoet,  fumbhed  by  the  ladies  of  WeBtmin«ter. 

ivrrv  wa«  good  singing  at  the  table  ;  «entinjcnti*  were  given  and  respfrnded  to,  in  an 

a^ipropTiRte  manner.     JIany  returned  to  the  Church,  and,  by  invitation,  joined  in 

tac  oDifetTTuicv  of  the  Lord's  Supper. 

HrBHARDSTCiN,  ^Ia5S.,  Centen'nial. — ^The  inlmbitants  of  IIubbnrdt«ton,  in  Worces" 

iterC -    -ft  on  the  13th  of  June,  1867,  to  celebrate  her  hundreilth  natal  day- 

jl/'vi  >  president  of  the  day.    The  excreifie^  v.'eri^  held  under  a  maunnoth 

|ti/it  tho  ctimmon.     In  thb  Pavilion,  after  inueiu  by  the  band,  Rev,  Seth 

,  of  l>orche«»ter,  read  from  theSeripturefi ;  then,  Birigiii«5of  **  Home  Again  ;" 
Rev.  Mr,  Bjp?low  ;  ori^^inal poem,  written  by  T)ca.  Ephraim  iSt»we,  father 
r;  oration  hy  Rev.  J<j}m  M.  Stowe*  of  Sulfivan,  N.  II,  The  dinner  was 
oder  a  brge  tent  by  Thomas  D.  Cook,  caterer,  of  Bcieton,  3Iu^ic  l>y  the 
on  Bni£0  I^nd.  The  town  took  iU  name  from  lion.  Thomas  Hubbard^ 
Foof  gf  the  ori^inttl  propriet^jra. 

Co-  *^  i"'       ^vN'iAL, — The  lOOth  anniversary  of  the  ineorpomtion  of  the 

V>»^  Jin  County,  tt>f>k  jdiu"  June  19,  18G7,     Ilit^loriLiil  Acltbogs 

lyKt      _„.:-...  L.  i.i     ,  oration  by  \V  ill  Lam  Ilowhvnd  ;  pt>em  by  lliirvey  Kice. 

.iRiiiiT,  Ckn*tk!cmal. — The  tt>wn  of  Aehby,  in  Worcefstereounty,  eelebrat^?dtheeen- 
■  •'    '■-*■  •;    '  *'     '*'H:)fSeptcmtH»r.     A  «  originally  eon  I  jx>Be<nn  1707, 
hburgj  Lcomini^ttT,  LiLinenburg  and  Townseud. 
!  thejilanting  ol'  a  century  tree,  the  singing  of 
i  written  by  Mrw.  Aliliic  W.  Sheldon  and  Mrs.   Mary   D.  Blackinton, 
^.'Ilfiston,  short  addret^eti  by  Rt^y.  Mr,  Parker  and  Mr,   Francis  Tincker^ 
oricnl  address  by  Rev»  C,  \t.  Wood,  of  Mortb  Bridge  water.     There  waa 
a  jtrf  »ces»i<>n  of  school  children  and  citixeus,  a  dinner  on  the  oommon  and  a 
li  ^thering  in  the  evening. 

BBTeiti.T,  Bi-Cextexnial. —  Tlic    first  parish  in  'Beverly  celebrated  its  sec^ond 
ftsA*^        '  ry  on  the  2d  of  October,  18B7*  with  very  appropriate  and  inter- 

Irirtiru  '-'  cliurch,  in  which  Rev,  E.   B.   Wilbon  and  Rev.  Sanuiel  C. 

II>ouic,  .  ,  .  .„,  .-iiss  Emily  O.  Kimball,  Miee  Mary  E.  Worsley,  and  Rev,  Chrie- 
[to^cr  T.  Thayer  took  part.  At  the  dinner,  in  the  Town  Hall,  epeeehea  were 
IlMldif  by  Rev.  C.T.Thayer,  Rev.  Dr.  Ellt«,  Rev.  E.  E.  Hale,  Robert  S.  Kuntoul, 
[Enj..ItDV.  E.  M.  y tone,  Rev.  E,  B.  Willaon,  Rev.  Ge*>rge  Batchelor,  and  others. 
I  Mr.  Rantiml  rcjul  a  poi3m  written  by  Willinm  C  Boyden.  A  letter  from  Rev. 
'  '*  i  1*  nr'c,  was  rend,  and  tlio  exercisefl  were  inter»pcn«ed 
I  bymoH. 

....    rimver,  w  o  li?arn  the  following  fact«  : — Tlmt  the  first 

1  parish  wufi  the  Rev.  John  Htile  ;  Rof^er  Conant  was  one  of  the 

(  li  ;  Bridget  Bishop,  a  mem  her  of  the  parish,  was  accuHed  of 

,  hut  \Mi6  releafod  by  the  exert  ions  of  Mr.  Hale,     Rev.  TJioiuas  Blower 

Mr.  Hule  ;  and  since  hii*  pantorate,  the  Hjllowin^elergjTiien  have  eiiccee- 

V    iun  i*f  pUBtor  to  this  Society,  viz.  :— Rev,  Joeepli  ChampneV  ; 

i,  who  lifter  a  nasb^rato  often  ycarii,  waB  elected,  in  1782,  to  llio 

•  1  <   allege  ;   Rev,  Joseph  Mclvean,  settled  in   1785,  and  who 

of  Bowdom  CoUcf^e  after  a  paetomto  of  eighteen  yearB, 

-   Nathan  Dane,  u(?<^rge  Calxjt  and  Joahua  Ftriher  were 

.,ui<,h;    Rev.  Abtel  AMx)tt,   from   IBOa  Uj   I83(>;   Rev.  C.  T, 

.  Rev.  John  C,  fiimhall,  the  present  [MiPtor.     Mr.  Thnyer  claiina 

uiH  rue  hr^i  r^uM  lAr  Bchoo!  in  the  country  was  cjjtablitjheil  in  thi»  parish  by  Haunali 

Bill  and  M^s  Pxince. 


■90 


Memiagei  and  Deaths. 


MARRIAGES    AND    DEATHS. 


[Jac 


MARRIAGES. 

AvKRKU.  =  CoLRURN .  —  In  Cambridge 
m>rt,  Sept,  12,  1867,  by  the  Be?.  C.  A. 
hkmiTer^  Mr.  Leonard  M«  AvoroU  and 
Mbs  Emma  A,  Colbum* 

Coim^^MuNaoE.  —  lu  Newton,  Maaa., 
Sept.*26, 1867,  bj;  tilt!  Rt!V.  EHiw  NaaoD. 
Mr.  Jiieeph  P.  Cobb,  of  liiston,  and 
Mm  Ellen  M.  Mnnroo,  ofNewUjU. 

FLEirar^^EiMEs. —  In  llopkinton,  Sept. 
18»  1867,  by  the  Rev.  Eliaa  Noetm.  Prof. 
Anthony  L,  Fhmn*,  of  Boston,  ami  Mis» 
Maria  N.,  i^ilegt  (iaughter  of  Mr.  DanU 
fkim^^,  ot  Uiipkinton. 

H*u.  ^=CouiCRN'. — In  Boston,  Sept.  17, 
1867,  by  the  Uov.  O.  T.  Wiilker,  Mr. 
(ieorge  II.  11  aU  and  Miss  Emma  Col- 
burn,  both  of  Boeton. 

Jackson=^Crank. — 111  Dorchester,  Oct* 
15»  1867,  bv  the  Rev.  J.  U.  Means,  Mr. 
George  SJ.  Jackson,  of  Bostun,  an?!  MLsh 
Mary  0.  Crane,  daaghtcr  uf  Edward 
Crane,  and  granddaughter  of  Hon. 
Timothy  Farrar. 

THORND[iLE=LEWis.— At  Trinity  Chapel, 
New  York,  May  8,  1867,  by  the  Kev. 
Sujvenfi  Parker,  Gtxjrgo  Quincy  T born- 
dike,  of  Newport,  H.  L,  and  Ellen, 
daui^hter  of  the  bto  Henry  Zjewis,  E«*ij., 
of  Pliiladelpbift. 

WoouwAiii>^=!SMiTn.— In  Wbdbani,  Ct., 
Sept.  IL  19<J7,  P.  Uenr^^  Wooilward, 
E^q,,  of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  and  Mise  Mary 
Smith ,  only  daughter  of  Charloa  Smith, 
of  the  former  plaoo. 

DE.iTIIS. 

At  WOOD,  Mrs.  Sarah,  at  East  Taunton, 
Oct.  '38,  aged  104  years,  2  moe.  and  IS 
days, 

Bart  LETT,  Hon.  William  II.,  one  of  the 
Afiwociatc  Juftticeg  of  the  Supreme  Ju- 
dicial Court  of  New  Hump«hire,  at  Ojh- 
cord,  N.  H.,  Sept.  '2i,  age<l  40  j-ears. 
Judjk'o  Bartlctt  was  a  son  of  Siimuel  C. 
BarOctt,  E^i-,  of  Salisbury,  in  which 
tiiwn  he  wa«  bom  on  the  20th  of  Aug., 
1827,  and  liepbew  of  the  late  Hon, 
Ichahoii  Hartlett,  a  digtinguiabed  law- 
yer of  Portsmouth,  N.  E.  He  gradu- 
ated at  Dartmouth  College  in  1817,  and 
Btudicii  law  with  lion.  Ira  Perley  and 
Hon.  IL  A.  Bel  Iowa,  both  at  present 
J 118 1 1  ces  0  f  t h  e  same  oo  u  rt .  U  pon  lj>e  In  g 

•  admitti^  to  the  bar  he  soon  acouired 
the  reputation  of  a  elear-headeu,  dis- 
crirujuating  and  mfeeoungcllor,  whose 
mind  penetrated  cvcu  involved  iiul^ecUi 


without  those  tedioue  process 
which  many  men  reach  results 
was  regarde<l  by  bis  professional 
rcn  throughout  the  State  as  a  1 
of  the  very  highest  proiuitk-,  li 
pointment  as  jud^e,  five  yeart 
was  regarded  with  univefeal 
The  dejith  of  such  a  man  is  a  ; 
losd,  and  will  be  eo  regarded  thi 
out  the  State. 

Brown,  Jiihn ,  nt  his  home  cm  Long  I 
Lake  \Vinni]iise<.)gec,  Sept.  3,  ai 
years.— From  bini  the  **  Brown  C 
so  called,  took  iu?  name. 

Bri  c£.  Sir  Frederic  William  Ado! 
U.CB.,  Boston,  Sept.  U»,  a^ed  I 
At  the  time  of  his  death,  Sir  Fr 
was  the  British  ikiinLster  to  the  I 
States. 

OoLBURN,  George  W.,  of  Chicai 
Bmi^hear  City^  La.,  Sept.  13, 

CoLuuRN^  Henry,  at  the  same  place, 
16,  brother  ot  the  alxjve,  both  m 
the  late  John  Gray  Colbum,  for 
of  Bijfiton, 

CoLLASioRE,  Hon,  Horace,  at  Pemi 
Plymouth  Co,,  Aug.  27,  aged  7S 
and  0  months. 

Eastmax,  Mrs.  Betsey  Pettungi^ll^ 
bury,  N,  H,,  Sept.  30,  ngt^d  106, 
5  months  and  2U  days.  Suppoi 
have  been  the  oldef»t  person  ^ 
Hampshire,  and  one  of  the  wi 
markable  women  of  New  E^ 
(Sec  Vol.  XJti.  pp.  236  and  280,11 

Farntm,  Ezra  M.,  West  Newton,  & 
aged  80  years.  ' 

Foster,  John,  Boston,  Oct.  90,  ft| 
years  and  16  days,  a  nuf  ^  '  T  <-% 
but  over  forty  years  a  t 

ton.  Ho  had  seen  Geoi^i  t,  a.-* til 
and  has  simietimcti  of  late  y 
tioned  how  distinctly  he  couldj 
the  expression  and  features  of " ' 
His  father.  Captain  Samuel  F 
Roxbury,  served  under  Waal 
during  the  Revolutionary  war,  aq 
one  ofthe  famous  party  that  tbi| 
tea  overboard  into  Boston  hai| 
1773.  John  Foster  became  a  VU 
of  the  church  in  early  manhood 
its  preoepts  were  his  £*uide  tlij 
life.  Forsixty-fleven  V'  '  '  m 
a  member  of  the  Mas*  i  t 

Frekmax,  James  C,  at  ^t.  >>  .yiu^ 
Oct.  17,  u^*k1  70  years, 

Qartwell^  ^Irs,   Slary,    widow  | 
Gartwell,  at  Clarcmont,  N.  H 
23,  a^od  85  years. 


DeatJis. 


n 


widow  of  the  late 

nr, ,  at  Kenntbunk- 

Jot.  30,  aged  ^  years,  11 

a,  Lee,  N.  U.,  Sept 

S^rBrooklyD,  N.  Y,,  Oct, 
yettfv.  Mr.  Howe  waa  a 
^mfxt^lAsM.  While  a  youth 
eid  the  ocoupation  of  farmer 
ir,  but  80  he  approached  man- 
■ned  thv  trade  of  a  machinist. 
7un;uit  of  this  vocatioD,  he 
be  0deiice  of  machinery  with 
lUSOeKy  the  reeult  of  hie  studied 
r  iiiTention,  and  application  to 
\g  ma<?luiic\  of  some  e«8enttal 
gcntif « wlucii  broui^bt  him  both 
pealth,  and  proved  one  of  the 
ftts  to  tho  community. 
irtHl  in  1847, 
lat  he  finally 
i'i>^  daiiQ  ae 
1  a  gold 
by  the 
^apoleon  in  ticrtsoiij  ibr  this 
i«iid  was  the  recipient  of 
of  far  or  from  the  ruler  of 
The  public  in  general 
hie  Inee,  for  hia  invention 
wily  conferred  a  great  blc6«ing 
llliid,  and  the  poor  working 
barticnlar. 

■on.  A.  U.,  New  Bedford^ 
Etxl  65  yiL-are,  He  had  been 
Ihis  life  in  commercial  pur- 
(inning  aa  a  clerk,  and  auer- 
iHnjg^  t(j  scia  and  ri^ng  to  be 
Towner  in  part  of  the  ehip 
,  lie  made  two  voyag^^*  in 
le  wae  a  man  of  much  ener- 
on  sagacity  in  bu^in <[■««, 
siTe  the  right  eourw*  to  be 
▼ering  in  carrying  it 
rtions  and  abilities  he 
some  fortune,  having 
JSj  with  limited  means, 
member  of  the  Maasachu- 
"    ^'  ntatives   from 

!  i\n  influen- 
,mttee  on  mor- 
on the  organisation  of 
_^    lity  under  a  city  charter 
rVras  elected  Mayor,  and  waa 
'     that  responsible  position 

the  National  Hotel  in 
lit  the  time  of  Biichunan^e 
n^  and  suffered   from    the 
_pidcmic    which    prevailed 
which  broke  down  his  gen- 
Ith.  and  for  t^evt-ml  munths  past 
er       -  *■■■    \  to  bis  houi^e. 

reunited  with  the 
!  I . .        ,  ji  which  he  wa«  a 
iber. 


KBNDALt,  George  Wilkine,  at  his  reei- 
dcnce,  Comal  County,  TexBH,  Oct.  21, 
aged  about  57  years.  He  was  bum  in 
Amherst;  N.  H.  (nowMt.  Vernon), as 
was  alm>  Horace  Greeley. 

He  learned  theprinter  e  tTade,worked 
in  New  York  a  year  or  two,  and  went 
to  New  Orleans  and  cetabli^hed  the 
Picat/ime,  about  1835.  Under  him  the 
paper  gn  i  ned  great  celebrity.  In  184 1 , 
ne  joiueil  the  ill-fieited  Santa  Fe  expe- 
dition, and  wa«  taken  nri«>ner.  In  1859 
he  Ixjught  a  largo  stijck  farm  in  Central 
Texas,  and  commcnce^l  raising  eheep 
on  an  extenAiVG  ^cnle.  He  retired  some 
years  a^  from  the  management  of  th© 
paper,  tiiough  he  retained  an  interest 
in  it,  and  hae  resided  chiefly  on  hie  farm. 

LiYEKMORE,  George,  at  Brighton,  Oct.  17, 
aged  69  years. 

LrNT,  Mrs.  Mercy,  widow  of  the  late 
Samuel  Lunt,  Nowburjport,  Oct.  23, 
aged  84  years ^  4  months. 

Marshall,  Simeon,  at  GlouccBter,  Sept. 
20,  aged  90  years  and  10  months. 

Mayo.  Gen,  Jeremiah,  BrewHter,  Bam- 
Btable  County,  June  SO,  aged  84  years. 
Ho  was  ht>m  Jan.  29,  17H6.  He  was  a 
man  of  the  etricteet  integrity  nnd  great 
deciHion  of  character,  ana  tilled  numer> 
oufi  oIliceB  of  honor  and  trust  with 
marketl  ability. 

McCleary,  Capt.  Andrew,  at  Peacham, 
Yt. ,  Sept   1 1 ,  a  ^ed  77  years . 

Mkagher.  Gen.  Thomas  F.,  acting  Gov- 
ernor of  Montana,  at  Fort  Benton,  July 
1,  a  man  of  genius  and  ability. 

He  Wiifl  born  at  Watcrford,  Ireland, 
on  the  M  of  August,  1823.  At  the 
early  age  of  23  be  waa  regar<]ed  aa  one 
of  the  k'wlers  of  the  "  Youn^  Ireland  " 
party  which  seceded  fn>m  the  follow- 
ers of  O'ConneL  In  1848  he  was  one 
of  the  di  Ici^utes  sent  tu  congratulate 
the  French  Republic.  He  ifntk  an  ac- 
tive part  in  the  movtiments  of  the  Youni*' 
Ireland  party  in  1818,  was  arrestof, 
and  sentenoecl  to  death.  The  sentenoo 
was  commute^l  to  banishment  fiir  life 
to  Yan  Dieman'e  Land,  from  whieh  ho 
cik^ped,  and  landed  in  New  York  in 
May,  lKa2.  He  was  receiveHl  by  his 
countrymen  with  great  entiiupiasm. 
In  1861  he  mifW^ia  c^jmjyany  and  juined 
the  (lUth  Kegiment,  New  "York  State 
Militia,  under  Geo.  Corcoran.  Ho 
acted  AS  Mi\ior  at  Bull  Run,  and  after 
the  return  of  the  Kegiment  lie  mt.sed  a 
brigade  and  wxis  c^immissioned  Briga- 
dier-Geneml  of  Yohinteers,  Feb.  '3, 
I84i2.  In  18455,  be  was  appointed  Sec- 
retary of  the  Ten'itory  of  Muntana, 
and  lor  s«jme  time  has  been  acting  as 
its  Governor, 

MiLL£H,  Col,  Ira  K.,  Paw  tucket,  R.  I., 
Not*  4,  aged  67  years.    As  an  offioer 


^ 


Peath, 


[Jn 


of  tbe  MaflttichudcUa  Milkiii^  bewu 
com  missioned  (Feb.  12^  1^*27)  ^liycrr 
of  the  '4Lh  Ucgiiueiit,  2d  Brigiule  of  the 
5tli  Division^  Isaac  Bmmiii  of  NorUm 
being  CoU,  AItto«^jn  White  of  Easton 
Lieut*  ColoTtf*!,  nnd  W'llUird  Ubcking- 
ton  of  A  -hj   Adjutant.     Ho 

was  app  1  ici  of  tne  regiment 

Sept*  ^3,  i  -W-,  iu.d  continin'Kl  in  the 
command  till  183*J,  scrvini<  iiret  under 
Crtjmwttl  Wivshhurn  of  17\untoDj  and 
tijen  under  \7iniiira  Peck  of  Bigliton, 
fiiy  liri i^idier  Genemln ;  Shephenl  Leach 
of  Ka(«ton»  Cromwell  AVftsbbum  of 
Taunton,  and  IkM\jamin  King  of  Abing* 
ton,  Tks  Mi\jor  Geueralg.         K.  w*  i\ 

MoRarLL«  Mrs.  Abigail,  at  Saliftbur^*,  M». 
Sept*  li>,  widow  of  the  hiUi  >V  illiam 
Morrill,  aged  05  yeard.  She  wiw  pre* 
sent  nt  tlie  reception  of  Gen.  Wa&binff- 
ti>n  in  Newbury  port,  find  up  to  the 
time  of  her  death  retained  her  faculties 
to  a  remnr'-'^^''  '  ^ Tee. 

Norwood,  \  ■  llockport,  Maas.. 

Oct.  *^,  at;-  ,      in.  11  months  and 

15  <laya,  t>eing  thi;  olaeet  person  in  the 
town. 

Parsons,  William,  Earl ofKosse,  Irelandi 
Oct.  3L    He  wajs  l*om  at  York,  June 

17,  1^'^"   '■• ritodatthf  !'■•   --^yof 

Dull]  i^leaCti  id. 

His  r  has  come  ^  ^u- 

tion  and  eojie^truction  of  Km  ^rvni  tele- 
*     0cop€,  which  led  to  new  and  importaut 
aetronomical  d incut eriee. 

Peahodv,  Francis,  t^alem,  Oct.  31,  aged 
65  years,  son  of  the  late  Justpli  Peo- 
boay.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen,  a 
cen'tleman  of  taste  and  culture,  and  a 
Eljcral  and  publio-g>irited  man. 

PfliLUFS,  John  L.,  Cambridgcport,  Jan. 
9th,  aged  86  years*  He  resided  at  the 
8outh  End,  Boston,  for  upwards  of  Hi?v- 
enty  years,  and  was  a  master  painter. 
He*  was  formerly  an  officer,  and  was  an 
honorary  member  of  tlie  Ancient  and 
Honorable  Artillery  Company,  abo  a 
member  of  the  Boston  Encampment  of 
Xnight  Templars,  and  MassachuBetta 
Lodge  of  Freema-^ons.  He  wa«i  at  one 
time  a  member  of  the  Legislature. 

Reggio,  Nicholas,  New  York,  Not.  4, aged 
58  yearp,  one  of  the  oldest  mere  ban  ts 
of  Boston  and  Consul  of  Italy. 

He  was  an  upriglit,  honorable  man, 
Hcrupulously  conseicntlotis  and  honest. 
His  religious  convictions  were  strong, 
Qud  hi«  attachtoent  to  Ms  church  ar- 
dent and  suHtiilntid.  F^irtune  had  fa- 
vored him,  and  lie  wa«  generouB  in  the 
disposal  of  the  means  which  indujitry 
hau  procured  for  him.  Bijston  hfi8  had 
many  noble  men  amouj^  it^  own  citizens 
to  cbtablisk  the  yirtui'a  of  Araerieun 
character;  but  few  among  the  at  rangers 


who  hare  eoug^ht  and  found  a  | 
among  us  have  ct^mmanded  morel 
eral  re^|)ect  by  their  nionil  ox^ell 
and  Christian  ^^ecd  than  Mr.  lio 
In  his  fricndshtpe  he  wae  devoiea 
sincere. 

It  18  our  privilege  thus  to  fecon 
universal  esteem  in  which  2Hr.  Ri 
was  held  in  our  community  ,  m 
t<!cm  which  no  difttTcnce  of  n^ 
ality  or  feith  diniiniiihed,  for  he 
true  as  the  truest  in  hii3  aUeglacK 
the  country  of  his  adoption. 

Sawin,  Hon.  George  L.,  Waahinj 
Cm  Oct.  31,  a§ed  30  years 
Kirn  in  Southborou^h,  and  fc;-^ 
Natick.  He  entered  the  bar  Itctoi 
was  twenty-one  years  of  age,  and 
practised  about  eight  years.  He 
servi*d  two  years  in  the  Uvniso  o| 
preeentatives,  and  one  j'ear  in  the 
ate  of  this  State,  and  was  a  eandi 
for  renumi nation.  He  married  j 
Pray,  of  Natick.  J 

Ife  was  a  young  man  of  bril 
promiso,  who  had  bravely  overooni 
obstacles  of  his  early  life,  and  risi 
a  respectable  poaition  at  the  bar, 
m  politics.  He  wna  an  invent 
worker,  and,  noeeeseing  an  entbt| 
tic  nature,  t^isked  his  physical  pQ 
beyond  the  point  of  endurance, 
young  men  bad  a  wider  circle  of  frl 
than  the  deceased,  &ad  he  wasendl 
to  those  intimate  with  him  by  ius| 
^niai  tniits. 

\^Ai>E,  John  P.,  Esq.,  North  Dij 
Bristol  Co.,  Mass..  Nov.  1, 
years,  B  months  and  18  days, 
a  son  of  the  bite  Mr.  Amos  Wi 
Freetown,  in  which  town  the  lioi,. 
days  of  the  deccasetl  were  mostly  i| 
He  carrieit  on  the  trade  of  a  bUckM 
here,  until  his  removal,  some  20j 
ago,  to  North  Dighton,  BoaDonq 
persevering  Industry  had  modoj 
quite  well  to  do  in  life,  arid  f^ 
briety  and  straight  -  firwurd  hm 
secuml  for  liim  universal  raj 
wherever  he  was  kuoT^Ti,  In  eai^ 
he  tof>k  an  in  tercet  In  the  Tolal 
militia  of  this  Commonwc^alth.  atM 
an  acti%'e  member  of  the  **  MiudliQi 
Grenadiers,*'  Co,  E,  3d  Eegtmed 
Brigade,  let  Division  M,  VTM^J 
whicli  he  wjis  promote<l  to  PayoM 
of  the  4th  Rcijmient  of  ArtilleryJ 
7,  1844,  holding  that  office  whilf 
regiment  was  comiuandtni  l>v  C\>L  1 
dall  Hail ;  Henry  Dunham  oeingl 
adier  General,  and  At)plcton  j 
Major  General,  Mr,  \V  ade  heU 
etjnimiBsion  of  a  Justice  of  the  j 
for  Bristol  County,  k.  wJ 


Bstoric^Gmcahgical  Society. 


93 


\mw  ENGLAND  HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL  SOCIETY. 

NBCBOLOGY. 

[Prepared  hy  Wm,  B.  Tbabk,  Hbioriographer  of  the  Society*] 

HcTXOLDH,  Hon.  John,  a  corresponding  member,  died  at  Belleville,  IHinois,  May  8, 
805,  t.  77-  He  wns  bom  in  Montgomery  Co,,  Pa,,  Feb.  25.  1788  ;  was  a  son  of  HoWt 
Margaret  (Moore)  Reynoldn,  natives  of  Irdand,  wlio  emigrated  to  the  United 
tes,  landing  at  Philadelphia  in  the  yeai  17H5.  Several  of  the  near  connexions  of 
Biiynily»  including  the  paternal  grandfather  of  John,  and  his  honaehuld,  emig^rated 
*  time,  most  of  whom  settled  in  Tt.'nneBsce.  "My  father."  he  says,  *•  was  tin 
at,  fitrong^minded  man  who  felt  deeply,  and  acted  with  decision."  When  he 
I  ftbout  six  months  old,  hh  pan?nta  removed  to  Tennesaee^  and  settled  at  the  btt»e  of 
;  Copper  Rid^  mountain,  about  fourteen  miles  north-east  of  the  present  city  of 
xyille.  **My  earliest  recollect  ions,"  he  'WTites,  **are  connected  with  this  spot,  at  a 
I  when  I  was  probably  not  more  than  five  or  aix  years  old.  The  nightly  alarm 
Indiana,  and  the  mounlaim'»  with  their  mujeiitic  summits  often  veiled  in 
,  madie  an  imprettdion  upon  ray  mind  wliidi  the  lapse  of  yejira  and  the  varied 
k  through  which  I  have  since  parsed,  have  failed  to  obliterate.  I  well  remember 
'  my  parents,  wherit^ver  a  night  attack  of  the  Indiana  waa  expected,  bar  the  door  of 
"bin.  After  one  of  these alurm^i  my  father,  with  gun  in  hand,  looked  cautiously 
I  every  direction,  to  see  that  no  Indian  waa  lurking  near  the  hou4«e,  before  he 
I  tienture  to  open  the  door.  The  wakeful  vigilance  and  re**olute  spirit  of  my 
tlfft  the  fidTagcs  but  elender  hopes  of  success,  und  our  house  wa^i  never  assaulted  ; 
*h  the  tmcks  of  the  Indian  moccasin  were  often  seen  upon  the  premise!*.  My 
tfiithcT.  who  resided  in  the  vicinitTi  had  built  a  fort  to  which  our  family  and 
I  re|>aired  in  times  of  more  tlian  ordinary  danger,  and  there,  in  frontier  parlance, 
^^Jorttd*  tiD  the  danger  was  over.  In  thk  -manner  the  settlements  of  Tetmesiice  were 
nuiised  for  more  Sian  a  quarter  of  a  century/'  "In  1794.  my  inther  rented  hia 
flife  on  tlie  frontier,  to  George  Mann,  a  retent  immi^ant.  and  retired  \^'itb  his  family 
mlo  the  mtcrior."  On  the  evening  of  the  25th  of  ^Iay,  f>f  the  same  year,  Mr.  Mann 
wwjl  out  of  the  houne,  after  supper,  to  attend  to  his  hortiCB  in  the  stable,  was  shot 
kj  die  IndiaiiJi,  and  after  a  ruji  of  about  three  quarters  of  a  mile,  he  died,  TTie  Indiana 
ittcsQpted  to  gain  an  entrance  into  the  c^bin  by  forcing  open  the  door,  which  had  been 
aecuf  el  V  K'ured  by  Mr?,  Mann,  8he  iired  upon  them,  killing  one  and  woundinfj  another. 
'  immediately  retreated,  after  netting  lire  to  the  stable,  taking  the  horses 
them,  »*  Thus  by  a  mysterious  interfHTwition  of  Divine  Providenee,  our  fomfly 
«a»  *4M;td,'*  he  says,  "from  the  tragic  fate  which  befcl  that  of  George  Mann.**  ♦•I 
wa*  •cnl  to  school,'*  he  continues,  "  at  a  tender  age.  ily  first  teacher  was  a  cross,  ill- 
natured  Irishman,  a.s  unsuitable  a  character  as  can  well  be  iTnaguied  to  have  Uie  charge  of 
a  young  and  diffident  child.  I  was  often  severely  chastised,  though  1  had  not,  inten- 
tionally, committed  any  fault.  The  scholars  soon  learned  to  detent  him,  and  learned 
little  el^.  The  unjust  severity  with  wViich  I  w*as  treutetl,  made  the  very  name  of 
•chool  odious  to  me,"  "*  My  next  teacher  was  a  just  and  kind-hearted  man,  w  ho  waa 
much  esteemed  by  his  pupils.  Under  his  tuition,  I  became  fond  of  going  to  school,  and 
iiBprored  rapidly.  It  was  a  favorite  maxim  of  my  father,  tlmt  the  physical  powers  of 
the  ftudent  ought  to  be  exercised,  as  well  as  the  mental  faculties.  In  confomjiity  with 
that  theory,  I  was  compelled  to  devote  half  of  my  time  to  severe  labor,  and  the  other 
half  to  study*  I  believe  that  system  an  eminently  judicious  one.  If  it  was  more  gen- 
cnily  adopted,  fewer  young  men  would  leave  our  CDllc!^e«  and  our  institutions  of 
,  with  an  impaired  constitution  tliat  renders  their  education  of  litde  value* 
ded  the^^e  schools  in  \79i-d5," 

^  Spanish  Crovemmcnt  gave  encouragement  to  emigrants  to  settle  in  their  domains 

:  of  the  Mississippi.     Accordingly,  in  February^  ISfiO,  his  father  and  mother,  with 

r  51 X  chiMrcti,  of  whom  John  was  the  oldest,  three  hired  men  and  q  colored  wonaan, 

\i'  -t  and  two  wagons,  left  Tennessee  for  New  Spain,  us  the  country  west 

pi  was  then  frequently  called.      They   crossed  rivers,  mountnins  and 

jcugth  reached  the  river  Ohio,  at  Lusk's  ferry.      They  were  enrnpturchd 

nee  and  beauty  of  thLs  swollen  river,  but  their  pleasures  were   Bix>n 

flbe  thought  of  the  dreary  waste  before  them.     *"  We  were  encomiHissed,"  he 

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[Jaouaryl 


writes,  "  with  a  ^ilderaea*,  filled  with  flavages  and  wild  bcostSi  and  extend biR  on  th*' 
Kortli  to  the  Pole  itself,  and  on  the  West  to  Cbina^  except  a  few  straggling  settlement 
on  the  MisjtUsippi  and  the  Wabaiiih  rivers.    To  make  our  miseries  complete,  our  ihre  ' 
employed  men»  who  had  been  enKUjared  to  work  for  my  lather  lor  a  year,  abandoned  ubJ 
took  with  them  three  hor»cft»  and  left  us  desolate  in  this  wildemeBS,      The  scene  wa 
appalling  and  disitreaaing.     My  jjarents  and  six  ehildren»  myself  only  twelve  years  old 
without  assititADee,  caniix'd  in  a  wilderness.     My  father  wa«  on  energetic  man^  ai 
po93e«9ed  extraordinary  drmness.      Uc  had  ero&aed  the  Rubieon*  and  determined  t<\ 
travel  on  to  the  west  of  MLssiawippi/*     Having  employed  a  man  at  the  ferry  to 
them,  they  crossed  the  Ohio  and  landed  where  Golconda  now  standH,  in  Pope  count 
Illinois.    ♦'  I  recollect/'  he  saysi  **  Risking  Mr.  Lnak  how  far  it  was  to  the  next  tcwn  ?  ani 
he  laughed  and  said,  ♦  one  hundred  and  ten  mile;*  to  Kasknskia,  which  h  the  fir*t  settle 
ment  on  the  r^nte.*  "    They  with  much  difficulty  and  hardship  prosecuted  their  joume 
A  tornado  overtook  them,  prostrating  trees  in  their  route ;  a  snow  storm  ciinie  upof 
them,  and  on  reaching  the  Big  Muddy  river,  the  water  had  risen  to  such  a  height  lha|l 
they  were  obliged  to  construct  a  raft  for  the  purpose  of  crossing  the  stream  in  safety. 
After  a  weary  travel  of  four  weeks  from  the  time  they  left  the  Ohio,  they  reached  Kaa. 
kaskio*     A  Hnort  time  was  spent  in  recruitins;*  and  obtaining  provisions  for  theraselvet 
and  food  for  their  horses,  when  the  indomitable  flitherhadhis  humble  caravan  prepared 
to  croaa  the  Missi^ppi.    Jnst  as  they  were  ^*  all  aboard  "  and  ready  for  iheir  still  we 
ern  expedition,  some  gentlemen  from  Kaskaskin  visited  him.    The  subject  of  a  pe 
ivent  re:*idence  in  the  place  was  then  debated  by  them.    The  ar^ments  of  the  citizel 
prevailed,  and  the  parents  agreed  to  take  a  house  in  Kflii^kaftkia,  and  examine  the  oou 
try  *•  around  about,**     Hia  father  seemed  inclined,  after  a  respite  end  an  exploration  I 
the  eastern  side  of  the  Mississippi^  to  reaffirm  his  decision,  and  make  theSpaniahc 
try  his  residence,    lie  therefore  went  to  St*  Genevieve  to  obtain  a  permit  ot  the  Sp 
Comraimdant  to  settle  on  the  western  side  of  the  river.     '*  In  the  permit,"  he  sayt, ' 
settle  in  the  Domains  of  Spain,  it  was  required  tliat  my  father  should  raise  his  child 
in  the  lloman  Catholic  Church,     This  pledge  was  a  requisition  of  the  Oovemmenll 
all  cai^s,  and  my  father  refused  to  ajtjree  to  it.     My  whole  fumily  were  Protestants,  i 
would  not  consent  to  educate  their  children  in  a  tliith  they  did  not  approve.     This  i 
our  niEiin  reason  that  deeidetl  our  destiny  to  settle  and  reside  in  Illinois.      The  visit] 
the  Ktiakaskia  citizens  had,  no  doubt,  9orae  effect  with  my  father  ;  but  the  rcquisiti 
of  the  Spanish  Government,  was  the  go veming  principle  vrith  ray  protectant  anceat^ 
They  settled,  evcntuiilly,  about  two  and  a  half  miles  from  Koakaakia,  and  made,  "mat! 
matically,  the  seventh  family  in  the  colony."    Their  habitation  was  •*  east  of  the  ] 
kaakia  river,  in  the  forest,  nraong  the  high  grass,  and  the  wolves  and  wild  animals^ 
howling  and  prowling  about  us  every  liight.     We  enjoyed  not  the  least  semblaaee « 
school,  or  a  house  of  worabip,  or  scarcely  any  other  blessing  arising  out  of  a  cl 
community.     In  this  state  of  the  country,  it  required  great  moral  courage  to] 
in  it.     My  father  conquered  all  difficulty,  and  remained  here  durbg  his  life." 
few  years  we  all  were  pleased  and  happy."     *'  We  forgot  our  artificial  wants,  and  ' 
httppy  among  the  Indi;ins  and  wolves." 

"•  The  entire  white  population   of  the  North  Western  Territory,  now  embracing 
State  of  Illinois,"  he  says,  "  French  and  Americans,  amounted  to  about  two  thousa 
or  perhaps  a  small  fraction  more.*'     About  eight  hundred  American  inhabitantSi  h  i 
estimated,  resided  at  this  time  in  Illinois.      *'The  North  Western  Territory  wns 
ded,  and  on  the  7th  of  May,  1800,  the  IndianaTcrritorv  was  established ;  Illinois  for_ 
the  western  part  of  the  Territory.     William  Henry  ifarrison  was  the  Governor  of  1 
Territory,  and  the  seal  of  govennnent  was  established  at  Vinceunes,"     Three-fou 
of  the  State  of  Ohio,  and  nine-tenths  of  Indiana  was  a  wa^te,  occupied  by 
tribes  of  Indians,    Alwut  the  year  1805,  when  he  was  17  years  of  age,  a  small 
was  formed  in  the  settlement  where  he  resided.     During  parts  of  the  winters  and 
days,  when  he  could  not  work  on  the  ftirm,  he  for  one  or  two  years  attended  this  scl 
He  had  previously,   during  the  winter  evenings,  been  taught  arithmetic  by  Ja 
Hughes,  who  resided  about  a  mile  and  a  half  fmm  his  father**  house.      Although 
father  luul  a  love  of  reading,  yet  he  brought  with  him,  so  far  as  the  son  can  rtJcolU 
no  books  except  the  Bible,     there  were,  at  that  time,  but  few  books  in  the  whole  i 
aion.    The  son  had  a  disposition  to  study  and  read  almo-^t  every  book  he  could  obfi 
One  of  the  neighbors  loaned  his  fatlier  RoUin's  Anciefit  History.     TTiis  was  the 
history  the  son  had  ever  seen.     He  read  it  day  and  night  at  times  spared  from 
It  gave  him  anew  field  of  mental  cxi-^tence.     He  made  arrangements  to  attend  sch 
all  one  winter,  where  ho  engaged  in  reading,  writing  and  the  study  of  arithmetic 
father  purchased  a  few  booka,  among  them  a  treat L-se  on  geography,  in  four  volu 
This  work  also  contained  a  sketch  ot  astronomy.    In  the  principles  of  the  latter  1 


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■  g«Te  liim  some  inttnicdon?.     He  wished  to  pursue  the  higher  bninchci  of  the 

iic€s,  and  for  this  purpose,  in  the  winter  of  1806  and  1 807,  he  was  a  pupil  in  a  school 

lit  by  a  competent  teacher^  a  few  miles  from  the  present  city  of  BeUeviiic.      At 

I  seminftiTt  besides  the  common  branche!>^  }\e  was  iustructed  in  iDud  turVeyiiig  and 

rigsticiL.    In  the  mftthemntics  and  in  the  theory  and  pnictice  of  snrvejring  he  eoon 

ae  oonvenont      When  quite  young  he  surveyed  c  considerable  amount  of  private 

Iit^thc  spring  of  1807,  hia  father  piiTchased  a  plantjition  in  the  GfHihcn  settlement, 
or  four  miles  south-we»t  of  EdwardsviUe.      In  this  place  and  neighborhood  tie 
Ti  time  wa*  taken  up  in  farmtng  and  surveying.     In  the  early  part  of  the  winter 
WOO,  his  uncle,  John  Reynolds,  of  Knox  county  ^  Tennessee,  wrote  his  father  a  letter, 
lug  the  propriety  of  winding  John  to  Teanes»ee,  to  college,     •*  This  letter  foiind 
h«  Mj**,  "  in  on  mi-settled  condition,  ready  for  a  college,  ii  horse  race,  or  a  tour  to 
RocIet  MounlainM,"     He  coiisidGred  it  desirable,  however*  to  have  an  education,  sind 
made  up  his  raiud  to  cngiige  liJ  the  undertaking.     '*  I  was  a  isingular  spectacle," 
••TR.  •*  whm  I  started  in  1809  to  college.     I  looked  more  like  a  trapper  going  to  the 
y  HoimtainA,  than  a  student  to  college.     I  was  well  educated  in  the  arts  and  myR- 
of  horse  and  foot  racing,  shoot ing  mtitchew  and  all  other  ^ild  sports  of  the  hack- 
but had  not  studied  the  polish  of  the  ball-room,  and  was  aorely  beset  with  diffi- 
awkwardneas,  and  poverty/'     But  he  had  strong  ^elf- reliance,     *'  Death  or  sue- 
wma  hia  motto,     Hii  inherent  ba&hfulness  was  overcome  by  a  powerful  self  will 
log  peraeveranee,  «o  that  he  would  have  appeared  in  Tennessee^  as  he  had 
the  enterprise,  *•  if  I  had  been  forced,*'  he  said,  •'  to  crawl  there  on  my 
and  Ifeet.**     His  preceptor,  at  the  college,  vxos  Rev.  iMac  Anderson,  and  one  of 
jUlow  Btudenta,  at  the  last  session,  was  Samuel  Houston,  afterwards  the  celebrated 
uatcn,  of  Texjia.   In  October,  1 8  U>,  he  com  menced  the  study  of  the  law  in  Knox* 
ith  John  McCamphell.      He  appUed  himself  day  and  night  to  hia  studies,  and 
•prinf^  was  so  injured  in  health  that  for  almost  a  year  he  was  obliged  to  shut 
hM  books,  and  relinquLsh  his  literary  pursuits.     In  the  »pring  of  the  year  1811,  he 
ched  hb  home.     In  January,  1812,  having  recovered  in  a  measure  his  health,  he  re- 
turned to  the  college  to  revise  his  former  studies.     After  this  revii^ion,  m  the  Mine  year, 
be  renewed  his  connection  with  Mr.  McCampbell,  read  conaidcTahly,  visited  the  courts, 
•nd  bcvAme  well  initiated  in  the  science  of  Juriftpru deuce ;  attended  some  races,  and  ran 
tsut  himselL     With  the  twenty  dollars  thu*  won  on  a  bet^  he  paid  off  the  debts  he  owed 
k  town,  "  and  that  was,  I  believe,"  he  says,  '*  the  last  ftxit  race  I  ran  for  a  wager.     My 
pR«ef>tor  and  my  staid  friends  did  not  approve  of  It,  but  they  excused  it  in  me,  as  it 
He,  the  J  prfsumcd,  about  the  la^^t  of  my  wild  backwoods  education  oozing  out/' 
ta  the  fiiU  of  that  year,  1812,  he  was  examinctl  at  Kankaskia,  before  Judges  ThomiM 
"  Sprigg,  two  of  the  United  States  Judges  for  the  Territory,  and  admitted  to  practise 
On  the  3d  of  March,  1813,  Capt.  "William  B.  Whitesiide  orgjinisted  his  United 
lUnging  Company,  and  in  it  with  his  three  brothers  he  enlisted  as  a  private.     In 
uencc  Cif  being  connoted  with  thi**  compiny,  he  was  afterward  kno^-n  in  ekction.- 
amp»igns  by  the  cognomen  of  *'  The  Old  R:m|yer,"      He  wtw  promoted  to  the 
ire  vi  tergeaut  and  afterwards  was  appointed  Judge  Advocate,      In  the  latter  office 
W  attended  the  recruiting  and  voltiiiteermg  service. 
^J|^9thof  Febniary,  1809,  the  Territory  of   Illinois  was  established  by  oct  of 
^^^^■•«T  and  Ninian  Edwards  of  Kentucky  appointed  Governor.     The  Er-^t  General 
^^^^^y  held  in  Dlinois,  convened  Nov.  25,  1812,  at  Ka^kaikia,  the  seat  of  govem- 
^Knt     During  that  winter,  and  at  other  spiire  intervuls  from  the  ranging  aervioe,  he 
^Btdicd  and  teamed  the  French  language,  and  by  continued  practice  for  years  be  b«- 
Wbae  so  well  acquainted  with  it  as  to  use  it  mostly  in  his  intercourcc  with  hia  family 
lirtixtefui  or  eighteen  years.     In  the  winter  and  spring  of  1814  he  established  a  law 
iftee  ja  the  French  village  of  Cuhokta.     Wlien  he  commenced  on  hia  own  re-jourcca, 
It  had  not  one  cent  of  money  or  scsarcely  any  books  or  clothes.     He  had  a  hor^e,  but 
Ml  a  decent  saddle  or  bridle.     He  was  literally  enjoying  life  and  bappine^  without  a 
lailar  in  bis  pocket    "  AQ  my  law  books,"  he  says,  ••  could  have  been  easily  pack*Kl  in  a 
fOBnaoa  carpet  hm^:  they  were  all  put  up  on  the  mantel  piece  over  the  fire-place  in  my 
ffiOrd  rooiu,  and  did  not  fill  if      He  had  a  press  of  business,  as  much  as  he  could 
to.      He  **  must  '  do  or  die,*  "  he  says,  •*  and  laid  on  in  true  good  earnest.' 


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ding  years  he  '*  speculated,  sold  bind,  and  bought  two  ii?tores  of 

^o  ten  thousand  dullnrs/'     In  the  spring  of  1817,  he  married  a 

-  I'roole,  a  native  of  Cahok ia.    She  was  of  the  Roman  Ualholie  faith, 

neb  community,  they  used  that  language  in  their  domestic  inter- 

uentioucd,  for  sixteen  or  eighteen  years.    In  the  fall  of  1834,  hia  wife 

m  l>4^11cvdk,  without  iaaue. 


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Ho  was  elected  a  Janticp  of  the  Saprcine  Court  in  l&lB^  and  presided  in  tlic  C4jti 
tie*  of  St,  CIair»  Madiwm,  Monroe,  Waehingtori.  and  BL>nd.  The  first  court  he  heli 
yffiH  in  the  ftpring  of  1819,  in  Covington,  Washington  county.  He  eomnienced  hf 
official  dtiticB  amongst  hie  old  <?omrade8,  who  wi-rt;  on  terniB  of  gT«it  intimacy  an< 
equality  with  hira.  Both  the  shcriflT and  clerk  of  the  court  of  Wanhin^tim  wunt; 
were  rangcri*  in  the  »ame  company  with  himpclf.^  The  fihcrilT,  Bjwlinsj  Green 
opened  the  firpt  court  in  a  very  fnaiiliar  manner*  bitting  actride  a  bt^uch  in  the  %oni 
hoiiHc,  he  prt>claimcd  without  rii^ins.  that  *^  the  e4jurt  is  now  opened,  John  is  on  tbi 
bench, '^  umntz  the  name  by  which  he  wag  familiarly  called  in  the  war.  In  the  ffpt\m 
of  182fi,  he  wan  electt^Ll  to  the  Ilou&e  of  Hepri>i*t*ntativee  of  the  State  Le^itflatura 
After  the  odiniirmncnt  of  the  IjCjri^laturc  in  1H27,  he  resumed  the  practice  of  thj^ 
law,  and  attcndiMl  the  eoiirte  in  Monroe,  St.  Clair,  Bladimni,  Orecn,^  Pike,  Morgan, 
and  Sangamon  (X)untiee,  when  the  ctuirte  did  not  claeh.^  and  of^en  in  the  Supreint 
Court.  He  was  a  memlMT  of  the  House  in  1828  and  1820.  He  was  cht>Hen  Govemof 
of  the  State  in  1830.  The  Black  Hawk  war  occurred  durinrr  his  administration,  in 
1831.  He  went  in  pcrgon,  that  v^car  and  the  next,  with  tlie  Illinois  tnxjpe,  a*  Com- 
mandor  in  Chief  of  the  State  Militia,  and  wag  with  them  to  direct,  ana  encoum^. 
Hie  presence  and  eotincil  to  the  voluntcern,  ptirticalarly  after  their  union  with  tne 
United  Statee  foree«,  *'  had  a  tendency  to  harmonize  and  etmeiliate  them  with  the 
regular  army."  **  I  bad  imme^liately  nnder  my  command/*  he  says,  **  many  troopi 
guarding  the  frontiers,  fo  that  I  considered  it  my  duty  to  advance  the  een'ice  m 
mo  tcj  act  with  the  army  all  Bu miner  [183:^1,  and  I  did  ao.  Although  I  never  i*- 
qucFt*^!  it,  the  Prc^irknt  [JacksonJ  recogiiizfK!  me  as  a  Major  (icneral,  and  i>aid  me 
acc^irdingly.  Not  any  time  during  the  summer  and  long  after  tiie  trt^atit^  witli  the 
Indiaiifl  were  made,  did  I  know  the  nmk  and  situation  the  gLueral  g»>verriiiicat 
rccognizinl  me  in,  I  perform ed  all  the  services  I  did,  on  my  own  judgment,  to  ad- 
vanc*?  the  bePt  intcre«t«  of  the  country,"  (leneral  Atkin*«m,  of  the  regular  arm, 
i^BB  the  commander,  and  nmon^  other  ofBcenp  of  distinction  was  Col.  Zaehary  Ta3*kL 
aflerwardB  Prt^ident  of  the  Unit-ed  States.  On  the  15th  of  September^  18^,1 
treaty  wafl  made  with  the  VV'inne^w  go  Indians.  On  the  21st  of  the  «ime  mom' 
treaty  wafl  n\m  made  *'  with  all  the  Siic  and  Fox  tribee,  by  which  they  celled  to  . 
United  Stntea  the  tract  of  country  on  which  a  few  yean*  afterwards  tlic  State 
Iowa  was  formed  .■  *  He  was  one' of  the  Aw  persons  who  cfitabliKhed  the  Stw 
known  a«  "The  Antiqnanan  and  Hi(*torical  Society  nf  lULnoiB.*'  It  was  organ 
at  Vandalia,  the  seat  of  Eovernment,  in  l>eeemt)cr,  1827.  ifamcs  Hall,  the  well  kn 
©cholar  and  writer,  U'tter  known,  perhaps,  a*  Judgti  Ihill,  was  elected  a**  their 
Presiilcnt.  Mr.  Revnolds  was  one  of  their  C'Orreftponding  Committee.  The  Uli 
Intelligencer  of  Feh.  14,  1R29,  c^mtaina  the  proceedings  of  the  Society,  vfit 
recommendatory  notice  of  the  Institution.  A  number  oT  books  were  collected 
a  Lihniry,  fnit  the  Society  existed  only  a  few  ymrs. 

Mr.  Reynolda  was  elected  a  KepreBentative  to  Congress  in  1834.     He  left 
villc  alwiit  the  middle  of  Novejnl»er,  and  passed  over  the  country  by  land  to 
Title.     He  fell  in  with  two  memVM?rs  of  Gjngress,  one  of  whom,  the  Hon.  I>aij 
Crtx*kett,  of  Tennessee,  travelliHl  with  them  a«  fiir  as  Wheeling,  where  hesepiml 
as  he  Wfis  on  his  way  to  Philadelphia,  to  arrange  abmt  the  bo^^k,  that  he  had  ti 
ten,  giviag  a  fiketeb  of  his  Life  and  Timea.     On  the  first  Monday  of  December,  H 
Mr.  Reyiii  fidri  wa*<  sworn  in  as  a  member  of  Congrt  ss,  and  t<Mik  hia  seat.     He 
placed,  by  the  Sj>eaker,  on  tlie  Cruainittee  *>f  Roads  and  Canals,  the  same 
by  bis  prcdwcflsor,  Hon.  Charles  Skde,  of  Carlyle,  Illinois,    ''  I  was  in  Con, 
he  says,  *'  seven  years,  and  exerted  during  that  time  every  energy  I  fx}aseesQd, 
mind  and  h<idy,  to  advance!  the  interests  of  the  people-^'     "*  I  was,  during 
Bi?fleions  of  Congrcpw — one  txing  a  eatle*!  sesaion,  in   18-10 — absent  fnttn   Con 
Bcareely  one  day,  cither  by  sickness  or  otherwise  ;  and  tlie  journals  will  nl»o 
that  1  very  rarely  mis*»e*l  giving  a  Tote  during  all  that  hmg  j>criod  of  senioe." 
was  tor  fknnc  time  Chainnan  of  the  Commit tei*  on  the  Public  Lands.     On  th^-^ 
ject  he  made  many  sjicei'hcs,  which  were  ]mblishe<l  ;   al<io  on  the  Bubjeci; 
establishoicnt  of  Marine  Hospitals  on  the  \A  estern  waters.     He  advt>eated  >r 
the  *'  National  Road  ;  *'  and  the  establishment  of  an  .\rmory  on  the  Western  waA 
was  another  favorite  measure  with  liini  in  Congress.     In  politif^  he  was  of  the  Oi 
era  tic  party.     Between  the  3tl  of  March,  18:i7,  and  the  3d  of  J I  arch,  18ri  ' 
a  hiatusof  two  yeai's,  in  which  he  was  not  a  meml>er.     He  could  not 
during  this  time.     Being  the  owner  of  a  larj^e  tract  of  land  on  the  Mis<^i^Mjijji  tnu 
sis  miles  from  St.  Louis,  which  contained  in  it  inexhaustible  quantities  of  bi turn inoui 
coal,  he  decided,  in  e<impany  with  a  few  others,  to  construct  a  milrmul  of  afioiit  bIx 
milcw  in  length  from  the  blulf  Ui  the  Mississippi,  f?o  as  to  convey  the  eotil  to  the 
market  J  at  bt,  Louis.    This  woa  the  tirtit  milroad  built  in  the  Miestesippi  Valk* 


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le  road  was  in  operation  in  1837,  but  was  not  a  Buco^ssfol  one.  They  sold  out  for 
'ent>  thousand  uoUars  lej«e  than  the  c<i6t  of  the  property,  ilia  owq  lose,  by  the 
terpriiie,  a*  he  says,  was  "  iiftct'n  i>r  eighte«'n  thoiimnd  duUam,  This  amount  was 
-fi  comudered  o^  much  ns  tljirty  thousand  iit  this  day  "  [1855].  **  It  well  nigh 
ike  iiu  all,"  The  General  Aeeeinbly  orillinoie  of  1838  and  1839,  authorized  Goy- 
Dor  Carl  in  to  make  a  loan  of  four  luiiliuns  of  dollarn  to  jiroticcut^  the  work  on  tbe 
kmU.  BIi-Govemor  Revnolda  and  Hun.  Kicbard  M*  Yt>ung  were  apj^Mvintiid  Com- 
j^iuners  t*j  negotiate  tfie  loan.  They  obtained  »jme  fiiiidw  fur  it  in  Phihidelphm 
id  London,  bat  the  ia^t  pource  wa^  6*jun  eihaueted,  and  the  work  was  suspended, 
'e  had  previouely  married  a  lady  with  whom  be  beeame  acquainttKl  in  the  T>i8tri(it 
■Columbia,  and  with  hirt  vvife  6Jet  sail  from  New*  Yurk  on  the  lllth  of  May,  1839^  in 
Mjitcamer  Liverpool t  tur  Li verpo^ 4,  where  he  amved  in  fifteen  dayB*  Ho  vidited 
^ondon.  Oxford,  and  other  plaeeis  in  £ni^land,  Pari^,  BroeselM,  and  Antwerp,  and 
plamea  to  New  York  in  September  yf  the  same  year,  having  made  a  quick  pauua^ 
,  the  titoamer  **  Great  Western.'* 

tn  1846^  be  wad  elected  a  member  to  the  General  AsBembly  of  the  State,  and  was 
itrumental  in  ubtainin^  a  charter  for  a  macadamized  road  about  fourteen  miles  in 
igth,  from  the  city  of  Belleville  to  the  MihHis»ip|>i  river,  opposite  to  St.  Louis, 
ri.^  This  wa*  the  ir«t  macadamised  road  made  in  tbe  State.  It  gave  tbe  city 
ieville  its  first  advance  towards  pruaperity*  *'  After  the  cku*c  of  thia  Le^iala- 
he  aajs,  **  I  turntjd  my  time  and  atLcntit.>n  more  to  the  calm  and  quiet  ui  life. 
^fieooune  to  my  library  uf  almt>et  one  tbou^ind  volumes  of  chuice  eele^'tions,  and 
the  etody  of  science  and  literature.  I  practised  law  in  [*ome  f>eeuliar  eases 
lement  and  recreation  ;  but  devoted  my  att4.'ntion  mainly  to  my  books. 
an  ample  field  in  literature  for  all  my  energy  and  labt>r  to  exert  them- 
at  the  eamo  time,  thc«c  pun^uitA  produtxid  Uut  only  an  occupation  fur  me, 
muc^h  happiness.  I  soon  dim^jvere^l  that  the  bu«tle  and  turmoiht  of  a  poli- 
t  prr^duoe  happinefes.  lu  tbif<  condition  of  Ufe»  uf  adriT  idleness.  I 
r  Hietoi^  ot  Illinois.  I  publij^bt^i  fiftt^n  hundred  copies,  and  I 
\  er>'  reading  perwun  in  tbe  State  hat*  given  it  a  porusal.  The  next 
1,  was  a  pamjdilet,  known  as  **  Jubn  Kelly/'  This  work  was  in- 
>/  morality  and  virtue  on  the  community,  and  tuluratiun  and  Jiberality 
taoQ^t  the  various  religious  sects.  It  did  not  succeed  as  well  as  I  think  its  merits 
«Qtitli^  it,  or  as  well  as  Itxpntemplated  it  would  when  I  wrote  it.  I  travelle^i  in  the 
ikUuf  \^<53,  for  information,  to  tbecitieeof  New  York,  PbiJaddphia  and  Baltimore,  by 
Ibe  Fi%ll»  of  Nia^ra.  and  returned  by  the  Ohio  river,  I  publisbe<i  sketchee  of  the 
^JlUlljf  over  which  1  travelled,  and  *'  a  glauoe  ''  at  the  Crystal  Palace,  in  the  City 
York.  This  work  n^ceives^  to  some  extent,  the  ap[)robiiti(m  of  the  public, 
kina  oonfliderable  statistical  information.  1  am  cluf^iui?  my  last  work,  called 
It  Totzs*  embracing  also  the  history  of  my  life.  I  lulHire<i  on  it  incessantly  for 
y  in  writing  it  ana  preparing  it  for  the  press.  The  improvement  of  tbe  coun- 
rSt.  Clair,  and  particular ly  the  rai In jadfl  to  the  city  of  Belleville,  induced  the 
pk^»le  to  propose  me  a^in  for  the  LegiHlaturc  in  IS52.  I  was  elected,  and  when  I 
meand  at  the  seat  ofgovernment,  I  was  taken  up  as  tbe  Speaker  of  the  House  of 
pBpPiBSotatifBB."  '*  I  was  elected  by  acclamation  to  that  very  responsible  and 
BbodioiiJi  office.'*  *^  The  House  was  extremely  friendly  to  mc,  and  not  a  sin^^e 
i|ipeal  wa»  taken  from  my  decisiija"^.  A  great  amount  of  important  business  was 
InoBCtcd  this  session,  and  all  carried  through  in  forty-two  days.^'  **  In  the  called 
wnoQ  of  this  e&me  General  Assembly  in  1834,  much  business  was  transacted." 

I  The  Tolume  entitle*!  ^*  My  Own  Times,"  was  printed  at  Bel  lev  i  He » Illinois,  in  1855, 
tw>.  pf>.  000,  with  a  Lithograph  |x)rtrait  of  Uovem or  Reynolds. 
SSbu 


PROCEEDINOS. 


B^fffHf,  Wednesday  1  September  A. — A  montldy  meeting  was  held  this  afternoon, 
'    at  the  Society's  rooms,  No*  17  IJromfielu  street,  Kev.  Washington 

air. 
,  .^pard,  the  librariati,  reported  the  donations  since  the  last  meeting. 
Err.  £dmund  F.  Slafter,  tbe  corresponding  secretary,  reported  letters  accepting 
BOahcfahip  fmm  8.  Whitney  Phcenix^  of  New  York  city,  as  correspond ing,  an3 
Dlrlai  D.  ramnm,  of  Woonsocket,  R.  L,  and  WLliiam  8.  Gardner,  of  Lowell,  tm 
i^itdent. 

illiam  B.  Trask,  the  histofiographer,  read  biographical  sketches  of  Rev.  Wil 
^   Purter.  Uoo.  Ebt-nezer  Lane,  Hon.  John  A.  King  and  Wilkins  Updike,  all 
'  members,  who  have  lately  died. 


98 


E.  Historic*  Genailogical  Sociefy* 


[January 


The  Bi>ard  of  Directors  nominnted  three  candidatce  for  resident  memberBhipf  whJ 
were  baUoU.>d  for  iind  ekv-'ted.  t 

Mr.  Tra&k  cxhiliitiHl  the  nri^nal  jounml  kept  by  RcY.  Richard  Mather  durmg  hffl 
Toytige  to  New  England  ^  which  wb«  publishvcl  a  few  years  eince  by  the  Dorchu"^ 
Antiquarian  and  llistorical  Suciety. 

Rev  Jamefl  TImrstuii  reivd  a  paper  On  ike  Condition  qfthe  South  since  the  War. 

Mr.  Thunston  gnvn  hh  own  experieiiL'c,  and  the  nhservatione  made  by  bira  dufind 
seven  aionibg  of  i8€»5  and  6,  gpent  in  Virginia  and  North  and  &)ath  rart->liiia.  Ill] 
Went  under  tlie  special  au^piceB  of  the  Sildier*B  Meraoriiil  St>t*iety,  and  bad  for  hii 
oJyect  to  study  the  condition  and  want*  of  the  iNiiitli^  nnd  to  brini^  Nttrtliern  philaii| 
thropy  to  relieve  suffering,  initiate  free  «c'hoola,  and  oa-operate  in  any  work 
benevolence  and  recooetruction. 

He  i^ve,  first,  the  imprt*«Biona  made  on  the  mind  of  the  oheerver  who  visited  tho 
regions  iuimediately  after  the  war.    There  was  manifest,  everywhere,  a  general  C* 
orgnnimtion  of  the  countr>%  btttb  in  it»  material  and  its  Bt>cial  and  monil  relatio 
Secondly,  the  great  destitution  of  numerous  elasR-s  called  li>r  prompt  relief,  whi| 
waa  affirde^l  Jiartly  by  government,  and jjartly  l>y  the  etfortH  of  private  !>enevole 
of  the  North.    Thirdly,  in  the  »us[vcnsion  of  alijiost  all  industrial  punsnita,  th 
was  ne*jd  of  efforts  to  organize  the  industry  of  the  c^^mmunity,  and  furnish  eaiplj 
jucnt  and  the  means  of  fivelihoixl  to  the  needy.     FourtlUy,  the  churches  l>elongf 
to  the  white jK»pulation  were  shut  to  all  Northern  ministers,  liut  tliose  of  the  fre 
men,  who  ofiered  their  e^jnlial  wdcome,  were  open  to  them.    Fifthly,  the  mure  esp**! 
cial  object  of  Mr.  Thu^s^1n  having  been  the  prouiotion  of  the  eausc  of  edu      i  " 
and  his  attention  having  been  Bpeeinlly  given  to  the  wmts  of  the  white  1x4 
in  this  regjird,  he  gave  an  aeeount  of  the  establishment  of  the   free  schools  Ji, 
mington,  N.  u.,  and  in  Kiehmond,   Va,,  showing  their  su<*c4*8.    He  t^pokt .  ;ii", 
of  the  f'roedmcn  8  schools,  and  the  enthusiasm  among  the  bkeks  in  their  In  nail. 
Lastly,  he  alluded  to  the  different  classes  of  persons,  as  distinguished  by  their  seuti- 
ment^  in  reference  to  the  j^wernment.    There  were  the  rtMs^  who  stilf  retaine^l  the 
animf^sity  brought  down  Irum  the  war,  and  who  were  disjxised  to  interpoec  all  p^jBfl* 
bio  obstacles  to  reconstruction  on  anyjjust  and  libeml  bisis.     Tlien  there  were  the 
union  whites,  who  hii^d  tsuffered  in  ahuost  every  conceivable  way,  but  who  were  etill 
lit  he&rt  loyal.     Of  the  tVeedmen,  there  WJie  but  one  clam,  and  these  ulways  l^yd 
and  true  in  tht4r  iuHtinctivc  attachment  to  the  cause  of  freedom,  and  rising  with  aa 
almoet  miracukms  Iwund  to  an  advanced  condition  of  civil i/jition  and  culture. 

Looking  to  the  future,  the  treonstruction  which  is  effectual  and  hi'nefieial  alike 
to  all  parts  of  the  nation,  must  de^x^nd  on  the  cjirrying  out  of  free-suffrage  amonf 
all  the  loyal  population,  the  establishment  of  free  &cb(X>ls,  the  *»stablishment  ofi 
loyal  and  tree  prc^s,  aiid  the  improvement  of  the  tone  of  the  pulpit, 

October  ^2. — A  quarterly  meeting  was  held  this  afternoon »  William  B.  Towne  ift 
the  chair. 

The  librarian  reported  the  donations  since  the  last  meeting,  namely ,  6  Tolomcfi 
16p  pamphlets  and  a  number  of  manoscrijitH  and  newepnpers. 

The  corresponding  secretory  reportetl  letters  of  ak^cepUinee  from  Thomas  H.  Dun- 
batn,  Jr.,  of  fc^juth  Sjsfcf>n,  Charles  A.  Jones,  of  lioxbury,  ond  Oliver  H.  Perry,  of 
Newport,  R.  L,  as  resident  members. 

The  Directc^rs  nominated  tour  candidatt^  for  resident  memberehip,  and  one  for 
corresponding  meml>ership,  who  were  balloted  for  and  elected. 

Freooric  Ividder  read  an  original  lett4.*r  ol  Edward  VVlnslow  to  John  Winthropj 
written  in  the  year  164-1 ;  also  a  letter  from  the  Cbmmiasioners  of  Charles  II. 

Boston,  Thursdai/.  iVorCTwAer  I.-- A  special  meeting  was  held  this  day,  at 
for  the  purpose  of  taking  appropriate  notice  of  the  decease  of  Hon.  John  A.  Am 
late  president  of  the  eijeiety,    lion,  tteorge  B.  Upton,  vice-preeident  of  the  ao 
oci^ypit^d  (be  chair,  and  on  calling  tho  meeting  to  order  aadressed  the  members 
follows  : — 

Gentlemen  .—It  needs  no  words  of  mine  to  convey  to  your  bcarta  the  mdiinc 
duty  for  which  w^e  are  called  together. 

Our  president,  John  Albion  Andrew,  by  the  inscru table  ordering  of  Divine  Pro- 
yidunce.  has  hven  called  home  to  his  rf?8t,  leaving  as  his  mourners  almoat  every  p^r^ 
eon  witliin  the  range  of  our  common  country  who  has  an  appreciation  of  a  geDeroiuP 
and  (mlargetl  patriot i«<ni.  In  him  was  a  love  of  liberty  for  itself,  and  founded  upoa 
a  faith  which  nothing  human  could  shake  :  a  simplicity  of  chara<*t4,T  which  madtf 
him  the  delight  and  endeare*!  him  to  a  nnmerrous  circle  of  friends ;  and  as  a  hum  cT 
all,  a  irm  belief  in  qui  moat  holy  religion  from  which  ail  good  puipoiOBptooeed. 


pll868.] 


N*  E.  HutGric'Genmlogical  Society, 


Uq  h  inkcn  away  at  a  moment  when  the  State  and  the  country  were  Ixikmg  for- 
urd  to  the  time  when  they  ehuuld  ht?  able  to  mtike  him  Bome  return  far  the  hcnlth 
1  the  Btrength  expended  in  their  behalf  in  aiding  the  perpetuity  of  our  glorioua 
Jnioo. 

He  is  taken  fnam  our  nociety  when  his  name  and  hie  talents  were  given  to  the 

nuse  for  whieh  we  all  feel  so  deep  and  enduring  an  interest. 

It  i«  not  for  me  at  tljis  time  to  attt*mpt  to  pass  any  eulogy  upon  Bueh  a  chnraeteri 

iWc  are  called  together  Ut  eomronne  and  take  counsel  aa  to  the  eouim*  wc  ehwll  udupt 

ilii  rc^ni  to  hie  loee^  and  to  tendor  to  his  fajnily  in  thii<  the  hour  of  their  great 

*  ieR!A?cmciit  OUT  most  heanftlt  nyuipathie^. 

Dr.  Winalow  Lewi«^  after  expfewuig  hiti  regret  that  he  was  not  phyRieally  able 

tin  eonvey  hie  spnee  of  the  lo^  i?ustaintHl  by  the  society  and  the  community,  offered 

lie  followinaj  resolutions  for  adop>tion  : — 

/?rJc//et'«/,  That  in  the  luBfl  of  our  honored  and  beloved  president,  the  Hon.  John 

I'A,  Andrew,  our  eocietv  haa  been  deprived  of  one  wlni^e  lulxira  for  u»,  a*  well  ne  fur 

mmiiy  aeBeM_*iationg^  litenir> ,   l»enevolent  and  patriutit',   have  Bht?d  an  enduring 

lifro  on  bis  memory, 

'Rfsnlrfii^  Thiit  d^'ath  has  Btilh^l  a  heart  which  ever  Ix^t  warmly  for  the  bc^t 
f  his  fellow  man ;  hae  huBhe<l  an  eloquuni'e  whieh  stirred  the  deptlie  of 
.  I  oj^  audi torSi  and  which  was  ever  ready  to  Aut<tain  the  cauKe  ofJuMtiee, 
psiUk>MMU  and  truth, 

Resoirrti^  That  thiA  dty,  this  Cbmmon wealth,  thcee  United  States,  have  been 
mXM  to  part  from  one  whoee  eJtcellenck'e  and  grt^it  elmracteri»tic»  had  rendered 
Km  eminently  couBpieuouH  t4i  q!1,  and  whieh  would  have  elevated  him  to  the  gtill 
aore  exalted  etationi*  of  public  life. 

RitMolcfd^  That  while  rendering  this  tribute  ttj  his  memory  a»  a  public-spirited 
eJSil9f>,  wc  fondly  recall  bit^  private  virtues,  his  amenity  of  manner,  Km  kindnetus  to 
I  aUAis  warmth  of  feeling,  hu*  Christian  life,  his  genial  fcoe  which  Tivae  a  benediction. 
)  ketoivefi^  That  these  resolutions  be  transuiitt*^  to  the  family  of  our  late  president, 
)  irith  the  afisuranee  of  our  deep  sympathies  in  thiti  great  bereavement,  and  with  our 
j  pmyon  that  the  God  of  the  widow  and  of  the  fatherleHS  may  be  ever  with   and 

'  BiQO*  William  Whiting  addressed  the  socie^,  ^leaking  first  of  the  uprightneee, 
pmteional  honor  and  ability  of  the  deoeaaea,  ae  a  hrwycr,  Jle  Imd  also  known 
lim,  he  gaid,  in  other  relationB»  and  believeil  that  he  hud  k'ft  behind  him  no  purer 
o,  or  one  with  a  nobler  s<juL  He  knew  no  oian  who  Imd  entered  public  life  m 
1(10. Hie  dceeased,  and  who  had  reumined  in  it  so  few  years,  who*  had  nmdo  so 
m  Impreaidon.  He  hud  no  fe?ir  of  mt^n,  nnd  no  love  of  approljation,  M'hieh 
QRtld  iteter  him  fr»3m  throwing  hi»^  whole  soul  iiiU>  noble  work.  Of  his  conduct  ia 
the  beginning  of  the  late  war,  and  the  promptitude  and  energy  with  which  be  sent 
i^h  tr, ,  *r.-  t  »  the  defence  ol  the  national  capital,  there  was  but  one  ojiinion.  The 
Ocni '  society  would  feel  with  the  i^peaker  that  the  departed  had  Left  behind 

ym  !  name. 

Cbajlt>  \V.  Tut  tie,  E«*c].,  then  spoke  of  the  stntesmanehip,  executive  ability  and 
fcxsUilc  tiilcntu  di.MjflttveJ  by  the  Jec«uk*d,  and  of  hi«  remarkable  freedom  from  par- 
tian  hiao  in  his  ufBcial  intercourse. 

C'-ol.  A,  II.  Htivt  said,  in  Bubetance,  he  had  seen  much  of  Governor  Andrew  offi* 
riillv  '  '1  ^.  ...i.wi,  it  of  him  stvcially,  since  the  sunnuer  of  lf^(>l.  U«  was  fitruck  with 
tk'  jjent  comprehension  with  which  Mr.  Aniliew  grafifaed  the  diffi- 

ttil;  imc  before  him  for  official  action,  and  with  his  exceeding  kind- 

teK  ijd  manner.    He  had  never  seen  in  him  the  t^lightest  trace  of  that 

lai '  r^i  often  characterizes  the  Ixiirinjr  of  men  in  omcial  pobitions.     He 

fctii  he  was  of  the  p<.'ople,  and  acting  for  the  p<.K>plCj  and  that  it  was 

Ik  '  m  clieerfully,  to  the  utmoet  of  nj*<  ability.     He  overflownl  w^ith 

to(Jt-ii«-~  -ff-k  and  woundt'd  soldiers.     When  he  (Colonel  Hoyt)  was 

onoeipciik  lie  great  number  of  legless  and  armless  men,   discharged 

kma  too  u        ,  rnor  earnestly  said,  as  hm  eye  moistened,   ^*  Whenever  you 

iw  ftttch  a  man,  do  him  all  the  good  you  can.     He  is  my  child  ;  be  h  the  child  of 
tie  State  of  Mnasachusetts/'    There  would  be  mourning  for  him  in  all  families 
» heroic  sons  had  sufferetl  di^»ase,  woimdti  or  imprisonment,   for  they  would 
lifreih  with  what  jjarcntal  care  he  i^-atched  over  them  in  the  field  ami  in  the 
)lttl 

ne  cltae  of  his  executive  term  \vm  markcil  by  a  deep  desire  to  promote  good  feci- 
al hetweeQ  the  North  and  the  ^uth  ;  and  he  said,  **  1  go  out  of  ofiBce  without  a 


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particle  of  bittcmees  towardfl  anj'  man,  and  I  feel  that  I  can  extend  the  Imnd  of  fel' 
luwBhip  tit  every  man  North  or  fci>iith,  who  is  willing  lieneeforth  to  do  hi«  dutj'*" 

On  motiun  ol  Kev,  C,  D.  Bradlee,  the  reoolutions  wexe  uDttnimouflly  adopted,  th< 
merabera  rking. 

It  WM  voted,  on  motion  of  Mr,  John  H.  Sheppard,  that  a  committee  of  6ve  !>e  a;^ 
pointed  ta  make  nrran^iementfi  with  A^i titan t-tienernl  Cunningham  fiir  attendinfl 
the  fuueral.     Tlie  uhair  appointixl  ati  the  eummittt^c  Col.  Ahnon  D.  Hotlgcs,  Frederi^ 
Eiiider,  liiHi.  William  WhUing,  J,  W.  Candler,  and  Edward  S,  RAnd.jr, 

On  motion  of  Hev,  E<imimd  F.  Slafter^  it  was  voted  that  a  committee  be  raiJ 
to  make  arrangements  for  a  eiilogv'  of  the  charaeter  of  the  deceased.     Uon»  Oeorj 
B*  Upttm,  Rev.  Mr.  Slafter,  Dr.  Wi nslow  Lewie,  WiUiam  B.  Towne,  Colonel  A, 
Hoyt,  aod  Hon.  Marshall  P.  Wilder  were  apjn anted  a*  the  committee. 

November  6» — A  stated  meeting  waa  held  this  afbt^rncN^n,  Winalow  Lewis,  M. 
in  the  chair. 

The  librojian  reported  16  volmnos  and  27  pamphlete,  ae  donationB  daring  the 
month. 

The  correeponding  secretary  reported  letters  of  aocseptance  from  William  W 
man,  of  Cambridge,  and  llayden  Brown,  of  Wei?t  Newburv.  m  n«ident  members. 

The  historiographer  read  biographieal  sketches  of  El  wha  Copeland  and  Hei 
Bice,  Kith  of  B*i6ton  and  reeident  members  of  the  society,  decca*ecl. 

Samuel  Burnham  read  portiona  of  a  Journal  kept  during  the  Revolution, 
Mi\jor  John  Burnham.  H©  also  gave  8<jme  reminiseenoee  of  the  late  Hon,  John 
Andrew. 

IrV  ill  ill  m  Reed  Denne  read  a  brief  jiaper  by  William  Henry  Whitmore  on 
Latest  Phase  of  the  Im/raham  Proprrti/  />f/i/.tion. 

Mr.  Sheo|>ardj  the  libmriim  of  the  8o<nety,  fijllowe<l  with  Pom©  reraarks  upon 
great  numix-r  of  fwrsonfl  ol  varione  nnnieg  who  visit  the  r^iM^rag,  in  search  of  proof  I 
their  ancestry,  in  the  hope  of  obtaining  lar^e  estates  in  England,  of  wiiich  t' 
fajiey  tbenieielves  to  l>e  the  heirs.  S<hiip  are  the  ea^y  d opt*  of  designing  men, 
eome  of  mere  newspaper  runiors,  whirh  from  time  to  time  appear,  of  fabu 
estates  in  the  mother  country  to  which  persons  uf  certain  oamefl,  oommon  or 
common,  are  entitled. 


BOOK  NOTICES, 

A  History  of  the  Cihj  of  Brooklyn ,  indnding  the  old  Town  and  Vilh 
of  Brooklyn f  the  Town  of  Buskwick  and    VHlage  and   City  of 
liamsburg.      By  IIbnrt   R.    Stiles.      In   two    volumes.      Vol. 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.     Piiblislicd  by  Subacription.    1867.     pp.  464. 

Wc  have  read  with  great  satisfaetion  this  first  instahnent  of  the  History 
Brooklyn.    Should  the  work  Ixs  completed  after  the  manner  of  this  beginning, 
will  l>e  all  that  tboee  for  whom  it  is  written  ej\n  desire.     If  the  denizens  oft 
*'  third  City  of  the  American  Cnion  ''  are  not  more  interested  in  its  pcrusaJ, 
in  the  hist  romance  that  has  appcaired,  wo  shttll  have  overrated   both   their 
flem^e  and  their  good  taste.      But  this  volume  emlmlmH  facts  of  history,  whiob 
a  range  of  interest  and  influence  far  heyond  the  dwellers  on  the  soil.     Wc  have 
the  space  for  an  analysh)  of  the  volume,  or  any  citended  remarks  upon  any  part 

itf  but  W6  commend  the  first  chapter  as  containing  a  clear  and  succinct  aceoiii 

of  the  early  eettleoacnt  of  the  Dutch  in  this  country,  of  which  no  American  should  be 
Ijjrnorant.    The  civil,  eeclesiastical  and  domestic  histor^'^  in  the  following  chapiters  if 
exeee<linglv  instructive  and  stiggestive.    The  meaning  of  the  local  namee  winch  faj 
upon  our  £iiglish  cars  so  oddly,  the  origin  and  formalmn  of  the  Dutch  surnames,  \ 
old  preiiehciu  from  Holland,  and  their  tuneral  ceremonies,  furnish  themc«  bi>th  edifl, 
inland  amusing.     Bull  baiting  as  a  weekly  eniertainment  *'  pro  l)ono  puhliLXj,"  ] 
**  church  proposed  to  Im  ercctca  by  lottery/^  negroes  sold  '*  at  outcry  to  the  highe^ 
bidder,'*  the  runawny  elavc  **  branded  on  the  breast  with  three  letters,"  ore,  wo  i 
happy  to  say,  instituliuns  of  the  past,  and  remind  us  that  the  inaniieFS  and  ] 
of  a  community  sometimes  change  lor  the  better. 


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The  auUi'3r'fl  description  of  the  battle  of  Br<xiM>Tj,  with  the  aceompnnving  ronps, 

Is  exct^dlnsly  lucid »  and  this  alone  is  worth  the  price  of  the  vohime.     We  do  not, 

^oweTcr,  altogether  aajee  with  the  author,  in  his  wholesale  denuncintion  of  General 

Puttmiii,  and  espfciulK'  in  placing  the  blame  for  the  failure  of  the  battle  wholly  upon 

liiin.     Wo  have  never  thought  that  CJcneral  Pntnani  was  a  military'  commniider  of 

t  g«niu«.     But  we  do  not  believe  that  the  "  deplorable  reeult*^  '*  of  that  Mttle 

I  be  **^jngtly  "  attributed  to  bi«  **  tnilitai-y  incapaeity  '-  ns  exhibited  on  that  day. 

Our  author  eay»  that  Putnam  took  command  on  the  25th  of  Au^et.    The  battle 

"  p1:4- ..  .>ti  tfie  27th.     Waehinjrton  viiiited  tlie  linee  on  the  2^ith,  and  found  thinga 

t  '*  i<  disorder  J M'rceptil>Ie  in  every  departuient."    The  anny»  compti^ed 

ltn^\  !  .  without  dJFciplitie  or  experiemi,  wa«  little  better  than  a  mob.   i5ure- 

Pulnam  wa«  not  respon8jhle  for  all  this*    Yet  this  condition  of  things 

I  euiju^h  to  have  determined  the  fate  of  any  battle.    No  commander  can 

plinc)  an  army  and  bring  order  out  of  confuBion   in   the  epaee  of  a  ilayt  and 

^  \Ujo  in  the  face  of  ain  enemy  vastly  superior  in  numl>erH,   et|uipment  and  disci- 

^  ^lilnc,  and  alrtmdy  moving  upon  hia  works,     A  great  advanttige  was  undoubtedly 

j  giTtfi  to  the  enemy  by  the  unguarded  condition  of  che  Jamiiica  Vam^  by  reason  of 

^  which  our  forces  were  out-flasilced,  and  cut  to  pic«x^**     But  wc  find  nr>  evidence  that 

lllui  paA  bad  been  guarded  by  either  of  the  di^tiii^iiflhed  offieerfi  who  had  Buccecd- 

(id  Putnam  in  command.     We  do  not  believe  that  noiihini^in  or  Putnnm  imagined 

at  t"  would  avail  himw^If  of  this  ttn|x>rtunity  to  out-flank  them*     Why 

ev  .r  do  not  know.   They  had  carehilly  guareled  the  otlier  two  jmeeeB^  and 

■ifeitijtrui  tijcm  had  believed  that  they  were  equally  expij&ed  by  this,  it  wrtainly 

woald  have  been  placed  in  a  pnjper  state  of  defence.      But  had  this  Ix^eu  done, 

the  catastrophe  would  only  have  teen  delaved.     An  army  of  15^000  British  soldiers, 

thoft)ughly  dlfiA^plioed  and  equipped  ^  and  led  by  able  and  eipenenced  officers,  could 

nwt  tare  U^n  h>ng  resisted  by  tne  small  detachment  which  might  have  been  spared 

ta  g:uard  tbe^  patMw*,  and  must  stKm  bnve  forced  its  way  to  our  interior  lines,  where 

Ilia  English  army  did  in  faet  sit  d^iwn  after  the  battle  on  the  27tb  of  August.     Had 

Hit Vamatca  Pass  been  properly  guard e^l,  and  the  skirmishing  of  our  detaehments 

htt  iBore  skilfuilv  mana^itl,  the  progrc«8  of  the  invader  mii^lit  have  been  dekyed, 

bot  the  i^eue  would  have  nt^n  the  8am e.     No  military  skill  in  the  commander  of  our 

tnay,  fiucb  as  it  wae  in  discipline,  numbers  and  equipment,  coald  have  changed  the 

fcmln^ult.    Retreat  or  annihilation  wsis  all  that  was  loft  to  us.    And  had  retreat 

i  hem  d»x*ide<i  uixjn^  when  the  lancling  of  the  British  army  in  force  on  Long  Island 

I  VM  first  announced,  it  would  have  S-en,  in  our  judgment,  an  act  of  militaiy^  wi^ 

'*""      And  we  may  add,  that  inasmuch  as  Waaain<rton  was  at  the  head  quartera 


d>m. 


^  i«  Bnrioklvn  on  the  24th,  perhaps  on  the  25th,  certjiuily  all  day  on  the2Gth,  and  like- 
I  tfte  27tti,  the  dav  of  the  battle,  he  certainly  must  have  shared  in  tii©  resiK^n- 
T  we  do  not  tbink  it  reasonable  under  the  circumstancee  to  charge  it  all 
al  Putnam,  nor  do  we  believe  that  a  careful  study  of  all  the  facts  will 
ioitiin  any  such  verdict. 

We  Gummend  also  to  the  reader's  attention  the  autbor*g  account  of  the  British 
Priftjo-flbipSy  as  full  of  thrilling  intereflt*  The  illastrations  of  the  votuine  arc  numer- 
QU  add  nttractive.  s.  f.  s, 

Tfie  Invasion  of  Canada  in  ITtS  ;  induding  the  Journal  of  Gapiain 
Simeon  Thay^,  describing  the  Perils  and  Sufferings  of  the  Amiy  under 
Cohnel  Benedict  Arnold,  in  it^  march  througfi  the  wilderness  lo  Que- 
bee.  Wiih  Notes  and  Appendix.  By  Ewwin  Martik  Stone.  Provi- 
dence :  Koowles,  Anthony  &  Co.,  Printers.  1867.  Large  8vo. 
pp,  138. 

In  his  youth  be  was 
Rhodt*  Island  trtx>pH  in 
rbwnr;  in  1757,  served  in  the  Maesaohnsetts  line,  under  Col,  Frv.  and 
lie  Ranger;  in  August,   1757,  was  taken  prisoner  in   Fort  William 
,  1775,  was  apt>ointi:Nl  Captain  by  the  General  Assembly  of  Khiide 
20tb  of  St»ptem^)er,  was  ehown  to  aeeomi)anv  Arnold  t^>  Canada, 
t  Queliec,  and  as  Buch  kept  for  nine  months  in  Ajw?  cu^t^jdy,  and  a 
II   in  a  pristtn-fihip  ;  in  S<'|it.,  1776,  returned  id  Providence  ;   was  es* 
^l^l^i  July    1,  1777;    in   the  pneciMlinif  P'ehraary   was  appointed  Mmor ;  soon 
«W joined  tne  army;  was  pnjminent  in  the  tight  at  Red  Bank  and  the  brilliant  vi<>- 
,  ^  tbcf©^  and  in  the  subsoqucni  heroic  defence  of  Fort  Millin.      lie  was  in  the 


SiiDfon  Thayer  waa  bom  in  Mendon,  Mass.,  April  30,  17:^7. 
Bpficed  in  Providenc**,  R.  I,  ;  in  1756,  terved  with  the  Rl 


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bfiltJe  oF  Monmmitb  m  1778 ;  in  1779,  was  fiiipcriiiten<ling  enligtmente:  in  1760j| 
waa  ID  CtfL  Ani^dlV  reg^iment  in  Now  Jersey.  Jjinuary  1,  1781,  he  retired  from 
the  eervico,  and  died  at  his  home  in  Cimibc^rknd,  R.  I,*  Oct.  It,  1800,  uniTersaUj 
respected,  Ue  was  mrticulnrly  hunored  by  WmshmjjUm  and  I^fayctte  for  his  bn 
ven*_and  ability,  ana  wae  pennanently  wounde*!  while  in  th«i  *»ervi*)o. 

We  havL'  tbiits  stated  the  career  of  C»pt.  TJiityer,  that  the  reader  may  toe  tb&l| 
the  journal  of  no  ordinary  man  is  biTu  pre^mtt'd  to  tie. 

The  Journal  N'cjini*  with  the  mareb  of  the  trt^^ipi*  from  Cambridge,  Sept*  13j  1775,1 
fijid  endt*  with  bi(<  landing  at  Elizabethttjwn,  N.  J.,  Sept.  20.  1776,  a  paroled  priamerj 

This  Journal,  now  first  pabliebetl,  is  another  valuame  atldition  to  the  hjsrtory  o^ 
that  Ul-fate<l  expedition,  and  is  evidently  the  w^l^kof  an  iutcltig^ent,  Bag7icii>uH  am' 
intri'pid  &i  tidier.    It  i^upplH*  factn  and  date*  that  do  not  apjTH-ar  in  all  of  the  otbc 
jourimk  writti'n  by  uffiverH  and  men  entja^wi  in  the  expcaitioDj  but  confirms  thci] 
statement*  in  all  eetsential  particulars.  It  isa  fresh^  deeply  interesting,  and  (*t>metii] 
thrilling  testimony  to  the  extraordinary  courage  and  fortitude  that  enabled  the 
heroic  men  to  endure  fiueh  euilerin^,  nit*et  buciT dangers,  and  Ijcar  up  under  revej 
Biich  tt«  did  not  foil  to  the  lot  oC  the  anny,  nor  any  part  of  it,  afterwanli*. 

The  volume  is  beautifuOy  printed,  and  illastrated  with  excellent  ptetd  cnitravir 
and  a  map.    The  Journal  m  printed  ag  it  atauds  in  the  original ;  an  example 
cannot  be  too  warmly  (xuumi-nded. 

The  introduction,  m  whicli  the  learnt^  edihir  statee,  with  remarkable  (xmciB 
the  known  hist^iry  of  this  expedition,  with  a  nearer  apnroaeh  to  aecura€y  than  can  I 
found  elsewbere^  aa  we  think,  \&  an  ex<3eedinglv  valuable  contribution  Uj  llietoij 
In  addition  t<>  this,  he  gives  a  full  and  originiil  bibliography  of  the  journjils  and  hn 
toriee  relating  to  the  eipt*dition,  Rome  of  which  have  never  lieen  printed.     Bf*idi 
this,  he  has  mrnished  notes  explaining  and  illafitratlng  the  text,  biogmjihical  1 1     ' 
of  all  the  prominent  offioerSj  and  of  many  of  the  men,  toIIb  of  some  companies, 
tics,  correspondence  relating  to  the  event**  narrated,  and  other  interesting  ii..».v.E 
which  has  not  Ix^fore  Ijeen  published  ;  and  all  of  which  is  evidence  of  hia  care,  difi- 
Ciimination  and  lalx^r. 

We  heartily  e4jmmf*nd  this  work,  in  all  respeetfl,  to  the  antitiuary,  and  the  histo- 
rical Btudeut,  whose  library  will  be  far  from  complete  without  it. 

Balem  Wtlchcrqft ;  with  an  Account  of  Salem  Village,  and  a  History  of 

the  Opinions  on  Witchcraft  and  kindred  Subjects.     By  Charles  VV. 

Uphaic.      Boston:      Wigg^in    &    Lunt.    1867.     Two  volumes,  Post 

Svo,     Vol,  1.,  pp.  xl.  and  469  ;    Vol.  11. ,  pp.  553. 

While  the  author  of  the  present  work  was  junior  pastor  of  the  First  Charch  m 
Salem,  he  delivered  before  the  Salem  Lyceum,  two  lectures  on  the  same  subjeet, 
which  were  rejMsited  in  other  ti>wiiB,  These  lectures  were  puMisheil,  with  additions, 
in  1831,  In  an  ISmo.  volume  of  380  pa^es,  under  the  title  of  Lectures  on  Witrtteraji^ 
comprising  fi  HtMory  of  the  Delusion  m  Salrm  tn  HlthJ.  The  book  wa*i  well  re<'eived 
by  the  puolic,  and  has  lon^  been  out  of  print,  though  repriiitetl  one  or  more  timi 

After  an  inttTval  of  thirty -six  yeara,  about  the  average  life  of  our  people, 
author  again  ajmears  before  the  public  -^nd  instructs  a  new  genemtion  touching 
of  the  mi>st  thrilling  episodes  in  the  history  of  New  England.     During  thie  peri 
antiiiuaries  have  been  busy  in  bringing  to  light  d«>comeuts  and  facts  Bearing  u 
every  portion  of  our  history.     For  tlie  latter  half  of  it,  antii|uarian  retieareh 
been  pureued  among  us  Xaj  an  extent  rarely  if  ever  equalled,  and  with  remar 
leal  and  earnestness.    The  Salem  Witebcnift  has  not  been  overlooketl  in  these 
searches-     Among  the  works  lately  publi«ht<l  ou  this  suhieet  may   be  mentioned 

>!r.  Drake'a  etlitfon  of  the  hooks  by  Mather  and  Uilef.  auiJ  Mr.  Woodward^s  vol 

of  Court  Records. 

The  present  work,  we  are  informed,  was  undertaken  at  the  urgent  solicitatioii 
Mr.  Wigtjin,  one  oi  it*t  pu  I  ilia  here,  nearly  threes  years  ag^i.    Though  at  first  doul 
ing  whether  sufficient  interest  in  the  subject  existed  t-j  warrant  rewriting  his  work — 
ami  he  considered  it  neeeesary    to  rewrite  it  before  it  was  pu hi islietf  again — Dr. 
Upham  finally  conBented  to  prepare  the  wnrk.      He  entered  hwirtily   into  the 
undertaking  and  devoted  a  great  jiortion  of  bis  time  to  it.      The  work   i 
ahowH  on  every   pagts  that  he  has  made  hiniseif  master  of  nearlv,  if  not  nai 
everything  that    Ix^oa  upon    his   subject.      lie  haa  chosen   and   arranged      _ 
materials  so  as  Uy  enable  his  readers    to  obtain  a    correct    knowledge   of  the 
sad  events  in  Salem   V^illage,   to  trace  the  rise  and  progress  of  the  disBcnBlona 
there  that  culminated  so  fearfully,  and  to  form  a  fair  Judgment  of  the  actora  LhcreiD 


lumei 

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nd  their  motives.    Hiu  long  residence  in  ihe  town  where  the  tragedy  was  chieJly 
I  been  improved  to  make  himself  fnrailiar  with  bJI  its  localities  ;  and  lie 
»  been  wan^fully  succefisful  in  ideutifyiTig  the  ^ites  of  the  huildbgs  where  the 
entP  tnii0plred,  or  where  thoee  who  took  a  promiDeiit  part  in  them  resided.     A 
roag^  cs&mtoation  of  the  uDprmted  documeote  retatiu^  to  the«e  affiiire  must 
)  \mre  been  made.    He  acknawJed^  indebtedneea  for  a«8i«tance  in  hm  rosearchee 
jauanbcre  of  his  fiimily  and  other  friemi*. 

Jibe  work  is  divideti  ioto  tliree  parte.    Tlie  first  part  ^ivee  the  HistoTy  of  Salem 

"***Mpe  and  the  charaeter  of  its  inhabitants.    The  second  part  ^ives  o  brief  hifltory 

ruebct&il«  and  an  acconot  of  the  trouble«i  on  aetx>imt  of  it  in  New  Engliind. 

iioua  to  those  in  &«ex  county.     These  two  parts  conatitute  the  first  volume  of 

he  wjfk,  and  famish  the  information  neov*wary  to  prepare  the  reader  for,  and  ena- 

lUe  him  to  understand  the  history  of  tlie  i^ilem"  Witch  era  ft,  which  m  given,  in  chro- 

■"fclo^ical  order,  in  the  third  part,  which  takes  up  the  whole  of  the  second  volume, 

l)e  Dook  16  written  in  an  ele^nt  and  fascinntmg  style,  and  the  descriptions  are 

'  lie  ami  life-like. 

»  mechanical  execution  of  the  volume  m  of  the  first  order,  and  docfl  credit  to 
5*'' '-^''"^'^  Hiigtaining  their  reputation  as  well  as  that  of  the  printers,  Meissrs. 
StJUj  lor  producing  i'M'iiutifiil  books.    The  illustrations  arc  a   map 
,e  in  1692,  showing  nil  the  hoiise©  then  standing  ;  a  photographic  lae- 
Bile  uf  tiitMicath  warrant  of  Bridget  Bishop,  the  only  one  oi  those  death  warrants 
iftWD  to  be  in  existence  ;  views  of  several  houses  and  locationa ;  besides  fac-similet 
■^(jI  ant^jgraphs.     B+^ides  the  jKist  octavo  edition  ^  100  copies  were  printed  in  4  volumes 
B&all  ijuarto,  and  50  eopie*'  in  2  vol«.  royal  8vo. 

Pc! ' '  ^^^   '^hfindler,  who  is  familiar  with  buth  subjects^  having  given  their  history 

b  hi-  Tnah,  published  in  18'I4,  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago^  gives 

H*^  I       ^         fi  that  though  the  Salem  Witchcraft  '"^  was  a  bad  bueineHS,  '  it  wa« 

t  *^  luii  WK>  Uid  a»  the  New  York  negro  plot,  which  took  place  fifty  years  afterwards/* 

»  Tbf  article  fn.>m  which  we  quote  was  pnhlislied  lust  October  in  the  Boston  Daily 

irfivrfi^rr,  and  is  a  judicious  and  discriminating^  review  of  Or,   Upbam's  work. 

Mr,  Chandler  also  gives  his  reasons  for  thinking  the  Sulem  dt lusion  "not  m  bad  as 

ibe  nvcfit  pn)C4?e<iingK  in  Jamaica  ;*^  anri  adds  :  *'  For  the  sad  proceedings  in  Salem 

tin  18^2^  the  Commonwetilth  hns  reiientcd  ever  flince.    The  judf^cs  and  jiinirs  and  all 

f  caiuvnwyl   in   the  trials  pablioly  expressed  their  sorrow  *  and  acti<  of  iodemnity, 

coucficil  in  mtM  tender  and  t^>ucliing  words,  were  |>as8cd  by  the  Legislature.     ^\  e 

mf  tliat  all  r»_*grette<il  the  course  taken — ^not  quito.     Parrin  and  Cotti>n  Mather,  and 

1  ptrfiaps  oiKJ  or  two  other  ministers  did  not.     S<>  also  Chief  Justice  Stoughton  never 

[jfepcntcd,  • How  has  it  been  in  England?    ^^lly,  it  ¥ras  impossible  to 

e  i^renctt  Eyre  even  tried  ;  and  sijme  of  her  mijst  eminent  sebolars  and  states- 
I  dtlind  him  an  a  man  of  n*ibleiiess  and  pluck  !    No  ;  the  iSaleiu  witeh  trials  were 
wM  hidf  to  croel  and  discreditable  im  the  pnx^edings  in  Jamaica  within  the  tliree 

The  Day  of  Doom,  or  a  Poetical  DescnpHon  of  the  Great  and  Last 
Judgment:  with  other  Poem^,  By  Michael  Wigolksworth,  A.M., 
Teacher  of  the  Church  at  Maiden  in  New  England,  1662.  Also,  A 
Memoir  of  the  Author,  AtttoMographj,  aiid  Sketch  of  his  Funeral 
Sermon  by  Rev.  Cotton  MatJier^  From  the  Sixth  Edition,  1715.  New 
York.     American  News  Company  :   1867.     12mo.  pp.120, 

T1h»  «f<iituT  of  this  edition  ie  William  llenr^'  Burr»  of  New  York  city.  The  awmoir 
iiehu^V  It,  ii»i«trftet  of  an  artiele  hy  John  Ward  Dcan»  priuttnl  iu  the  Register  for 
A|)  ;te  xvii,  129-46),  to  which  due  credit  m  given,   Mr.  Dean  has  fumish- 

«>'  .  ith  a  few  facts  not  found  in  that  article.    The  Autobiography  is  also 

ttMrtt-d  ifxjut  the  Register. 

Iljcfe  have  U-en  at  least  ten  editions  of  the  Ditj/  of  Doom  before  this,  two  of  which 
~'       '  Ie*!  in  England.     Mr,  Burr  informs  his  readers  that  tliis  ii^  a  reprint  of  the 
lilion  of  17 15,  collated  with  the  1G73  London  eilition.      The  spelling  has 
_^  f^,s>,"i     the  acute  ac^t'iit  is  used  **  to  indicate  the  former  pronunciation  of 
•^••1  ••!  >hlc  ;  '^  and  '^  in  a  few  infitanccfl  the  tcrminatiun  tion  is  divided 

■ythjrph'  iii^te  its  pronunciation  ns  two  syllables. ^^     A  tablo  of  cootents 

vukm  tt  eas>  tu  refcr  to  the  different  topics  treated  of  in  the  poem. 
/^  pn^iuQS  editions  have  all  bcdjaic  scarce »  even  that  of  1S28  beinu  rarely 
wd ;  and  we  trust  the  publifiberB  will  find  a  remunerating  mhs  for  this. 


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The  London  edition  of  1673  contains  116  lineSj  l>etw(>en  the  Day  of  Doom  anl 
Vanity  of  Vamties^  which  we  have  not  found  in  any  Aiuerii^an  e^litionr  Tht-we  lin^ 
Mr.  Burr  hiiH  not  rcprintc<i  ;  prohahly  becauBC  he  saw  no  evidence  that  tbey  wc 
the  pr<jduction  i>f  Wig^lesworth.    Tliey  begin  : — 

*•  /  walk'fl  and  did  a  Little  Mole-liill  view 
Full  peopled  with  a  most  industrioti*  eretc.*' 
and  end  :^ 

"  Chriat  yet  ifitreats,  bid  if  you  mUnoiium, 

Wh^e  grace  will  ftot  convert f  there  Jire  will  bum.'* 

Chnealogy  of  a  part  of  the  Bipley  Family,      Compiled  by  H, 
Ripley.    'Newark,  N.  J.    A.  Stephen  Ilolforook,  186T.    12 mo.  pp. 
Thie  b  a  second  and  much  enlarged  edition  of  the  genealogy  noti^xxi  in  the 
nutnl)er  of  the  Reei^ter  (p.  383),  nnd,  «cc(jrding  Uy  tlur  ttummary  at  the  end,  eonti 
the  namefl  of  12Utriiiilividualt*.     The  author,  who  i^  now  in  \m  t2d  year,  iufurmfi 
relativi*  tlmt  **  while  he  would  willingly  assist  in  enlarging  the  work  a«  Ktrena 
and  opportunity  is  afforded,  ho  can  give  no  pledge  fi)r  the  future.     A  beginning  I 
been  made  which  it  is  hoped  will  l>e  carried  forward  by  younger  and  ahfcr  hand 
A  good  index  m  given. 

CoUeclions  on  Oie  Hisfory  of  Albany,  from  ifs  Discovery  to  the  pres* 
Time,     With   NoHces  of  its  Public  Insfifufions,   and  Biogtaphi 
Sketches  of  Cilizena  Deceased,     Vol,   I.     Albaoy,    1865.     Vol. 
1807.     Joel  Munsell. 
In  these  two  very  large  octavo  volumes,  Mr.  Mit^bell,  their  compiler,  hafl  giveni 
over  one  thousand  pages  in  brevit?r  tylH^     We  CMinot  attempt  any  analynie  of  t*' 
great  amount  of  mattt!r,  but  only  mute  this  brinf  note  to  advise  the  readers  of  1 
fi(-»giji*ter  of  what  one  man  hiu?  done,  ainitl  more  care^  and  lubcjrs  than  any  two 
oujght  to  have.    There  are  interspersed  thi-oughout  the^;  yolumee  numerous  app 
pTiate  engravings ;  some  from  fine  steel  plates,  some  lithographs^  and  oibm  \ 
wood. 

No  man  could  have  undertaken  mdi  a  laVmr  with  any  expectation  of  !>eing  ren^ 
tierated,  pecuniarOy  ;  and  we  wt*ll  know  that  when  wnrks  of  this  and  a  kindred  ki 
are  undertaken  it  l»  I)eimufie  the  undertaker  i^  thoroughly  convinced  beforehand  thalj 
ought  to  be  done,  and  he  seldi>m  mU  down  and  C4jiunt**  the  coet.     He  doet*  it  as  t 
truly  benevolent  do  many  things — liecause  he  takes  pleajsurc  and  satisfaction 
doing  gixnl. 

Thm  work  i^  not  thrown  into  the  market,  as  many  historical  works  are,  in  a 
finished  manner,  with  no  means  of  knowing  what  it  ooatntn«  without  reading  1 
through,  but  the  publjBher  haii  given  ufi  a  gtjod  Index  to  each  volume. 

The  Coleman  Family.     Descendauts  of  Thomas  Coleman  in  Qie  line 
Uw  oMesi  Son.     Nine    Generations,  1598  to  186t— 269  years,    Phili 
delpMa:  J.  B,  Lippiucott  &  Co.     186T.     8vo.  pp.  24. 

From  a  note  on  the  third  pajsre,  we  learn  that  thiM  pamphlet  is  the  joint  proda 
tion  t>f  the  writer  of  that  note,  **L.  Coleman/'  and  the  late  Hon.   Edwin  btean 
of  Middletown,  Ct.     Wc  presume  the  former  gentleman  is  the  licv.  Lyman  Culema 
D.O.,  well  known  as  the  author  of  Antiuuittcs  of  the  Christian  Church,  The  Apoi- 
tohi4Ji  and  PrunUive  Church,  and  other  learned  works. 

The  prt»«ent  genealogy  has  been  carefully  coUecteti,  is  clearly  arranged,  and,  whal 
is  unusual  in  a  thin  pamphlet,  hajs  a  full  index.  It  has  l>een  printed  fjr  private  circu- 
lation among  the  representatives  of  this  lineage  in  different  sections  of  the  oounti 

The  Might   Eev.   George  Burgess,  D.D.      By  Eev,    W.  S.   Bartl 

Bepriuted  from  *'  The  Church  Monthly.''     pp.  8. 

A  ch?vor  cfiKny  on  the  character  and  services  of  the  late  Bishop  of  Maine, 
particfuhirly  in  rcfL-rence  to  his  histori«d  acquirements  and  tasttie.    Its  ailusiona  i 
instructive  and  interesting. 


KniTi — Pftff  10,  line  6,  Ibr  "  Mnnnuvt  Haoey  '^  reftd  Margaret  Harvt^,  P*ffe  1T|  Uoe  3  of  Ult  fun^ 
gni|>b,  tor  •*  presented  "  remi  prt-sentd. 

Vol.  xxl.,  pv  lU,  1  2S,  alter  "  Jai)«  OrecDknf;'  dete  "  (lied  "^  Tbe  d^tc  July  23, 170S,  b  tfaaAaTbar  bM^ 
Td.  m  ,  |>.  179.1.  6&,  fi>r  "  May  i:.  lQ30-i;'  rvmH  ^tfarcA  17,  KVIO-L  Vi>l.  zxL,  p.  37^  cot.  S,  L  4,  4$U 
**  itm  Uv«i*"    Mn-  LyiU*  (OdIortM)  Weuiirofih  dkd  April  1»,  1M7,  ftged  06. 


NEW  ENGLAND 

HISTOEICAL  AND  GENEALOGICAL  EE6ISTEE. 

Vol.  XXn,  APRIL,  1868.  No.  2. 


A  SKETCH  OP  THE  LIFE  OF  HON.  JOSHUA  HENSHAW, 
WITH  BRIEF  NOTICES  OF  OTHER  MEMBERS  OF  THE 
HENSHAW  FAMILY. 

[Compiled  by  the  Editob.] 

It  18  one  of  the  objects  of  the  Society  under  whose  auspices  the 
New  England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register  is  published,  to 
collect  and  preserve  the  scattered  and  perishable  materials  of  History 
and  Biography,  to  the  end  that  we  and  our  posterity  may  be  able  to 
obtain  a  correct  knowledge  of  the  history  of  the  country.  A  proper 
Bense  of  the  obligations  we  owe  to  our  forefathers  for  their  public 
services  should  also  prompt  us  to  this  course. 

While  much  has  been  written  concerning  many  of  the  chief  actors 
in  the  American  Revolution  and  in  the  scenes  immediately  preceding 
that  event,  little  as  yet  has  been  published  that  illustrates  to  any  con- 
siderable extent  the  part  taken  in  that  struggle  by  the  family  whose 
name  stands  at  the  head  of  this  article.  In  order  to  supply  this  defi- 
ciency, so  far  as  may  be  done  at  this  time,  the  following  sketch  has 
been  prepared.*  An  examination  of  the  pedigree  accompanying  this 
sketch  will  show  the  high  social  position  occupied  by  the  ancestors  of 
the  family,  both  in  England  and  on  the  continent  of  Europe.  Their 
descendants  in  the  United  States  are  allied  by  marriage  with  many 
families  of  historic  renown. 

Joshua  Henshaw,  the  second  son  of  Joshua  and  Mary  (Webster) 
Henshaw,  was  bom  at  his  father's  housef  in  Boston,  August  2, 
1  »03.  Of  his  earlier  years  little  is  positively  known,  but  from  the 
iact  that  his  father  was  a  prominent  man  in  Boston,  and  possessed 
ample  means,  it  may  be  assumed  with  safety  that  the  young  man 

*  These  sketches  have  been  compiled,  in  part,  from  valoablo  papers  prepared  by  the 
l«te  Andrew  Henshaw  Ward,  Esq.,  who  at  the  moment  of  his  death  was  engaged  in  com- 
piling a  Genealogical  History  of  the  Henshaw  Family.  For  the  use  of  these  materials  we 
•re  indebted  to  tlie  kindness  of  Andrew  Henshaw  Ward,  Esq.,  of  W.  Newton. 

For  the  use  of  the  engraving  for  the  portrait  (of  Joshua  Henshaw,  1703)  accompany- 
ing this  No.  of  the  Register,  wo  are  indebted  to  the  kindness  of  John  A.  Henshaw,  Esq., 
of  Boston. 

We  have  found  it  convenient  to  depart  from  the  strict  chronological  order  in  the  pro- 
Kntation  of  the  sketches. 

t  This  hou5e  was  built  by  his  father,  and  stood  on  the  north  comer  of  what  is  now 
called  "  Havward  Place  "  and  Washington  (then  Newbury)  street. 

Vol.  XXII.  10 


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Memoir  of  Hon.  Joshua  Ren$ltaw. 


[AprI 


was  properly  trained  for  the  mercantile  profesBion,  upon  which  11 
entered  at  an  early  period  of  his  life,  and  in  which  he  acquired  wealj 
and  influence.  That  he  was,  by  natural  endowments  as  well  as 
educationi  a  mao  of  decided  ability,  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  he  wi 
so  often  selected  by  his  fellow  towns  men  for  important  offices  an 
trusts . 

On  the  27th  day  of  December,  l^ZZ,  he  was  married  to  Elizabet 
daughter  of  the  Hon.  Richard  and  Sarah  (Davis)   Bill,  by  the  ReJ 
Benjamin    Col  man,   then  pastor   of  Brattle  street  Church,  Boston 
Richard  Bill  was   at   this  time  an  influential  and  opuleat  merchaa 
of  Boston,   and  by  this  marriage  Mr.   Ileiishaw  was  brought  inij 
intimate   social    and    mercantile    relations   with    a    large    circle 
well  established  families.      He  resided  in   Boston,*  and,   for  man 
years  after  his  marriage  or  till  within  a  short  time  before  the  Revd 
lotion,  seems  to  have  been  devoted  almost  exclusively  to  business  cob 
nected  with  tbe  rapidly  expanding  commerce  of  the  town.      We  finj 
however,  that  he  served  frequently  as  a  magistrate  during  this  periodl 
an  office  of  great  consequence  then,  and  conferred  upon  a  few  only  \ 
the  most  discreet  and  capable  men.     It  was  not  until  many  yea 
after  this  period  that  the  title  '*  Esquire  "  came  to  be  considered  a  coB 
venient  and  courteous  appendage  to  the  names  of  even  very  yoati| 
and  sometimes  inexperienced  men. 

At  a  town  meeting  held  March  2,  1764,  of  which  James  Otis  wa 
moderator,  Joshoa  Henshaw  was  chosen  first  on  the  list  of  Selec 
meii^t  and  from  this  time  forward  for  several  years  he  was  frequently 
chosen  to  this,  the  then  chief  elective  office  of  the  town.  He  was  ala 
very  often  appointed  on  special  and  important  committees.  Tha 
we  find  him  8er%ing  with  Thomas  Hancock,  William  Phillips,  Josef 
Sherburne  and  James  Otis,  a  committee  appointed  May  15,  of  " 
year^  to  investigate  the  encroachments  then  being  made  upon  Beaco 
Hill  by  persons  in  quest  of  graveLJ 

At  an  adjourned  town  meeting,  held  Sept.  \%,  lt65,  it  was  unaB 
mously  *'  Voted,  that  the  Hon,  James  Otis,  Esq.,  the  moderator,  tb 
Hon*  Samuel  Welles,  Esq.,  the  lion,  Harrison  Gray,  Esq.,  the  Hoij 
Royal  Tyler.  Esq.,  Joshiia  Henshaw,  Esq.,  John  Rowe,  Esq.,  and 
Samuel  Adams,  be  a  committee  to  draw  up  and  transmit,  by  the 
opportunity,  to  the  Rt  Hon.  Gen' I  Conway,  now  one  of  his  Majesty 
principal  Secretaries  of  State,  and  to  CoL  Isaac  Barr^,   a  member 
Parliament,  several  addresses,  humbly  expressing  the  sincere  thanl 
of  this  Metropolis  of  his  Majesty's  ancient  and  loyal  Province,  for  th€ 
noble,  generous,  and  truly  patriotic  speeches  at  the  late  session 
Parliament,  in  favor  of  the  Colonies,  their  Rig^hts  and  Privileges  ; 
that  correct  copies  of  the  same  be  desired,  that  they  may  be  deposit 
among  our  most  precious  archives.     Also  voted,  that  these  gent 
men's  pictures,  as  soon  as  they  can  be  obtained,  be  placed  in  Fanefi 
Hall,  as  a  standing  monument  to  all  posterity,  of  the  virtue  and  j« 


•  Janoaiy  16^  1741-2,  Riehiird  Bill,  Eftq,  conveys  to  Jofhim  Henshaw  nod  wife  '*  I 
hoase  nod  land  in  Sudtmn^  btr^jct,  now  in  th(i  tcmire  iin  1  ■  oi  of  the  said  Ucnsh 

fironting  to  Sudbury  street  un  the  S.  S.  E*,  therein  rty  feet ;    ...    on  i 

floulh  west  on  Liud  df  Thomas  Cooper,  lat<e  decciised,  tli  ting  99  feet ;  N,  W. 

Bartholomew,  three  needles  nineteen  and  a  linlf  feet,"  &c.    (Smf.  Deed^,  62 :  Z%^) 

t  The  other  members  of  the  Board  were.  Joseph  Jjickson,  John  ScoUay,  BcTgamin  An 
Samuel  Sewall,  Nathaniel  Tbwlng.  aad  John  Rnddock.    Town  Records,  Vol,  i,  p*  " 


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109 


I  of  our  Ixjnefactara,  and  a  lasting  proof  of  our  gratitude/'*   Tfrio^is 
ImmuriicatioDs  were  fiubaequently  acknowledged^  in  eloquent  ai^of 
felin^  terms  by  the  perBons  add  rushed,  and  theii-  portraits  were  placeb:*^ 
JFaaeuil  Hall,  from  wincli  nnfortunately  tbcy  have  disappeared.! 
Ifle  was  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Selectmeng    who  were  assembled 
llhe  house  of  Richard  Dana,  Esq,,  opposite  '*  Liberty  Tree/*'  Dec.  17^ 
|05|  on  that  memorable  occasion  when  Andrew  Oliver,   Esq.,  Distri- 
or  of  Stamps,  was  compelled  by  an  indignant  eommnnity  to  make 
itblic  resignation  of  his  obnoxious  olBce.     The  next  day  the  town 
p^pointed  a  committee,  consisting  of  Samuel  Adams,  John   Rowe, 
Fhumas    Gushing,   John   Uancocki   John  Ruddock,   Saraucl  Sewall, 
iIo$hua  Ilenshaw  and  Benjamin   Kcritjl    with   authority  to   employ 
Jeremy  Gridley,  James  Otis  and  John  Adams  as  counsel,  to  request 
Bov.  Bernard  to  cause  the  courts  of  law  to  be  opened  again  for  public 
Qsinces. 

At  a  town  meeting  held  June  14,  lt69,  he  was  appointed  one  of  a 

ommittee  of  twenty-one  to  wait  upon  the  Governor  iu  regard  to  the 

cry  serious  disturbances  and  misunderstandings  that  grew  out  of  the 

dzure  by  the  Government  authorities  on  the  charge  of  false  entry 

nd  BmaggHng,  of  ''The  Liberty/*  a  sloop  owned  by  John  Hancock, 

bd  which  had  just  then  come  ijjto  port  with  a  valuable  cargo. ^     On 

llho  6th  of  May,  1169,  he  was  appointed  by  the  town  on  the  commit- 

df  of  which  Richard  Dana  was  chairman,  to  instruct  the  newly  elect- 

.  representatives^  James  Otis,  Thomas  Gushing,  Samuel  Adams  and 

John  Hancock.**     The  next  year  he  was  a  member  of  the  committee 

ip pointed  to  perform  a  like  duty. ff  This  year,  James  Otis  having  been 

oinpelled  by  ilbhealtb  to  abandon  public  affairs,  James  Bowdoin  was 

cted  in  his  place,  as  representative,     At  this  late  day,  one  cannot 

erceive  what  special  instructions  could  have  been  needed  by  the  men 

'  ove  named,  but  if  there  wae  any  propriety  or  necessity  for  giving 

linstructions  then,  surely  the  practice  has  long  since  most  unhappily 

IfcUen  into  disuse. 

On  the  4th  of  October,  1769,  he  was  appointed  by  the  town  on  a 
[committee  to  consider  what  measures  were  necessary  to  "  vindicate  *' 
Ithe  town  from  the  false  and  injurious  representations  contained  in 
"eltera  and  memorials  previously  sent  to  the  Home  Government  by 
lOov,  Bernard,  Gen.  Gage,  Com,  Hood  and  others,  which  connnittee 
[imported  on  the  ISth^t    On  the  6th  of  March,  1770,  the  day  following 


I  Iteenrdu,  Toh  4.  p.  655* 
'^      -•'  ro!.5,p.  171. 

r  BosUjn,  pp.  701-5, 

I  Hrnshnw,  Ja«iepb  Jackson,  Benjftmiri  Austin,  SamticI  SewaH,  Nft- 
iiliii  RniiiJock,  and  John  Htinrork.    Tuwn  Records,  VoL  t%  p.  60S. 
'Ids  the  name  of  Arnold  Wellrw.    II  ist*  of  Boston^  p.  713,     I  Lero  tnke 
^  1'  '^^'  nij  C('inf^t4int  oi>]l^atlon-*  to  thia  distinpukhed  anUquary  and  h\f* 
-tory  of  Boflton  ou^^ht  to  he  in  every  fninily,  and  the  city  could  do 
■'»  to  th**  people  than  to  antliorixe  the  writer  of  that  work  to  ii«ao 
r.nn  at  Uiv  yi:'  '  ,  and  bring  the  hiiitory  down  to  tJio  present  time. 

1  lU'ctirdiJ,  V  -0,    Drake's  Boston,  under  Fame  date. 

t.M9.    IriM  i  ported  May  8. 

'■     The  liitttrueiionK  of  tlii^  year  cover  nearly  ten  pa^p,  folio,  of  the  records, 
11  %a  th()«e  of  the  preceding  yeart*.  contains  n  renmrkatdc  atnteiaent  of  the 
.lic  iietwecn  the  Colony  and  tlio  Mother  Country*  They  tire  snppourd  to  have 
'  Richard  Dana,  chiefly.    The  instructions  for  17(H  ^111  ha  found  in  Drake's 


mhyRI 


I  Eecordff,  Yoh  5,  p.  169.    Dnike*s  Bot^D,  y.  77  h 


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[Apr 


was  properly  trained  for  the  mercanttle  profesBion,  upon  which 
entered  at  an  early  period  of  his  life,  and  in  which  he  acquired  weall 
and  influence.     That  he  was,  by  natural  endowments  as  well  as 
education,  a  man  of  decided  ability,  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  ho  wl 
so  often  selected  by  his  fellow  townsmen  for  important  offices 
trusts. 

On  the  27th  day  of  December,  1733,  he  was  married  to  Elizabet 
daughter  of  the  lion.  Richard  and  Sarah  (Davis)   Bill,  by  the  Re 
Benjamin    Col  man,   then  pastor    of  Brattle  street  Church,  Bostc 
Richard  Bill  was   at  this  time  an  influential  and  opuleot  mercha 
of  Boston,   and  by  this  marriage  Mr.   Uenahaw  was  brought  in 
intimate   social    and    mercantile    relations  with    a    large    circle 
well  established  families.     lie  resided  in   Boston,*  and,   for   ma 
years  aiter  his  marriage  or  till  within  a  short  time  before  the 
Itition,  seems  to  have  been  devoted  almost  exclusively  to  business  ca 
uected  with  the  rapidly  expanding  commerce  of  the  town.      We  fii 
however,  that  he  served  frequently  as  a  magistrate  during  this  peric 
an  office  of  great  consequence  then,  and  conferred  upon  a  few  only  i 
the  most  discreet  and  capable  men.     It  was  not  until  many  yen 
after  this  period  that  the  title  '*  Esquire  *'  came  to  be  considei-ed  a  cfl 
venient  and  courteous  appendage  to  the  names  of  even  very  yoi] 
and  sometimes  ioexperienced  men. 

At  a  town  meeting  held  March  2,  1764,  of  which  James  Otis 
moderator,  Joshua  Hemshaw  was  chosen  first  on  the  list  of  Sele 
men.f  and  from  this  time  forward  for  several  years  he  was  frequeni 
chosen  to  this,  the  then  chief  elective  office  of  the  town.     He  was  i " 
very  often  appointed  on  special  and   important  coramitteeg.     Thu 
we  find  him  serving  with  Thomas  Ilaocock,  William  Phillips,  Jose 
Sherburne  and  James  Otis,  a  committee  appointed  May   15,  of 
year,  to  investigate  the  encroachments  then  being  made  upon  Bea 
Hill  by  persons  in  quest  of  gravel ^ 

At  an  adjourned  town  meeting*  held  Sept.  18,  1765,  it  was  una 
monsly  "  Voted,  that  the  Hon.  James  Otis,  Esq,,  the  moderator, 
Hon.  Samuel  Welles,  Esq.,  the  Hon.  Harrison  Gray,  Esq.,  the  Ho 
Royal  Tyler,  Esq.,  Joshua  Henshaw,  Esq.,  John  Rowe.  Esq.,  and 
Samuel  Adams,  be  a  committee  to  draw  up  and  transmit,  by  the 
opportunity,  to  the  Rt,  Hon.  Gen^l  Conway,  now  one  of  his  Majest, 
principal  Secretaries  of  State,  and  to  Col,  Isaac  Barre,  a  member  ot* 
Parliament,  severftl  addresses,  humbly  expressing  the  sincere  thanks 
of  this  Metropolis  of  his  Majesty's  ancient  and  loyal  Province,  for  their 
noble,  generous,  and  truly  patriotic  speeches  at  the  late  session  of 
Parliament,  in  favor  of  the  Colonies,  their  Rights  and  Privileg-es  ;  and 
that  correct  copies  of  the  same  be  desired,  that  they  may  be  deposited 
among  our  most  precious  archives.  Also  voted,  that  these  gentle- 
men*8  pictures,  as  soon  as  they  can  be  obtained,  be  placed  in  Faneuil 
Hall,  as  a  standing  monument  to  all  posterity,  of  the  virtue  and  jua- 


•  January  16,  1741-2,  Richard  Bill,  Esq,  cotivey^t  to  Joshnn  Henshnw  and  wife  **  tb9 
bouse  and  land  in  Sudlmry  ttreei,  now  in  tho  tenure  nnd  oci  injntkm  of  rhe  said  HcnshAV, 
^ronttng  to  Sudbury  s^rruet  on  tbe  S,  S-  E.,  t b ere  in fjvsurinicr  forty  feet;  ...  on  Uio 
TOOlh  weM  on  land  of  Til  oums  C<K)per,  late  dcwascd^  there  measuring  99  feet;  N.  W, 
Bartholomew,  three  needJes  nineteen  and  a  half  feet/'  &c.    (Stiff.  Deed*,  62  :  256.) 

t  The  other  iii embers  of  the  Board  were  Joseph  Jaeltson,  John  Seollar,  Bei^jAmin  An 
Samuel  Sewall,  Nathaniel  Thwlng.  imd  John  Ruddock,    To\sti  Recurds,  Vol.  4,  p,  f 

I  Ibid.    Vol.  4,  p.  5&4. 


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Memoir  0/  Hon.  Joshua  Hmshaw. 


109 


'  of  onr  benefactors,  and  a  lasting  proof  of  our  gratitude.*'*   Tfipious 
ImmnnicationK  were  Bubaequentty  acknowledgedf  hi  eloqiient  auof 
Vling  terms  by  the  persons  addressed,  and  their  portraits  were  placet*^ 
JPaneuil  Hall,  from  vvhicli  unll>rtuiiately  they  have  disappeared.! 
iHe  was  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Selectmeii§    who  were  assembled 
Ithe  bouse  of  Richard  Dana,  Esq.,  opposite  "  Liberty  Tree/*  Dec.  It, 
p5,  on  that  memorable  occasion  when  Andrew  Oliver,   Esq.,  Distn- 
jr  of  Stamps,  was  compelled  l>y  an  indignant  community  to  make 
iblic  resignation  of  his  obnoxious  office.     The  next  day  the  town 
Dinted  a  committee,  consisting  of  Samuel  Adams,  Julm   Rowe, 
[   Gushing,   John   Hancock,   John  Ruddock,   Samuel  Sewall, 
Henshaw  and  Benjamin  Kent, II    with   authority  to   employ 
ly  Gridley.  James  Otis  and  John  Adams  as  counsel,  to  request 
Bernard  to  cause  the  courts  of  law  to  be  opened  again  for  public 

Ea  town  meeting  held  June  14,  1768,  he  was  appointed  one  of  a 
ittee  of  twenty-one  to  wait  upon  the  Governor  in  regard  to  the 
^eerious  disturbanceB  and  misunderstandings  that  grew  out  of  the 
by  the  Government  authorities  on  the  charge  of  false  entry 
[Higgling,  of  "  The  Liberty,''  a  sloop  owned  by  John  Hancock, 
rhich  had  just  then  come  into  port  with  a  valuable  cargo-^     On 
th  of  May,  1760,  he  was  appointed  by  the  town  on  the  commit- 
I,  of  w^hich  Richard  Dana  was  chairman*  to  instruct  the  newly  elect- 
jjresentatives,  James  Otis,  Thomas  Gushing,  Samuel  Adams  and 
,  Hancock,**     The  next  year  he  was  a  member  of  the  committee 
ttted  to  perfonn  a  like  duty,f  f  This  year,  James  Otis  having  been 
died  by  ill-health  to  abandon  public  affairs,  James  Bowdoin  waa 
,  in  his  place,  as  representative.     At  this  late  day,  one  cannot 
lire  what  special  instructions  could  have  been  needed  by  the  men 
nan^ed*  but  if  there  was  any  propriety  or  necessity  for  giving 
actions  then,  surely  the  practice  has  long  since  most  unhappily 

into  disuse. 

rthd  4th  of  October,  1769,  he  was  appointed  by  the  town  on  a 

I  to  consider  what  measures  were  necessary  to  "  vindicate  ^' 

from  the  false  and  injurious  representations  contained  in 

1  and  memorials  previously  sent  to  the  Home  Government  by 

,  Bernards  Gen.  Gage,  Com.  Hood  and  others,  which  committee 

OQ  the  18th4J    On  the  6th  of  March,  1770,  the  day  following 


iT       '    ^'  '  '  r>.  »71. 

ton,  pj>,  704-5. 

h;iw,  Jij'^^'ph  JJU'k^ontBc^i.ifimin  Austin,  Samticl  Sew^Il,  Na* 

I  tin  Hiinc<j<^!  -U,  Vol. -x  p.  668. 

I  aid  Welkin  ti,  p.  713.    Iheretflko 

>•«**•* AT- *  '"*  nmifiiiary  and  hi»- 

1  ^le  city  ooiild  do 

*•■  I  hat  work  to  Issue 

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,  ff  the  records, 
jtinurit  of  the 
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106 


Memmr  of  Hon.  Jotliua  Hcnthau}, 


[Apr 


wasd  Massacre"  in  King  street,  Samuel  Adams,  John  Hancoc 
enilliam  Molineanx,  William  Phillips,  Joseph  Warren,  Joshua  He 
ai}aw  and  Samuel  Fembertnn  were  appoioted  a  commit  toe  to  w^ 
upon  the  Lt.  Governor*  and  Cuuncil,  and  earnestly  request  the  rer 
val  of  the  troops  from  the  town,  and  extorted  from  them  an  immedia 
compliance  with  the  demand. f 

Prior  to  this  time,  Mr.  IlenKhaw  bad  been  a  member  of  the  Hoi]| 
of  Representatives,  and  in  1T69  was  chosen  by  that  body  a  memt] 
of  the  Executive  Cooocil,  but  was  rejected  by  Gov,  Bernard  on 
count  of  his  well-known  opposition  to  the  measures  pursued  by  tl 
Government  towards  the  Colonj,    At  the  same  time  tenj  others  shar 
the  like  fate,  and  this  significant  testimony  to  their  love  of  count 
and  devotion  to  principle  gave  them  a  still  stronger  hold  upon 
hearts  of  the  people. 

To  have  been  thus  repeatedly  selected  by  his  townsmen  to  parti( 
pate  in  the  discharge  of  duties  requiring  superior  wisdom  no  le 
than  unimpeachable  integrity  and  undaunted  resolution,  in  a  caui 
too,  on  whose  successful  issue  so  much  depended  lor  themselves 
their  children,  bespeaks  the  decree  of  confidence  reposed  in  bin 
while  to  have  been  aBSociated  witli  the  most  distinguished  patric 
of  the  colony  upon  any  subject  is  not  only  evidence  of  the  charact 
and  standing  of  Mr.  Henshaw,  but  is  an  honor  of  which  bis  descea 
ante  may  well  be  proud. 

In  consequence  of  the  enforcement  of  the  *'  Boston  Port  BillJ 
and  the  occupation  of  the  town  by  the  royal  troops,  Mr.  Hensbal 
and  all  who  like  him  bad  unreservedly  staked  their  lives  and  fortun 
upon  the  pending  issue,  were  compelled  to  sacrifice  property,  sevJ 
business  and  social  ties,  and  find  places  of  safety  outside  of  Best 
At  this  time  bis  brother  Daniel,  and  his  own  son-in-law  Joseph  He 
shaw,  were  reaidenti^  of  Leicester  in  the  County  of  Worcester,  Ma 
Thither  he  also  removed,  in  1774,  with  his  wife,  and  boarded  for  a  sha 
time  in  the  family  of  Rev.  Mr,  Conklin.  From  this  place  he  remov^ 
to  Dediiam,  near  Boston,  and  resided  there  till  bia  death,  most  of 
time  an  invalid. 

The  following  obituary  notice  appeared  in  a  newspaper  of  the  daj 
— '*  On  Tuesday,  August  5,  1777,  died  at  the  seat  of  the  Hon,  Samii 
I)exter;§  in  Dcdbam,  from  whence  on  the  Friday  following  his  remaii 
were  respectfully  interred »  the   Hon.   Joshua  Henshaw,  for  years^ 
respectable  inhabitant  of  this  town.     He  was  a  man  of  engaging 
pect  and  deportment ;   of  solid  and  unaflectcd  piety  ;    of  untaint 
integrity  and  honor ;  of  sincere  and  steady  friendship  ;  of  great  cob 
passion  for  the  distressed,  and  benevolent  to  all  in  private  and  dome 
tic  life.     He  was  highly  valued  and  beloved  in   public   stations,  an 
truly  honorable  and  importantly  useful  as  a  Selectman  of  the  town  * 
Boston  ;  in  his  seat  at  the  Council  Board,  as  well  as  in  other  places' 
of  trust,  be  acquitted  himself  with  prudence,  fidelity  and  honor,  ever 


•  Gov.  Bernard  left  New  England  in  Augnst,  1769» 

t  Town  ReeordP,  Vol.  fl,  pp.  213-16.  Drnke's  Boston,  pp.  7&3-i.  Mr.  Hcn^hnw  wai  « 
of  those  who  fMlvised  JoMinh  Qiiin<T^,  junior,  to  act  hb  comnftol  for  Cnpt,  Prefctoii  and  i 
ftoldiei^.    Memoir  of  the  Life  of  3iM\\h  Qtiincj,  junior,  p*  37. 

I  Willinra  Bmttle,   James  Bowdom,  .ranieH  OtiJi,  Jcnithmeel  Bowcm,  JuAejph 
ThoinEi<*  Sa^iindere,  John  Huiicock,  Artenmd  Ward,  Beiy.  Grceuleof  and  Walter  Spooaer. 

{  ^irfe,  VoU  8,  pp*  248-9. 


m.] 


Memair  of  Hon,  Joshua  Henskaw. 


109 


oving  himself  a  warm  and  nnsliaken  friend  to  the  civil  and  religious 
rhte  af  his  country,  and  of  tliose  who  nbetted  them.  He  was  one  of 
loee  uniform  patriots  who  early  opposed  the  encroach  men  ta  of  the 
Idministration,  for  which  he  was  honorably  distinguished  by  their 
Dwiis^  and  he  died  in  the  pleasing  hope  of  the  success  of  the  Ameri- 
i  cause.  That  stroke  of  sickness,  under  which  for  a  number  of 
he  was  gradually  failing  till  his  death,  he  bore  with  a  patience 
liumiUtj^  a  i^esigQation  and  hope  which  only  tbe  Gospel  can 

13  WiFK  was  noted  for  her  beauty,  grace  of  manners,  gentle  dis* 
litioD  and  benevolence.  She  died  in  Boston,  September  28,  1782, 
to  years*  It  is  related  that  at  her  marriage  there  were  many  of 
be  most  diednguished  people  present,  and  that  her  bridal  presents, 
aported  from  England,  were  rich  and  extensive.  One  or  more  piecea 
f  the  solid  silver  tea  service  are  still  in  the  posseRsioii  of  one  of  the 
dily.  Her  portrait  and  that  of  her  fulher,  the  Hon.  Kichard  Bill, 
efore  named,  are  still  well  preserved.* 
Children  of  Joehua  aftd  Elizabeth  (Bill)  Ilenshaw  ; 
!•  Sarah,  b.  Jan.  16,  1736  j  m.  her  couain  Joseph  (of  whom  we 
live  a  brief  sketch  later  in  this  article)  at  Boston,  May  25,  1758  ;  d. 
\  Shrewsbury,  Jan.  4,  1822,  aged  86  years*     They  had  no  children. 

2.  RicHAKn  Bill,  b,  June  10,  1737. 

3.  JosHCTA,  b.  Feb.  16,  1746  i  grad.  11.  C.  1763  ;    m.  Catharine  Eill, 
[of  Boston,  March  16,  1769  ;   d.  in  Shrewsbury,  May  27,  1823,  aged  78 

Wife  d.  there  Sept,  7,  1S22,  age  76  years.     No  children* 

AxDREw,  b.  May  28,  1752  ;  grad.  II.  C.   1768  ;  m.  Sarah  Prince, 

10,   1780.     He  was  clerk  of  the   ITouse  of  Representatives  of 

and  afterwards  clerk  of  the  Judicial  Courts,  in  which  office  he 

tn  Dec. I   IT 82,  aged  30  years,    7  months.     They  had  no  cbil- 

,    He  was  a  man  of  considerable  attainments,  polished  address, 

Jacholarly  tastes.     Hie  widow  m.  the  late  John  Tucker>  of  Boston, 

fk  of  the  Courts,  and  d.  June  22,  1822,  aged  67  years, 

JosiiCA  (3)  entered  into  business  with  his  father,  in  Boston,  and 

I  continued  thus  engaged  so  long  as  the  avenues  of  commerce  remained 

Ho  was  Register  of  Deeds  for  Suffolk,   from   1776  to  1786, 

Bivc»  and  daring  the  occupation  of  Boston  by  the  royal  forces 

;hi8  office  and  resided  at  Dedham,  to  which  town  the  public  re- 

Tfiordii  had  been  seasonably  removed.     Upon  the  retiring  of  the  troops 

[ ii«  returned  to  Boston,  and  as  was  the  custom  of  those  days  kept  his 

office  and  the  records  in  his  own  dwelling  house,  which  was  situate 

I  on  the  northerly  corner  of  Orange  (then  a  part  of  what  is  now  Wash- 

lagton)  and  Harvard  ntreets. 

At  the  time  of  the  great  fire,  April  20,  1787,  this  house  was  burned, 
with  much  valuable  personal  property,  which  he  neglected,  in  his  anxi- 
rtytosave  the  public  recordn.  Afterwards  ho  built  a  wooden  house 
Oft  the  site  of  the  house  burned,  and  occupied  it  till  he  removed  to 
Slkiewsbury,  in  1792,  While  lie  resided  at  tlie  latter  place,  he  was  a 
tol^ttrate,  and  of  the  Quorum  fyr  the  County  of  Worcester,  and  trans- 
•ct'  official  business,  but  declined  repeatedly  to  be  a  candidate 

^f  -  i  ve  office.     He  was  upright  in  his  official  conduct,  kind  in 

W private  relations,  and  possessed  many  popular  talents. 


•  History  of  the  Bill  Family,  p.  143. 

Vol.  XXII.  10* 


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Memoir  of  Hon.  Joshua  Henshaw, 


[Apr 


He  distinctly  remembered  the  events  introductory  to  the  RevolJ 
tion,  and  delighted  all  withifi  the  circle  of  his  acquaintance  with  int 
esting  anecdotes  of  those  times.     Of  the  *'  Boston  Tea  Party" 
used  to  say,  he  had  seen  the  names  of  some  in  print  for  whom  jt  h^ 
been  claimed  that  they  belonged  to^the  '*  Party  ";  that  many  of  the 
might  have  been  lookera-on,  as  were  a  crowd  of  people,  and  yet  ii<9 
have  participated  in  that  transaction ;  inasmuch  as  the  enterprise  ' 
secretly  contrived  by  a  few  of  the  most  distinguished  and  patdol 
inhabitants  of  Boston,  and  by  them  and  their  employes,  all  honorah 
men,  and  selected  for  their  well  known  integrity  and  fidelity,   carrie 
into  effect  without  molestation,  in  an  incredibly  short  space  of  time,  coi 
Bidering  the  amount  of  work  done  ;  and  that  previous  to  entering  up€ 
the  hazardous  project  they  bound  themselveB  to  each  other,  by  asolen 
oath,  never  to  reveal,  directly  or  indirectly,  the  name  of  any  of 
confederates,  whether  as  privy  to,  as  actually  engaged  iu,  or  as  boHB 
to  be  engaged  in  the  enterprise.     And,  so  well  has  the  secret 
kept,  it  is  believed  that  not  one  of  the  *'  Party"*  has  thus  far 
identified. 

Joseph  Henshaw,  the  son-in-law,  above  referred  to,  was  bom 
Boston,  Dec.  20,  IV21,  grad.  at  II.  C.  in  1748,*  and  in  the  same  ye 
eailed  for  Europe,  for  the  purpose  of  acquiring  mercantile  information, 
lie  visited  various  cities  and  commercial  marts,  and  gained  a  know- 
ledge of  their  staple  commodities  and  of  their  w^ants  in  exchange. 
Aller  an  absence  of  two  years,  he  returned,  fitted  out  a  vessel  with 
an  assorted  cargo,  and  sailed  for  Florence  as  master.  The  voyage 
was  successful,  and  on  his  return  his  father  built  a  vessel  for  hia 
which  was  named  after  the  lady  whom  he  afterwards  married,  U( 
the  conclusion  of  this  voyage,  about  1757,  he  commenced  trade 
Boston,  and  became  an  opulent  and  influential  merchant.  In  1771 
he  removed  to  Leicester. 

During  the  stormy  period  immediately  preceding  the  Revolution,  1 
was  indefatigable  with  pen,  speech,  money  and  personal  influence 
gupport  of  the  Colonial  cause  against  the  arbitrary  acts  of  the  Gover 
ment.     He  belonged  to  an  asaociation  of  patriots  composed  of  Sam* 
Adams,  James  Otis,  Joseph  Warren,  John  Adams,  Josiah  Quinc] 
junior,  Joshua  Ilenshaw  {his  father-in-law),  William  Mi>lineaux  an 
others  like  them,  who  held  their  meetings  iu  private  at  each  othef 
residences,  where  they  concerted  measures  which  eventually  led 
the  united  resistance  by  the  greater  portion  of  the  people  to  the 
of  the  Crown.     There  plans  were  formed,  letters  written,  manifesto 
prepared,  reports  received,  and  influences  wet  in  motion  for  restrainill 
the  impetuous  and  imprudent,  and  for  stimulating  and  enlisting 
lukewarm  friends  of  Liberty.      The  tact  and  skill  displayed  by  the 
men,  in  thus  prudently  shaping  and  guiding  events,  has  seldom  receiv- 
ed at  the  bands  of  modern  writers  the  prominence  they  deserve. 

He  continued  to  reside  in  Leicester  till  near  the  close  of  the  war, 
when  he  removed  to  Shrewsbury.     There  he  was  a  neighbor  of  Ge 
Ward,  and  carried  on  the  business  of  a  country  merchant.     On 
20th  of  October,   1774,  he  was  chosen  a  delegate  to  the  Provincial 
Congress,  then  sitting  at  Cambridge.f    One  of  the  instructionB  given 

•  Artenmafftfterwurds  Qcner&l)  Ward  was  a  ela^snijiic  and  intimate  friend, 
t  Colonel  Thomas  Denny,  his  brother-in-law,  the  dekK*ito  from  Leicester,  left  the  Coo 
grew  Qu  wiCQuai  otMnwh  nod  died  iiC  liome^Oct.  23, 177i* 


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111 


by  his  constituents  at  the  town  meeting  presided  over  by  his 

kther,  David  Herifihaw,  was  "  to  use  his  influence  that  Dorchester 

loinibe  unmediately  taken  possessioD  of  and  fortified  by  the  Province/' 

^  elected  a  delegate  to  the  ensuing  Congress,   on  the  9th  of 

unary,  1775.     In  Nov.,   1774,  he  was  choeen  Colonel  of  Militia  in 

of  the  late  Colonel  Denny.     He  was  a  member  of  the  Committee 

[Correspondence  for  his  own  town,  and  attended  the  Conveotion  of 

[littees  of  Correspondence  held  at  Worcester!  Aug'.  9,  1774»  which 

utiiiued  by  seven  adjournments  to  May  31,  1775.     By  this  Convea- 

tioD  he  was  chosen  one  of  tho  Standing  Committee  of  the  County, 

[to  correspond  with  tho  committees  of  other  counties. 

He  repaired  to  the  camp  at  Cambridge  on  the  day  following  the  skir- 
^  miah  at  Concord,  and  on  the  day  after  bis  arrival  was  named  in 
General  Orders  and  assigned  to  duty,  with  the  rank  of  Colonel,  By 
a  General  Order,  dated  April  21,  1775,  it  was  declared  that  **  all  officers 
appointed  before  there  is  a  regular  establishment,  are  appointed  pro 
fan/'  Subsequently  he  was  employed  in  missions  to  tho  adjoining 
Culoniee  and  Provinces,  in  collecting  military  stores  and  forwarding  sup- 
plies to  the  army,  until  the  British  evacuated  Boston,  in  1776.  After 
this,  though  it  does  not  appear  that  he  continued  in  the  service,  yet 
b«  waa  constantly  active  in  behalf  of  the  Colonies  till  the  end  of  the 
war.  During  the  iusurrection  headed  by  Daniel  Shays,*  in  1786-7,  he 
imdered  essential  service  to  the  Government  of  the  State.  He  died 
March  19,  1794,  aged  66  years.  Rev.  Joseph  Sumner,  D.D.,  of  Shrews* 
bttry,  officiated  in  the  funeral  eervicea. 

Josac A  HfiK3HAW,  the  father  of  the  Joshua  first  mentioned  above,  was 
born  in  Dorchester  in  167*2,  and  married  Mary  Webeterif  of  Boston, 
in  17D0.  He  settled  in  the  latter  town,  and  engaged  in  mercantile 
business.  He  was  also  a  distiller,  and  largely  intereeted  in  the  fiehe- 
rics  at  Caneo.J  He  became  a  wealthy  merchant*  His  wife  is  said  to 
have  beeo  a  superior  woman. 

At  the  first  allotment  of  pews  in  the  New  South  Church,  Dec.  7, 
1716,  pew  No.  27,  valued  at  £38,  was  assigned  to  Joshua  llenshaw ; 
aad  pew  No.  23,  to  Joseph  Ba83.§  March  10,  1716,  Mr,  Ilenahaw 
was  one  of  a  committee  of  four  to  state  methods  of  procedure  in  the 
choice  of  the  first  minister]]  of  said  parish,  Aug.  10,  n20|  he  was  one 
of  the  Stan*ling  Committee. T[  In  I74\i,  he  built  a  tomb  next  to  that 
of  Mr.  Bass,  in  the  Granary  Burying  Ground,  and  designated  it  by 
the  Henshaw  Coat  of  Arms.  He  died  April  27, 17i7.  His  widow  died 
Dec.  15,  1747. 

By  his  will,  dated  April  1,  1743,  he  gives  to  his  wife  Mary,  **  all 
lay  negroes,  plate,  money,  household  goods  and  moveables,  and  other 
fM^rsonal  estate  of  every  kind,  to  her  sole  use  and  behoof  forever,  also 
the  sole  income  and  improv^ement  of  all  my  real  estate,  botfi  in  pos- 
Bet^ion  and  reversion,  during  the  term  of  her  natural  life,  and  at  her 


•  Antt,  VoL  8, 12S  d— L    Vol.  18,  8-11. 

t  DAu^htcr  of  Jnmes  and  Maiy  (Hny)  Webster,  »Tid  b.  Dec.  %  1672,  In  Boston.  James 
Webiter  wm  a  mcinbcr  of  tlie  Scots*  Chfiritjible  Bociety  In  1657* 

t  IIuidiiu*on«  VoL  2,  p.  240,  who  h&j^  Mr^  Heaahxiw  mado  a  Ylstt  lo  Uie  GoTemor  of 
LBotetnuff  in  17^. 

f  JQim  6a»  will  a  brother  of  Edward  Bass,  D  J),  (the  Bishop),  and  father-ia-hiw  of 
Mniel  Hen^nWf  brother  of  thJi«  Jos^bua. 

I  lUv.  Samuel  Chccklej,  or'iain«!d  April  15, 171{);  d.  Dec*  1, 1769* 

I  Cliiach  Rtoorda)  extract  IroiUi  ia  baad  writm^  of  Ber.  Dr.  Young. 


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[Apr 


decease  all  my  said  real  estate  sball  be  equally  divided  amoDg  ml 
sarviviag  children  and  their  heirs,  after  each  of  them  shall  have  beel 
allowed  what  either  of  thern  are  indebted  to  me,  per  account  or  otbel 
wise.  My  son  Samuel  shall  have  the  still  house  and  land  under  thij 
Bame,  with  a  passage  from  the  backside  of  his  house  to  the  still  housjj 
as  it  is  now  improved  hy  him  ;  he  allowing  for  said  still  house  wha 
men  chosen  to  value  it.  shall  think  it  worth.  Further,  if  any  of  mj 
children  be  dissatisfied  with  this  mj-  will,  so  as  to  molest  and  distur 
my  said  wife  in  her  quiet  and  peaceable  possession  and  improvemen 
of  my  estate  as  aforesaid,  I  da  then  authorize  and  empower  my  said 
wife  to  cut  oil' said  child,  that  shall  so  molest  her,  with  the  sum 
five  pounds  in  full  of  his  proportion  of  my  said  estate/'  Wiflj 
Mary,  sole  executrix. 

Joshua  Henshaw,*  the  grandfather  of  the  first  named  Joshua^  wt 
born  in   Lancashire,  England^  about  the  year    1643,   and   with   hj| 
brother  Daniel,  born  about  1610,  was  fraudulently  abducted  and  sea 
to  New  England,  about  1652.     They  came  to  Dorchester,  Mass.,  whea 
they  resided  during  their  minority. f    Joslma  there  married,  in  167(_ 
Elizabeth  Sumner.!    Three  children  were  burn  to  them.    In  1688,  he' 
made  his  will,  and  in  the  early  part  of  the  next  year  went  to  Eng-j 
laud  for  the  purpose  of  recovering-  the  large  property  left  by  his 
rents  in  the  care  of  Peter  Ambrose,  their  steward,  who  bore  the  in 
putation,  not  without  probable  grounds  of  suspicion,  of  having  setq 
the  boys  Joshua  and  Daniel  out  of  England  lor  the  purpose  of  gettiu 
possession  of  their  property  ;  for  before  they  were  sent  away  they  ba 
lived  ill  his  care  and  on  the  estate  for  several  years,  and  after  their  d^ 
parture  he  retained  possession  and  died  in  the  occupation  of  the  estat 
Wavertree  Hall,  extolled  by  Walter  Scott,  was  a  part  of  it. 

When  Joshua  arrived  in  England  he  found  Joshua  Ambrose  in  pc 
Bession  of,  and  claiming  the  estates,  as  heir  to  bis  father  Peter. 
Henshaw  filed  a   bill  in  Chancery  against  Ambrose,  but  not  bein 
then  prepared  to  prove  his  paternity,  returned  to  Dorchester  and  pr 
cured  the  necessary  evidence.      To  this  bill  the  defendant  put  in 
answer,  and  at  a  subsequent  term  of  the  court,  in  1690,  the  plaint 
not  appearing,  the  bill  was  dismissed  with  seven  nobles  costs.   In  169 j 
after  Mn  Ilenshaw's  return  to  England,  his  case  against  Ambrose  w| 
restored  to  the  docket,  and  kept  there  for  nearly  thirty  years. 
1719,  when  it  became  certain  that  a  decision  was  about  to  be  render 
in  favor  of  the  plaintiff,   Mr.  Henshaw  was  invited  by  Ambrose ' 
dinner,  upon  pretence  of  a  desire  to  effect  an  amicable  compromia 
and  soon  after  the  dinner  was  seized  with  an  illness^  from  which 
died  in  a  few  hours.     The  suit  was  then  dropped  from  the  docket  for 
want  of  a  prosecutor. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  his  Will : — 

"In  the  name  of  God,  Amen.  The  third  Day  of  April  Ann*  Dom*' 
One  Thousand  Six  Hundred  Eighty  Eight,  Annoq  :  R.  R".  Jacofc" 
nunc  Anglia3,etc,,  Secundi,  Qwarto. — I,  Joshua  Ilensha  of  Dorchest 


•  It  does  not  appear  when  the  name  was  changed  from  Heushfl  to  Hcnshftw. 

t  The  fumily  tnulitlon  is,  that  tht*  Ecv.  Rlfhard  Mather,  who  came  from  Liwi«i«lill 
Englantl,  had  ihe  care  of  thciritanil  of  the  money  sent  with  them,  fur  then:  support  liod^ 
cfttioa.  and  for  setting  them  ui*  in  business. 

X  Elizrtbcth  Sumner,  eldest  dan^htcr  of  William  ftnii  Elizabeth  (Clement)  Stuancr  J 
Juno,  1652,  d.  In  Dorchester  hi  1728.    Artie,  Vol.  Q,  128  d. 


[86&] 


KfHair  of  Hon.  Joshua  Hemhttw. 


113 


the  County  of  Siiflblko  within  bis  Ma"**  Territory  and  Dominion  of 

tew  England,  Yeoman,  being  about  to  take  a  voyage  to  England, 

Bowing  the  uncertainty  of  ihla  Life  and  the  hazards  and  dangers  that 

f  attend  those  that  are  passing  by  Sea,  being  now  of  a  whole  and 

Dsing  mind,  do  make  and  ordoin  this  my  Last  will  and  Testament 

Banner  follo%ving,  revoking  all  former  wills,  &c.      • 

Bi  and  pnucipally  my  soul  1   recommend  unto  God  ia  Christ 

t^UB  my  Creator  and  Redeemer,  hopiiig  in  bis  grace  and  mercy  to 

receive  forgiveness  of  Sins  and  an  Inheritance  among  those  that  are 

^faoctified  through  faith  in  Christ.     My  Body  I  commit  unto  the  dust, 

Or  sea,  as  it  shall  please  God  to  dispose  of  me.     And  for  tliat  tempo- 

]  Estate  which  it  hasj  pleased  God  to  bestow  upon  me,  I  will  that 

be  same  may  be  employed  and  bestowed  as  hereinafter  expressed. 

Imp'*.     I  will  that  at!  my  just  debts  and  personal  Expenses  {if  any 

be)  be  well  and  truly  paid  and  ordered  to  be  paid  by  my  Executrix, 

hereafter  named,  with  what  convenient  speed  may  be. 

Item.     I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Elizabeth,  my*  well  beloved  wife, 

the  use,  profits  and  income  of  my  whole  Estate  for  her  own  comforta- 

LUe  Subsistence  and  Education  of  my  Children,  for  and  during  the  full 

■BiDe  of  her  widowhood  ;  But  upon  her  intermarriage  only  to  have  her 

thirds  therein  according  to  Law, 

It.      I  will  that  my  whole  Estate  real  and  personal,  (debts  and 

Pfaneral  charges  being  paid)  shall  be  considered  and  cast  into  a  divi* 
lion  of  eight  equal  parts  according  to  the  value  thereof.  Two  parts 
whereof  I  give  unto  William  my  Eldest  eon,  as  his  double  portion, 
aod  unto  Each  of  my  other  Children,  viz, : — Joshua,  Thankful,  John, 
Samuelp  Elizabeth,  and  Katharin  a  single  part  or  share  thereof;  and 
if  either  of  my  B**  children  happen  to  dye  before  the  receiving  their 
portion,  my  will  is  that  the  part  or  parts  of  such  Child  or  Children, 
deceasing  shall  be  equally  divided  to  and  among  the  survivours. 

It,  1  do  nominate,  constitute  and  ordein  my  beloved  wife  Eliza- 
beth Hensha  to  be  sole  Executrix  of  this  my  Last  will  and  Testament. 
ind  do  give  her  full  power  and  authority  (if  need  be  for  the  payment 
of  my  just  debts)  by  and  with  the  advise  of  my  overseers  or  some  of 
them  to  dispose  and  make  sale  of  any  parts  or  parcels  of  my  Land^^ 
tnd  to  give  a  legal  confirmation  thereof.  And  I  do  desire  and  appoint 
my  well  respected  ffriends  and  Relations^ William  Sumner,  Sen',  of 
Dorchester,  Daniel  Ilensha  of  Milton,  and  John  Goffe*  of  Boston,  to 
be  overseers  of  this  my  will,  to  advise  and  assist  my  wife  in  the  due 
Elocution  thereof. 

h  VViTN^s  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal,  the 
[  ixj  and  year  first  within  written. 


Signed.  Sealed  and  Published 
by  Joshua  Ilensha  to  be  his 
last  will  and  Testament,  in 
presence  of  us 
Jos.  Jackson, 

mafke 

John  I  T  Trow,* 

nuirkr 

Hanory  ^  Adams. 


Joshua  I  Hensra,   l.  s. 


•Trow  and  OoHi  miurried mv&n  of  ttie  Te«tator*»  wife.    Trow  (or Tro)  was  then  of 


lU 


Memoir  of  HotL  Jothua  Henihaw, 


[Apr 


Colony  of  Bhode  Island, 

These  may  certify  that  on  the  day  of  the  date  heareof  John  Tro^ 
Resident  in  Newport,  aged  tO  years,  personally  appeared  b  el  ore 
the  Siibscriber^  and  made  oath  that  he  was  Present  with  Joehu 
Hcnsha,  and  did  see  lara  sign,  seal  and  declare  the  above  and  before 
written  will  or  Testaraent  to  be  liis  act  and  his  last  Will,  an 
that  he  was  then  of  Sonnd  Memory  and  Judgement,  and  Josep 
Jackson  and  Ilanory  Adams  was  present  and  did  in  the  presence  ol 
the  Testator  subscribe  their  names  with  this  Deponent  as  Witnesses 
to  the  B**  wilL  lo  testimony  whereof  I  have  IleareuDto  set  my  hand 
and  affixed  my  seal  at  Newport,  this  25***  day  of  April,  in  the  &^ 
year  of  hie  Maj'*'  Reigne,  George  by  Grace  of  God  over  Great  Brittain,^ 
Ac.,  King,  Ann^  Dom.  1720, 

L.  8.  Sam°  Cranaton,  Gov^" 

Here  follow  the  Letters  of  Administration  and  Certificate  of  Probate,  ] 
Bigned  by  Samuel  Sewall,*  aud  dated,  Boston,  March  9*^,  1723. 

When  Mr.  Henshaw  commenced  his  action  in  the  Court  of  Ohan-| 
eery  he  obtained  the  aid  of  Robert  Dale,  Esq.,  a  distinguished  Genea 
logist,  who  traced  the  Henshaw  pedigree  in  170  L     Copies  of  thii 

Saper  were  used  in  the  suit.    After  Mn  Dale^s  demise,  the  original  ' 
ir.  Dale's  handwriting  and  hie  description  of  the  Henshaw  Coat  ot 
Arms  were  placed   in   the   Herald-s   office,  London.     Authenticate<f' 
copies  of  these  documents  were  obtained  in  1844,  and  are  hereuut 
annexed. 

*'  Coat  op  Amsa. 
Henshaw, ^ — Argent^  a  chevron  sable  between  three  moor-hens  proper  t| 
quartering  Houghton, — Sable,  three  bars  argent.     Crest,   a  falcoD 
proper,  billed  or,  beaked  and  membered  sable,  preying  upon  thfl 
wing  of  a  bird,  argent.     Motto  : — To  be,  not  to  seem. 

Thomas  Henshaw,  in  the  reign  of  James  I.,  had  the  Arms  resioredl 
to  him  that  had  previously  belonged  to  hia  ancestor,  Sir  Thomas  HeihJ 
fihaw,  and  the  crest  added,  and  he  was  knighted.  The  ancient  spell*] 
iag  upon  the  Arms  is  opon  the  wreath  of  his  collar  Argent  and  Sabkif 
'  Falcone  resting  on  a  wing  Oould  with  a  crown  about  his  necki 
Gould,  Beake  and  Legs  Sable  with  Belles  Gould,  of  the  Iirst  mantled 
Oules,  Rombled  Silver — the  birds  in  the  Arms  are  Heathcocks.' 


'   •Bom  in  England,  1652  j  m.  Hunnfili  Hull  fb,  16-56),  danghterof  Hon.  John  Hull,  oC 
Bofiton,  1676  ;  couimk^loQCil  Judge  of  ProbiOe  1715,  aud  tl*  1730. 


116  Officers  and  Mm  in  the  Lauuburg  Expedition.         l^^vA 


NAMES  OF  SOME   OF   THE   OFFICERS   AND    MEN   IN  TI 
LOUISBURG  EXPEDITION. 

In  looking  over  the  sixteenth  volume  of  the  Histcnical  and  Gen^ 
^logical  Register,  I  was  surprised  to  learn  the  fact,  that  the  RoIIb 
the  3250  men  who  were  engaged  in  the  memorable  expedition  againi 
Louisburg  in  1*14:5,  are  not  found  in  the  archives  of  Massachusett 
I  had  been  accustomed  to  regard  this  enterprise  as  the  most  interest 
ing  of  any  in  the  history  of  New  England.     It  absorbed  the  attentic 
of  the  entire  mass  of  the  people*     All  the  religion  of  the  Province 
was  enlisted  in  its  support*     The  most  intense  anxiety  awaited  il 
result.     Prayer  to  the  Uod  of  Battles  went  up  continually  from  ever 
Christian  heart,  for  its  success  ;   and  never  was  there   greater  rcjoi4 
ing,  than  when  the  news  came  that  the  strongholds  had  fallen,     Th 
names  of  the  brave  men   by  whose  energy  and  courage  this  almoi 
miraculous  work  was  accomplished »  ought  surely  to  be  preserved 
I  am  gratified  in  being  able  to  supply  the  deficiency  in  part*     I  sen 
jou  the  names  of  221,  being  more  than  a  fifteenth  part  of  the  whol 
number.*  E.  E.  Boubke. 

Kennebunk,  Dec.  12,  1866. 

Company  under  the  Command  of  CoL  John  Storer. 

John  Fairheld    {\si  Lieutenant),   Nathaniel   Kimball    (2d  LieuU 
anl),  Johtt  Kennei   Charles  White,   Daniel    Sayer   {Clerk),   JosepI 
Taylor,  Benjamin  Curtis,  Pendleton  Fletcher    {Corporal),  Ichabo 
Cousins  (Sergeant),  Joshua  Lassell,  Peter  Rich,  Enoch  Davis    (f 
geant),  Phillip  Devotion,  Matthew  Lindsey,  James  Jypson,  Edwa 
Evans,  Lemuel  Clark,  John  Burks,  James  Read,  James  Littlefield 
John  Huston,  Aaron  Lord,  John  Crediford,   Benjamin  March,  Joh 
Look  (Sergeant),  Joshua  Kimball  (Corporal),  Tchabod  Dunham,  Isa 
Danforth,  Benjamin  JelHson    ( Corporal),  Joseph  Crcdiford,   Icha" 
Jellison,  Isaac  Buswell,  William  Robinson,  Matthew  Robinson.  Cali 
Kimball,  Ebenezer  Littlefield,  Joseph  Curtis,  John  Bagshaw,  Joaep 
Webber,  Joshua  Adams,  Benjamin   Curtis,  Joseph  Taylor,  Jonatha 
Adams   (Corporal),   Aaron  Lord,  William   Curtis,   Benjamin  Jacob^ 
James   Wilson,   Joseph  Boston,  John   Mc Daniel,  John   Dean,  Juh 
Eldridge,  Simeon  Merri field,  James  Gillpatrick,  John  Wakefield,  JrJ 
Edmund   Welch,   Thomas   Wheelright,  John  Winn,  Gershom  Boston 
Shebuleth  Boston,  James  Littlefield,  Jr»,  Benjamin  Hatch  (Sergeant^ 
Caleb  Kimball,  Jr.,  John  Canaway,  Benjamin  Cousins, 
Captain  Corndius  SouVs  Company, 

John  Ross,  Nathaniel  Fairfield,  Peter  Pendergrass,  AmosIIarrid.' 
Captain  John  Kinslagh^s   Company, 

Thomas  Mahony,  Corporal  — -  Butler,  Richard  Butler,  Lawreoc 
Allen,  Daniel  Mc Marrow,  Abraham  Marti o,  Richard  Linch,  Daniel 
McEffee, 


•  Further  contributions  towards  m  complete  roster  cif  the  officers  tmd  men  engfiffed  1 
this  expedition  are  solicited*  Whoever  shall  find  in  h\&  reading  or  fn  the  archives  of  tq 
society,  or  Stato,  the  name  of  an  officer  or  soidier  who  wm  in  this  expedition,  will 
a  tOtVQf  by  forwmlmg  it  to  th&  Kdiutu 


B.]  Officers  and  Men  in  the  Louislurg  Expedition* 


117 


Captain  Thomas  Perkinses  Company, 

Siyant  Paul,  Jolm  llamor,  Jesse  Dorman,  Stephen  Harding,  'Asa 

Btirhaak,  Nathan  Martin,  Eliphalet   Perkiue,  Richard  Perry,  James 

Bpi^bon,  Jeremiah  SpriDger,  AUiaon  Lassell^  Joseph  Cole,  John  Carr, 

Jonathan  Thompson.   Edward  Stuart,  Samuel   liutchins,    Nathaaiel 

%x\ey,  Timothy  Burbank,  Jedediah  Wakefield,  Amos  Hardy,   Benja- 

Couaens,    David  Ilutcliins,   Enoch  Danforth,    Rofaiidson   Bond, 

ftch  Watson,  James  Sampson,  Stephen  Averill,  Levi  Uutchins, 

liin  Palmore, 

Captain  Moses  Fierson^s  Company. 
Dayid  Doughty,  John  Ay  res. 

Captain  Moses  Butler^s  Company, 
John  Lewiti,  Moses  Spenser,  John  Nason,  Ichabod  Corson,  Thomas 
Tithum,  John  Conner,  Ephraim  Joy,  Samuel  Holmes,  William  Perry* 
John  CUrk,  Solomon  Walker,  Samuel  Jones,  Samuel  Grant,  Samuel 
onl^  Joseph    White,    Nathan   Lord,    Israel   Pierce,     -     -  —   Grant 
tnani),  Israel  Uonewell,  Eliaa  Grant,  Adam  Goodwin,  William 
3urne,  Noah  Nasoo,  John  Davis,  Samiiel  Oetchell,  John  Pierce, 
I  Stimpson,  Samuel  Allen,  James  Gerrish,  James  Mecarel,  Na- 
loodwin,  Gideon  May,  Ichabod  Tibbets,  Ezekiel  Wentworth. 
Major  Cuits^s  Company. 
Enoch  Ilntchins,  Henry  Miles,  Job  Lnnt,  Dennis  Downing,  Joseph 
Troy,  Nathaniel  Hicks,  John  Carter,  Bray  Dcaring,  Samuel  Billings, 
Patiick  Loiler,  James  Webber,  John  Tobey,  John   Pariman,  Daniel 
^itt€n,  Tbonms  Arcules.  Ebenezer  Leach,  Samuel  Cloif,   Moses  Fur- 
';  William  Furbish,  Robert  More,  Enoch  Stevens,  Solomon  Rose, 
bI  Hooper,  James  Spinney, 

Captain  Peter  Staples' s  Company. 
Thomas  Hardy  (Isl  Lieutenant),  John  Burbank  (2d  Lieutenant), 
^tj>Tge  Knight,  Parker  Gowel,  Hugh  Mc  Loll  an,  John  Furbish,  James 
odwin,  Samuel  Chadboorne,  John  Try,  John  Pugsleigh,  Josiah 
If,  John  Lydstone,  Edward  HammondL  Peter  Withura,  Daniel 
^djitoQo,  Benjamin  Leach, ^Alidrew  Green,  Daniel  Wilson,  Joshua 
ks,  James  Abbojt,  Ichabod  Corsen,  Uriah  Han  scam,  Zimri  Hans- 
iimoon  Dam,  George  Marriner,  Thomas  Allen,  Bartholomew 
a,  John  Thompson,  John  Ayers,  Jonathan  Thompson. 

Captain   Wiltiam   Warner^ s  Company ^  of  Boston, 
^Thomas  Lisinby,   Benjamin  Ropes,  John   Laver,  Robert  Gilbert, 
Piaes  Thorn. 

Captain  Nathaniel  DomieWs  Company, 
Jodah  George,  Sergeant  Dotson,  Shubael  Boston,  Jonathan  Say- 
1^1  David  Morrison,  John  Clement, Leavitt,  Joseph  Boston. 

Samuel  Moody,  of  York,  as  is  well  known,  was  one  of  the 
plaina.  Dr.  Alexander  Bidman,  of  York,  was  a  Surgeon,  and  died 
the  service.  Many  of  the  soldiers,  also,  died  from  the  severe 
o^nres  and  fatigue  to  which  they  were  subjected, 
Krcrything  connected  with  that  expedition  is  worthy  of  remem- 
nee.  To  those  living  in  the  western  part  of  Maine,  these  reminis- 
Rcfg  must  be  doubly  interesting.  The  intlnenco  of  Sir  William 
pperell  was  widely  felt.  But  those  who  dwelt  in  the  immediate 
bete  of  that  intiueuce^  were  perhaps  more  carried  away  by  hia  zeal 
Tar.  XXIL  U 


118 


Officen  and  Mm  in  the  Louhburg  Expedition.         [iTj 


for  the  work  assigned  him,  than  those  in  any  other  part  of  Massacl 
setts.     At  least  one  half  of  all  the  men  of  Wells  (which  then  iDclj 
cd  Kennebunk),  joined  the  expedition.     The  entire  company  of  Jq 
Storcr  were  from  that  town.     In  the  previous  Indian  wars,  these  ! 
had  been  inured  to  danger  of  every  kind,  and  their  children  did 
lack  the  spirit  and  fortitude  of  their  fathers.     They  could  live  on 
poorest  fare.     Fighting  had  been  the  employment  of  a  good  por 
of  their  lives ;  and  therefore  they  readily  embarked  on  this  hazardd 
expedition. 

This  enterprise  seems  to  have  been  regarded  as  one  of  a  religifl 
character.     As  we  have  suggested  before,  men  seem  to  have  felt  it  \ 
be  an  imperative  duty,  to  aid  in  driving  those  denominated  infide 
from  their  possessions  at  Cape  Breton ;  and  all  seemed  assured, 
God  had  taken  this  matter  into  his  own  bands,   and  that  his  spe 
Providence  would  attend  the  troops  and  work  out  the  desired  resuH 

In  one  of  the  early  volumes  of  the  Massachusetts  Ilifitorical  CoUd 
tions,  are  found  various  letters  from  ministers  of  the  Gospel,  cong 
tulatiog  Sir  William  Pepperell  on  the  favorable  issue  of  his  indefati| 
ble  labors.    John  Storer,  of  Wells,  was  a  very  eiBcient  coadjutor  in  \ 
enterprise.     A  similar  letter  to  him,  from   the  Kev.  Mr.  Jeflerdfll 
that  town,  cannot  fail  to  be  read  with  much  interest,  showing,  as 
doea,  the  intense  Christian  feeling  on  this  subject,  which  ruled  in  tlw  i 
hearts  of  the  roligious  community  at  that  time.     It  is  directed — "  To 
Col.  John  Storer^  Esq.,  at  Louiaburg/' 

Wdls,  September  16s  1146.1 
Dear  S', — I  should  not  have  delayed  the  congratulating  yon  up 
the  reduction  of  Gape  Breton,  nor  the  acknowledging  the  receipt^ 
your  favors  to  me  from  Lonisbnrg,  dated  June  22  and  June  30, 
ttiis  day,  as  I  have  done,  had  not  a  fond  expectation  of  seeing  you  hij 
from  Week  to  Week,  operated  with  me,  to  think,  that  my  writingj 
you  there,  would  have  been  fruitless  :  But  having  seen  luy  mist ' 
and  to  amend  it  as  well  as  I  can,  1  embrace  this  opportunity  to 
press  my  joynt  Praises  and  Thanksgivings  with  you  unto  God,  fori 
marvellous  things  which  he  has  heroin  done  by,  and  for  you,  and 
us,  whose  right  Hand  and  holy  Arm  hath  gotten  him  the  Victor 
ITcre  is  a  new  song  put  into  our  mouths ;  a  song  of  Praise  to 
LORD,  for  the  avenging  of  Israel  when  the  People  willingly  oflFeiJ 
themselves.  We  Bless  God  for  what  he  has  done,  and  ackuowlerf 
he  has  laid  us  under  singular  Obligations  of  Gratitude  and  Thanl 
neas  to  those  he  has  been  pleased  to  honour,  by  improving  them  as 
happy  Instrument 9  in  this  truly  great  and  glorious  work.  Our  hearts 
should  be^  and  I  trust  are^  carried  out  in  Esteem  and  Love,  especiallj 
towards  the  Governors  or  Rulers  of  our  New  English  Israel, 
offered  themselves  willingly  among  the  People. — 0  that  Wo 
cleave  to  the  LORD  our  GOD,  and  take  good  Heed  to  ourselves  ' 
we  may  love  him  and  serve  him — and  may  He  confirm  his  work  ; 
satisfy  our  Longing  Souls  in  your  Safe  and  Speedy  Return  unto  ua 
I  take  it  as  a  special  favor,  that  in  the  niidst  of  all  your  Triumf 
you  was  pleased  to  remember  nie,  and  to  take  so  much  notice  off 
few  Lines  I  sent  you^  and  give  yourself  the  trouble  of  writing  me  09 
and  again.  I  thank  you  f'  the  Particular  ace*  you  was  pleased  to  ,  ' 
mo  of  the  Strong  but  conquered  City. 


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[Tour  aged  holy  mothers  are  still  living",  and  in  their  common  State 
Healthy  as  are  also  the  rest  of  your  family.  Your  pious  Consort, 
mgh  heavily  bowed  down  under  the  Cares  and  Troubles  of  your 
ag  Absence,  and  filled  with  Grief  aud  Sorrow  under  the  unexpected 
Dtitinueocc  of  it,  yet  she  bears  it  all  with  an  exemplary  patience,  and 
i-eet  serenity  of  miod.  Your  Eldest  son  keeps  our  School ;  your 
ecofid  looks  after  your  Husbatidry  and  other  affairs.  Your  eldest 
au^hter  is  at  Boston,  waiting  for  your  arrival,  and  to  accompany  you 
lere.  Your  two  youngest  Daughters  are  at  home  longing  to  see  you, 
nd  little  Sara'l  is  ready  to  jump  and  %  into  your  arms.  I  presume 
Oil  have  received  the  mourDfull  News  of  the  llon^'*  Coll^  Wheel right'a 
cease,  and  of  your  Hon"^  Aunt  Littlefield's.  Besides  wliicli,  there 
that  one  grown  Person  died  among  us^  eiuce  j^ou  have  been  ft-one, 
.  Sam'  Littlefield's  Wife  of  Maryland,  and  not  so  much  as  a  Child, 
Jonging  to  any  of  our  friends  tFiat  are  with  you. 
'  Be  pleaded,  Sir,  to  present  my  Duty  to  his  Excellency,  our  Captain 
General,  for  whose  wise,  just,  and  easier  happy  administration, 
Jhanks  are  continually  offered  up  uoto  God,  by  a  grateful  Pro- 
Mace,  with  their  earnest  Prayers  for  the  long  continuance  and  further 
P?rosperity  of  it :  and  to  his  Honor,  ourLieutcnaDt  General,  the  merits 
of  whose  Valour  and  Conduct  will  not  bo  forgotten  by  au  obliged 
people,  but  conveyed  down  to  late  Posterity  with  all  suitable  Tokens 
■f  respect.  Please  to  give  all  proper  Regards  to  all  Friends,  and 
■ipeciaUy  my  hearty  love  to  those  of  my  particular  Charge,  that  are 
Bet  at  Louisbnrg* 

~  And  now,  Sir,  that  the  happy  Day  may  be  hastened  when  I  shall 
^lee  you  face  to  face,  and  hear  you  rehearse  the  righteous  acts  of  tho 
'"ORD»  and  go  in  Company  with  you  to  his  house,  and  there  enjoy 
holy  fellowship  with  you,  is  the  constant,  earnest  Desire,  and 
brr*  Prayer  of 

Your  faithful  and  affectionate  Pastor  and 

Dutiful,  humble,  Serv*, 

Sah'l  Jefperds. 


AwKtCAN  MtMBKRS  OF  THE  LoN'OON  SOCIETY  07  AN^nQFARIES.— About  tWO  JCaiB 

nthc  follow! Di»  article  tippuarcd  in  the  Boston  AdvertiPer  : 

'  jlr.  Adam«  nm  bet-n  clet?t«d  Honorary  Fclkiw  uf  tfii^  Lontlon  Swiety  of  AntifIaB- 
■,  in  place  of  Mr.  Everett,  This  is  an  honor  rather  grad^tii^ly  tJonferred,  and 
refore  more  hisrhly  prized  than  ratwtt  Riiiiilar  honorH  iirc.  Thtj  other  AuiericanB 
y^mn?  honorary  feUi:)W8  are,  we  helieve,  Ah^Bre.  ( Jcor/ie  Ticknor,  Jaretl  SjmrkH. 
tbaniel  B.  Shurtleff,  George  Bancroft,  Robert  C.  Winthrop,  Joseph  R.  Ingersoll 

tod  John  Lothrop  Motley.** 
I  called  the  attention  of  John  Gou^h  Niehole,  Eec^.,  to  thifl  statement,  and  he 

Undly  funiiflhed  me  with  the  following  oorrectid  liat,  which  may  be  worth  pub- 

L^ilC— March  27.    Hon.  George  Bancrofl,  New  York. 
^^^B— Febnmry  21.     George  Tickiior,  Eft:j.j  B^lston. 
^HB— Jnnimry  22.     E.  Ge^irjs^e  S<nuer»  Esq.,  New  York, 
■1^55— May  3.     E>r.  N.  B.  Shiirtlcff,  ikmKm. 
■  l^SU—Febmary  10.     Hon.  Robert  C.  Winthrojj,  Boeton. 
^  IfHOO — J  tine  7,     John  Ljthrop  Jlotle^,  Esq.,  Vienna. 
^1|65— Docemher  7.    flon.  Charles  Francis  AdaioB. 

I  that  neither  Mr,  Hparks  nor  Mr,  Ingereoli  was  a  member  of  tho  Society » 
,  Trimscripi,  Si^t,  16,  1967.  w.  h.  w. 


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The  Wentworth  Family  of  England. 


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A  GENKALOGICAL  MEMOIR  OF  THE  WENTWORTH  FAMH 
OF  ENGLAND,  FROM  ITS    SAXON  OPJGIN  IN   THE    ELB| 
ENTU  CEN'TUHY  TO   THE   EMIGRATION   OF   ONE   OF 
REPRESENTATIVES     TO    NEW    ENGLAND     ABOUT     TI 
YEAR   1636. 

By  JosKpn  LEMrEL  Cbkstzr, 

Hmiorary  Member  of  the  Essex  and  Surrr  Arrhreoloricnl  ScwHftlcs  of  Bngtand,  wT  L^ 
HititoricflJ  Saciety  of  Pcmfi.^ylvimla,  find  the  New  EilJ^und  Ili^toric-GcneAloglcal  Sodc^i 
Author  of  tbc  Lii'e  of  John  Itogeris^  the  Miihati  Proto- Martyr,  &c  &c. 

Among  all  tlie  anciecit  families  of  the  Brftisii 

Empire,  there  is  nooe  whose  claim  to  great 
antiquity  is  founded  on  a  surer  basis^  than  that 
of  I  he  Wentworth3. 

For  more  than  eight  hundred  years  the  naro« 
has  been  identified  with  the  history  of  En- 
gland, throug-h  whatever  politieal  changes  a»J 
convulsions  it  has  passed.  The  earfiest  record 
of  it  is  in  Domesday  Book  itself;  and  from 
that  period  to  the  present  time,  thei*e  la  no 
difficulty  in  tracing  an  unbroken  genealoj 
Buceession* 

The  number  of  raodem  English  families  tl 
can  boast  of  an  origin  so  remote,  and  a 
Ascent   so  little  defaced  by  bars    sinister, 
very  small  indeed  :  it  is  scarcely  an  exagj^ 
tion  to  say  that  they  may  be  counted  on  oi 
fingers. 
Like  all  other  families,  that  of  Wentworth  has  been  subjected 
great  fluctuations,  owing  to  the  vaat  changes  in  the  political  cons 
tion  of  the  country,  and  to  other  causes.    Its  representatives  have 
at  times  the  possessors  of  enormous  wealth,  and  at  others  reduced 
comparative  poverty. 

Some  of  them  have  lost  their  heads  upon  the  ecaffold,  as  politii 
criminals,  whom  succeeding  generations  have  held  in  reverence 
patriots  and  martyrs.  But  from  first  to  laat,  there  has  never  been 
time  when  the  name  lias  not  occupied  a  conspicuous  place  in  the 
annals  of  England,  nor  one  when  the  traceable  antiquity  of  the  family 
has  been  for  a  moment  doubted. 

The  fact  that  the  titles  anciently  borne  by  different  members  of  the 
family  have  disappeared  from  the  modern  peerages,  except  as  borne 
by  those  who  liave  succeeded  through  the  female  linos,  does  not 
tate  against  thiij  statement.  _ 

It  may  be  quest ioneM  whether  all  the  male  linos  nominally  extinct 
are  so  in  reality.    Various  causes,  such  as  the  absence  of  inclination  of 
the  want  of  means,  have  often  prevented  the  prosecution  of  well-fou 
ed  claims  when  titles  of  nobility  have  been  in  abeyance  ;  and  it  is  qui 
certain  that  there  are  now  living  in  the  United  States  of  America,  ai 
in  other  foreign  countries,  numbers  of  persons  whose  claims  to  Rrttisl 
peerages  and  baronetages  are  indisputable.     In  most  if  not  in  all  such 


borne  , 

^^*ncP 
no^ 

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The  fVentivorth  Family  of  England, 


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Cisee,  these  titles  if  obtained  would  convey  to  the  poBseseorB  otilj 
empty  honors,  as  the  estates  with  which  they  were  once  connected 
have  yanished  beyond  the  possibility  of  recovery. 

That  there  are  now  living  in  the  United  States,  numerous  descend- 
i&ts  of  the  different  branches  of  the  Wentworth  family  of  England, 
who  are  entitled  to  all  the  reflected  or  transmitted  glory  of  their  an- 
cefltoiB,  and  who  have  a  right  to  boast  of  their  purely  Saxon  origin, 
Ifid  an  unbroken  and  well-authenticated  line  of  descent  extending  over 
more  than  eight  centuries^  is  a  fact  which  it  is  the  object  of  this  paper 
to  illustrate  and  subgtantiatc. 

The  results  obtained  and  here  presented  have  cost  no  einall  expen- 
diture of  time,  labor,  and  money.  The  writer,  under  the  auspices  of 
Hon,  John  Wentworth,  LL,D.,  of  Chicago,  OL,  who  has  for  many 
fare  interested  himself  in  the  subject,  has  personally  visited  more 
fifty  parishes  in  Yorkshire  and  LincolnBhire,  and  examined  the 
hial  records  of  each  from  their  earliest  existence.  The  Will 
gistries  at  London,  York,  and  Lincoln,  have  been  thoroughly 
searched,  as  well  as  the  vast  catacombs  of  the  Public  Eccord  Office, 
^«nd  other  repositories,  public  and  private,  from  whence  any  infor- 
Kaation  was  likely  to  be  derived.  The  musty  Court  Rolls  of  ancient 
BDaiiors  have  been  carefully  examined,  the  extensive  and  complicated 
Kotlectionaof  the  CoUcge  of  Arms,  the  Registers  of  Dissenting  Churches 
*•  deposited  at  Somerset  House,  and  in  short  every  acccs8il3le  source 
fiom  which  there  seemed  the  slightest  chance  of  obtaining  light  upon 
the  subject  of  investigation  ;  and  it  is  confidently  believed  that 
the  following  statement  presents,  fiir  the  first  time,  the  true  history 
of  Ei^DEK  William  Wentworth,  the  early  New  England  emigrant, 
and  the  ancestor  of  the  numerous  families  of  that  name  in  the  United 
Sutes. 

The  writer  believes  that  he  has  exhausted  every  reasonable  source 
of  bforraation,  and  thiit  any  further  particulars  about  the  history  of 
the  family  in  England  most  be  due  rather  to  accident  than  to  systema* 
tic  research. 

The  different  generations  in  direct  descent  from  the  earliest  known 
of  the  name,  to  Elder  William  Wentworth,  will  be  distinguished  by 
Boman  numerals. 

Of  the  first  few  generations  little  or  nothing  is  known  beyond  the 
We  names,  but  the  descent  as  given  has  the  authority  of  all  the  early 
I  fttiealogistSj  and  was  accepted,  and  is  still  deemed  genuine  by  the 
College  of  Arms.  As  the  pedigree  has  thus  stood  the  test  of  contu- 
lies,  it  is  not  likely  that  any  further  information  will  ever  be  obtained 
respecting  the  family  during  the  period  embracing  the  Uth,  12th,  1 3th, 
i&d  Uth  centuries. 

From  the  commencement  of  the  15th  century  downwards,  the  history 
of  tbe  direct  line  is  given  with  general  correctness,  by  the  various 
genealogical  writers.     The  present  writer  has,  however,  been  able  to 
correct  some  errors  that  have  crept  into  the  accounts  ;  and,  from  the 
examination  of  original  documents,  to  make  some  interesting  addi- 
*  ~  ^"^     ^  1,  all  of  which  are  embodied  in  the  following  statements. 
8  the  history  of  the  other  branches  of  the  family  is  con* 
'.^  and  especially  of  the  branch  from  which  Elder  Wentworth 
ided,  the  writer  has  had  no  assistance  whatever  from  printed 
Ies,  nor  from  the  manuscript  coUectious  of  others,  and  the  results 
Tou  XXL  U* 


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T^e  WmttDorth  Familtj  of  England. 


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presented  are  eatircly  from  bis  own  researches.    The  precise  point  al 
wbich  these  exclusively  original  results  commence,  will  be  Uereaft< 
imlicated. 

Such  a  state  of  things  is  most  common  in  English  genealogy.     Thij 
particular  lines  of  a  family  in  which  titles  of  nobility  or  honor  occufJ 
are  worked  out  and  perpetuated  with  great  care  ;  while  younger  son 
are  barely  mentioned  by  their  names,  or,  after  a  time,  omitted  alt 
getber.     It  is  this  ignoring  of  the  younger  branches  of  inflaQ 
families  that  gives  the  modern  genealogist  so  much  trouble  and  la 
and  yet,  it  is  probably  best  in  the  end,  as  it  compels  him  to  acqiiiti 
his  information  from  original  sources,  instead  of  being  tempted  to  rel; 
upon  the  results  obtained  by  his  predecessors. 

It  may  be  safely  accepted  that  the  first  known  mention  of  the  famd 
ly  of  Wentworth  occurs  in  Domesday  Book,  and  the  pedigree  ma 
therefore  commence  thus  : — 

I.  REGINALD  Wentwobth,  or^  as  written  in  Domesday  Book,  Rykoi 
BE  WTNTEHWAnE,  who  was  Hviog  at  the  time  of  the  Norman  Oonquestj 
A.D.  1066.     As  at  that  time  there  were  no  actual  surnames,  he 
simply  Eeginald  of  Wentworth.     In  other  words  he  was  the  \ 
in  Saxon  times  of  the  lordship  of  Wentworthf  in  the   Wap< 
Strafford,  in  the  West  Riding  of  Yorkshire.     Yorkshire  coniiibts  < 
three  divisions,  known  as  the  North,  East,  and  West  Ridings,     Ea 
Riding  is  subdivided  into  a  number  of  Wapentakes  or  Hundreds,  an4 
it  was  in  one  of  the  latter  that  the  lordship  or  manor  of  Wentwor  "^ 
was  situated.     Wentworth  is  in  the  parish  of  Wath-upon-Dearn»  abou 
nine  miles  from  Sbeffield,  and  thirteen  from  Doneastcr.     The  fact  tha 
be  is  described  in  Domesday  Book  as  the  lord  of  Wentworth,  sufl 
cieiitly  attests  his  position  as  one  of  the  principal  men  of  his  neighbor 
hood,  even  at  this  early  period*     Nothing,  however,  is  known  of  I  " 
family,  except  that  he  was  succeeded  by  his  son — 

II.  Henry   Wentwobth,   sometimes   written    de    Wyn^twortit, 
Wyniwordf  concerrdng  whom  nothing  has  been  preserved  but  b 
name.     He  was  succeeded  by  his  son — 

III.  Richard  WentwortHi  who  was  succeeded  by  hie  son — 

IV.  Mice  A  EL  Wentwoeth,  who  was  succeeded  by  his  eon — 

V.  Hexry  WENTwoRTa,  who  was  succeeded  by  his  sou — 

VI.  Hugh  Wentworth,  who  died  in  the  year  1200,  and  was  su 
ceeded  by  his  son — 

VII.  WiLLiAH  WentwortHi.  who  was  succeeded  by  his  son 
heir — 

VIIT.  Robert  Wentworth,  who  married  Emma,  daughter  and  he 
of  William  Woodhouse  ( Wodeh&use,  in  old  manuscripts),  of  Woo 
house  (a  manor  or  lordship  contiguous  to  Wentworth),  and  thu 
acquiring  that  estate,  the  family  was  afterwards  designated  as  Wen 
worth  of  Wcntworth-Woodhouse.  He  was  living  in  the  reign 
Henry  III.  and  Edward  L  j  say  as  late  as  1276,  and  was  succeeda 
by  his  son  and  heir — 

IX.     William   Wentwortr,  of  Wentworth* Woodhouse,  who  mar- 
ried Beatrice,  daughter  of  Gilbert  Thakel,  of  Yorkshire,  and  diedj 
Edward  II.,  1308-9,  having  had  issue  two  eonSi  viz,; — 

1.  William t  of  whom  hereafter  ;  and 

2.  Richard,  who  became  a  Prebendary  of  St.  Paul's,  and  in  IS 
was  elevated  to  the  Bishopric  of  London,  and  in  the  same  year,  beii 


S8.] 


T%e  Wetitworth  Family  of  England* 


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reign  of  Edward  IIL,  was  made  Lord  High  Chancellor  of  Eng- 

This  18  the  first  recorded  instance  of  the  official  dignities  that 

ft  afterwarde  common  enough  in  the  family.     So  far  as  the  State 

concerned  his  position  was  secondonly  to  thatofthe  King  himself^ 

the  Bishopric  of  London,  at  that  time  holding  even  higher  rank 

it  dues  now,  was  exceeded  only  by  the  Archbishoprics  of  Canter- 

and  York*    Bishop  and  Chancellor  Weotworth  djd  not,  however, 

ig  enjoy  his  dignities,  as  he  died  in  1339,  the  year  Bucceeding  his 

iion.     The  line  was  continued  through  his  elder  brother — 
X     WiLLUM    Wektworth,   of  Wentwotth  -  WoodhouBC.   who   was 
,rried,  first  in  1288,  to  Dionysia,  daughter  oiPeter  de  Rotherfield,  by 
om  ho  had  only  two  sohs^  viz,  : — 
1.     William,  of  whom  hereafter,  and 

^.    John,  who  married  Alice,  daughter  and  heir  of  John  Bissett, 

of  North  Elmsall,  in  Yorkshire,  and  thus  acquired  that  impor- 

Unt  estate.     He  died,  however,  without  at  least  surviving  issue,  and 

jqueathed  that  estate  to  his  nephew  Johrif  the  younger  son  of  hia 

"er  brother  William,  of  whom   licreafler.      Their  mother  Dionysia 

fed  shortly  after  the  birth  of  her  yonnger  son  John,  and  their  father 

ilUam  married,  secondly,  Lucy  daughter  of  Sir  Adam  Newmarch, 

kl  had  no  issue  by  her  ;    and  himself  died  in    1295,  in  the  lifetime 

his  father,  and  only  seven  years  after  his  first  marriage.     On  his 

Ktker's  death  in  1308-9|  the  family  estates  reverted  to  his  eldest 

XL     Sir    William   Went  worth;  of  Wentworth-Woodhouse,   who 
ied  Isabel,  daughter  and  co-heir  of  William  Pollington,  Esq.,  of 
bUington,  in  Yorkshire  (eon  and  heir  of  Sir  Thomas  FoUington,  Kt.), 
f  whom  he  had  also  two  sons,  viz.  : — 
1*    William,  and 

2.  John,  of  whom  hereafter.  The  eldest  son  William  was  after- 
nrds  knighted,  and  continued  tlie  direct  line  of  the  family  of  Went- 
rortb-Woodhouse. 

Aa  oar  interest  with  this  direct  lino  ceases  at  this  point,  a  brief 
Ectch  of  its  remaining  history  may  be  convenient  for  reference,  and 
,c  comparison  of  the  relative  positions  of  the  contemporaneous  gene- 
Aions  will  serve  to  explain  how  the  collateral  branches  of  the  fami- 
cmm  to  be  dropped  from  the  English  pedigrees.     For  greater  con- 
of  reference,  the  same  numeration  is  continued,  but  in  paren* 
This  eldest  son — 
12)    Sir  William  Went  worth,  married  Isabel,  daughter  and  heir  of 
rt  Hooton,   Esq.,   of  Ilooton-Koberts,  in  Yorkshire,  by  Lucy, 
mgijter  and  co-heir  of  Sir  Edward  Skelton,  and  had  issue  : — 
IS)    Sir  William  Went  worth,  who  married  Lucy,   daughter  and 
If  of  Walter,  son  and  heir  of  Henry  Tinsley,  Esq.,  of  Tinsley,  in 
Ofkaliire,   by  Lucy,  daughter  and  heir  of  Walter  Brett,  and  had 

e: — 
(U)    Thomas  Wentworth,  Esq,,  who  married  Isabel,  daughter  of 
William  Fleming,  Kt.,  of  Waitii,  in  Lincolnshire,  and  had  issue  :~ 

(15)  William  Wcntworth,  Esq.,  who  married  Lucy,  daughter  (by 
former  husband  whose  name  is  not  preserved)  of  Isabel,  wife  of 
ilUam  Sheffield.  Esq.,  of  Bolderstown,  and  bad  issue  : — 

(16)  William  Wentworth,  Esq.,  who  married,  first,  Isabella, 
•oghter  of  Thomas  Durrani^  Esq.,  and,  secoudlyi  Isabel,  daughter  of 


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The  Wtttttwrth  Family  of  England. 


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Sir  Thomas  Rcreaby,  of  Tliriberg,  in  Yorkshire^  and  by  tho  former  1 
issue  : — 

(17)  Sir  Thomas  Wentworth,  who  fought  valiantly  on  the  side  \ 
Henry  VL,  at  the  battle  of  Hexham,  3  April,    1463.   when   he 
made  prisoner  with  the  Duke  of  Suraerset  and  others.     lie  ma 
Joan,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Redman,  Kt.,  of  Harwood  Tower, 
Yorkshire,  and  had  issne  two  sons,  William  and  John.     Of  the  ] 
nothing  further  is  known.     The  former — 

(18)  William  Wentworth,  Esq.,  married,  1160-1.  Isabel,  dat 
of  Sir  Richard  Fitzwilliams,  of  Aldwarke,  in  Yorkshire,  by  ElizalE 
daughter  and  heir  of  Thomas  Clarell  of  the  same  ptace^  and  had  is 
Thomas,  RalphCj  George,   William,  aud  Elizabeth.     The  latter 
ried,  first,  Thomas  Lea,  Esq.,  of  Middleton,  and,  secondly,   HeiJ 
Arthington,  Esq*     Of  the  three  younger  sons  there  is  no  record 
of  their  names.    The  father  died  in  1477,  and  the  line  waa  contlna 
by  the  eldest  son — 

(19)  Sir  Thomas  Wentworth,  who  was  knighted  for  his  bra^ 
at  the  battle  of  Spurs,  16  August,  1513.     It  will  be  seen  that  down^ 
this  period,  the  successors  to  the  estate  of  Went  worth- Woodhoil 
were  almost  invariably  only  sons,  and  as  invariably  married  heire 
or  co-heiresses. 

By  this  time,  therefore,  the  wealth  of  this  family  had  become  en 
mo  us,  as  may  be  judged  by  the  fact,  that  this  Sir  Thomas  bore  the  i 
fjiiel  of  **  Golden  Thomas/'     He  paid  at  one  time  a  heavy  fine  toj 
excused  from  accepting  the  Order  of  the  Bath,  and  in  1528  ob 
a  license  from  Henry  VII L  to  remain  covered  in  the  royal  pr 
The  reason  alleged  was  his  iufirmity  arising  from  old  age.     But, ' 
he  lived  twenty  years  longer  (he  died  6  Dec,  1548),  the  pr 
tton  is  that  the  license  was  purchased  at  a  great  price  for  t!ie  pc 
of  gratifying  a  whim  or  some  feeling  of  personal  pride,     lie  man 
Beatrix,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Woodruflf,  Kt,  of  Woolley,  in  Yo 
shire,  aud  widow  of  John  Drax,  Esq.,  of  Woodhuli,  by  whom  he 
five  sons  and  three  daughters,  viz.  :  William,  Gervase,  Michael^ 
mas,  Bryan,  Elizabeth,  Isabel,  and  Beatrice. 

Of  Gervase  and  Bryan  there  are  no  further  accounts. 

Michael  was  afterwards  of  Mendham  Priory,  in  the  county  of  5i 
and  became  cofiferer  to  Henry  VIIL,  and  comptroller  to  the  Qa 
By  his  wife  Isabel,  daughter  and  heir  of  Fercival   W^hitley,  Esq.^i 
Whitley,  in  Yorkshire,  he  became  ancestor   of  the   Wentwortha^ 
Wooley,  in  Y'orkshire,  a  line  which   terminated  in  co-heiresses  1 
latter  part  of  the  last  century.     He  died  13  Oct.,  1558,  and  his 
in  1560.     Thomas  was  of  Scoreby,  in  Yorkshire,  and  married  Gr 
daughter  of  John  Gascoigne,  Esq.,  of  Lasingcroft,  in  Yorkshire, 
whom  he  had  an  only  son,  Thomas,  and  three  daughters,  Mary,  Gi 
and  Elizabeth.     Of  the  three  daughters  of  Sir  Thomas   and 
Beatrix — ^Elizabeth   married   Ralph    Denham,   Esq.,    Isabel    ma 
Nicholas  Wombwell,  Esq.,  and  Beatrice  married  Thomas  Worrell,  ] 

The  direct  line  was  continued  by  the  eldest  son — 

(20)     William  Wentworth,  Esq.,  who  married  Catherine,  daughC 
of  Ralph  Beeston,  Esq.,  of  Beeatun,  in  Yorkshire,   and  had  issue: — 
Thomas,  Michael,  W^illiam,  Gervase  (of  the  last  three  nothing  further 
is  known),  Margaret  and  Muriel  (who  respectively  married  Lunceloi i 
and  Christopher  Montfort,  son  and  father),  Elizabeth  (who  died 


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llDtmed),  and  Beatrice  (who  married  John  Savile,  Eaq.).     The  eldest 
[ion — 

(21)  Thomas  Wentworth,  Esq.,  married  Margaret,  daughter  of 
Bif  Wniiam  Gascoig^ne,  Kt,,  and  had  issue  four  daughters,  viz.  :  Eliza- 

eth,  wbo  married  Thomas  Danliy,  Esq.  ;  Barbara,  who  died  uomar- 
Alargaret,  who  married,  firsts  Michael,  son  and  heir  of  Lord 
Sarcy,  and.  secondly,  Jasper  Biythman,  Esq. ;  and  Catherine,  who 
ftarried  Thomas  Gargrave,  Esq,  ;  and  an  only  son— 

(22)  Sir  William  Wentworth,  who  was  created  a  Baronet,  29  June, 
|611,  and  died  in  1614.     By  his  wife,  Anne,  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir 

obert  AlkinSt  Kt,^  he  had  eight  sons  and  three  daughters  ;  of  whom 
ly  Matthew,  Phillip,   Michael,   and   Rohert,  all  died  unmarried, 
married   Sir  Richard  Hooton,  Kt. ;    Anne  roarried  Sir  George 
ivile,  Kt, ;  and  Elizabeth  married  James  Dillon,  third  Earl  of  Ros- 
aon,  and  was  mother  of  the  celebrated  Poet,  Wentworth  Billon, 

Earl  of  Roscommon, 
be  second  son,  Sir  Will f am  Wentworth,  of  Ashby  Puerorum,  in 
ncol n shire,  was  knighted  by  Charles  L,  and  fell  in  his  service,  at 
be  battle  of  Marston  Moor,  3  July,  1644.  He  married  Elizabeth, 
aughter  and  co-heir  of  Thomas  Savile,  Esq.,  and  was  the  ancestor  of 
he  Wentworths  of  Wentworth  Castle,  Barons  Rabj,  Viscounts  Went- 
rortb,  and  Earls  of  Strafford  of  the  second  creation,  which  line  tormi- 
ated  in  an  heiress,  and  which  dignities  expired  on  the  death  of  the 
Earl,  7  Aug.,  1TD9.  The  eighth  son,  Sir  George  Wentworth^  was 
I:  J  by  Charles  I.,  and  made  General  of  his  forces  in  Ireland, 

,  d  re  1667;  he  married  Frances,   daughter  and  co-heir  of 

Kr  Francis  Ruishe,  Kt,,  of  the  county  of  Kent,  and  had  issue :  but 
fM  Uno  also  terminated  in  an  heiress,  who  married  Thomas,  Lord 
loward  of  Effingham,     The  direct  line  continued  through — 

(23)  Sir  Thomas   Wentworth,    second    Baronet,   who  was  bom 
|3  April,  1593,  and  was  created  Baron  Wentworth  of  Weotworth- 

"bouse,  22  July,  1628,  Viscount  Wentworth  the  tenth  of  Decem- 
ftUowing,  and  in  1640,  Baron  Raby  of  Raby  Castle  in  the  county 
Durham,  and  Earl  of  Stbjifford.     His  unfortunate  history  is  well 
Qown.     He  was  beheaded  12  May,  164L     He  was  thrice  married, 
eecond  wife  he  had  no  issue,  and  by  his  third  he  had  a  son 
inghter,  who  both  died  unmarried.     By  his  first  wife,  Lady  Mar- 
el  Clifford,  daughter  of  Francis,  fourth  Earl  of  Cumberland,  he  bad 
De  son  and  two  daughters.     The  fonner— 

(21)     Sir  William  Wentworth,  succeeded  to  the  titles  (which  were 
•tored  by  act  of  Parliament,  after  the  restoration,  but  by  Patent 
Dt^dated  1641),  and  was  twice  married,  but  died  without  issue  in 
Sd5,  when  the  honors  all  became  extinct  (except  the  Barony  of  Raby, 
bhich  passed  by  special  limitation  to  a  distant  kinsman);  and  the 
went  through  his  sister  to  the  family  of  Watson,  Earl  of  Rock- 
Thus,  after  twenty-four  generations,  ended  the  direct  line 
feginald  Wentworth,  the  Saxon  lord,  in  this  branch  of  the  family. 
We  return  now  to  the  second  son  of  William  Wentworth  and  Isabel 
ton,  from  whom  the  Wentworths  of  the  United  States  of  Ameri- 
I  descended,  viz»  : — 

.     JoHK  Wentwokth,  Esq,,  of  North  Elmsall,  in  Yorkshire,  who 
j^herited  that  estate  from  his  Uncle  John,  and  which  is  at  no  great 
itanoe  Irom  Wentworth- Woodhouse,  being  in  the  parish  of  South 


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Kirkby,  about  nine  miles  from  Doncaster.  He  married  Joan,  daug 
ter  of  Richard  le  Tyas,  of  Burgh wallifi,  in  Yorkshire,  and  was  en 
ceeded  by  his  ooly  son — 

XIIL    John  Wkn'tworth,    Esq,,   of  North   Elragall,   who  marrie 
Agnes,  sister  and  co-heir  of  Sir  VVilliam  Dronslield,  of  West  Brett 
in  Yorkshire,  and  was  living  in  1413.     He  had  four  soqSi  viz,  : — 

1.  John,  of  whom  hereafter. 

2.  Roger,  who  married  Margery,  daughter  and  heir  of  Phillip! 
Despencer,  of  Nettlested  in  the  coanty  of  SuiTolk,  and  relict  of  Jot 
Lord  de  Roos.     He  was  settled  at  Nettlested,  and  became  aneoati 
of  the  Barons  Wentworth  of  Nettlested,  and  the  Earl  of  Cleveland 
His  direct  line  terminated  in  Lady  Anne  Wentworth,  wlio  married  Johfl 
Lord  Lovelace.     He  was  also  the  ancestor  of  the  Wentworths 
Gosfield,  in  the  county  of  Essex,  members  of  which  family  were  sea 
tered  over  the  kingdom,  especially  in  the  counties  uf  Bucks,   Oxfor 
and  Dorset,  but  their  lines  arc  all  now  extinct. 

3.  Thomas,  who  settled  at  Doncaster.  and  died  about  1450. 

4.  Richard »  who  married  Matilda,   Countess  of  Cambridge, 
became  ancestor  of  the  Wentworths  of  Bretton,  in  Yorkshire,  amoo 
whom  was  a  lino  of  Baronets,  the  last  of  whom  died  in  1792. 

The  direct  line  was  continued  by  the  eldest  son- — 

XIV.  John  Wentworth,  Esq.,  of  North  Elmsall,  who  married  Eliz 
beth,  daughter  of  Richard  Beaumonti  Esq.,  of  Whitley  Hall,  in  Yor 
flbire  (which  estate  has  continued  in  that  family  till  the  present  ^ce 
tury),  and  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son — 

XV.  Jows   Wkntworth,    Esq.,   of  North   Elm  sail,   who   marrie 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William  Calverley,  Esq,,  of  Oalverley,  in  Yori 
shire,  and  had  issue — one  daughter,  Jane,  who  married  William  Gol^ 
tborpe,  Esq.,  of  Goldthorpe,  in  Yorkshire;  and  an  only  son — 

XVL  Teoifia  Wentworth,  Esq.,  of  North  Elmsall,  who  died  alioo 
1522.  He  married  Jane,  daughter  of  Oliver  Mirtield,  of  Howlcy,  ' 
Yorkshire,  and  had  issue — John,  Roger,  Oliver  (of  whom  heroafterl 
William  and  Thomas  (of  neither  of  whom  has  anything  further  ' 
discovered),  and  a  daughter  who  married  Walter  Harks  worth, 
The  second  son,  Roger,  settled  at  Adwick-le-Street,  in  Yorksbirei 
died  about  1551,  leaving  a  son  Thomas. 

As  our  special  interest  in  the  direct  line  again  ceases  with  ' 
generation,  an  epitome  of  its  fnture  Ijistory  will  suffice,  and  the  fd 
mer  principle  of  enumeration  is  again  adopted.     The  eldest  8on< 
this  marriage  was— 

(IT)     Sir  John  Wentworth,  Kt.,  of  North  Elmsall,  who  died  ah 
August,  1644,  having  been  twice  married.     By  his  first  wite,  Ai 
daughter  of  Thomas  Crake,  Esq.,  of  Beverley,  in  Yorkshire,  he 
issue — John  ;  Thomas,  of  Howly,  in  Yorkshire,  and  of  Ashby,  in 
colnshire,  who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Christopher  Danbj 
Christopher,  who  settled  at  Sheffield ;    Hector,  who  was  buried 
Glee,   in  Lincolnshire,  26  December,  1585  ;    Elizabeth,  who  mar 
Francis  Haldenby,  Esq. ;  Frances,  who  married  Thomas  Wombwel 
Esq.  ;  and  Bridget,  who  married  Nicholas  Haghe,  Esq,    By  his  secoi 
wife  Jane,   daughter  of  Roger  Appleton,   Esq.,  of  Dartford,  in 
county  of  Kent  (who  re-mamed  Sir  Thomas  Gargrave,  Kt,),  he   h^ 
Phillip;  Robert;  Dorothy;    and  Jane,  who  married  Hubert  Trigo 
Esq.    The  eldest  son — 


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(18)  John  Wentworth,  Esq.,  of  North  Elmsall,  aleo  married  twice. 
By  his  second  wife,  Anno  Pickering,  he  hud  no  issue  ;  but  by  hie  first, 
Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  Brian  Hastings,  Kt.,  he  had  two  daughters,  \iz.: 
^^  who  married  Thomas  Sandys,  Esq.  ;  and  Elizabeth,  who  married 

Fletcher,  Esq,,  and  an  only  son — 

^1^1     Thomas  Wentworth,  Esq.,  of  North  Elmsall,   who   died  in 

i§0,  Daring  married  Anno,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Calvcrley,-by  whom 

had»  with  other  issue,  a  daughter  Elizabeth,  who  married  first, 

chard  Tempest,  Esq.,  and  secoudly.  Sir  John  Savile,  Kt.,  one  of  the 

rona  of  the  Exchequer  ;  and  a  son  and  successor— 

20)     Thomas  Wentworth,  Esq.,  of  North  Elmsall,  who  died  about 

l2-*3»  who  had  issue  by  his  wiJe,  daughter  of  Richard  Goodricke, 

. — Thomas;  Darcy,  who  was  of  Brodfiworth,  in  Yorkshire  ;  Wiiiiam 

John,  who  both  died  without  issue  ;    and  two  daughters,  viz. : 

tharine,  who  married  Sir  Rowland  Waodesford,  and  had  an  only 

daughter,  Elizabeth,  who  married  Fbinip,  Lord  Wliarton  ;  and  Anne, 

vho  married  Sir  Richard  Ilawksworth.     The  eldest  son — 

B  (21)     Sir  Thomas  Wentworth,  Kt.,  of  North  Elmsall,  was  bom 

^feout  1590,  and  was  living  in  1638,  when  he  adminiatered  to  the  estate 

Hr  his  second  wife,  Martlia,    daughter   of  Sir  Thomas  Hayes,  Lord 

•Mayor  of  London,  by  whom  Jje  had  two  daughters,  viz, :  Martha,  who 

married,  first,   Thomas    Worabwell,   Esq*,  and  secondly,  Sir  Henry 

Marwood ;    and  Mary,   who  married  Sir  WilMam  Middloton,  Bart., 

aod  died  11  September,  1667. 

The  first  wife  of  Sir  Thomas  was  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Bam- 
borough,  by  wlmm  he  had  an  only  son— 

(22)  Thomas  Wentworth,  Esq.,  of  North  Elmsall,  who  was  bom  in 
1619,  and  died  10  May,  1653,  He  married  Agnes,  daughter  of  Sir  Henry 
Bellingbam,  Bart.,  who  survived  fier  Imsband  and  died  IT  June,  1668. 
By  her  he  had  issue  : — Sir  Juhii  Wentworth,  who  was  kiiigbted  at 
Whitehall,  8  May,  1667,  and  died  4  June,  1671,  aged  20,  leaving  by 
kiswife  Catharine,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Norcliflx?,  and  widow  of 
Christopher  Lister,  Esq.  (and  who  married  thirdly,  lieneage  Finch, 
•econd  Earl  of  Winchilsea),  an  only  son,  Thomas,  who  was  bapti/.ed 
26  Feb.,  1669-70,  and  died  8  Aug,»  1689;  Bemy ;  and  Dorothy,  who 
married  Edward,  eldest  eon  of  Sir  Tliouias  Gower. 
The  line  was  continued  by  the  second  son — 

(23)  Henry  AVentworth,  Esq.,  of  Brods worth,  in  Yorkshire,  who 
left  issue  an  only  eon — 

(24)  Sir  John  Wentworth,  of  Brodaworth,  and  North  Elmsall,  to 
which  latter  estate  he  succeeded  on  the  death  of  his  cousin  Thomas. 
He  was  created  a  Baronet  28  July,  1692,  and  died  25  April,  1720, 
Aged  47.  He  was  twice  married.  By  hie  first  wife,  Mary,  daughter 
of  Sir  John  Lowther,  Bart,  (afterwards  Viscount  Lonsdale),  who 
^ed  16  April,  1706,  aged  30,  and  was  buried  in  the  Abbey  Church  at 
B»th»  he  had  an  only  daughter,  Catherine,  who  married  16  March, 
lUG-7,  Hugh  Cholmley,  Esq.,  of  Whitby  Abbey  in  Yorkshire.  By  his 
Bficond  wife,  Lady  Elizabeth  Cavendish,  daughter  of  William,  first 
'*""     of  Devonshire  (to  wiiom  he  was  married  in  Easter  week,  1708, 

who  died  29  Aug.,  1741),  he  had  an  only  son  and  successor — 

(25)  Sir  Butler  Cavendish  Wentworth,  second  Baronet,  who  mar- 
ried Bridget,  daughter  of  Sir  Ralph  Milbanke,  Bart.,  but  died  without 
iime,  3  December,  17^1,  aged  31,  when  the  Baronetcy  became  extinct. 


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His  widow  re-married  Joshua  Murray,  Esq.,  and  died  in  17t4. 
estates  pass{^d  to  l*iw  half-eister,  Catherine  Cholmley  above  mcntioot 
and  tlius.  after  tweutj-five  generations,  this  liye  of  the  Saxon  We 
worth  terminated. 

We  return  now  to  the  younger  son  of  Thomas  Wentworth  and  Ji 
Mirfield  (from  whom  the  Wentwortha  of  the  Uaited  States  of  Ainer 
are  descended),  viz.  : — 

XVI L     OuvER  Wentworth. 

It  in  from  this  point  that  all  the  results  arc  due  solely  to  the 
searches  of  the  present  writer. 

In  all  the  pedigrees  this  Oliver  and  his  two  brothers,  William  and' 
mas,  are  merely  mentioned  as  younger  sons.     Their  brother  Sir  Jol| 
was  certainly  the  eldest,  as  he  succeeded  to  the  estate,  and  Roger  i 
always  named   as  the  second  son,     Oliver,  therefore,  may  have  beta 
either  the  third,  fourth  or  fifth.     2V t  all  events,  he  was  a  younger  i 
which  accounts  for  his  being  thenceforth  omitted  in  the  pedigrees, 

Elis  residence  was  at  Goxhill,  in  the  cotmty  of  Lincoln,  a  parish  whioj 
extends  to  the  Ilumber,  oearly  opposite  Hull.     Tlie  distance  frc 
North  Elmsall  is  some  forty  or  fifty  miles,  and  it  seemed  at  first  Strang 
that  he  should  have  strayed  to  a  place  so  apparently  unimportant,  [ 
one  with  which  the  Wentworths  had  hitherto  had  no  connection, 
investigation,  however,  it  is  fotind  that  Lady  de  Roos,  wife  of  Rog 
Wentworth,  the  great-grand  uncle  of  this  Oliver,  brought  into 
family  the  manor  of  Goxhill,  and  it  is  quite  probable  that  he  took 
bis  residence  there  as  the  agent  for  the  estate.     At  all  events  he  livd 
there  at  the  time  of  his  death,  for  his  vdll  m  dated  there  on  the  7tU< 
December,  1558,  and  he  died  shortly  after,  and  it  was  proved  in 
Archdeaconry  of  Lincoln  on  the  following  28th  of  January. 

He  described  himself  as  a  *'  Gontleman/'^  and,  after  the  usual 
gious  bequests  of  the  period,  left  small  legacies  to  bis  sons  William  an 
Francis,  and  to  Oliver  the  son  of  the  former,   and  the  residue  of  tij| 
estate  to  his  wife  Jane,  who  proved  th«  will  as  executrix. 

There  are  no  records  of  the  family  in  the  Goxhill  parish  regist^ 
and  it  is  therefore  probable  that  his  children  were  baptized  elsewher 
and  that  he  was  Iiimsclf  buried  among  his  ancestors  at  North  KlmsalB 
Nothing  farther  has  been  ascertained  respecting  his  widow. 

His  second  son  Francis  lived  during  the  latter  part  of  his  life 
Waltharn,  in  Lincolnshire,  a  village  near  Grimsby,  and  about  twenti 
miles  from  Goxhill.     His  children  were  born,  or  at  least  baptized  eU 
where,  as  there  is  no  record  of  them  in  the  Walthain  registers, 
will  is  dated  13  August,  1611,  and  was  proved  in  the  Archdeacon 
Court  of  Lincoln.  If  May,  1612.     He  died,  however,  shortly  after  ma 
ing  the  will,  as  he  was  buried  in  the  Waltham  Church,  according 
the  Register,  on  the  2d  of  October,   1611.     Ho  also  called  himself  j 
*'  Gentleman.'* 

Ho  beqneathed  his  house  and  lands  at  Saltfletby  (a  parish  some  ' 
or  twelve  miles  distant)  to  his  eldest  son  William,  then  residing  there. 
To  his  younger  son,  Martin,  he  left  £20  (eqnivalont  to  £200,  or 
$1000,  at  the  present  day).  His  honsos  and  lands  in  Waltham  he 
bequeathed  to  his  danghter  Barbara  Markhara,  with  remainder  to  her 
sons  Wilbiun  and  John  Baynes,  He  made  her  also  residuary  legatee^ 
and  appointed  her  husband,  Christopher  Markham,  his  executor.  ^ 
ftlso  appoiutod  **  Christopher    Wentworth,    Gentleman,"  of  Bav€ 


8.] 


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e,  in  Lincolnshire,  supervisor  of  the  will.     He  held  also  lands  in 
eby,  in  the  eame  county,  which  were   to  go  eventually  to  John 
pijoea,  the  second  son  of  his  daughter  Barhara. 

The  presumption  formed  from  his  will  and  from  other  evidences  is, 

hat  he  had  formerly  resided  at  Saltfletby,  which  was  then  a  town  of 

ome  importance  on  the  coast,  where  he  was  probably  engaged  in 

Dsitiess,  and  retired  to  Waltham,  where  bis   daughter  was  ali-eady 

ptUed,  and  where  hia  elder  brother  was  also  living,  to  eind  his  days, 

mug  his  son  William  at  the  former  place  to  continue  the  trade. 

Unfortunately,  the  early  parish  registers  of  Saltiletby  are  not  now 

I  existence,  and  the  gaps  in  the  transcripts  at  the  Bishop's  Registry 

reo  numerous  that  no  information  has  been  gained  from  them. 

^ for  the  same  reason  nothiog  further  has  heeii  ascertained  concern- 

'  this  eldest  son  William,  who  was  living  at  *Saltfletby  at  the  date 

"  i^latber^a  will,  and  described  as  a  '*  Gentleman/'  except  that  he 

JNioii,  also  named  William,  baptized  at  Waltham,  12  June,  1598. 

.  no  will  himself,  and  is  never  again  mentioned  in  those  of  any 

Fthe  other  membej-s  of  the  family,     As,  however,  he  must  have  been 

Ueast  thirty  years  old  in  1611,  and  as  his  son  was  born  as  early  as 

(&S,  it  is  clear  that  neither  of  them  could  have  been  the  New  Eng- 

Vid  emigrant,  and  they  are  therefore  of  no  further  interest. 

^The  other  son,  Martin,  survived  his  father  about  eight  years,  and 

►  buried  at  Waltham  the  8th  August,  1619.     Barbara,  the  only 

er,  was  first  married  to  the  Rev*   Richard  Baynes,  who  was 

or  of  WaUhaoi  as  early  as  1581,  and  continued  such  till  his  death* 

I  was  buried  in  Waltham  Church,  5  April,   IGIO.     Their  two  sons 

Bed  in  their  grandfather's  will  were  twins,  and  evidently  the  first- 

n,  and  were  baptized  at  Waltham,  2  September,  1592. 

I  There  were  several  other  children  by  this  marriage,  one  of  them 

ithumous,  but  they  appear  to  have  all  died  iu  infancy. 
(Mr.  Baynes,  in  his  will,  dated  31)  March,  1610,  mentions  his  wife's 
Hther,  Francis  Wont  worth,  her  brothers  Mr.  William  and  Mr.  Martin 
featworth,  and  her  "  cousin  Christopher  Wentworth  of  Ravcndale/' 
aing  further  has  been  learned  of  the  two  sons  Wiitiara  and  John, 
name  of  Baynes  does  not  again  occur  in  the  Waltham  register 
'the  burial   of  their  father  and  the  baptism  of  the  postlmraous 
kild.     On  the  27tb  May,  1611,  Mrs.  Baynes  re-marriedi  at  Wakbam, 
>B«v.  Christopher  Markham,  who  succeeded  her  former  husband 
rfieetor  of  that  piirish.     By  him  she  had  one  eon,  Theodore,  bap- 
'  March,  lGll-12,  who  afterwards  became  a  Doctor  of  Medi- 
id  continued  to  reside  at  Waltham,  where  he  was  finally  buried, 
|liary,  1657-B. 
Markham  was  buried  there  6  June,  1622,  and  her  second  hns* 
ad.  who  survived  her  nearly  twenty  years,  and  married  and  buried 
er  wife,  was  also  buried  there,  15  April,  1642. 
ag  thus  disposed  of  the  younger  branch  of  the  family  of  Oliver 
forth,  of  Goxhill,  we  return  to  the  eldest  hou,  viz.  j — 
flVHL     WiLUAii  Wentwobth,  who  also  settled  finally  at  Waltham, 
ougb  his  children  were  not  baptized,  nor  was  he  himself  buried 
pre.    His  will  was  dated  on  the  16  May,  1574,  and  was  proved  at 
'     24th  of  the  same  month. 
Lil  .himself as  of  Waltham,  and  a  "Gentleman;"  but, 

lUgiatcr  of  that  parish,  which  is  perfect,  cootaina  no  record  of 

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his  burial,  It  is  to  be  prestimed  that  he  also  wag  carried  to  North 
8&)I,  and  kid  with  his  ancestors.     As  there  are  no  early  Registers 
that  parish,  and  the  transcripts  in  the  Bishop ^s  Registry  at   York 
not  begin  till  about  I6OO1  it  will  probably  be  impossible  ever  to  det 
mine  this  and  similar  points  with  certainty. 

According  to  an   Inquisition  post   mortem   at  the   Public   Re 
Office  in  London,  he  died  on  the  22d  of  May,   1574,  and  evidently 
early  life,  as  his  brother  Francis    sorvived  him    some  thirty-serfi 
years.     He  left  only  two  sons,  both  in  their  minority,  the  son  Olive 
mentioned  in  his  grandfather's  will,  having  died  between  1 558  an 
1574.     According  to  the  Inquisition  referred  tfl,  the  eldest  bod  Tliomai 
was  then  aged  upwards  of  twenty  years,  and  was  therefore  bom  "^ 
1554.     He  is  never  again  heard  of,  nor  mentioned  in  the  wills  of  a 
of  bis  relatives,  and  as  bis  younger  brother  evidently  succeeded  to  1 
property,  it  may  be  safely  assumed  that  he  died  before  1610, 
without  leaving  issue. 

As  the  Inquisition  po«^  mortem  mentioned  is  a  fair  illustration  of  ( 
ancient  legal  proceeding,  abolished  more  than  two  hundred  years «g 
and  as  it  moreover  contains  a  rare  example  of  the  customs  of  "gave 
kind/'  and  '*  borough-English/'  a  free  translation  from  the  orig 
Dal  Latin  may  prove  interesting.  The  Inquisition  was  taken  atHofi 
castle^  in  Lincolnshire  (where  the  official  Escheator  chaDCed  to  livel 
on  the  16  August,  1574,  and  was  of  William  Wentworth,  late 
Waitham,  Gentleman,  who  was  found  to  be  in  his  life*time  seized 
demesne  as  of  fee  of  two  messuages,  100  acres  of  land,  20  of  meadoi 
and  30  of  pasture,  &c.,  in  Waltham,  pyrchased  of  George  Gilby ; 
messuage  being  in  the  tenure  of  Thomas  Gilby  and  Andrew  Wl 
and  the  other  in  the  tenure  of  John  Paynter,  late  the  possessw 
John  Hyde  and  another,  by  the  gift  of  King  Henry  VIIL  [ev^ 
some  portion  of  the  possessions  wrenched  by  that  monarch  froml 
abbey  or  monastery]  :  the  first  mentioned  messuage  and  the  land  in  TVi 
tham  are  held  in  socage  of  Edmund  Skerne,  Esq,,  as  of  his  manor  ( 
Waltham,  and  by  the  custom  of  the  said  manor  descend  to  the  young' 
iion,  and  are  worth  £10  per  annum  ;  and  the  last  mentioned  messni 
is  held  of  the  Queen  by  fealty  only,  and  is  worth  ten  shillings  and  ' 
pence  per  annum  ;  also  of  one  messuage  and  certain  land  in  Wintertofl 
held  of  the  Queen  as  of  her  manor  of  Kirton,  in  gaveltiiul,  which  descen 
to  Thomas  Wentworth  and  Christopher  Wentworth  ««  two  sons  andi 
heir  (*'  ut  dtiobus  filiia  et  nni  hercdi  '■],  and  are  worth  £5  per  anno 
The  Escheator  also  found  tliat  the  said  William  Wentworth  died 
the  preceding  22d  day  of  May,  and  that  Thomas  Wentworth  was 
son  and  next  heir;  and  was  aged,  at  the  date  of  the  Inquisition,  tweal 
years,  throe  months  and  upwards. 

By  a  comparison  of  this  with  similar  documents  of  the  period,  it 
clear  that  William  Wentworth,  though  entitled  by  his  ancient  desce 
to  call  himself  and  to  be  officially  recognized  as  a  "  Gentleman,'" 
though  evidently  able  to  take  rank  among  the  small  gentry  of  a  cot 
try  neighborhood,  was  by  no  means  a  great  landed  proprietor, 
indeed  a  man  of  very  largo  means.     The  leasehold  of  two  hundi 
acres  of  land  at  the  most,  and  a  few  houses  of  small  value,  seeml 
have  been  the  extent  of  bis  possessions. 

The  curse  attending  younger  sons  in  England  had  already  had  \ 
effect.     He  mentions  the  houses  referred  to,  m  his  will,  and  when  ff 


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Iftted  tkat  one  of  them  brought  id  an  annual  rent  of  five  shillings, 

I  another  of  oolj  twelve  pence,  it  wilt  bo  seen  that  their  possession, 

Bgb  conferriDg  the  nominal  title  of  a  landed  proprietor,  could  not 

pe  swelled  greatly  his  income.     Of  course,  all  the  sums  mentioned 

Btbe  multiplied  by  10  or  15,  to  show  the  relative  value  of  money 

and  now,   but  even  thea  the    estate    could   not  be  called  a 

lone. 

iRi  Wentworth  was  twice  married  ;   first,  to  Ellen,   daughter 
,  Gilby»  of  RavendalCr  and  widow  of  John  Ferrara.     The  two  of 
ie  meiitioned  in  the  Inquisition  posi  morlem  were  her  brothers. 
iveudale,  or  Ravendale,  as  it  ia  usually  called,  is  only  three  or 
rmiles  from  Waltham.    By  her  he  iiad  the  three  sons  already  named. 
I  date  of  her  death  has  not  been  ascertained  ;  but  he  had,  when  he 
1^  another  wife,  named  Anne,  with  whom,  from  various  evidences,  he 
not  appear  to  have  been  on  the  best  of  terms.     He  was  living  at 
ltbam»  and  she  at  Kirton,  in  a  distant  part  of  Lincolnshire,  aud  the 
|ueat  he  makes  to  her  in  his  will,  is  of  *'  such  goods  and  imple- 
\  she  hath  in  ray  house  at  Kirton.^'   He  left  a  few  trifling  legacies 
il  eervauts,  and  to  the  poor,  and  his  will  concludes  by  placing 
Lddest  80D  Thomas  under  the  guardianship  of  Edmund  Skerne,  Esq. 
BO  is  mentioned  in  the  loquisition,  and  who  was  the  Lord  of  the 
DOT  of  Waltham),  and  his  youngest  son  Christopher  under  that  of 
&tt  Southill,  Esq.  (of  whom  nothing  further  is  known), 
*"      CHMSTOi'HEft    Wentworth,   third  but  only  surviving  eon  of 
Bliam  Wentworth.  of  Waltham,  and  Ellen  Gilby  his  first  wife,  was 
probably  about  1556,  and  was  therefore  about  eighteen  years  of 
*  *    father's  death  in  1574.     On  the  19th  of  August,   1583,  he 
ied,  at  the  Church  of  St.  Peter  at  Gowta,  in  the  city  of  Lin* 
to  Katharine,  youngest  daughter  of  William  Marbury,  Esq,,  of 
nhy,  in  the  parish  of  Burgh-upon-Bain,  in  Lincolnshire,  by  his  wife 
B,  daughter  of  John  Lenton,  Esq,     One  of  her  younger  brothers 
I  the  Rev.  Francis  Marbury,  w-hose  daughter  Anne  married  William 
ehinsou,  and  became  afterwards  the  famous  religionist  of  New 
|d  and  the  ancestress  of  the  Governor  of  that  name, 

farburys  were  an  ancient  family  iu  Lincolnshire,  but  never  pro- 

:  in  public  life,  nor  did  any  of  them  ever  rise  to  a  higher  dignity 

I  that  of  ordinary  knighthood^  and  even  to  that  in  only  two  instan- 

At  this  period  their  fortunes,  never  very  extensive,  were  on  the 

np,  and,  after  two  or  three  generations  more,  the  scions  of  the  family, 

j:  all  pretensions,  threw  themselves   into  the  ranks  of  the 

ifessions  and  trades.     Still,  as  in  the   case  of  the  younger 

pche**  uf  the  Wentworths,  their  change  of  fortunes  could  not  de- 

ve  thera  of  their  just  claims  to  whatever  honors  or  glory  are  to  be 

rived  from  an  undoubted  heraldic  descent. 

Catharine  Marbury  was  the  youngest  of  six  children,  and  therefore 

tould  not  have  brought  to  her  husband  much  increase  of  fortune  ;  and 

t  greatly  to  be  feared,  from  such  evidences  as  have  been  obtained, 

It  he  himself  was  of  that  class  of  uneasy  men  who  are  proverbially 

^ified  by  the  "  rolling  stone,"     Thus,  as  will  be  seen  hereafter,  the 

ptitms  (and,  doubtless,  births)  of  their  eight  children  occurred  at 

'  different  places,  and  there  is  proof  that  he  resided  at  different 

ioda  of  his  married  life  in  several  others.     This  fact  has  made  the 

cb  into  his  family  history  exceedingly  tedious  and  perplexing,  but 


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it  is  believed  that  what  follows  presents  an  accurate  acccmnt  of  ] 
various  migratioDs,  and  it  is  pi-obablj  all  that  can  ever  be  k 
respecting  him  or  his  descendants. 

It  has  been  impossible  to  discover  poBitively  what  finally  became  i 
him  and  his  wife.     His  will,  which  is  very  meagre,  was  dated  8  Dece 
ber,  1628,  at  Barrow,  a  village  little  more  than  a  mile  from  Goxh 
the  seat  of  his  ancestor:  but  it  was  not  proved  until  the  15th  M^ 
1633,  and  then  at  Alford,  some  forty  miles  distant,  and  more  in 
neighborhood  of  his  wife's  family.     Judging  from  his  previous 
tory,  he  might,  between  those  two  dates,  have  changed  his  reside 
at  least  two  or  three  times.     There  is,  however,  as  will  be  seen, 
eon  to  suppose  that  he  died  at  or  near  Alford,  where  his  son  Willie 
was  evidently  residing;     The  fact  that  his  will  was  pro%*ed  at  Alfol 
alone,  snfiiciently  justifies  the  assumption  that  he  died  in  the 
diate  neighborhood. 

The  will  was  proved  by  his  wife  Catharine,  but  after  that  da 
15  May,  1633,  no  further  trace  has  been  found  of  her.  The  will  mepf^ 
ly  mentions  his  wife  and  children  aa  hereafter  described,  and  to  eacll 
of  the  latter  he  leaves  sixpence,  in  full  eatisfaction  of  their  portioDi, 
the  residue  going  generally  to  his  wife.  The  supenisor  was  hll 
nephew  John  Broxholme,  of  Barrow,  who,  according  to  the  Marbary 
pedigree,  was  the  son  of  his  wife's  sister  Anne,  who  had  married 
William  Broxholme,  Esq.  It  must  not  be  omitted  that  he  also  - 
himself  a  **  Gentleman/'  and  that  he  is  so  styled  in  the  Parish  K^o-. 
tera,  referred  to  wherever  his  name  occurs. 

Hie  children  were  as  follows  :^ 

1.  WilUam,  of  whom  hereafter. 

2.  Anne,  the  eldest  daughter,  who  was  baptized  at  Irby,  m\ 
colnshire  (some  three  or  four  miles  north-west  from  WalthamJ,  on  I 
28th  of  October,  1585.     She  married  the  Rev.  John  Lawson,  out  di^ 
before  her  father,  leaving  issue^  to  whom  he  bequeathed  the  convli 
tial  sixpence. 

3.  Faith,  who  was  baptized  at  Great  Grimsby,  in  Lincolnsh 
(three  and  a  hair  miles  north  from  Waltham)  on  the  Hth  of  M« 
1687,  and  was  still  living,  unmarried,  at  the  date  of  her  father's 
in  1628. 

4.  Elizabeth,  who  was  baptized  at  Irby  aforesaid,  on  the  15th 
August,  1589.     She  married  John  Winne,  and  was  still  living  in  \^^ 
Her  huahand  is  not  styled  even  **  Mr.'*  in  her  father's  will,  and 
himself  left  no  will. 

5.  Frances,  who  was  also  baptized  at  Irby,  8  November,  1690, 1 
was  dead  at  the  date  of  her  father'^  will. 

6.  Francis,  who  was  baptized  at  Conisholm  (a  place  about 
way  between  Waltham  and  Alford,  and  near  SaltJletby),  on  the 
May,  159S,  and  buried  there  the  4th  of  December  lV>llowing. 

7.  Priscilla,  who  was  baptized  at  Waltham,    14  June,  1594, 
married  there,  1  September,  1619,  to  William  Ilclmes,  Gentleman, 
Long  Sutton,  otherwise  Sutton  St,  Mary,  in  Lincolnshire.     She  wma 
living  in  1628,  but  died  some  time  bef  >re  1648,  and  was  buried  in 
parish  cliurGh  of  Sutton  St.   Mary.     Her  husband  married   once 
twice,  but  in  his  will,  dated  21  Jdarch,  1648-9,  directed  to  be  bur 
near  her,  and  bequeathed  five  pounds  per  annum  to  her  son 
p/ier,  if  he  were  living,  which  he  seemed  to  doubt. 


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8.  Christopher,  who  was  baptized  at  Waltliam  on  the  2Tth  Fcbru- 
WT,  159^7,  and  buried  there  the  following  21th  of  May. 

It  will  be  well  just  here  to  recapitulate  the  various  movements  of 

Cbnstopher  Wentworth  and  Cathariue  Marhurj.     Where  he  was  born 

b  not  known,  but  at  the  age  of  about  eighteen,  in  1674,  he  was  with 

'  his  father  at  Waltham.     Nine  years  later,  in  1583,  he  was  married  in 

tbf  cit y  of  Lincoln,  and  was  still  there,  as  will  be  hereafter  seen,  a 

I  jcir  later,  when  his  first  child  was  born.     In   1585,  he  was  at  Irby  ; 

in  1687,  at  Grimsby  ;  in  1589  and  159Q,   at  Irby  again  ;   in  1593,  at 

Coaisholm  ;  in  169i,  back  at  Waltham,  where  he  still  was  in  1597  ;  in 

]1610  and  1611,  he  was  at  Ravendale  {vide  the  wiOa  of  his  cousin 

iBaynes  and  his  uncle  Francis),  and  there  we  lose  sight  of  him  until 

rile  makes  his  will  in  1628,  at  Barrow,  which  document  is  proved  Jive 

f years  later  at  Alford. 

Another  explanation  is  necessary  to  show  how  important  is  the 
I&ct  that  this  will  was  proved  at  Alford,     The  principal   Registry  of 
Iftobate  for  the  diocese  was,  of  course,  at  the  city  of  Lincoln  ;  but,  as 
iBtoy  important  towns  lay  at  considerable  distances,  and  the  means 
I  of  access  were  greatly  inconvenient,  the  authorities  subdivided  the 
county  into  what  were  called  Peculiars,  in  each  of  which  a  eubordi- 
1  aate  official,  in  the  nature  of  a  surrogate,  was  appointed,  before  whom 
I  tlie  wills  of  persons  dying  within  his  district  could  be  proved,  and  the 
parties  thus  be  spared  the  expense  and  loss  of  time  attending  a  jour- 
ney with  their  witnesses  to  the  principal  oflBce. 

Alford  was  the  centre  of  one  of  these  Peculiars,  which  only  embraced 
that  parish  and  a  few  others  immediately  adjacent.  It  included  Bils- 
by,  Belleau,  Rigsby,  and  two  or  three  other  neighboring  villages  and 
bamlets.  That  the  jurisdiction  did  not  extend  far,  may  be  known  by 
tlie  fact  that  another  Peculiar  office  was  at  Louth,  only  nine  or  ten 
miles  distant.  The  simple  fact,  therefore,  that  tlie  will  of  Christopher 
Went  worth  was  proved  at  Alford,  is  positive  evidence  that  he  was,  at 
hia  death,  a  resident  either  of  that  place  or  of  one  of  the  adjacent  vil- 
Ugtw  forming  that  Peculiar  ;  for,  although  any  will  might  be  proved  at 
the  General  Registry  in  the  city  of  Lincoln,  none  could  be  proved  at 
the  office  of  a  Peculiar  except  those  of  persons  who  had  died  within 
its  Umits  having  been  residents  thereof. 

We  are  now  prepared  to  pursue  the  history  of  his  eldest  son  and 
chad— 

IX.  WiLUAii  Wentworth,  who  was  baptized  at  St  Peter  at  Gowts, 
m  the  city  of  Lincoln  (where  his  parents  were  married  the  preced- 
ing year),  on  the  8th  of  Jane,  1584,  and  who  was  mentioned  as  Bach, 
wd  still  living,  In  his  father's  will,  in  1628. 

Down  to  this  point,  every  step  in  the  descent  from  the  first  Saxon 
Wentworth  is  abundantly  substantiated,  and  we  have  as  positively 
triced  the  last  representative  named,  Christopher  Wentworth,  till  his 
death  at  or  near  Alford.  Feeling  confident  that  there  must  have  been 
tome  special  reason  for  ending  his  days  in  that  neighborhood,  the 
writer  set  earnestly  about  the  task  of  discovering  it,  and  to  that  end 

Sent  i^veral  weeks  in  a  close  examination  of  the  Parish  Registers  ot 
hi  place  and  of  the  towns  immediately  adjacent,  as  well   as  of  the 
ipteinthe  Bishop's  Registry  at  Lincola,  whenever  the  origi- 
re  defective  ;  and,  altbongh  perhaps  unable  to  adduce  what 
wuuia  he  required  as  evidence  in  a  court  of  law,  believes  that  a  chain 
Vol,  rSII.  12* 


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of  circnraBtancea  so  Btrang  and  clear  can  be  presented  that  there  ne 
be  little  hesitation  in  adof>ting  his  conclnsione. 

The  Alford  parish  registers  show  that  a  William  Wentworth 
living  there  certainly  from  1614  to  1620,  and  those  of  Rigsby  that 
was  of  that  parish  in  the  following  year,  and  the  object  is  now  toshd 
that  he  was  identical  with  this  William,  eldest  son  of  Christopa 
Wentworth  and  Catharine  Ma^bn^5^ 

The  first  mention  of  him  in  the  Alford  register  is  in  the  reco 
of  his  marriage,  which  took  place  the  28th  of  November,  1614,  whe 
if  our  theory  be  correct,  he  would  have  been  about  thirty  years  of  j 
The  name  of  his  wife  is  given  as  Susanna  Fleming.     She  was,  ha 
ever,  a  widow,  and  an  examination  of  the  Register,  confirmed 
various  wills,  reveals  the  following  facts.     Her  maiden  name  wU  ' 
Carter,  and,  so  far  as  can  be  ascertained,  she  was  the  daughter  0^ 
Edward  Carter,  of  Well,  a  small  village  two   miles  south-west  fi'dM 
Alford,  who  was  probably  a  small  farmer.     On  the  1st  of  July,  16hB 
she  was  married  at  Alford  to  Uther  Fleming,  son  of  Robert  Fleming,  of 
Alford,  and  his  wife  Jane.  This  Robert  Fleming,  who  died  in  1599,  calls 
himself  in  his  will  a  shoemaker.     From  tlie  character  and  extent  of  hi« 
bequests,  it  is  evident  that  he  was  what  would  be  called  in  England, 
a  •*  well-to-do  tradesman/*'     Uther  Fleming  lived  but  little  more  than 
six  months  after  his  marriage,  as  he  was  buried  at  Alford  on  the  2*id 
of  January,  1613-14>  and  on  the  29th  of  May  following  their  onljr 
child,  a  posthumous  daughter  named  Anne,  was  baptized.     (This  child 
was  buried  at  Alford  the  27th  of  November,  1619.)     Six  months  lat«r, 
the  young  widow  married  William  Wentworth. 

According  to  the  Alford  registers,  their  eldest  child  was  baptized  oa 
the  15th  of  March,  1615-16,  and  was  named  WiUiam,  after  his  father. 
On  tlie  18th  of  January,  16n'-18,  another  son  was  baptized,  named 
Edward,  doubtless  after  his  maternal  grandfather.  A  third  son  wU 
baptized  at  Alford,  on  the  4th  of  Jnne,  1620,  and  was  named  Chriti^ 
pher,  in  all  probability  after  bis  father's  father. 

After  this  last  date  the  name  of  Wentworth  disappears  entirety 
from  the  Alford  register,  and  it  is  evident  that  the  family  renioirri 
shortly  after  to  the  adjoining  hamlet  of  Rigsby,  two  miles  west  from 
Alford,  for  in  the  Eigsby  register  occurs  the  burial  of  this  third  Ron 
of  Christopher,  under  date  of  the  18th  of  May,  1621.  Whether  they 
had  any  other  children  at  Rigsby  must  forever  remain  uncertain.  foT 
the  early  Rigsby  registers  have  long  since  perished,  and  the  few  trans- 
cripts preserved  at  Lincoln  do  not  embrace  the  period  important  ifl 
this  investigation. 

The  discovery  of  the  record  of  the  burial  of  the  child  Cliriatophcr 
was  80  curious  that  it  is  worth  a  brief  episode,  and,  more  especially* 
as  it  forms  one  of  the  strongest  links  in  the  chain  of  circumstantial 
evidence  referred  to. 

Rigsby  church  long  since  ceased  to  be  an  independent  establish' 
ment,  and  became,  and  is  now,  a  chapel  of  ease  attached  to  Alford, 
The  registers,  such  as  were  left,  were  transferred  to  the  custody  of  the 
incumbent  of  Alford,  but  all  previous  to  the  year  1686  were  reported 
in  a  parliamentary  return  some  forty  years  ago  as  irretrievably  lost. 
Those  preserved  were,  therefore,  valuclesa  for  the  purposes  of  this 
investigation  I  and  the  writer  turned  from  them  in  disgust,  to  pursue 
the  examination  of  the  Alford  registers.     In  the  course  of  this  search 


!•] 


The  WentivoTth  Family  of  England* 


135 


attention  was  attracted  to  some  writing  on  tho  covers  of  one  of 
he  AJford  volumes— two  leaves  of  parchment  evidently  regarded  aa 
ortbless,  and  so  converted  to  this  practical  use.  They  proved  to  be, 
examination,  portions  of  one  of  the  early  Rigshy  registers,  cover- 
igooly  a  brief  period,  the  iirst  date  being  18  January,  1617-18,  and 
lelast  16  September,  1621,     The  very  last  burial  recorded,  however, 

full  of  interest,  for  it  was  that  of  Christopher,  infant  son  of  Wil- 

and  Susanna  Went  worth  ;  thus  fully  accounting  for  the  disap- 
lanince  of  that  name  from  the  Alford  registers  after  1620.  Of  the 
sons  of  William  and  Susanna  Wentworth  baptized  at  Alford, 
youngest,  Christopher,  is  thus  disposed  of. 
The  second  son,  Edward,  the  writer  has  been  able  to  trace  satiafac- 
iJy  to  the  extinction  of  hia  family,  at  least,  in  the  male  line,  He 
!ame  eventually  a  surgeon  at  Boston,  in  Lincolnshire,  where  he 
d  in  1681-2.  His  will  was  dated  the  15th  of  January,  and  proved 
^  6th  of  March  in  that  year. 
By  his  wife  Mary,  who  died  before  him,  he  had  the  following 
ildren  : — 

William,  who  was  dead  at  the  date  of  his  father^s  will,  leavings 
f  hia  wife  Deborah,  one  daughter,  Elizabeth,  who  was  living  in  1684, 
minor  and  unmarried. 

Thomas,  who  was  also  of  Boston.     In  his  will  dated  the  16th 

proved  the  30th  of  December^  1684,  he  described  himself  as  a 
Gentleman/'  showing  that  he  was  not  forgetful  of  his  descent.  His 
life  had  died  before  him,  and  he  also  left  a  daughter  Eliaabcth,  single 
,d  under  age- 

3.  Zopha,  called  in  his  father's  will  his  youngest  son.     He  was 
a  surgeon  at  Boston,  where  he  died  in  1685.     His  will  was  dated 

e  6th  of  October,  and  proved  the  Tth  of  December  in  that  year,  by 
B  widow  Catharine,  who  was  sole  legatee.  He  clearly  died  without 
roe. 

4.  Elizabeth,  who  married  John  Cocke,  and  had  issue  two  dangh- 
Mary  and  Elizabeth,     She  was  living  15  January,   16B1-2,  but 

od  before  16  December,  1684,  as  did  also  her  daughter  Elizabeth, 
,4.    Mary,   the  only  child  whose    baptism  is  recorded  at  Boston, 
occurred  the  2d  February.  1657-8.     She  married  Thomas  West- 
and  was  living,  with  hia  two  children,  in  1684. 
We  return  now  to  the  eldest  son  of  William  Wentworth  and  Susanna 
leming  (n^e  Carter),  viz.  :— 

iXL     WiujAM  Wkktwobth,  who,  it  is  believed,  was  identical  with 

le  New  England  emigrant,  afterwards  known  as  Elder  Wenhcorlh. 

M  has  been  seen,  he  was  baptized  at  Alford  on  the   15th  of  March, 

1515-16,  and,  assuming  the  identity,  it  is  a  curious  fact  that  he  died 

the  eighty-first  anniversary  of  his  baptism,  viz.,  the  15th  March, 

[fte  tradition  that  Elder  Wentworth  was  about  ninety  years  of  age 

death,  especially  as  it  is  unsupported  by  the  slightest  evidence, 

safely  rejected  as  a  worthless  assumption.     It  is  hardl^^  ere- 

that  at  the  age  of  eighty-six  he  Bhonld  have  entered  into  an 

ment  to  supply  the  Exeter  pulpit  for  a  whole  year,  and  a  little 

rectiou  will  8ho%v  the  improbability,  if  not  the  absurditj^  of  the  sug- 

tion.     At  the  age  of  seventy-seven  such  an  arrangement  might  be 

ilicable,  but  even  then  only  in  rare  cases.     The  Elder  is  also  said 


136 


The  Wentworth  Familif  of  England. 


[Ap^ 


to  have  had  children  born  as  late  aa  1670,  when,  if  ninety  at  hiB  i 

he  must  have  been  at  least  sixty-three — not,  it  is  true,  an  impc 
event,  bat  still  not  quite  so  reasonable  as  if  he  had  been  only  fifty-four* 

The  writer^s  experience  has  long  since  taught  Mm  that  there  i« 
nothing  less  to  be  relied  npon  than  these  traditional  agee^  so  generously 
bestowed  upon  people  whose  real  ages  are  unknown.  The  best  wav  i< 
to  blot  a  mere  tradition  from  the  record^  and  from  the  memory  if  po«F 
eible,  and  endeavor  to  get  at  the  actual  truth  by  data  that  may  be 
depended  upon.  It  is  only  a  few  weeks  ago  that  the  writer  exploded 
the  tradition  which  has  existed  for  years,  and  was  endorsed  by  hid 
recent  biographer,  that  the  well  known  General  Oglethorpe,  the 
founder  of  the  State  of  Georgia,  was  ninety-seven  years  of  age  at  his 
death,  by  discovering  the  record  of  his  baptism,  which  prov< 
to  have  been  quite  eight  years  younger*  Let  the  same  numi 
extracted  from  the  unmeaning  and  mythical  "  about  ninety 
corded  to  Elder  Wentworth,  and  his  real  age  would  accord  wil 
the  Afford  baptism. 

The  circnmstantial  evidence  touching  the  identity  mentioned 
be  summed  up  as  follows  : 

We  have  traced,  beyond  the  shadow  of  a  doubt,  an  nnbroken 
scent  of  nineteen  generations,  ending  with  Christopher  Wentwoi 
who  died  at  or  near  Alford  somewhere  between  the  year  1628  ai 
163S,  doubtless  during  the  latter  year.     For  many  generations  wefii 
the  christian  name  of  William  prominent  in  the  family,  but  this  is 
first  time  that  the  name  of  Christopher  occurs  in  this  line. 

This  Christopher  Wentworth  had  a  son  William,  baptized  in  151 
who  was  still  living  in  1628,  according  to  his  father^s  will.  We  fiud 
at  Alford,  or  at  Rigsby  (a  suburb  of  Alford),  a  William  Wentworth, 
from  1614  to  1621  (and,  as  will  be  seen  at  a  later  date),  who  married 
there,  had  children  baptized  and  buried  there,  and  was  clearly  a  resi- 
dent of  that  neighborhood.  Remembering  the  migratory  propensitiea 
of  his  father,  and  the  evidence  a0brded  by  his  wandering  habits  and 
by  the  character  of  his  will,  it  is  clearly  reasonable  to  suppose  that 
his  fortunes  in  his  later  days  could  not  have  been  in  a  very  flourishing 
condition,  and  nothing  was  more  natural  than  that  he  should,  finally, 
when  more  than  seventy-five  years  of  age,  take  refuge  with  his  only 
son. 

This  William  Wentworth,  of  Alford  and  Rigsby,  gives  the  name  of 
Christopher  to  one  of  his  own  sons,  and  for  what  reason  unless  it  were 
in  compliment  to  his  own  father  T  As  has  been  said,  the  name  wi» 
an  entirely  new  one  in  the  family. 

The  transcripts  of  the  Parish  Registers  for  the  whole  diocese  of 
Lincoln  have  been  thoroughly  searched,  from  the  earliest  period 
down  to  as  late  as  1650,  and  there  are  no  other  Wentworths  to  be 
found  except  in  this  corner  of  the  county,  and  in  this  immediate  loca- 
lity, and  all  the  other  lines,  excepting  only  this  one,  have  been  traced 
to  their  final  extinction.  This  one  also  disappears  from  the  recoi  " 
of  Lincolnshire  after  the  year  1636.     Where  does  it  go  to  ? 

In  1639,  a  William  Wentworth  suddenly  appears  at  Exeter,  in  N< 
Hampshire.     Who  he  was,  or  where  he  came  from,  no  one  knows, 
the  generally  accepted  historical  probabilities  are,  that  he  formed 
of  the  company  of  early  emi^ants  composed  of  the  Wheelwrights 
Hutchinsons,  and  others,  who  are  known  to  have  gone  to  Americal 


1} 


Hie  Wentworih  Family  of  England. 


18T' 


11636.  Sirangelj*  enougli,  this  date,  1636,  is  the  very  last  that  can  he 
[jbtuid  in  any  English  record  with  which  the  name  of  William  Went* 
Itorth,  of  Alford  or  its  vicinity,  is  connected.  In  the  Paiiiamcntary 
Ittport  of  the  Commissioners  for  inquiring  concerning  ChariticB,  in 
[183^,  under  the  County  of  Lincoln,  occurs  tho  following  passage  : 

"Richard  Filkin,  of  Langton,  10  Aprils  1636,  granted  (inter  alia) 
fte  Thomas  Grantham  and  others,  Trustees  of  Hansard's  Free  School 
it  Wragby,  a  messuage  with  the  appurtenances ^  in  Bikb}/^  in  the  tenure 
of  Wilham  Wentu:orth  or  his  assigns,'*  The  obvious  meaning  of  thia 
is,  that  there  was  an  unexpired  lease,  originally  granted  to  "  William 
Wentworih  or  his  assigns,"  which  had  passed,  of  course  by  sale 
and  purchase,  into  the  hands  of  Eichard  Filkin,  and  which  said  Filkin 
transferred  to  said  Trustees  in  the  very  year  that  Elder  Wentworth 
is  believed  to  ha\.x  emigrated.  Of  course,  the  William  Wentworth 
mentioned  could  not  have  been  the  one  baptized  at  Alford,  as  he 
would  not  have  been,  even  in  1636,  legally  capable  of  executing  a 
deed  of  transfer,  but  was  doubtless  his  father,  to  whom  the  lease  bad 
ken  originally  granted. 
Now,  if  this  messuage  had  been  in  any  other  part  of  Lincoln  Bhirei 
ns  pussage  from  the  Commissioners'  Report  would  have  possessed 
lltle  value  \  but,  as  it  was  at  Biisby,  it  becoraeB  of  the  greatest  im- 
ortance.  In  the  first  place,  Bilsby  like  Rigaby  is  virtually  a  mere 
nburb  of  A 1  ford,  the  latter  being  two  miles  west  and  the  former  only 
be  mile  north-east  from  that  place.  In  fact,  so  closely  are  they  con- 
cted,  that  it  is  difficult  to  determine  where  one  ends  and  the  other 
egins.  Alford  was,  in  those  times,  an  important  business  town,  and 
lilsby,  Rigs  by,  and  two  or  three  other  places  in  the  vicinity,  afforded 
"  arban  retreats  for  its  business  men.  It  was  not  strange,  therefore, 
t'William  Wentworth  should  have  invested  some  of  his  means  in 
ty  at  Bilsby.  It  is  quite  probable  that  the  messuage  referred  to 
was  his  own  residence,  and  that  he  had  removed  thither  from  Rigsby. 
A  reasonable  ground  for  this  presumption  is  to  be  found  in  another  still 
more  important  fact  connected  with  this  matter,  viz,  :  that  Bilsby 
WIS  the  home  of  the  Rev.  John  Wheelwright.  He  became  vicar  of 
tbit  parish  in  the  year  1623,  and  so  continued  until  at  least  163L 

Wdliam  Wentworth  was  at  Rigsby  in  1621,  but  it  is  quite  reasonable 
to^iappQse  that  he  subsequently  became  attached  to  Mr.  Wheel- 
and  eventually  removed  to  Bilsby  in  order  to  attend  on  his 
atioQS.     If  so,  and  he  at  last  determined  to  accompany  his 
itor  to  the  New  World,  he  would  of  course  have  disposed  of  his 
and  in  this  manner  it  probably  fell  into  the  hands  of  Fiikin. 
Dafortanately  the  Bilsby  parish  registers  are  entirely  missing  previ- 
(to  1679. 

Snpposing  this  view  of  the  case  to  be  correct,  the  question  arises, 

Bdboth  the  father  and  son  go  to  New  England,  or  ortly  the  latter  ? 

"  ere  is  no  reason  why  both  should  not  have  done  so,  and  some  rea- 

lloa  to  suppose  they  did.     The  entire  disappearance  of  the  name  from 

I  the  neighborhood  after  that  period,  and  this  disposal  of  this  lease 

I  {with  the   mystic  date   of  1636),  wonld  seem  to  indicate  it.     The 

younger  William  was  still  a  minor  in  1636.     In  1639,  when  the  Exeter 

document  was  signed,  he  would  have  been  twenty-two  years  of  age. 

If  the  Indian  deed  of  1629  be  authentio,  it  could  not  have  been  he 

who  was  one  of  the  parties  to  it,  for  he  would  have  been  only  thirteen 


1S8 


7Ti«  Wentworik  Family  of  England. 


[Apr 


years  old.     But  may  it  not  have  been  his  father,  who  perhaps 
over  thus  early  as  a  pioneer  of  the  subsequent  Wheelwright  col 

Butf  after  the  most  careful  examination  of  the  whole  subject ,  the 
conclusion  that  the  writer  has  arrived  at  is,  that  the  3*oungcr  William 
alone,  still  under  age  and  unmarried,  went  with  Wheelwright  and 
bis  other  connections^  either  influenced  by  his  religious  attach menla, 
or  to  seek  his  fortune.  Whether  his  father  and  mother  were  then 
dead,  and  he  was  left  without  any  near  relatione — save  his  younger 
brother,  who  was  perhaps  provided  for  in  England  (apprenticed  pro* 
bably  to  some  surgeon,  very  possibly  his  kinsman »  Dr.  Theodi>re 
Markham,  of  Waltham)^ — are  questions  that  probably  can  never  he 
positively  answered,  owing  to  the  destruction  of  the  only  records  that 
could  throw  any  light  on  the  subject. 

TBere  is  one  more  important  link  in  the  chain  of  circumstantial  evi- 
dence. The  connection  of  William  Wcntworth  with  the  nutchinsona 
and  Marburys,  and  consequently  with  Rishworth,  Storer,  Leavitt* 
and  others  who  were  the  especial  followers  of  Wheelwright,  has 
already  been  mentioned.  William  Wentworth  of  Alford  would  have 
gone,  not  only  with  his  spiritual  guide,  but  also  with  his  own  blood 
relations,  almost  the  nearest  that  were  then  living.  Besides  these, 
there  was,  the  writer  thinks,  still  another. 

By  referring  to  the  account  of  the  children  of  Christopher  Went- 
worth and  Catharine  Marbury,  it  will  be  found  that  one  of  the  dangh- 
tere,  Friscilla,  married  William  Helmes,  an d_ that  her  husband  in  hia 
will  bequeathed  five  pounds  per  annum  to  their  son  Christopher,  if  he 
were  living.  It  is  clear,  therefore,  that  this  son  Christopher  was  not 
then  in  England.  By  referring  to  Mr.  Savage ^s  Genealogical  Dictionary, 
it  will  be  found  that  there  was  a  Christopher  Helme  at  Exeter  in  1639, 
and  signed  the  combination  there,  who  removed  to  MassachnsetU  in 
1643,  thence  to  Warwick  with  the  Gortonists  in  1644,  and  died  there 
before  December,  1650,  leaving  a  widow  Margaret  and  aeon  WiUiam. 
There  can  be  little  doubt  that  he  was  the  son  mentioned  in  the  will  of 
William  Helmes  in  1648-9,  of  whose  existence  he  was  doubtful  (which 
he  would  not  have  been  if  he  had  been  living  any  where  in  England), 
and  that  ho  had  named  his  only  son  (according  to  Savage)  after  his 
own  father.  This  Christopher  would  have  been  own  cousin  to  William 
Wentworth  the  younger,  of  Alford,  and,  according  to  the  foregobf 
theory,  we  find  them  positively  together  at  Exeter  in  1639. 

Another  similar  piece  of  concurrent  testimony  is  not  unworthy  of 
attention.  It  will  be  seen  that  Anne,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Christo- 
pher Wentworth  and  Catharine  Marbury,  married  the  Rev.  John  Law- 
son,  and  that  their  children  were  mentioned  in  his  will,  in  1628, 
Kow  strangely  enough,  Mr.  Savage  gives  an  account  of  a  Christopher 
Lawson,  who  was  also  at  Exeter  in  1639,  and  signed  the  combination 
there.  If  a  son  of  this  marriage,  to  whom  was  gi\"en  the  name  of  bis 
grandfather,  which  seems  most  probable,  he  too  would  have  been  an 
own  cousin  of  the  younger  William  Wentworth  of  Alford. 

It  may  be  added,  in  conclusion,  that  the  writer,  after  the  most  pro- 
tracted and  laborious  researches,  in  which  the  histories  of  all  tl 
Wentworth  families  of  England  have  been  included,  has  been  nnal 
to  find  any  other  William  Wentworth  who  could  by  any  possii 
lity  have  been  the  New  England  emigrant.     In  several   instaneeSt 
promising  combinations  of  circumstances  have  presented  themselves. 


i 


The  Cheney  Family* 


1E9 


»ve  invariablj  crumbled  to  pieces  on  further  investig-ation. 
Qce,  and  in  this  alone,  although  it  has  been  sometimes 
(fto  obtain  direct  and  positive  evidence,  every  circum&tance, 
xception,  has  tended  to  confirm  the  presumption  that  Wil- 
tworth  the  younger,  of  Alford,  the  twenty-first  in  descent 
^ald  the  Baxon,  was  the  ventable  Elder  of  eariy  New 
liatory. 
kf England),  30  November,  1867. 

I  Note. 

|feU9  by  the  above  that  William  **  Wentworth,  one  of  the 

R.  H.)  Combination   in  1639,  and  the  ancestor  of  all  the 

His  in  the  United  States  whose  origan  has  been  traced  out, 

itimate  descendant  of  Sir  William  Wentworth  to  whom  the 

th  Coat  of  Arms  was  confirmed  in  1280;   and  also  that  ho 

let  in  descent  from  Reginald  Wentwortb  who  was  living  in 

H  the  Norman  conquest,   A.  D.  1066.     He  was  baptized  at 

tDColn  county,  England,  1615-16,  and  died  at  Dover,  N.  H., 

Dh,  1696-7,  aged  81  years.     He  was  son  of  William*^  Went- 

bo  married  at  Alford  28th  November,  1614,  Susannah,  widow 

pieming  and  daughter  of  Edward  Carter,  of  Well,  a  village 

jfrom  Alford.     And  ho  was  grandson  of  Christopher*'  Wcut- 

Waltham,  Lincoln  County,  who  married  19th  August,  1583, 

youugcst  daughter  of  William  Marbury,  of  Girsby,  Lincoln 

bd  sister  of  Francis  whose  daughter  Anne  was  the  cclehrat- 

:  William  Hutchinson,  to  whom  the  Register  has  already 

^lationship  of  Wheelwright,  Storer,  Leavitt  and  Rish worth, 

ier  (N.  H.)  Combination  of  1639. 

rePB  signed  to  the  Exeter  Combination  the  names  of  two 
Ikiia,  whose  origin  was  unknown  until  the  production  of  the 
article^  viz.  :  Christoplier"  Lawsori,  and  Christopher*' 
ion  sins  to  the  emigrant  William'*  Went  worth  and  noigh- 
w,  John  Wheelwright  in  England,  of  both,  of  whom  Savage 
be  in  his  Dictionary,  and  of  wljosc  descendants  it  is  to  be 
tething  further  may  be  brought  to  light. 
B  to  look  as  if  all  the  Combinatloo  settlers  at  Exeter,  N*  H. 
lere  from  the  neighborhood  of  Wbeelwright  in  Lincoln  Coun- 
d  \  and  that  they  were  to  a  great  extent  of  ^on^e  family 

rgoing  settles  the  fact,  that  Elder  William"  Wentworth 
this  country,  but  hia  wife  or  wives  are  yet  a  mystery. 
e  father  of  Lt.  Gov,  John,"  was  born  in  1640,  but  whether 
child  or  not  is  not  known.  No  trace  of  Elder  William**  ip 
rior  to  the  Exeter  (N.  H.)  Combination,  has  yet  been  found. 

J.  w. 


THE  CHENEY  FAMILY, 

Bimieated  by  A<  M.  Haiksii,  Esq.,  of  Oaleaa,  111.] 
Jible  of  the  Geneva  version,  printed  in  London,  England, 
9,  the  property  of  Mr.  Joshua  Brookes,  of  Galena,  111.,  and 

Cfrom  Loudon,  A.D.  1833,  by  tho  father  of  Mr, 
wing  record : 


140 


Major  Thomas  Leonard. 


Edward  Cheuey,  bom   8  Sept.,  1649, 


AnE   Cheney, 
Jaime  Cheuey, 
Igabell  Cheney, 
William  Cheney, 
John  Cheney, 


23  Aug,,  1652,  and  died  2d  Mch,  1690. 

23  Sept.,  1653. 
8  March,  1656. 

23  Apl,  1662. 
6  May,  1665. 
William  Cheney,  Sen^r,  above  mentioned,  dyed  July  11,  1695. 
Isabell  Cheyiiey,  dyed  y'^  16  March,  1706-7. 
Jane  Cheyney,        "      *'    7  March,  1708-9. 
William  Cheney,     "      "    2  March,  1721-2. 
John  Cheney,         ''      "13  Jan'y,   1T24-6. 


MAJOR  THOMAS   LEONARD. 
[Conmiutdcated  hj  Wk.  E«  Deaite.] 

In  the  account  of  the  Leonard  Family,  by  the  Rev.  Perez  Foi 
LL,D.,*  ho  says  :  '*  Thomas,  the  oldest  son  of  Jaraes,  was  a 
guiahed  character.    He  held  the  office  of  Justice  of  the  Peace, 
Judge  of  the  Court,  a  physician,  a  field  officer,  and  was  eminent  for 
piety.     Sacred  to  his  memory,  an  eulogy  was  printed  in  HIS",  by  Ret, 
Samuel  Danforth,  of  Taunton,  one  of  the  most  learned  and  emiuent 
ministers  of  his  day.'* 

The  writer  of  this,  while  preparing  a  further  account  of  the  Leonard 
Family  in  1851»f  made  most  diligent  search  and  inquiry  for  Mr.  D«h 
forth's  eulogy;  also  in  1853,  with  the  Rev.  Mr,  Emery,  when  bis 
"  Ministry  of  Taunton  ''  was  published.  Every  place  where  we  top- 
posed  it  might  posi^iibly  be  found  waa  searclied,  but  no  copy  could  be 
discovered.  Within  the  past  four  years  a  fortwnate  antique  glance  at 
the  oldest  volume  of  Newspapers  in  the  Boston  Athensenm,  being  a 
file  of  the  •'  Boston  News  Letler  ^'  from  1710  to  1715,  for  other  iuior- 
mation,  luckily  revealed  the  lost  poem.  It  proved  to  be  an  Elegy,  aod 
therefare  the  %vord  eulogy  in  Dr.  Fobes's  article  in  the  Massachusetta 
Historical  Collections  was  a  misprint.  This  Elegy  is  on  one  side  of 
a  half  sheet,  8  by  12  inches,  about  two- thirds  the  size  of  the  voluini. 
of  the  Boston  News  Letter,  in  which  it  is  bound,  between  the  Dumb 
for  Nov,  30  and  Dec.  7,  1713.  Here  it  has  rested  150  years; 
is  as  perfect  as  when  it  came  from  the  press.  The  engraved  head, 
mourning  piece,  occupies  ahout  two  inches  of  the  upper  part  of 
eheet.  A  skeleton  stands  in  the  centre,  holding  the  scythe  of  Time. 
On  each  side  is  an  hour-glaBS,  about  halfway  from  the  skeleton  to  1 
border,  making  the  body  to  two  wings  extended  from  each.  On  ea 
Tapper  corner  ib  a  skull  with  cross-bones  under.  Beneath  the  head 
the  skeleton,  in  the  centre,  and  the  skulls  in  each  corner,  on  the  left, 
and  on  the  right,  are  spaces  ahout  two  inches  in  length  over  the  hoi| 
glasses,  the  only  considerable  white  spaces  in  the  whole  scene. 
the  space  on  the  left  is  printed,  '*  Memento  Mori ;  '*  and  in  thai 
the  right,  "  Remember  Death. '^     On  the  left  side,  under  the  hour-g 


t'M 

ime. 
d  dP 


•  Masstirhusetf?  HistoricA!  CoUertioTW,  Vol.  Ill,  p.  173. 

t  K<3W  Engknd  Historical  and  Goiwjalogical  Register,  1861,  VoL  V,  pttge  403* 


Major  Thomas  Leonard. 

isti  pall-bcarers  bearing  away  the  palled  coflSn,  followed  by  a  pro- 
sion  of  mourners.  On  the  right,  under  tlie  hour-glass  are  a  spade 
'and pickaxe  crossed,  and  a  coffin  covered  with  a  pall  upon  a  stand, 
j  Tlie  whole  representation  is  sombre  and  salle  enough.  The  verses 
lire  in  double  columns — and  are  entirely  surrounded  on  tbe  border  of 
itte  sheet  with  black  lines  about  a  quarter  of  an  inch  wide  ;  a  line  also 
©f  tbe  same  width  is  between  the  two  columns.  The  following  is  a 
py  of  the  words  : 

An  ELEGY  in  the  Memory  of  the  Worshipful 

Maxqe  Thomas  Leos'ihu,  Esq. 
fp!  Taunion  in  New  England  ;  who  departed  this  Life  on  the  24th  Bay 
of  November,  Anno  Domini  1713*     In  the  73d  Year  of  his  Age, 


edoaMCnible  th^t  n  Fnaeral 
I  grief  and  sofrow  we  mav  9o1emnis«, 
ifeat  'tU  p^op<^r,  thnC  to  mind  wo  call 

Hm  Ore^ticft^  of  uur  Lo8>) :  the  mialities 
And  U^fulnc&s  of  our  dt!iM;c4isea  Friend » 
Wtioee  FUj^riinagc  on  Karth  is  at  an  end. 

/  and  Mfllice  must  be  i^ignlog  Vices 
[li  Hujm  who  will  not  bear  to  bear  his 

ifpeak  well  of  the  Dead,  tmc  Grace  od- 

*IU  hi^enescs  that  Heproach  on  such  doth 
nice, 
Sitdi  jiuEiljr  nmy  expect  Rctnliatlon, 
Who  do  bcgrucch  to  others  Commeud^- 


•  I  pretend  no  skill  In  Poetry, 
^  Tet  will  mlr<*ntnrp  om^e  to  Mourn  in  Ver»e 
b<!r  thAn       '      ''"'urthy,  dond  should  Ij 
Without  u  nium  on  hh  Her^e: 

Grief  v,  .ut,  and  Fullness  of 

How  to  expre«s  oorselTCs  will  give  dl- 
lectkm, 

ft  firrt  remark  that  GOD  ebould  Mm  iD- 

In  >  riir\y  diiTS  to  trr  with  all  his  might 
"T^kUJ  to*  Wnrc  and  Cypher,  in  a  time 

I  other  Youths  such  learning  did  hut 
Hifht; 

Tillie  redeemed  his  Cim{>  most  careftiHr 
kad  made  in  *s  Leomingi  good  proil- 

Ut«*d  bis  Core  And  Pains,  that  he 
attained 

Ijnth  little  help  from  others,  nsefpl  skill 
iHereia  he  outshone  others,  that  he  g.dncd 
\  httsnncm  in  the  Town,  Esteem,  gcxxl 
Will; 
From  meaner  Po^s  made  gradual  Ascent 
To  Offices  of  Trusu  Care  and  Moment. 


rhe  Cure 
i-sionetiU. 


Thus  did  the  Love  of  all  to  him  procure ; 
BlanT  Confers,  hU  kindness  did  atiound 
By  Lelji fulness   unto   his   Ncighbotir< 
round. 

For  man  J  YearSj  the  chief  Affairs  in  Town 

Prudential,  he  managed  t«r*?fully 
With  good  A<-*ceptttnce,  unto  bia  RcnowTi 
Performed  his  Truat  in  all  things  fiuth- 
fully; 
So  that  die  Govcrnonr  did  him  prefter 
In  Military  Trusts  a  part  to  tjear  j 

And  In  the  Civ]}  Gcjvt'mment  ho  stood 

Commissioned  to  Punish  Vitij  ami  Sin, 
For  many  Years ;  Mia  Care  and  Prudence 
Itood 
And  Faithfulness  were   well   displayed 
therein. 
Ho  alwayfi  showed  Parifick  disposition, 
Trying  to  end  aN  jfirr's  by  Corapwaition, 

He  gave  lilmFelf  to  GOD  In  's  Youthftil  days 

Professed  Ruligton ;  aud  hiy  Family 
Were  well  Instructed,  Prayed  with  always 
His  good  Example  was  before  the  Eye, 
His  Pravcrs  were  neord,  hla  House  (the  Lord 
'iMj  Praised) 
With  hopeful  nnmerous  Offijpring  God 
Irnih  raised. 

God  grant  tliat  all  of  his  Posterity 

Mav  imitiite  hia  Virtuc.<i,  and  mur  sav 
His  GOD  t^hall  1m>  our  GOD,  Him  faitlifully, 
WeU  St'r>'e  iinfil  otir  Lii8t  iind  Dying  dny : 
And  never  will  our  Father's  GOD  far- 
Fake; 
But  for  our  GOD  sinojrcly  will  Illm  take. 

His  famous  crownhig  work  was  His  greftt 
Cnrc 
Th?\t  Go!*|>el  Worship,  Gonpel  Mlnfatry 
Id  Nohto-v,  DicjMTON,  Other  Places  near 
On  gwod  Foundation*  raigbt  Settled  he. 
lie  joyed  io  Hope,  that  now  were  laid 

Foundations 
Of  Piety  fV>r  mtmy  Generations. 
Mo2Stus  bomposuif. 

8ami'el  Danfokth. 


Mr  Danforth  was  Major  Thomaa  Leonarcrs  pastor.     Dr.  Fobes  says 
1  in  bi8  topographical  account  of  the  town  of  Raynham,*  that  '*  Thomaa 


Tou  XXII, 


«  Massachusetts  Historical  CoUcctloiw,  Yol  IIL  p.  171. 
13 


lit 


MaJQ/r  Thomat  Leonard, 


[It 


camo  with  his  father  from  Pontypool,  Monmoitthsbire,  when  a  sn 
boy,  and  afterwards  worked  at  the  bloomery  art  with  his  father  in 
forge."     lie  was  born  about  1640,  and  probably  came  to  this  count 
before  1650,     We  can  have  no  adeqoato  conception  of  the  difficoW 
of  obtaining  a  very  moderate  amount  of  learning  in   the  time  of  T 
boyhood  of  Thomas  Leonard.     There  were  few  teachers  at  that  earl 
period,  and  he  probably  received  little  if  any  aid  from  them.     Wh 
striking  the  anvil  in  hiw  father's  blooraery  he  was  hammeriDg  out 
the  Binithy  of  his  own  mind  material  for  thought  and  use. 

"  Amid  tlic  forge's  clftTi;^or  anil  the  flfime 
S^rklkijJT  frt»ni  f5iiiitten  auvils,  tiolJIy  wrongtit 
A  hright-oyed  twy*    Hie  hftnd  was  liiird  i^'ltli  toil« 
But  his  clear  iniml  o'er  fteld  of  thought  ronmiHi  wide. 
Gathering  the  traits  of  knowledge.    Thus  ho  grew, 
Winning  tin?  true  nobility  that  waita 
On  honest  labor/' 

He  undoubtedly  made  the  most  of  every  scrap  of  his  time.     It  was  i 
iron  age.     Iron  characters  were  wrought  out  of  it.     The  cl earing 
the  forest  for  the  new  settlement  required  the  constant  use  of  the  ( 
and  for  the  dispersion  of,  or  guarding  against,  the  wild  animals 
the  savage  red  man,  the  stvord  and  tlie  gun  were  ever  in  demand. 

In  most  cases  these  circuniataiicca  overcame  or  disappointed 
desire  for  an  education  where  it  existed.     But  it  was  not  so 
young'  ThomaB.     To  '*  Write  and  Oyphcr  "  was  a  great  accompUa 
ment  in  the  time  of  his  youth,  and  to  reach  '*  the  Rule  of  Three/' 
g^reat  proficiency.     The  subject  of  our  notice  was  truly  '*  with  hop 
fill  numerous  oifs^pring  "  blessed.   He  was  the  founder  of  distinguish! 
families.      The  Norton  Leonards  were  bin  descendants.      Rev,  NJ 
thaniel.  of  Plymouth,  was  his  grandson.    lion.  Daniel  Leonard,  Ghm 
Justice  of  Bermuda,  and  author  of  the  noted  letters  signed  **  Ma, 
chuseKensis/^*  in  the  time  of  the  Revolution,  was  his  descendant. 

There  is  now  before  the  writer  a  MS.  volume  of  Major  ThoTn|j 
Leonard,  about  9  inches  long  by  3  wide  and  if   of  an  inch  thic 
with  parchment  cover  and  clasps.     This  book  is  in  perfect  preser 
tion,  and  contains,   among  other  thingt^i  the  record  of  vanous  m% 
riages  solemnized  by  him  as  Justice  of  the  Peace,  from  1684  to  ITl 
the  year  of  his  deatfi,  very  legibly  and  neatly  written  with  his  OH 
band.     These  marriages  are  publinhed  in  tlie  *'  New  England  Hist 
cal  and  Genealogical  Register/'  Vol.  xiii..  p,  251. 

This  book  bad  been  kept  till  about  ten  years  since  in  a  priva 
family,  descended  from  liim,  as  a  curious  heirloom— when  on  the  de 
of  the  individual  to  whom  it  belonged  it  camo  to  light.    It  is  now  in  1 
hands  of  the  town  clerk  of  Raynham,  who  watches  over  it  with  jealous  ' 
care  as  one  of  the  records  of  the  town.     The  writer,  on  its  discovery, 
obtained  from  this  book  a  record  of  a  marriage  in  the  family  of  his 
ancestorsi  which  he  had  searched  other  recorda  for  in  vain.    The 


*  A  copy  of*  Ma«ftarhu<iPtten«i.'^,"  boimd  with  the  nccoam  of  tfip  Leonnnl  Family 
writer  of  tbb»  i*  in  the  Library  of  the  Old  Colony  Hi-^torical  Socit^ty  nt  Tuunton. 

i?  also  in  the  Library  of  the  Now  I%n;ilaud  Historic-Genejilop^ienl  Society.    See  ^  

tUin^^  on  the  amthorehip  of  these  lett€r«i  dv  the  lute  Jjiicitis  Miinitiu>  Sargent,  E- 
land  Historical  nnrl  Gcnealof^icjit  RefCi-ter,  Vol.  Xfll.,  pp.  291  mid 353.  The  t> 
script  doeti me ntj*  ostahlishin;:the  fact  thntHon.  Daniel  l^onard  was  the  antbwr  ui 
chnsetteiihi^j"  and   nnt  Jonatburi  Sewiill,  as  reprcH^ntod  in  the  title  paw^  wer 
together  and  presented  by  Mr.  Siirgcnt  before  hia  dmtU  to  tUc  NewEnglimd  Histou^  ; 
ttjggicoi  Soclctj. 


27je  Axtell  Family^ 


143 


^auiiton  Town  Records  having'  been  burnt  some  thirty  years  Bioce, 

indcrs  thjtiautbentic  record  very  valttable. 

[There  are  m  this  book  some  curious  medical  receipts  ivhich  served 

yor  Leonard  as  a  pliysieiau.     Also  the  following  statement  of  uwn- 

^  of  shares  in  the  Taunton  ironworks  : — 

nes  Leonard,       ^      Gilles  Gilbert, 
(&lm  Turner,  1      Nicholas  White, 

urge  Watson,      2|    !R[rs.  Pain, 
Bcbard  Williams,   1      Ilcnry  llodges, 
ridow  Hall,  1      Fnincis  Sjnitb, 

lezekiah  Iloare,     i      Jarnes  Burt, 

Deane,  ^     Jame'S  Tisdale, 

botnas  Deane^        I     The  Town, 

«eph  Wilbore,      1      James  Walker, 
MerPits,  J     Mr.  Pool,  2J  26J 

^Tbo  date  when  the  shares  were  owned  by  the  persona  here  named 
, stated.     The  odd  number  (263  shares)  is  undrmbtedly  owing 

^  ires  and  parts  of  shares  having  been  bought  up  by  the  company, 
Em  time  to  time,  from  estates  of  deceased  persoDw  or  others*  These 
[Ironworks  "  were  orif^^'ittally  tlie  For^e  built  by  the  father  and  uncle 

Tbomaa  Leonard.     The  forge  now  in  operation   at  this  place,  in 
liam,  is  owned  by  Tbeodore  Dean^  Esq.,  a  descendant  of  Thomas. 


Mr.  Noyes,  2 

Leveret,  1 

Mn  Ting,  1 

Mr.  John  Pain,        2| 
Samuel  Paule,  \ 

Richard  Baker^  | 
D  o  re  1 J  e  s  t e  r  C  h  u  r cli ,  I 
Mr.Paine,Rehoboth| 


NOTES    ON   TDE    AXTELL    FAMILY. 

[Coinmunicated  by  Wiliiam  S,  ArrLETtm,  A.M.] 

[TnoirAS  Axtell,  the  first  of  this  name  in  Massachusetts,  was  buried 
1  Sudbury.  8  March,  1G46.  leaving  a  widow  Mary,  who  married,  19 
aber,  1056,  John  Goodenow,  and  had  children,  of  whom  three  ai^ 

viz,  : 
ary*  (2). 

Hannah.*  m.  18  June,  1659,  Edward  Wright,  of  Sudbury. 
Mary**  born  1  June,  1644.  A*^   -^^  ^^  . 

(2)  Henry  Axtell  moved  in  16G0  to  ^Marlborough,  and  there  mar- 
II  June,  16G5,  Hannah,  daughter  of  George  Merriam,  of  Concord, 
r  whom  he  had — 

^Maiy,'  bom  8  August,  16(0  :  m.  24  May,  1698,  Zachariah  Newton. 
^Thofnas/ born  8  August.  1072;  m.  2  November,  1697,   Sarah   Bar- 
A  short  account  of  his  descendauta  may  be  read  in  Iludson^a 
of  Marlborough, 
iBaaiel.*  bom  4  November.  16T3  (3). 
[Sarah,*  born  28  September,  1675, 

He  was  killed  by  the  Indians,  19  April.  1676,  and  his  widow  married, 
1  Joly,  1677.  VV^iiliam  Taylor  of  Concord, 

[(t)    Daniel  Axtell  moved  to  Suulti  Carolina,  as  is  shown  by  a  docu- 
rded  at  East  Cambridge,  which  is  a  release,  dated  16  March, 
>   Daniel  Axtcdl,  of  Carolina,   in  y"  county  of  Bartly  npon 
%iy  river,  to  his  brother  Thomas. 


h)&^^ 


LmJ^^   Vrf^SS. 


144 


President  Wllder't  AAdiat. 


[Af 


My  object  in  writiDg  this  is  to  call   attention  tO  the  fact, 
Thomas  Ax  tell  may  have  been  a  near  relatire  of  iJaniel   Axtell, 
regicide.     The  latter  was  born  at  Berkhampsteaid  in  Hcrt fords)) 
in   lti22,  and  a  Thomas  Axtill   was  baptized  at  St.  Peter's  in  " 
place,  26   January,    1019,     Also,   Mary*  daughter  of  Thomas  Axtl 
and  Mary  his   wile,  were   baptized  there  23  September,   1639, 
Henry,  son  of  the  same  parent^   15  October,   1641.     The  dangb 
probably   died   young,   but   this   Henry  may   not  improbably  hi 
been  the  settler  in  Marlborough.     The  name  of  Axtell  is  not  a  cfl 
mon  one,  and  the  use  of  the  Christian  name  of  Daniel  in  this  coai: 
would   warrant   us   in   seeking   our  early  emigrant  at  the  home! 
the  regicide. 


ADDRESSES  BY  HON.  MARSHALL  P.  WILDER,  PRESIDE? 
UF  THE  N,  ENGLAND  HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL  SOClETYj 

[Detivcrcd  Janaanr  1  &nd  10, 186S.] 

AT  THE  ANNUAL  ITKeilNO. 

Gentlemen  of  the  Society  :— Most  sincerely  do  I  thank  you  for 
honor  conferred  In  electing  me  as  your  presiding offioer.     1  wish»  he 
ever»  that  y<->ur  able  Vice  President,  the  Hon.  Mr.  Upton,  could  hi 
been  pei'suaded  to  accept  this  office,  or  that  the  choice  had  fallen 
some  one  of  tie  able  gentlemcri  around  me,  more  capable  than  my« 
of  diechargir^its  duties.     It  has  been  a  rule  of  life  with  me  never  I 
withhold  my  flen'ices  whero  my  friends  have  deemed  them  of  vain 
and  it  is  under  this  conviction  that  I  accept,   though  with  great 
luctance  and  diffidence,  the  office  to  which  you  have  elected  me. 

I  have  long  felt  a  deep  and  abiding  interest  in  institutions  for 
preservation  of  historical  and  genealogical  information,  but  my  llfi 
as  you  know,  gentlemen,  has  been  crowded  with  labors  in  auoth 
line  of  duty,  in  eflbrts  to  advance  the  great  industrial  interests  of  o^ 
land,  and  to  multiply  the  comforts  and  pleasures  of  rural  life.  Fr 
the  day  when  my  motfier  first  took  me  into  the  garden  to  help  dr 
and  keep  it,  I  cannot  remember  the  time  when  I  did  not  love  the  ciilti 
vation  of  the  soil.  Possessing  such  instincts  and  tastes,  I  have  fd 
that  I  had  a  mission  in  this  particular  line  of  duty  to  perform,  an 
my  sense  of  obligation  has  induced  me  to  abstract  from  the 
perative  duties  of  a  merchant,  and  from  my  family,  all  the  time 
means  T  could  spare,  for  its  fulfilment.  It  is  this  which  has  prompfa 
me  in  all  my  efforts  for  the  establishment  of  the  various  iustitutioll 
with  which  I  have  been  associated. 

And  now,  gentlemen,  I  am  ready  and  willing  to  render  ray  servicca 
for  the  advancement  of  this  institution.  But  it  must  be  remembere^lp 
that  I  have  passed  the  summit  of  the  hil!  of  life,  and  am  descr 
on  the  other  side,  and  I  cannot  but  feel  that  you  need  some  \ 
more  able  and  energetic  than  myself  to  occupy  this  chair.  Your 
committee,  however,  have  kindly  informed  me  that  they  will  require 
no  more  of  me  than  my  health  and  inclination  may  dictate,  and,  with 


L) 


Prc^idaU  JVildc/s  Addrcse. 


US 


Asauraoce,  I  accept  the  oflSce,  and  promise  to  render  all  the  assist* 
e  m  my  power*  Called,  as  1  am,  without  preparation  to  this  chair, 
^ill  not  be  expected  that  I  should  submit  a  tormul  address.  The 
forate  and  eloquent  addresses  of  my  predceeesors  have  conferred 
ortance  and  influerjce  on  the  Society,  but  I  shall  confine  my  efiorts 
e  especially  to  its  immediate  necessities,  and  to  methods  for  sup- 
Og  its  wants.  As  soon  as  I  can  have  an  opportuTiity  for  coiisulta- 
I  with  the  officers  and  friends  of  the  Society^  1  will  lay  before  you 
€  suggestions  in  regard  to  these  snhjects. 

entlemen,  I  cannot  allow  the  present  moment  to  pass  without  some 
lite,  on  my  part,  to  the  memory  of  your  late  illustrious  President. 
ras  mj  privilege  to  be  acquainted  with  Gov.  Andrew,  P^or  eon- 
^ncy  of  character,  unswerving  patriotism,  integrity  of  heart  and 
jiess  of  disposition,  I  know  no  brighter  example.  When  we  think 
pie  place  which  he  occtipied  in  society,  and  in  tiie  hearts  of  his 
mtrymen,  removed,  too,  in  tlie  zenith  of  liis  usefulness,  and  at  a 
I  when  we  can  least  afford  to  spare  him,  we  cannot  hut  feel  that 
idispcnsation  of  Divine  Providence  is  indeed  mysterioiia*  But  God 
ITS  what  is  best  for  us,  and  we  would  bow  in  humble  submission  to 
Iloly  WilK  Men  die,  but  iuytitutions  live.  Gov.  Andrew  is  dead. 
clayey  tenement  has  indeed  fallen,  but  how  little  of  such  men  can 
feh  I  His  voice  is  indeed  silent,  but  posterity  will  accord  him  au 
lortality  which  history  will  chensli  and  humanity  admire,  a  place 
Itig  those  philanthropists  and  palriots  whose  uoble  labors  and  wor- 
designs  shall  live  when  monuments  of  marble  sliall  have  crumbled 
fdast.  We  shall  much  miss  his  wise  counsels  and  eudeavors  to 
Ince  the  objects  of  our  association,  hut  our  loss,  we  doubt  not,  is 
Dnspeakable  gain.  He  has  been  removed  to  a  higher  and  holier 
far  beyond  the  coDvulsions  and  disappointments  of  time,  to  those 
fttial  fields,  whose  vcrdiue  is  ever  green,  whose  bloom  is  everlast- 
aad  whose  fruits  are  immortal — to  those  happier  realms,  where 
sJoud  shall  ever  dim  the  vision  of  his  faitli,  no  changeover  mar  the 
ion  of  hia  hopes — 


"  Where  rivers  of  pti^iwTiro  flow  o'er  the  hnght  plains, 
And  the  nooa-Cide  of  glory  ctcmaUy  rcigus/* 


^f  AT  A  BPEC1AL  HKETIKG, 

fiPTtKMEN  ;^ — 'In  connection  with  the  remarks  thai  I  had  the  privi- 
I  to  make  at  the  time  of  my  election,  I  luive  now  to  submit  the 
jwing,  as  the  result  of  my  reiiections,  in  regard  to  the  present 
lition  of  the  Society,  the  importance  of  it«  work  and  its  imperative 
^tics,  and  to  suggest  some  plans  for  increasing  its  income  and 
r^og  the  sphere  of  its  future  inliiience  and  usefulness. 
ir«t,  let  us  acknowledge  the  debt  of  gratitude  we  owe  to  the 
iders  of  the  Society,  especially  to  those  gentlemen,  who,  by  gra- 
^QB  services,  have  watched  over  and  sustained  it  to  the  present 
|,  By  their  eelf-sacriticing  exertions  it  has  acquired  an  honorable 
lion  among  the  institntions,  not  only  of  our  commonwealth  and 
llry,  bat  in  foreign  lands.  It  numbers  among  its  members  the 
p^  of  many  warm  friends  and  distinguished  men,  through  %vhom 
Ibe  co-operation  of  sister  associations,  it  is  constantly  receiviog 
W.  XXIL  13* 


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President  Wtlder't  Addreu. 


[Apr 


and  dispensing  information  of  the  most  desirable  character.     For  \ 
period  of  twenty-three  years  the  Society  has  been  zealonsly  engag 
in  the  acquisition  of  the  most  important  documentary  knowledge, 
has  rescued  from  the  shades  of  oblivion  a  large  amount  of  rare 
lerials  most   valuable  to    the  antiquary^    historian   and   biogrsphe 
and  it  i^  believed  that  its  collection  of  scarce  books,  pamphlets  an 
manuscripts  will  compare  favorably  with  any  other  similar  inslitutio 
of  its  age,  in  tbe  United  States,     )^y  the  Report  of  Mr,  Sheppard, 
Librarian,  at  the  antuial  nieetiug,  January,  1868,  it  appears  that  the 
are  nearly  eight  thousand  volumes  of  books,  and  more  than  twent 
two  thousand  pamphlets,  laany  of  which  il^  lost,  he  states,  could : 
be  replaced. 

To   provide  against   such    a  possible  disaster,  and   for  better  i 
commodations,  my  honored  predecessors  have   made  suggestions 
their  annual  addresses,     Should  a  fire  occur  and  destroy  our  libr 
Hays   Dr.   Lewis,  "  the  biographical  memoirs  and  other  publicatic 
and  documents  conveying  the  history  of  the  various  families  of  Ne 
England  from  the  day  of  the  landing  of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers  until  noi 
could  not  be  restored."     *'  Without  more  ample  accommodations  fo9 
your  library,"  says  Governor  Andrew,  *'  rare  books  and  manuscript 
will  serve  but  for  little  use." 

To  secure  these  treasures  from  snch  a  contingency  is  a  matterj 
grave  coiisideration,  involving  an  obligation  on  the  part  of  those  ' 
possess  power  and  position,  in  a  word,  on  the  enlightened  gener 
of  all  liberal  men,  to  use  their  influence  to  secure  this  end.  Tb| 
shall  they  preserve  the  history  of  their  native  land,  the  memory  I 
their  fatljors,  and  perpetuate  the  record  of  tlieir  own  descent  down  i ' 
long  lapse  of  generations  to  come. 

In  regard  to  the  operations  of  the  Society,  I  would  respecifol! 
recommend  that  in  view  of  the  imperative  necessities  for  more  amp' 
and  safe  accommodations,  and  with  the  anticipation  of  an  increase  i 
our  funds  by  legacies,  donations  and  memberships,  an  application 
made  to  the  legislature  for  an  act  allowing  the  Society  to  hold  a  Urg 
amount  of  property  than  it  can  now  hold  by  its  present  charter, 

1  would  also  suggest  the  propriety  of  establishing  a  fund,  as  so 
as  circumstances  will  permit,  fur  the  publication  of  rare  manuscnp 
and  historical  works.     This  proposition  is  made  with  the  hope  thi 
the  friends  of  the  Society  may  find  it  agreeable,  in  making  up  theH 
bequests  to  public  institutions,  to  leave  money  for  this  special  purpoi 
like  those  of  the  Barstow,  Towno  and  other  trusts, 

I  am  also  of  the  opinion  that  some  special  arrangement  might! 
made  by  which  a  division  of  labor  would  be  of  much  value.  For  * 
p^irpose  1  would  sugg-ost  that  the  usefulness  of  our  Society  raayl 
greatly  advanced  by  dividing  the  field  of  historical  inquiry  into 
tions  or  departments.  It  is  a  maxim  of  universal  application,  thttl| 
concentration  of  effort  is  necessary  to  the  achievement  of  great  result! 
The  field  of  local  and  family  history,  which  it  is  the  object  of  this  So^ 
ciety  to  cultivate,  is  exceedingly  large.  It  reaches  over  a  broad  terri- 
tory, and  embraces  a  great  variety  of  subjects.  No  one  member  can  b6 
supposed  to  have  the  inclination  or  the  leisure  to  push  his  investfgib* 
tions  into  all  the  departments  of  historical  study  which  lie  within  3l* 
scope  of  the  Sociely^s  appropriate  work.  But  there  are  persons  w^ 
^oubtedly,  in  the  ranks  of  our  large  membership,  who  have  both  the 


President  fVildc/s  AiircBS. 


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and  leisore,  and  who  would  take  a  pride  in  developing  a  ninglo 
artment,  if  it  were  committed  to  their  special  fiupervision.  Let  a 
en  subject  be  committed  to  one  of  onr  associates  who  may  have  a 
ite  for  that  particular  field  of  inquiry,  and  !et  him  tnake  himself 
{uniHar  with  all  its  hititorical  resources.  If  his  department  were, 
for  iniitance,  the  local  history  of  one  of  the  New  England  Stutes, 
le  should  aim  to  know  every  book  that  baa  ever  been  printed  on 
llie  bifttory  of  that  State  or  any  part  of  it,  in  any  of  its  subdi- 
fMOlia  whatever^  and  be  should  aim  to  obtain^  if  poBsiblCi  copied 
for  oor  library.  He  should  also  extend  his  inquiriea  to  all  exist- 
ing mawuscripts,  which  can  possibly  be  lound  ,  be  shoula  ascertain 
the  biatorical  value  of  them,  and  in  whose  possession  they  are,  and,  if 
advisable,  use  his  iiifloence  to  obtain  their  publication,  or,  when  prac- 
tic&bte^  secure  the  original  or  a  copy  for  the  archives  of  this  Society- 
lean  imagine  that  labors  thus  directed  would,  in  the  space  of  a  i^w 
years,  greatly  increase  the  historical  treasures  of  our  library,  and 
in  Yarioua  other  ways  extend  the  iDflueuce  and  usefulness  of  this 
Institution. 

1  do  not  propose  to  desig-nate  the  departments  that  should  be  formed, 

or  to  elaborate  the  subject,  but  I  merely  throw  out  this  hint,  with  the 

hope  that  should  the  suggestion  meet  the  approbation  of  the  mora- 

ber«,  the  acherae  may  be  developed  under  the  direction  of  the  Sf»ciety, 

ttd  be  presented  for  our  consideration  and  action  in  a  practical  form. 

As  a  further  means  of  advancing  the  objects  of  the  Society,  let  ua 

••eek  to  affiliate  with  us,  not  only  those  whose  taste  and  inctinutioa 

kad  ihem  to  the  acquisition  of  hiBtorical   knowledge,  but  those  who 

&»  public  benefactors  are  disposed  to  give  of  their  substance  for  build- 

*  g  ap  and  sustaining  the  institutiong  of  New  England. 

We  have  now  two  hundred  and  fifty  members.     Why  should  we 

t  have  a  thousand?      Let  each  member  procure  another  and  thua 

oblo  our  present  number.     For  one  1  will   pledge  myself  to  procure 

eaty.     Lit  a  general  eil'ort  be  made,  and   let  these,  as  well  as  resi- 

t  ID  embers,  as  far  as  practicable,  take  life- certificate  a  by  the  pay- 

nt  of  thirty  dollars  each.     This  would  con»*tjtute  no  inconsiderable 

fuod,  from  which  a  permanent  income  would  he  derived  for  years  after 

■re  shall  have  ceaaed  from  our  labors. 

■  Let  our  members  also  take  an  active  interest  in  the  circulation  of 
Me  publications  of  the  Society,  not  only  by  subBcribing  theujaclves. 
Put  by  inviting  their  friends  to  do  the  same. 

The  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register,  published  under  the  di* 
L«ction  of  this  Society,  is  now  ia  its  twenty-second  volume.     This 
gazine  is  full  of  njoat  interesting  historical   matter,  interesting  in 
rry  part  of  New  England,  and  to  all  persons  of  historical  tastes,     A 
ider  circulation  of  this  periodical  would  subiserve  the  interests  of 
lory,  aud  enable  us  to  make  it  more  valuable  from  year  to  year. 
To  enlarge  its  sphere  of  usefulness,  this  Society  must  have  more 
tpropriate   accommodations,    more   mem  hers  and   more   funds.     To 
then  can  we  appeal  for  aid,  more  hope  fully,  than  to  the  enterpris- 
and  liberal  citizens  of  New  England »  so  well  known  for  their  phi- 
nth  ropic   deeds  ID   forming  and  sustaining  the  institutions  of  our 
d  1      We  would,  therefore,  solicit  gentlemen  to  become  a^soeiiited 
ih  U8,  and  thus  by  a  co-operation  of  their  cflbrts  and  their  funds 
lo  the  ability  and  increase  the  efficieucy  of  the  Society.     Espe^ 


T48 


President  fVUder's  Addras, 


[Af 


cially  would  we  invite  the  merchant  princeB  of  Boston,  alike  disti 
g-iiished  for  their  enterprise  and  contributions  in  behalf  of  benevule 
and  worthy  objects,  to  unite  with  us  in  etlbrts  to  suetain  the  pree 
high   character  of  our  institution   and  to  make  it  more  aod  mo^ 
worthy  of  the  patronage  of  an  enlightened  community.     **Mercliau| 
have   been/'  says  a  celebrated  divine,  **  in  the  order  of  Pruvideno 
and  the  progress  of  civilization,   the  princes  and  honorables  of 
earth.     The  history  of  the  development  and  improverocnt  of  tlie  raa 
of  man,  is,  in  some  sensei  a  history  of  the*  activity  and  usefuhie  _ 
of  merchants.*'     Our  own  national   history  is  intimately  associated 
with  commerce,     The  merchant  has  been  a  pioneer  in  the  progress  oCj 
civilization.     No  class  more  readily  appreciates  the  value  of  a  go 
object.      None  possesses  more  general  intelligence,  sound  judgme 
and  moral  worth,  and  to  none  is  Massachusetts  more  indebted  for  acta 
of  public  and  private  muniOcence  than  to  the  merchanta  of  Bostcm 
and  its  vicinity. 

Gentlemen,  it  is  our  good  fortune  to  live  in  an  age  of  high  progre 
give  civilization  —  an  age  pregnant  with  mighty  moral  and  poHUc 
events.     Never  before  have  the  energies  of  good  men  been  so  cone 
trated  in  efTorts  for  the  diirusion  of  knowledge,  the  relief  of  suflerin| 
the  reward   of   labor  and  the   multiplication    of  the  blessings 
comforts  of  mankind.     We  live,  too.  in  a  country  of  amazing  pn 
portions,   containing  boundlei^a   fields   for   human   development 
happiness,  extending,  expanding  and  strengthening  with  its  ^owtdl 
embracing  almost  cvory  variety  of  soil  and  climate,  capable  of  pr^ 
ducing  most  of  the   products   of  the    habitable   globe,   and    whos 
population,   ere  some  noi^  living  slial!  go  down   to  their  g^raves, 
in  all  human  probability  exceed  two  hundred  millions  of  souls ; 
country  whose  thriving  villages  and  popnlons  cities  spring  up  aa  \ 
enchantment  —  whose  commerce,   manufactures  and  internal  improv 
ments,  whose  institutions,  civil,  literary  and  religious,  whose  militai^ 
naval  and  moral  power,  whose  genius,  people  and  prosperity,  are  i 
wonder  and  admiration  of  the  world. 

This  Society  was  instituted  for  the  preservation  of  the  history  ( 
this  people,  and  for  its  transmission  to  future  generations.     This 
a   noble   design.     Ilistory  enlarges   the   field  of  human  knowledg 
It  teaches  posterity  to  imitate  the  examples  of  the  good,  and  to  avoiJ 
the  practices  of  the  bad^ — "  to  hold,  as  it  were,  the  mirror  up  to  n| 
tnre,  to  show  virtue  her  own  feature,  scorn  her  own  image,  and  tb 
very  age  and  body  of  the  time." 

Our  Kew  England  history  embodies  the  laws,  piety  and  patriotisms 
our  fathers — the  intelligence,  enterprise  and  progress  of  the  age — and 
will  be  a  guide  to  our  cliildren  and  our  children's  children,  long  af 
we  shall  have  passed  from  the  scene, 

'*  History/'   says   Macanlay.    "  is  but   the  grand   development 
God^B  grand  plan.''     The  importance  of  history  is  thus  gi*aphicall| 
described   in    the   last   address  of  your  lamented   President,  and 
worthy  of  being  repeated  on    this  occasion.     "  History   touches 
human  life.     It  elevates  a  nation      It  inspires  the  human  race.     Al 
that  excites  human  eraolion,  all  spiritual  as  well  as  all  material  thin£_ 
are  found  in  its  domain.     All  of  knowledge  we  can  gather  about  our 
predecessors,   their  lives,  their  thoughts,   their  achievcnients,   tlieir 
daily  practices,  their  worship,  their  civil  government,  and  tbeir  lej 


ftws.T 


Prenient  Wilder^s  Adirmn. 


149 


lation —  and  all  that  we  can  garner  up,  methodize  and  transmit  to  the 
Ifiltnrc,  belonging  to  the  life,  character  and  hiatory  of  onr  own  time, 
I  tend,  not  only  to  enlarge  the  formal  stock  of  common  learning,  but  to 
Ipreserve  the  treasures  of  human  experience  and  thought,  to  diffuse 
I  them  among  meoi  and  to  increase,  for  countless  generations,  the 
fmbsolate  wisdom  of  mankind." 

And  who  18  there  among  us  that  cannot  appreciate  the  importance 
lof  our  work  —  who  does  not  desire  to  preserve  sacredly  the  noble 
fexamples  of  our  ancestors,  to  instruct,  animate  and  guide  us  and  our 
Dbildren  —  who  that  would  not  cherish  the  memories  of  the  founders 
iud  coneervators  of  American  Liberty,  of  those  champions,  who,  seal- 
ing their  mission  with  their  blood,  purchased  the  independence,  extend- 
led  the  freedom,  preserved  the  government  and  perpetuated  the  union 
of  these  States  1     And  what  son  of  New  England  does  not  feel  an  in- 
est  in  the  history  of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers,  their  characters,  their 
ItufTerings,  their  religion  1     Who  would  not  treasure  up  with  undying 
igratitude  the  memories  of  these  pioneers  of  American  ctvilization^ — 
these  heralds  of  religious  freedom  ?     Who  would  not  garner  up  as  a 
*  priceless  heritage  the  inOuence  of  that  prayer,  reverberating  down  the 
long  line  of  coming  generations— that  first  prayer  on  the  ever-memo- 
,  rable  Sabbath  morn,  when 

**  Atnldfit  th<*  «itorm  thej  imii^^ 

And  the  stars  lienrd»  and  the  «ja; 

And  the  sotitidhig  fti^lei^  of  tlie  dim  woods  rang 

To  the  mithcmA  of  the  frci:.** 

'*  It  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  in  the  first  prayer  from  the  soil  of 
[the  new  world,  ascending  from  so  feeble  a  brotherhood,  amid  a  wild- 
leinesa  so  desolate »  wero  lodged  the  seeds  of  a  new  civilization  for 
[mankind,  the  elements  of  all  freedom  for  all  nations,  and  the  power 
which  in  its  turn  shall  regenerate  all  the  empires  of  the  earth/' 
I  (British  Quarterly  Review,  1845.) 

Gentlemen,  the  foregoing  considerations  and  suggestions  are  made 
[with  great  deference  to  your  riper  experience  and  better  judgment, 
iThey  are  offered,  however,  as  the  convictions  of  my  own  mind  and  for 
[the  purpose  of  co-operating  with  such  ability  as  I  possess.  True,  we 
I  ire  a  society,  but  we  are  also  individuals,  and  as  such  in  our  indiTidual 
1  characters  and  circles  we  can  do  much*  Let  us  feci  the  responsibility 
I  Thich  rests  upon  us.  Let  us  mature  plans  for  the  accomplishment 
of  oar  objects,  and  let  us  execute  them  with  an  energy  that  knows  no 
Lfailure  and  a  perseverance  that  never  tires. 


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lOHN  PARLEY 
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This  is  the  oldest  inscription 
in  the  Parish  Burying  Ground 
at  Linebrook,  Ipswich,  Mass,  It 
is  peculiar  for  the  modesty  of  its 
claim  to  priority,  as  well  as  for  the 
substitution  of  the  small  t  for 
the  capital,  wherever  that  letter  is 
used,  which  destroys  the  unifor- 
mity of  wlmt  is  otherwise  a  well 
executed  inRcriptiou.  The  name 
Parley  has  for  several  generations 
been  written  Perley.  J,  m.  b. 


hUographj  of  Masmehusettt* 


BIBLIOGRAPnY    OF 


THE  LOCAL   HISTORY   OF  MASSA- 
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Edward  Walker  sen.  and  Sarah  Bawlins  sen. 
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Dyrham, 
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of  N. 
Mark  Miller  and  Susanna  Downing. 
Paul  WaplcB  and  Mary  liobinaon  of  Portsmouth. 
Joseph  Peavy  and  Arrabella  Nutter. 
Thomas  Petegrew   and    Eleanor  Adams    both  of 

Kittery. 
Daniel  Walker  and  Betty  Nutter- 
Moses  nam   of   Dover   and   Hannah   Rawlins   of 

Rochester,  [of  N. 

Capt   Luke  Mills  of  Ports,   and  Deborah  Furbur 
Thomas  Quint  Jun.  and  Sarah  Walker. 
Robart  Staples  and  Elizabeth  Kennard  of  Eittory. 
James  Pickering  Jun.  and  Mary  Fabyau. 
Jno  and  Mary  Downing, 
Stephen  Libby  of  Scarborough  and  Margaret  Miller 

of  Portsmouth. 
Jno  Boynton  of  Wiscasaet  and  Temperence  Hog- 
doe  of  N. 
Henry  Hart  of  Ports,  and  Alice  Downing  of  N. 
William  Dennet  and  Sarah  Paul  both  of  Kittery, 
Timothy  Spinney  and  Abagail  Paul  both  of  Kittery, 
Charles  Hogdon  of  N.  and  Hannah  Dennet  of  Ports, 
James   Dwyer  of  Ports,  and   Elizabeth   Smith  of 

Dyrham. 
John  Hill  and  Lucy  Chick  both  of  Kittery. 
Judah  Allen  of  Stratham  and  Sarah  Philbrook  of 

Oreenland, 
Jonathan  Philbrook  of  Rye  and  Mary  Fullsom  of 

New  Market. 
Mark  Ayer  and  Elizabeth  Walker. 
Jonathan    Woodman   and   Catherine '  Fry  both   of 

Kittery. 
Benjamin  Hoite  of  Scarborough  and  Sarah  Down- 
ing of  N. 
Timothy  Dam  and  Elizabeth  Pickering. 
John  Williams  and  Sarah  Meder  both  of  Dyrham, 
Daniel  Rendal  and  Charity  Meder  both  of  Dyrham, 
14* 


158 


Church  Records  of  Neinngton,  N. 


u 


1768. 


1769. 


1770. 


1771. 


Jaly 

7, 

Oct. 

8. 

ti 

22, 

»l 

a 

Nov. 

19, 

Mav 

13, 

June 

2. 

Sept. 

1, 

Oct.    19. 
Nov.  17. 


1772. 


1773. 


Dec, 

20. 

Feb. 

9. 

June 

29. 

Oct. 

4. 

Jan. 

27. 

Feb. 

22. 

June 

2. 

tt 

U. 

n 

28. 

July 

26. 

Aug. 

9. 

it 

30. 

Sept 

.  6. 

Oct 

4. 

Feb. 

25. 

Man  21. 

July  17. 

Oct. 

29. 

Dec, 

15. 

ii 

24. 

Jan. 

9. 

May 

5. 

June 

1  4. 

Feb. 

18. 

ApriI29. 

Maj    4. 
"     23. 

June    3, 

"     10. 

Aug.   8. 


Mark  Dennet  and  Mary  Dennet  both  of  Kitteiy. 
Josiah  Staple  and  Eunice  Fogg  both  of  Kittery, 
Tobias  Staple  and  Catherine  Staple  both  of  KitteryJ| 
Francis  Mislmay  of  Ports,  and  Alice  Kutter  of  S. 
John  Dam  and  Elizabeth  Furbur. 
Joseph  Adams  and  Mary  Dennet  both  of  Kitteiy, 
Isaac  Morr  atid  Mary  Spinney  both  of  Kittery. 
Theodore  Carlton  of  Exeter  and  Mary  Iloite  of 

Ports. 
Thomas   Dickson  and  Susannah   Remech  both  * 

Kittery. 
Dependance  Shapleigh  and  Catherine  Lcighton  botl 

of  Kitterj. 
Steven  Pedigrove  and  Lucey  Dixaon  both  of  Kittery.] 
Jotham  Nutter  and  Elizabeth  Downing. 
Nathaniel  Meservey  and  Martha  Jones  of  Dover. 
Peletiah  Greenough  and  Unice  \¥itbara  of  Kittery,  | 
Daniel  Hoit  and  Eliiiabeth  Brown  of  Hampton. 
Hmnphrey  Scamraond  Jun.  and  Eliza""  Bichards<ya| 

both  of  Kittery. 
Jacob  Brewer  and  Mary  Witham  both  of  Kittery. 
Abner  Witham  and  Lydia  Webber  both  of  Kiilerj^ 
Moses  Furbur  and  Hannah  Hoit. 
John    Pickering    tertius    and    Elizabeth    Vine 

widdow. 
Christopher  Huntrisg  sen,  and  Abagail  Hogdon 

Berwick, 

George  Rogers  and  Mary  Purnald  both  of  Kittery,, 
James  Ay  res  and  Mary  Neal  both  of  Greenland. 
Levi  Ftirbur  and  Rosamund  Fabyan. 
Benjamin    Hogdon   of   N,    and  Hannah   Saywa 

of  Dover. 
Christopher  Nutter  and  Mary  LaytoD. 
Enoch  Hoite  and  Elizabeth  Coleman. 
David   Perkins   of   Epping   and   Mehi table   Swetl 

of  N. 

Joseph  Jenkins  and  Catherine  Woodman  of  Kitter; 
Ezukiel  Git  man  Adams  and  Mary  Hoyt. 
Dependence  Ayers  of  Ports,  and  Elizabeth  Nut 

of  N. 
John  Janvrin  and  Catherine  Lang  of  Porta. 
Enoch  Fogg  of  Scarborough  and  Lonia  Nutter  of] 
Ebenezer  Sullivan  of  Berwick  and  Abagatl  Cott 

of  Porta. 
Jno  Hogdon  and  Temperance  Pickering. 
William   Kennard    and   Hannah   Sargent    both 

Kittery. 
James  Eilgerly  and  Rachel  Kent  both  of  Dyrham, 
John  Tuttlc  and  Dorothy  Jacobs  both  of  Dyrhato- 
Steplien    Remick    and    Hannah    Rogers    bi 

Kittery. 
John  Gee  Pickering  and  Deborah  MiUs. 
Joseph  Meader  and  Abagail  Field  both  of  Dyrb 


Church  Rccordi  of  Neicingtonf  N,  H* 


159 


14. 


15. 


i:6. 


It. 


[18. 


JT9. 


»L 


Stephen  Ayers  of  Ports,  aod  Sarah  Ilogdon  of  N. 
Benja"  Brown  and  Abagail  Gerrieh  both  of  Madbury* 

James  Pickering  and  Mercy  Q — , 

laachar  Wiggin  and  Elizabeth  Pevey. 
Depimdance  Coolbroth  and  Elinor  Walker. 
William  Raitt  and  Sarah  Laightoo  both  of  Kittery. 
Bimon  Kennard  and  Elizabeth  Chandler  of  Kittery. 
Thomas  Donald  and  Eunice  Hoite. 
Jonathan  Downing  and  Alice  Nutter. 
Jonathan  Swct  and  Lydia  HuntriB. 
Aaron  Ilogdon  and  Mary  Dennet  both  of  Ports, 
Timothy   Richardson    and   Anna    Young    both   of 

Kittery. 
Jno  Chase  and  Hanah  Denet  both  of  Kittery. 
Hunking  Coolbroth  and  Suisanna  Knight, 
Benjamin  Hogdon  and  RoBimund  Coleman. 
Nathan  Coflfin  and  Dorcas  Bartlett  both  of  Kittery, 
Joseph  Bold  and  Elizabeth  Stentley  both  of  Ports. 
John  Tompaon  and  Elizabeth  Walker  both  of  Ports. 
Will"'  Pickering  of  Greenland  and  Abagail  Fabyan 

of  N. 
Edward  Gootraan  a  soldier  and  Mercy  Peavy  of  N, 
John  Shaekford  aod  Ruth  Webb  Adams. 
Joshua  Downing  and  Elizabeth  Downing. 
John  Pevey  and  Lois  Coolbroth. 
John  Trickey  and  Bet  hi  ah  Dam. 
Will"*  Langdon  of  Ports,  and  Mary  Pickering. 
Samuel  Fabyan  and  Anna  Pickering. 
Joseph  Brown  of  Barn  stead  and  Elizabeth  Nutter 

of  N. 
Benjamin  Nutter  and  Mercy  Tasker  of  Barnstead. 
Thomas  Pinner  and  Eliza*^  Lai  ton  . 

Will""  Ham  and  Anna  Walker  both  of  Porte. 

Eben''  Adams  and  Lydia  Hoit. 

John  Nytter  and  Betty  Dam. 

Joel  Lay  ton  and  Eliz'^  H  nutria. 
Joseph  Adams  Jun.  and  Eliza^**  Adams. 

Winirop    Bickford    and   Easter    Langley   both    of 
Dyrham. 

Elisha  riarmnon  and  Barah  Lihbey  both  of  Kittery. 

Ricliard  Fnrbur  of  Rochester  and  Alice  Coleman. 

George  Colbroth  and  Maraua  Colbrotb. 

Neheniiah  Fnrbur  and  Mary  Hart. 

Hatevil  Nutter  and  Easter  Dam. 

Wiir'^  Vincent  and  vVliee  Colbroth. 

Jtjshna  Bracket  and  Alice  Pickering. 

Ebenezer  Nutter  and  Temperance  Coolbroth, 

William  Nutter  and  Anna  Nutter. 

Samuel  Adams  and  Lydia  Coleman. 

Major  George  Gains  of  Ports,  and  Sarah  Pickering, 

Steven  Jones  and  Alice  Bickford. 


is  the  end  of  the  record  of  marriages  kept  by  Rev.  Mr.  Adams, 
all  in  his  handwriting.     He  died  May  26/nd3.J     o.  w.  t. 


Sept. 

2. 

Oct. 

8. 

Nov. 

16. 

t% 

24. 

it 

25. 

Dec. 

16. 

Jan. 

20. 

ti 

25. 

Feb. 

10. 

Nor. 

9. 

Jan. 

5. 

Feb. 

23. 

Aug. 

17. 

March  4. 

April 

8. 

June 

20. 

July 

24. 

Nov. 

21. 

Dec. 

26. 

Mar. 

21. 

April 

20. 

Aag. 

28. 

Sept. 

n. 

Jane 

3. 

Oct. 

15. 

If 

18. 

Dec. 

T. 

Dec. 

19. 

Jan. 

4. 

i< 

12. 

Apri 

120. 

June  24. 

Oct. 

21. 

Dec. 

8. 

May 

16. 

Jane 

11. 

ti 

18. 

Oct. 

24. 

Nov. 

12. 

Jan. 

I. 

June  28. 

Nov. 

22. 

Feb. 

9. 

»« 

25. 

May 

19. 

it 

27. 

July 

3. 

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The  Merriam  Family. 


[Apr 


THE  MERRIAM  FAMILY  AND  CONNECTIONS. 
[Communicated  by  WtLLUM  S.  ApflbtoNi  AM*] 

T  HAVE  lately  been  investigating  the  Merriam  Family  of  Concop 
and  may  have  found  some  things  worthy  of  publication.     The  wills   _ 
Robert  and  Mary  Merriam  are  remarkable  fur  the  number  of  relatives 
named  in  them,  and  from  them  we  learn  some  family  connections  not  i 
noticed  in  Savage  or  Sh  at  tuck.  ~ 

Robert  Merriam,  of  Concord,  died  16  February,  1682,  aged  T2. 
left  a  will  written  10  Dec,  1681,  in  which  he  mentions  his  wife  Mi 
his  sole  executrix,  his  cousin  (nephew)  Isaac  Day  in  Old  England,  i 
to  his  sister  Joan  Day  deceased,  Robert  Merriam,  of  Cambridge, 
to  hia cousin  Tuephew)  Joseph  Merriam,  deceased,  his  cousin  (nephew 
Jonathan  Huobard,  the  children  of  his  two  deceased  brothers,  Josejj 
and  Qeorge  Merriam,  viz. :    William,   John,    and  Samuel  Merria 
Elizabeth  Hinchksmana,  Snsan  Scotchford,   Elizabeth  West,  Haoni 
Taylor,  and  Abigail  Bateman,  and  his  cousin  John  Buss, 

Mary  Merriam,  widow  of  Robert,  died  22  July,  1693,  aged  ?2.    Sli 
left  a  will  written  15  February,  1688,  in  which  she  mentions  her  cons 
(nephew)  Jonathan  Hubbard,  her  con  sin  (niece)  Mrs.  Elizabeth  r 
win,  eldest  daughter  of  her  brother  Jacob   Sheaf,   her  counin  (niec 
Mrs.  Mehitable  Sheaf,  youngest  daughter  of  the  same  brother,  h^ 
Bister- s  four  children  living  in  the  Sontheni  parta,  viz.  :  John,  Nathanie^ 
Mary,  and  Joanna  Chittenden,  her  cousin  John  Ruck,  her  cousin  Samv 
Ruck,  her  cousin  (nephew)  William  Merriam»  her  cousin  (niece)  ElizA- 
beth  West,  her  cousin  (nephew)  Isaac  Day,  her  cousin  (nephew)  Job 
Merriam,  her  cousin  (nephew)  Samuel  Merriam,  her  cousin  (nephev 
Scotchford,  and  her  cousin  (nephew)  Robert  Merriam  ;    her  execut 
were  Jonathan  Ilubbard,  John  Merriam  and  Samuel  Merriam, 

I.     Robert  and  Mary  Merriam  had  no  children ;  she  was  evident] 
daughter  of  Edinond  Sheaf,  and  baptized  at  Cranbrook,  Kent,  26  Sej 
tember,  1620. 

IL     Joseph  Merriam,  of  Concord,  died  1  January,  1641,  leav 
wife  Sarah  and  children  : 

William."  m.  and  had  children. 

Joseph,*     (IW) 

Elizabeth,'  m. Henchman. 

John,'  b.  9  July,  1641,  posthumous.    (V.) 

Another  daughter,  perhaps  wife  of  John  Buss,  d.  before  1681. 

111.     George  Merriam,  of  Concord,  died  29  December,   1675,  i 
Suaan  his  wife  8  October  before.     They  had  these  children,  all,  excep 
the  first,  mentioned  in  his  will  of  8  October,  1675* 

Mary,*  d.  ID  Angust,  16'46. 

Sarah,*  m. Gove,  of  Cambridge  ;  d.  before  1681* 

Elizabeth,'  m.  Ilenry  West,  of  Salem. 

Samuel/  m.  Elizabeth  Thompson,  and  had  four  daughters,  accor 
ing  to  Shattuck. 

IIannah,^m.  14  June,   1665,  Henry  Axtell,  of  Marlborongh ; 
secondly,  16  July,  1677,  William  Taylor,  of  Concord. 

Susan,*  m.  John  Scotchford,  of  Concord. 

Abigail,^  m.  Thomas  Bateman,  of  Concord. 


8&] 


Omcalogy  of  the  Fills  or  FUz  Family. 


161 


IV.     Joseph  Merriam  wae  born  about  1C30  ;  married,  12  July,  1653, 
Sinib,  daughter  of  Gregory  Stone,  of  Cambridge,  and  bad  : 
Sarah,'  Lydia;'  Joeeph,'  Robert.* 

He  is  called  of  Cambridge,  in  the  Middlesex  RecordSi  but  is  buried 
at  Concord.     He  died  20  April,  167 7. 
V*     John  Merriam,  m.   1663,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Cooper,  of 
abridge,  and  had  : 

~^  1,^  Nathaniel/  Joseph,'  Samuel/*  and  daughters. 
i  was  of  Concord,  and  died  21  February,  1726,   and  bis  widow  6 
ch,  1731. 
'  Ooosin  Isaac  Day  io  Old  England,  to  whom  Eobert  Merriam  left 
nd  in  Cambridge,  provided  be  should  come  over  and  take  possesaion 
^it  before  Mrs.   Merriam 'b  death,   eeems  to  have  done  so,  and  to 
re  lived  at  Cambridge,   1686-92,  according  to  Savage,  who  calla 
a  "  London  citizen  embroiderer/'    I  presume  his  mother  was  a 
erriam. 

Fohn,  Nathaniel,  Mary,  and  Joanna  Chittenden,  were  children  of 
rflliam,  whose  wife  was  Joan  Sheal',  sister  of  Mrs.  Mary  Merriam  ; 
lived  at  Guilford,  Conn. 
jOQsin  Elizabeth  Corwin  was  wife  of  Jonathan,  of  Salem. 
'Cousins  John  and  Samuel  Ruck  were,  I  suppose,  of  Salem  ;  their 
mother  seems  to  have  been  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Mary  Merriam,  and  there- 
fore a  Sheaf. 

Cousin  Jonathan  Ilubbard  was  son  of  John,  of  Wethersfield  and 
Iladley,  and  grandson  of  George,  of  Guilford.  The  mother  of  Jonathan 
was  probably  by  birth  a  Merriam,  or  a  Sheaf, 

All  these  connections  do  not  enable  us  to  say,  with  certainty,  whence 

m  England  came  the  brothers  Merriam.    If  we  could  know  that  Robert 

was  married  before  coming  to  New  England,  their  ancestors  would 

I  le  found  at  Cranbrook  or  some  place  near  it     If  Isaac  Day  was  a 

^aative  of  London,  that  city  might  prove  to  have  been  also  the  home 

rthe  Merriams.     The  facts  are  not  such  as  to  give  a  preference  to 

Sther  of  these  conjectores. 


GENEALOGY  OF  THE  FITTS  OR  FITZ  FAMILY. 
iCommtmicated  by  BeT,  Ja^vss  H.  Firra,  We«t  Boybton,] 
CoutiQued  from  pugo  7i, 

IV.    10.     Abraham  Fhts,  of  Ipawicb,  married,  first,  Phkbe  Fuller, 
ab,  March  3,  1722.     S[»e  died  Aug.  25,  1739.     Children  r 
i3.    Abraham,  bap.  Sept.  29,  1723  ;  d.  Oct.  3,  1727. 
rU-    Daniel,  bap.  May  2,  1726  ;  m.  Christiana  Smith,  pub.  Dec.  16, 
1750,  and  was  the  ancestor  of  the  families  in  Bristol  Coun- 
ty, and  in  Connecticut. 

Phebf,  bap.  Oct.  6,  1728  ;  m.  —  Achus. 

JTarj/,  bap.  Feb.  1,  1730  :  m. Gordan. 

Abraham,  bap.  Jan.  23,  1732  ;  d.  Sept.  30,  1736. 

James,  bap.  July  7,  1734  ;  d.  May  20,  1736* 

Sarah,  bap.  March  21,  1736. 


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Genealogy  of  the  FitU  or  Fitz  Family,  [Aj 


50.     Abraham,  d.  April  11,  1738, 

Mr.  Fitts  married,  second.  Widow  ELrzABKTH  Cross,  pnb.  Nov.  ll 
1739.  Previous  to  1746,  he  and  his  wife  were  admitted  to  the  Fir 
Church  m  Ipswich,  Rev.  Nathaniel  Rogers,  pastor.  He  died  Jt 
1763.     nis  will,  dated  Nov.  20,  1767,  was  proved  July  11,  1763. 


+52, 


IV.  13.  Robert  Fitts  and  Hanxah  Bike,  both  of  Ipswich,  w€ 
published  Dec.  16,  1717,  and  married  Jan.  1,  1718,  by  R^v.  Samn 
Wigglesworth.  About  1732,  they  removed  to  Sutton,  Mass., 
were  the  ancestors  of  the  numerous  Worcester  County  branch  of  i 
family.     Children : 

+51.    Jtobert,  h,  Nov.  9,  1718;  m,  Kezia  Towne,  Nov.  9,  1739, 
d,  at  Sutton  in  1754. 
Jonathan,  bap,  April  24,  1720  ;    m.   Mary  Hutchingson,  No^ 

27,  1H5,  and  settled  m  Oakham,  where  he  d.  iu  1792. 
Mannah,  bap.  Nov.  19,  1721  ;  d,  Dec.  28,  1721. 
Mannaht  bap.  Jan.  20,  1723  ;  m.  Bartholomew  Town,  June! 
1740. 

Margarett,  m, Little. 

Bepjamin,  bap.  April  16,  1728  ;  m,  first,  Sarah  Rich,  Oct ! 
1749  ;  second,  Mary  Cook,  Oct  19,  1762,  who  d.  Nov.  U 
1837,  aged  95,  and  settled  in  Oxford,     He  was  the 
father  of  Rev,  Hervey  Fitts,  of  Middleborough,  and  grea 
grandfather  of  R,  B.  Fitts,  Esq.,  editor  and  publisher. 
Merct/t  bap.  March  1,  1730. 
Ebenezer,  bap.  March  19,  1732. 
Mehiiabel  h,  March  11,  1733. 
Mary.h.  Oct  29,  1734. 
Abraham,  b.  Sept  5,  1739, 


IV. 


20,    JoHx  Fitts  and  Abigail  Wood,  both  of  Ipswich,  we 
published  Feb,  2, 1723.    She  died  April  17, 1765.    Children  1 

62.  Abigail,  bap.  Feb.  16,  1723;  d.  Feb.  22,  1727. 

63.  Mart^,  bap.  Jan.  14,  1727. 

64.  Abigail,  bap.  April  6,  1729  ;  d.  young, 

65.  Samuel,  bap.  July  15,   1733;   m,   Hannah  Harris;  had 

John,  and  died  "suddenly,'*  Jan.  2,  1796. 

66.  Menezer,  bap.  Feb,  22,  1736  ;  d,  Feb,  27,  1736. 

67.  Abigail,    )    .    .         j  d.  Feb.  14,  1738. 

68.  Thomas,  J  ^"^^'"^^^    |  d,  July  19,  1739, 

69.  Sarah,  bap.  Jan,  19,  1740. 

70.  James,  bap.  July  12,  1741. 
IV.    26.     Nathaniel  Fitts,   of  Salisbury,  married   first,    Abioj 

Hates,  of  Dover,  N.  H.,  published  March  18,  1720,  who  died  June 
1738  ;  second,  Mihitabel  Dearborn,  of  Chester,  N.  H,,  publishe 
May  19,  1744,  who  died  June  11,  1765;  and  third,  Naomi  Morrill, 
Juue  18,  1767,  who  died  Nov.  21,  1778.  He  died  Feb,  6,  1784.  His 
Will,  under  date  of  April  12,  1781,  was  presented  for  Probate  Feb.  23, 
1784.  Children  of  Abigail  : 
7L    Man/,  b.  Feb.  26,  1721  ;  m.  — ^ Jackman. 

72.  Abigail,  b.  Jan.  3,  1724. 

73.  Rebecca,  b.  Dec,  28,  1727  j  m*  Eliphalet  French,  of  Salisbam 

April  1,  1747. 


GeneaJogif  of  tfie  Fitts  or  Fitz  Family. 


U$ 


Children  of  Mehitabel : 
t4.    Anna,  h.  March  24,  1745  ;  m.  Daniel  Morrill,  May  28,  1T63, 

and  lived  in  Warren,  N,  H. 
t5.    Mehxtobel,  b.  April  26,  1U7  j  m.  Iloplim  Flanders,  1766,  and 

d.  1796. 


+77- 


IT.    28.    HiGHARD  Pttts,  of  South  Hampton,  N.  H*,  married  Sahah 
B&owK,  April  6,  1727*      She  wae  bora  Sept.   14,   1708,  daughter  of 
jihraim  and  Lydia,  of  SaliBbiirj,  aad  died  about  1754.    lie  afterwards 
^ar.  Dorothy  Evans,  of  Salisburj,  April,  1757,  and  d.  Feb.  23,  J79L 
'is  Will,  May  3,   1787,  was  admitted  to  Probate,  March  16,  179 L 
Inventory  returned,  April  2,  1791.     Children  of  Sarah  : 
76.     Sarah,  b,  Nov.  27,  1727  ;  m»  Daniel  Quimby,  of  Amesbnry. 
Danielf  b.  Sept.  25,  1729  j  m.  Abigail  Currier,  and  settled  in 
Sandown,  N.  II*,  the  grandfather  of  Abel  Fitz,  Esq.,  of 
Somerville,  and  of  Rev,  Daniel  Fitz,  D.D.,  of  Ipswich. 
NcUhaniel,  anm. ;  d.  May  11,  1779. 
Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  5,  1733  ;  published  to  Timothy  Flanders,  of 

Salisbury,  Deo.  2,  1752. 
Jonathan,  b.  July  29,  1734  ;  m.  Susannah  Pike,  of  Kensington^ 

andd.  1772. 
Lydia,  h,  Nov.  3,  1737  j  m,  Ebenezer  Eastman. 
Abigail,  b.  Sept.  10,  1739  ;  m.  Nathaniel  Morrill,  of  Bentwood. 
Mary,  b.  May  22,  1743  ;   m,  Moses  Jones,  of  Enfield. 
Ephraim,  b.  May  10,  1745  ;  m.  Rhoda  Worthen,  of  Chester, 

Aug.  29,  1765,  and  d.  April  12,  1800. 
Martha,  b.  March  13,  1747  ;  m.  Jonathan  King, 
Isaac,  b.  March  27,  1749  j  unm. ;  d.  in  the  Revolutionary  war, 

Feb.  17,  1778. 
Anna,  b.  Jan.  20, 1751 ;  m.  Moses  Sawyer,  of  Salisbury,  N.  H., 
I  Jin.  16,  1775,  and  was  the  mother  of  Rev.  Moses  Sawyer,  and  Na- 
|1iiaQiel  Sawyer,  Esq.,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
68,  89.     Two  other  children,  d.  in  infancy. 


IV.  30.  Daniel  Fitts,  of  Salisbury,  married  RcTa  Brown,  Nov,  11, 
I11S4.  She  was  born  1712,  and  died  June  3,  1788,  He  died  March 
I  BO,  1796.  His  Will,  presented  for  Probate,  April  26, 1797,  bears  date 
1  of  March  4,  1795,  Inventory,  June  7,  1796.  Children  : 
[+90.  Abraiiam,  b.  Oct,  24,  1736  j  m.  Dorothy  Hall,  of  Chester, 
May  27,  1760,  and  settled  in  Candia,  N.  H.,  where  he  d, 
Aug.  6,1808. 

[+01.    Nathan,  b.  Dec.  13,  1739 ;  m.  Abigail  French,  June  8>  1768^ 
and  settled  in  Chester,  N.  H. 
W.    IkeHtl,  b,  Jan.  15,  1741  ;  d.  Jan,  16,  1741. 
{•flS.    Joseph,  b.  Dec.  6,  1741 ;  twice  m.  and  lived  in  Salisbury. 
WL    Mtih,  b.  March  3,  1744 ;  m,  Moacs  Gill,  Dec.  17,  1777,  and  d. 

July,  1810. 
tS.    Mercy,  b.  Aug.  6,  1746  ;  m.  Enoch  Hoyt,  published  Oct,  29, 

1768,  andd,  1817. 
96,    Jerusha,  b,  Dec*  7,  1748  ;  m.  Jeremiah  Stevens,  Feb.  3,  1797, 

andd.  Nov.  30,  1818. 
87*    Abigail,  b.  April  5,  1751  ;  published  to  Moses  Collins,  of  Salis- 
bury, Nov.  4,  1780,  and  d,  Oct.  18,  1826. 
9S«    Elizabeth,  b.  April,  1753  ;  m.  Enoch  Jackman,  Nov.  17|  1774. 


1G4  Genealogy  of  the  FittB  or  FUz  Family.  [i 

IV,  32.  Isaac  Fitz  and  Abigail  Srerwtx,  both  of  Ipswicb, 
publialied  March  31^  1722.  She  was  the  daughter  of  John  and  ] 
(Chandler)  Sherwin,  and  was  bora  May,  1695,  and  died  Jan,  18,  174 
Mr,  Fitz  afterwards  married  Ruth  Jones,  of  Topsfield,  publiBhed  Ja 
18,  1746.  Ue  died  in  Daavers,  and  letters  of  AdrainiBtration  we 
granted  to  bis  widow.  Sept,  3,  1T53.  Children  of  Abigail : 
09.    James,  bap.  Sept,  21,  1723. 

100.  Mary,  bap.  July  10,  1726. 

101.  Abigail,  d.  Dec.  18,  1729. 

102.  Isaac,  bap.  March  15,  1729  ;  d.  July  8,  1731, 

103.  Lucif,  bap.  Jan.  3,  1730  ;  m.  Joseph  Smith* 

104.  Abigail,  bap.  Oct.  3,  1731  ;   unm.  ;  d.  March  12,  1T96. 

105.  Isaac,  bap.  Sept.  30,  1733;  d,  July  21,  1734. 
lOa*     Isaac,  bap.  July  6,  1735  ;  d.  Oct.  1,  1736. 


108. 


lY.     33,     JoETK  Fitz  and  Hannah  Bosworth,  both  of  Ipewicb,  i 
published  Aug.  20,  1726.     She  died  April  It,  1765.     Mr.  Fitz 
published  to  Widow  Susannah  ITale,  of  Ipswich,  May  29,  1779, 
died  March  22,  1787.    He  died   April  19,  17 8T.     His  Will,  datt 
Aug.  18,  1786,  was  approved  May  V,  1787.     Children  of  Hannah: 
107.     Ahi^aU,  d.  Dec.  18,  1729, 

Moses,  bap.  Oct.  25,  1730  ;   m.  Sarah  Giddings,  of  Ipswid 

Feb.  10,  1757,  and  d.  Aug.  19,  1774. 
George,  bap.  July  15,  1733  j  d,  Aug.  11,  1^33^ 
John,  d.  June  24,  1736. 
Jmac,  bap.  April  2,  1738  ;  d.  July  13,  1738. 
Josiaht  bap.  July  22,  1739  ;  m,  BetbiaBoardman,  of  Ipswic 
Dec,  16,  1775.    lie  d,  intestate,  and  hia  widow's 
were  set  off  May  6,  177T * 
Sarah,  bap.  Jan.  19,  1740  ;  published  to  Peter  Low,  of  Ne 

bury,  March  14,  1778. 
Aaron,  bap.  Feb.  6,  1742  ;  published  to  Abigail  Newman,^ 
Ipswich »  Nov,  28,  1772,  and  settled  in  Derry,  N.  H.,  wha 
he  d. 1805. 
.4 n^ireu^,  bap.  April  1,  1744;  m.  Fhcbe  Lakeman,  Jane 

1782,  and  d.  Jan.  12,  1758. 
John,  bap.  May  6,  1750, 


113. 


+114. 


+115. 


116. 


lY.     35,     Jebemiah  Fitz  and  Euzabeth  "Haskell,  both  of  Ips 
were  pubSished  Feb.  22,  1734.     She  was  the  daughter  of  Dea.  Ma 
Haskell     Mr,  Fitz  died  Feb.  3,  ISOl .     His  Will,  dated  Nov.  22,  Ufl 
was  presented  for  Probate  March  12,  1801.     Inventory,  March 
180L     Final  account,  Dec.  10,  1802.     Children  : 

in.    Jeremiah,  bap.  Feb.  %  1735  j  d.  May  11,  1735. 
118,     Jeremiah,  bap.  Feb,  29,  1736  ;  d.  July  t,  1736. 
+119.     Mark,  bap.  July  24,   1737  ;   m.   Elizabeth  Campbell,  of  I| 
wich,  Nov,  7,  1759,   and  settled  in  Newburyport,  whi 
he  was  Town  Clerk  for  many  years,  and  also  Represents 
to  the  General  Court. 

120.  Jeremiah,  bap.  Feb»  21,  1739  ;  d.  yonng. 

121.  Elrmbeih,  bap.  Nov,  8,  1741  ;  m.  Nebemiah  HaskelU 

122.  Nathaniel,  bap.  March  3,  1744  ;  d.  Aug.  8,  1745, 

123.  Abigail,  bap.  April  27,  1746  j  d.  young. 


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.     Nathaniel  bap.  May  30,  1747. 

.  Jeremiah,  bap,  Oct.  29,  1749 ;  m.  Ruth  Souther,  who  was  b. 
Feb.  22,  1757,  and  d.  at  Newburyport,  Dec,  1826.  He 
lived  at  Londonderry,  N.  II.,  Uaverliill,  and  Bradford 
where  he  d.  Juue  25,  1804.  He  was  the  grandfather  of 
tlie  Rev.  William  F*itz,  of  Haverhill,  and  of  lion.  Eustace 
C.  Fitz,  of  Chelsea. 

.     Alngail  bap.  May  10,  1752.  [April  10.  1837. 

.     Hannah,   bap,  Sept.  30,   1753  ;    unm.  ;   d.  at  Newburyport, 

-     Eunice,  m.  Ebenesser  Safford,  of  Ipswich,  April  2,  1789. 

,  IT.     39.     Jaks3  Fitz  and  Euzabeth  Kimball,  both  of  Ipswichj  were 
ftblished  March  14.  1752. 

'  Ja9C£s  Fitz  and  Widow  Mary  Dutch,  both  of  Ipswich,  were  pub- 
^hed  July  6,  1754.    Children: 

129.     Abigail  bap.  March  30,  1755. 

180.     Hannah,  bap.  Oct.  24,  1756. 

131.  Sarah,  bap.  Jan,  1,  1758  ;  nnm. ;  d.  Dec.  1,  1828. 

132.  James,  bap.  May  21,  1759. 

133.  Mary,  bap.  May  15,  1763  ;  m.  Thomas  Putnam. 
[AdditionB  and  corrections  solicited  by  Jakiss   H.   Fitts, 

West  Boy  1b ton,  Mass.] 


rflE  FIRST  FREE  SCnOOL  IN  MASSACHUSETTS  SUPPORTED 

BY  A  TAX. 
[Oommunlcftted  by  Eev.  CAnLoa  Sl after,  A.M.,  of  Dodhaui.l 

The  following  extract  from  the  town  records  of  Dedham  will  be 
bteresting  doubtless  in  several  aspects.  I  am  not  aware  that  a  tax 
IM  levied  upon  the  inhabitatits  of  any  other  town  for  the  support  of 
I  free  school  as  early  as  this.  Dorchester  appropriated  in  1639  the 
atago  of  **Tora80DS  Hand,"  which  bad  been  granted  to  the  town 
the  General  Court  several  years  before  fox  the  maintenance  of 
^tchool.  The  following  transcript  is  verbatim  et  liberatim.  The 
punctuation  has  been  supplied. 

l$44.  "  At  a  meeting  the  first  day  of  the  Eleventh  month  Assembled 
those  whose  names  are  under  wriiten  with  other  the  inhabitants  of 
ihia  Towue. 

Mr.  Jn**  Allin,  paster,  Jn*^  Huntinge,  Elder.  Henry  Chickering, 
Tk:  Wight,  Jn**  Thurston,  Anthony  Fisher,  Jos.  Fisher,  Dau.  Fisher, 
J^n'  Luson,  Mr. Ralph  Wheelouk,*  Jn"  Gaye,  Wiirra  Bullard,  Jn"  BuUard, 
^^hi  Crosman,  Hen.  Wilson,  Jn''  N  (obliteration),  Edw.  Culver,  Hen. 
Uith,  Nath.  Albome,  Nath.  Aldus,  Hen,  Phillips,  Sara"  Morse,  Dan, 
|«  Jn**  Morse,  Jos.  Kingsbury,  Jn""  Dwite,*  Lamb*  Genere,  Edw, 
^Edw.  Richards,  Tho.  Leader,  Geo,  Bearstowe,  Jonath:  Fairbanks, 
IT:  Powell,  Mich:  Metcalfe,  Jn"*  Frary,  Elir  Lusher,  Robt.  Hinsdell, 
Pet:  Woodward.  Jn^  Guild,  Richard  Evered,*  Rob*  Cowingc,  «&c. 


•  tt  ^ipcATS  thAt  Mr.  Ealpti  Wl)e<?lorlc,  Jn^.  Dwite  and  Rickard  Evercd  were  rejtpectiTely 
ftflibCNlors  of  Dr.  Ekarer  Wheel wk  who  presided  over  Diirtmoatli  Cylle^^e,  Dr.  Dwiglit 
fitideBil  of  Yule  CaUcge,  and  Edward  Evciett  uresidmt  of  Eorviud  CoU«g&. 

VaL.  XXIL  15 


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27«c  Field  Family. 


[Al 


Tlio  ej  Inhabitants,  taking  into  consideration  the  great  npc**«i!iiffl^ 
providing  some  meanes  for  the  Education  of  the  youth  in  y 
did  with  an  unanimous  consent  declare,  by  voate,  their  wi 
promote  that  worke,  promising  to  put  too  their  hands,  to  prot 
maintenance  for  a  free  school  in  our  s^d  Towne. 

And  further  did  resolve  &  consent,  ratifying  it  by  voate»  to  ral 
the  Bome  of  twenty  pounds  pr  annu  :  towards  the  maiDtainiDg 
Scliudle,  and  to  keep  a  free  schoole  in  our  sd  Towne. 

And  alHo  did  resolve  and  consent  to  betrust  the  sd  20£  per  asu 
&  <'<-'rtuino  lands  in  sd  Towne,  formerly  set  apart  for  pubiique 
fntti  llio  hand  of  fcofees,  to   be  presently  chosen  by  themselvedj 
Irnplny  the  ad  20£  and  the  land  aforesM,  to  be  improved  for  the 
of  tlio  Hfiid  Hchoole  :  tliat^  as  the  profits  shall  arise  from  the  said  la 
every  riiun  may  bo  proportionably  abated  of  his  some  of  the  sd 
jifuri'waid.     And  that  the  said  feofees  shall  have  power  to  make  a 
iur  file  necesflary  charge  of  improving  the  said  land,  they  giviugJ 
ijauiit  tliereof  to  the  Town,  or  to  those  whome  they  should  depute* 

Jnftn  lluntinge,  Elder^ 

Klia/er  LuHlKjr, 

KrunriH  Cliiekmng, 

JmIim  JKvifcht  & 

Mielm«d  PowoU  are  chosen  feofees  and  betrusted  in  behalfe  of  1 
Nohoole  an  iifmesaid/' 


NOTES   UPON  THE  FIELD   FAMILY. 
7'ri  thti  Edilor  qJ  tf*e  Nem  England  Mintx^rical  and  Genealogical  Es 

Brn, — Mr.  W.  H.  Whitmore,  in  a  coramunicatioTi  which  appeared] 

tliB  Uetjinlcr  of  July,   186i,  refers  to  a  pamphlet   published   by 
Wmv.  ib^nry  M.  Field,  as  tending  to  disprove  the  account  given 
mo  oC  tho  ancestry  of  Robert  Field,  one  of  the  original  settlers  i 
Fluiliingi  Long  Island,  which  was  printed  in  the  April  number  oft" 
Magazine,  in  1863. 

Tlie  gruund  taken  by  Mr*  Whitmore  for  doubting  the  facts  as  the 
fftat4)d  by  mo,  appears  to  be,  with  the  exception  of  some  he 
iividenco  introduced  in  the  pamphlet,  which  can  scarcely  be 
higher  than  gossip,  what  m  contained  in  a  manuscript  in  the 
»*«JHrtion  of  Mr.  Richard  Field,  of  Brnoklyn,  N.  Y.,  quoted  as  authori^ 
by  tliO  author  of  the  pamphlet,  and  supposed  by  him  to  have 
(»opied  from  the  records  of  the  town  of  Fhisliing,  where  it  had  Ion 
laUtcd  before  their  destruction  by  fire  in  1789. 

Ill  this  document  the  ancestry  of  Robert  Field  is  traced  thmu| 
three  generations  to  John  Field,  of  Yorkshire,  the  distinguish! 
swtronomer,  who  nourished  in  the  sixteenth  century. 

If  it  can  bo  shown  that  this  document  is  not  reliable,  gcnealog 
will  appreciate  the  hearsay  evidence  broiij^ht  forward  to  confirm  I 
at  its  true  value,  all  of  which  was  probably  derived  from  the 
source* 


Tfie  Field  Family, 


167 


risliiiig  to  loarn  somcthiDg'  more  of  this  ancient  manuscript,  I 
|ae«ted  a  friend,  who  is  well  versed  in  such  mattcra,  to  call  upon 
Blcbard   Field,  and  ask  permission  to  examine  the  document, 
ch   he  did,  Mr.  Field   kindly  alfordiug  him   every  facility,  and 
ciag  befom  him  other  family  papers. 
fjUy  friend  wrote  me  tlie  result  of  the  examination,  as  follows:  — 
'  The  documcut  is  all  in  one  handwritiug,  and  is  on  what  appears 
,be  a  fragment,  say  a  quarter  of  a  eheet  of  fooLscap,  and  has  the 
lermark  G.  R.     It  came  into  the  possession  of  Mi\  Richard  Field 
Bctly  from  his  grandmother,  the  widow  of  Uriah  Field,  the  son  of 
ert^  the  eon  of  Benjamin,  who  married  a  daughter  of  John  Bowne. 
F.  had  no  knowledge  of  the  handwriting,  lior  of  the  age  of  the 
»,  Uut  supposed  it  to  be  very  old,     I   was  convinced,  however, 
rom  its  appearance,  aside  from  its  orthography  and  phraseology;  that 
ileould  not  bo  very  ancient^  and  was  at  once  disposed  to  put  it  this 
■le  of  the  Revolution.     But  on  a  close  examination  of  the  hand- 
Imting',  and  comparing  it  with  the  signature  of  Robert  Field  (father 
of  the  above  Uriah),  to  a  mannmisKiou  document  (the  same  spoken  of 
in  the  above  pamphlet),  I  detected  a  strong  similarity  between  that 
■ignatare  and  the  writing  of  the  MS.  under  consideration.     Pointing 
out  the  resemblance  to  ilr;  F.,  he  agreed  with  me  (what  had  not 
Birack  him  before)*  that  the  MS.  must  be  in  the  handwriting  of  his 
great  grandfather  Rol>ert  Field,     This  being  the  case — and  I  think 
there  is  no  doubt  of  it^t  enables  us  to  tlx  its  date  at  ahont  1770, 
which  I  select  from  other  epochs  of  his  (Robert  Field^s)  life,  because 
that  or  1769  is  the  date  of  the  manumission  deed,  which  shows  he 
then  begioDing  to  give  his  attention  to  other  things  than  mere 
Ifiefla  or  gain.     This  Robert  Field  was  born  in  1707/' 
I  Mr.  Richard  Field  subsequently  wrote  me  tliat  he  was  now  satisfied 
,  the  document  was  not  so  old  us  he  had  supposed,  and  that  it  waa 
BQ  by  the  abovenamed  Robert  Field,  who  died  in  1784. 
Richard  Field  adds  that  bis  grandmother  ttild  him  she  had  seen 
ocament  in  the  possession  of  Stephen   Field,  brother-in-law  to  his 
chard's)  grandfather   Uriah  Field,  containing   an  account  of  the 
"  and  Lawrence  families,  and  that  this  Stepheo  informed  her  he 
[jeatedly   heard   hi^    iiither   say   he   had   copied   it   from   the 
records.     Also  that  she  liad  seen  another  manuscript  in  the 
Bsiou  of  Samuel,  won   of  Othuriel   Sands,   whoge   si^ster   Mary 
led   bis   (Richard   Field's)   ftither's    great-grandfather,    Joseph 
^ton,  about   the  year  1710,  containing   an   account  of  the  Field 
Bily,  which  Othuriel  said  had  been  copied  by  his  father  from  the 
shing  records.     She  compared  both  of  these  manuscripts  with  her 
and  found  them  to  agree,  with  the  exception  that  they  contained 
f^nicntion  of  Benjamin  Field  and  hi  a  brother  John. 
"Ir.  Richard  Field  also  states  that  a  descendant  of  the  Lawrences 
Ijong  Island,  whose  acquaintance  he  made  in  1825,  placed  in  his 
'  lafi  account  of  this  family,  which,  he  said,  had  been  copied  by 
_jother'8  uucle  from  tlie  same   records  during  the  war  of  the 
otutioQ. 

Ids  document  stated  that  Henry  Lawrence,  wlw  was  afienoards 

of  CromweWs  Privy   Council,  with  Robert  Field  and   his 

went  from  England  to  Holland  in  the  spring  of  1638,  and  that 

all  remained  there  till  1642,  when  they  returned  together  to 


les 


The  Field  Family. 


EnglaBd.     That  in  the  spring  of  1644  John  and  William  Lawreno 
nepfiews  of  Henry,  accompanied  Robert  Field  to  Boston,  and  in 
antnron  of  that  year  John  Lawrence  removed  to  Hampstead,  L 
Island,  where  in  the  following  year   (1645)  he  was  joifaed  by 
brother  William  and  Robert  Field  in  the  settlement  of  Flushing-. 

Now  it  is  well  known  that  John  Lawrence,*  then  aged  eevent 
William  Lawrence,  aged  twelve,  and  their  sister  Mary,  aged  tun 
came  to  New  England  from  St.  Albans  in  Hertfordshire,  in  1G35,  i 
the  Biiip  Planter,  with  their  mother  Joan  and  stepfather  John  TuttJ 
and  fonr  younger  children  by  the  mother's  second  marriage,  and  afl 
residing  some  time  at  Ipswich,  the  sons  removed  to  Long  Island,  i 
English  genealogists  know  that  no  connection  is  traced  bet  we 
the  Lanrences|  of  St.  Ives,  to  which  family  Henry  Laurence 
Cromweirs  Privy  Council  belonged,  and  those  of  St.  Albans. 

1  mention  these  facts  to  show  bow  little  reliance  can  be  placed  1 
the  genealogical  accounts  in  the  Flushing  records,  provided  en 
entries  ever  existed,  which  I  consider  more  than  duubtful. 

1  would  ask,  if  this  account  of  the  Field  family,  as  given  In 
manuscript  in  question,  was  inserted  among  the  Flushing  records  I 
an  early  period,  how  it  happens  that  there  is  such  an  absence 
dates,  names  of  wives,   and    places   of  residence.      Surely  one 
particular  as  to  record  the  names  of  all  tlie  children  of  the  astronon 
and  that  of  bis  wife  and   her  family,  could  not  be  so  forgetful  of  1 
own  wife,  mother,  and  gTandmuther,  as  to  omit  all  mention  of  the 
It  is  also  significant  that  although  the  year  of  the  birth  of  the  astf 
nomer's  descendants  in  the  Flushing  line  is  given  in  every  instanc 
there  is  no  case  where  the  day  or  the  mouth  is  mentioned,  aflbrdifl 
evidence  enough  in  my  miud  that  these  dates  are  inventions  aa 
added  with  an  idea  of  strengthening  the  other  fictitious  statementai 
the  manuscript. 

We  have  a  specimen  of  these  fabricated  dates  on  the  last  pagei 
the  pamphlet  under  consideration »  where  the  year  of  the  birth  of  eve 
one  of  the  children  of  John  Field  the  Astronomer,  is  given,  wit" 
any  authority  whatever,  if  we  except  that  of  the  eldest  sun  Ri^ 
who  is  stated  in  the  Herald's  Visitation  of  Yorkshire  in  1585, 
been  then  22  years  of  age. 

I  would  direct  attention  here  to   Anthony  Field,  son   of  Rol) 
the  emigrant,  who  is  stated  in  the  manuscript  to  have  been  born 
1638.     This  would  make  him  but  18  years  of  age  when  he  signed  '' 
petition  to  the  Governor  General  and  Council  of  the  New  Netherland 
in  favor  of  Williiim  Hallett,  the  Sheriff,  in  165C,  and  only  19  when  ' 
affixed  his  name,  in  the  following  year,  to  the  bold  remonstrance 
dressed   to   Governor   Stuyvesant    against    the  persecution   of 
Quakers. 


•  Some  nattiiOrH  nnmo  ft  third  brother,  Thomtis  Lawrence,  wbo  Is  f^aJd  to 
Newtown,  L.  I.J  in  17i>3.    No  8udi  ihtfou  is  mentioned  in  the  list  of  ^^^v..  r 
Planter,    Have  tliey  not  lx*en  misled  by  an  error  in  Thorn psc»n*a  Histor 
in  which  a  liiit  is  given  of  the  iniiaibiijint!s  of  Newtown  in  165.5-<»,  ini;  , 
TiionrK^  liAwrcQcts  ?    I  am  A»^rc<l  by  Mr.  Jame^  KiekLr,  that  the  tnie  i\au< 
town  ncorda  is  1685-^,  and  that  owinj>  to  some  rfffinihlanre  between  tlic 
Tl»oin|)*un  mistook  the  8  for  a  5.    I  am  not  aware  that  Thomiis  I^^\  rf  th x^  i^  n 

Subhe  doenment  i?flr1k'r  tlmn  lOfio  ansl  16<i6,    Wmi^  he  not  the  Tl: 
riho  the  emtpnint  ?    Roheit  Field,  antl  Rot^ort  Flehl,  Jr.,  the  wn 
the  emlanmt,  iire  also  named  in  the  same  list.    In  eonsie<iuence  ot"  tue  v m-i  iu 
ft,  the  tiri^t  haj«  Iwcn  fi'e«]iHnuly  mi>taken  for  the  eiuliimint, 
t  Fur  A  iiedlgrcc  of  Uilft  family,  eeo  vkltaUoa  of  Caml/ridgo^hire  in  1619. 


h(\YC  di«d| 


m   Un'   >e 
twn  fijiai 


Tlte  Field  Family. 


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Recent  investigations,  for  which  I  am  indebted  to  my  friend  Mr. 
aerbj,  together  with  facts  provioualy  in  my  possession,  also  prove 
!  inacciiracy  of  the  statemcuts  coiitairied  iu  the  pumphlet. 
>  For  the  convenience  of  the  reader,   I  make  the  following  extract 
:>iii  the  docuraeots  quoted  in  the  pamphlet  in  question. 
*' Robert,    father  of   Anthony^   was  born  at  Anisley  in  England  in 
ll(>.     He  had  a  brother  James  ami  two  Bifiter^,  Anoe  and  Jndith, 
aes  Field,  father  of  Robert,  was  born  at  Ardsley  in  1587.     lie  was 
eon  of  Matthew  Field,  and  had  a  brother  Eobert^  younger  than 
iself,  &c.^' 
•  The  early  parish  registers  of  East  Ardsley,  where  the  astronomer's 
ail  J  resided,  have  not  been  preserved,  bnt  tolerably  perfect  copies 
She  years  between   16D0  and   1640  still  exist  in  the  Archbishop's 
fttry  at  York,  where  they  have  lain  apparently  untouched  from 
hJay  they  were  deposited,  until  the  present  examiiiatiun. 
The  following  extracts  embrace  all  the  entries  relating  to  the  Fields 
ring  the  above  period. 

Baptised. 
Matthew,  son  of  Matthew  Feild,  Gent* 
Judith,  dau,    " 
Matthew,  son '^        "  *' 

John,  son        *'        "  •' 

Married. 
William  For  man  and  Anne  Feild, 


1602. 
1604. 
1608-9. 
leilO-U. 


April  3. 
March  25, 
Mar.  12. 
Jan.  2T. 


W2 


Oct. 


Buried. 
1602.     Dec*  30.     Matthew,  son  of  Matthew  Feild,  Gent. 
1609,     Aug.    3.     Jane  Feild. 
1632.     June  H.     Margaret,  wife  of  Matthew  Feild* 

Thus  we  see  that  there  is  no  mention  of  a  Kobert  Field,  or  any 

Mid  of  James  Field  being  baptized  in  1610,  although  births  of  mem- 

L-rs  of  the  family  are  recorded  in  1608-9  aud  1610-11. 

Matthew  Feild,  second  eon  of  the   Astrouomer,  and  father  of  the 

Mldren  above  named,  died  on  the  2d  of  June,  l(i3l,  and  on  the  9th  of 

eptember  following,  an  iiiquisition  post  mortem  was  held  relative  to 

^is  manor  of  Thumscoe  Grange,  and  other  lands  in  Thurnscoe,  which 

Banor  he  acquired  by  purchase  from    Sir   Gerv^ase  Clifton,    Henry 

Talker  and  William  Brooke,  coheirn  of  Sir  John  Constable.     It  also 

ther  appears,  that  on  tlte  5th  of  April,  1631.  Henry  Shaw,  Gervase 

Smith,  and  William  Forman,  who  had  married  tlie  daughters  of  the 

oresaid  Matthew  Feild,  relinquif^hed  all  the  right  they  miglit  possess 

the  manor  of  Thurnscoe,  to  James  Feild,  eldest  won  and  heir  of 

latthew,  which  James  was,  at  the  time  of  his  father^ s  death,   forty 

ara  of  age. 

The  earliest  existing  parish  registers  of  Thurnscoe  begin  in  1619, 
tnd  a  "search  was  made  thnmgh  a  period  of  upwards  of  ninety  years 
I  1712.  The  following  are  all  the  entries  they  contain  of  the  Fields 
i^iweeti  these  dates. 

Baptized. 
IS28.    Ang.  IT.   James  Field,  son  of  James  Field  and  Margaret  his  wife. 
|eS2.   Jan.  2T,     Robert  Field, '*  "     "  "       **  ''        ''     *' 

Jan.  23.    Anne  Feild,  dau.  ''     ''      Feild   '*  "        "     " 

XXII,  16* 


no 


The  Field  Family. 


[Apr 


them 
York 


Burials. 
1640.     April  9.    Anno  Feild,  dau.  of  Janics  Feild  and  Margaret  his  i 

The  entries  for  the  year  1630  are  neariy  obliterated,  some  of  them 
quite  so,  but  here  again  the  copies  deposited  at  the  registry  at  York 
supply  the  loss,  and  show  that  William,  son  of  James  Field  aod    ' 
garet  his  wife,  was  baptized  on  the  4th  of  May  in  that  year. 

As  James  FieM  had  a  son  Robert  born  in    1632,  it  shows  pr 
conclusively  that  he  bad  not  one  of  that  name  born  in  1610  and  living' 
in  1632,  to  say  nothing  of  the  inconsistency  of  dates  imrolved.    Forj 
stance  ;  a  son  born  in  1610,  would  have  a  sister  (Anne)  29  years 
junior,  and  an  uncle  (John)  younger  than  himself, 

Mr.  Richard  Field's  manuscript  also  says  that  James  Field  "ha 
brother  Robert  younger  than  himself,^*  and  Mr.  Josiah  Field,  in 
pamphlet  under  notice*  states  that  this  James  **  had  but  one  brutl 
whose  name  was  Robert/* 

We  have  seen  by  the  registers  of  East  Ardsley  that  he  had 
brothers,  named  Matthew  and  John,  and  a  eister  Judith.  This  MW 
thew  Field,  in  his  will  dated  January  10,  1638,  named  his  "eldest 
brother  '^  James,  also  his  brothers  William  and  John  Field,  and  sisters 
Anne  and  Jane.  None  of  these  brothers  or  sisters  are  named  in  the 
manuscript  or  in  Mr.  Josiah  Field *s  statement,  nor  is  there  any  men* 
tion  of  a  brother  Robert  in  the  Ardsley  registers  or  in  Matthew's  will. 

Mr,  Whitmore,  in  attempting  to  explain  these  difficulties,  su^ 
that  there  may  have  been  two  James  Fieldsp  father  and  son,  th<.  ..*... 
a  brother  of  Robert  the  emigrant,  and  father  of  the  children  baptized 
at  Thurnacoe  between  1628  and  1639. 

Mr.  Whitmore' 8  suggested  pedigree  would  stand  thus:  Matthew 
Field,  born  1563,  had  James  1st,  born  1587,  who  had  Robert,  bom 
1610,  and  James  2d.  The  latter  had  James  3d,  born  1628,  and 
others. 

It  would  thus  follow,  that  the  first  James  was  a  grandfather  in  tbfi 
male  line,  when  he  was  forty-one  years  of  age ;  but  according  to  tlifl 
p.  ni.  inqnisition  on  his  fiither  he  was  only  thirty*sevea  years  of 
in  1628,  having  been  hnrn  in  1591. 

If  Mr.  Whitmore  will  carefully  examine  the  facts  1  have  here 
sented,  I  think  he  will  not  consider  the  manuscript  of  sufficient  author 
ity  to  render  it  worth  while  to  bring  forward  so  improbable  a  suggeflr 
tion  to  reconcile  the  glaring  misstatenients  in  the  pamphlet. 

As  for  the  assertitui  in  the  pHinphlet  that  John  Field,  son  of  the 
Astronomer,  had  a  son  named  Zechariah,  and  that  William  and  John 
Field,  the  early  settlers  of  Rhode  Island,  were  sons  of  William  and 
grandsons  of  the  Astronomer,  they  are  not  entitled  to  the  slightest 
credence,  not  being  supported  by  a  shadow  of  evidence.  It  is  eaaj 
to  show  that  in  all  probability  John  Field  and  his  brother  Ohristophei 
died  young,  and  that  their  brother  William  had  neither  wife  nor  child 
when  his  mother  made  her  will  in  1600  ;  but  having  shown  that  thi 
pamphlet  is  full  of  errors,  I  do  not  consider  it  worth  occupying  thi 
space  of  the  Begiater  to  further  disprove  statements  resting  on  nc 
foundation  whatever. 

There  only  remains  to  notice  the  triangular  seal  in  possession  of  tin 
Hon.  Richard  Field  of  Princeton,  N,  J.,  bearing  the  initials  R.  F.  and 
the  arms  and  crest  of  the  Astronomer,  which  is  mentioned  in  the  pam 
phlet,     I  do  not  agree  with  the  writer  that  it  proves  Robert  Field  th< 


I 


-  '' 


The  Field  Family, 


171 


I  exnigraDt  to  be  "a  direct  descendant"  of  the  Astronomer.  The  Fields 
of  Yorkshire,  of  which  those  of  Ardsley  were  a  branch,  bore  the  same 
I  ftnns  which  were  confirmed  not  granted  to  the  Astronomer  and  a  crest 
hftdded  in  1558.  This  crest,  in  the  absence  of  any  other,  was  probably 
[•dopt^d  by  branches  of  Fields,  oot  descendants  of  the  Astronomer, 
>  though  of  bis  ancestors. 

Baviog  shown  that  the  mannscript  is  of  no  great  an tiqnity,  that  the 

(history  of  the  Lawrences  of  Flushing,  said  to  have  been  derived  from 

.  the  same  source,  is  manifestly  incorrect,  and  that  the  early  accounta 

[  of  the  Fields  is  inconsistent  with  records  of  undoubted  authority  in 

England,  I  may  be  asked  my  opinion  as  to  its  origin, 

1  should  say  that  the  later  p(>rtion  of  the  manuscript  was  compiled 

I  tboat  a  century  ago  from   scattered  entries  in  the  Flushing  archives. 

Records  of  deeds  and  other  business  matters  would  no  doubt  enable 

the  author  to  construct  a  pedigree  from  Robert  Field  the  emigrant 

»dowa  to  the  time  of  writing  the  manuscript.     This  view  of  the  case 

I  will  account  for  the  absence  of  names  of  wives  and  other  family  mat- 

I  lers,  which  a  contemporaneous  writer  would  not  fail  to  have  given  in 

recording  his  genealogical  history. 

The  author  might  very  well  say  that  hie  account  of  the  family  was 

'  zn  from  the  Flushing  records,  without  intending  to  convey  the  idea 

he  there  found  it  in  the  same  consecutive  form  as  presented  in 

|"tlic  manuscript,  although  it  might  have  been  so  understood  by  hia 

relatives.     I  would  inquire  if  there  is  an  instance  of  a  similar  pedigree 

existing  among  the  records  of  any  town  on  Long  Island  or  in  New 

England, 

If  this  manuscript  is  literally  a  transcript  from  the  Flushing  records, 
which  were  not  destroyed  till  1789,  why  were  these  copies  so  treas- 
ured up  at  a  date  long  antciior  to  this,  as  appears  from  Mr.  Richard 
Field^s  statements,  when  the  original  could  be  seen  in  the  archives  of 
this  town  ? 

Having  traced  the  family  back  to  the  emigrant,  the  next  step  of  the 
compiler  would  be  to  ascertain  from  whjtt  part  of  England  he  came 
]  wlnj  were  his  ancestors  ;  and  here,  I  presume,  the  same  course  was 
tn  that  is  followed  in  the  presejit  day  bj  many  persons  writing 
Reir  genealogical  history*  Finding  that  John  Field  of  Ardsley  was 
the  must  distinguished  person  of  the  name  at  the  time  he  flourished, 
ind  that  his  name  and  those  of  his  wife  and  children  were  recorded  in 
&he  CuUege  of  Arms,  he  obtained  from  this  institution  and  the  registry 
lYork,  or  elsewhere,  notice  of  some  of  his  descendants,  and  linding 
[)hert  among  them,  he,  without  further  troulde,  a^*sllmed  him  to  be 
tht»  emigrant,  and  thus  tacked  the  American  to  the  English  pedigree 
u  ;tK..Tit  the  slightest  proof.  Dates  were  assumed  then  or  subscquentlj 
the  idea  of  the  writer,  or  to  give  the  pedigree  a  greater  appear- 
»*jtt  ui  authenticity. 

Such  I  believe  to  be  the  true  history  of  the  manuscript,  Recent  in- 
restigations  have  established  the  fact  that  there  were  three  Matthew 
Pirlds  in  direct  descent  from  the  Astronomer.  The  first  died  in  1631, 
und  in  the  Archbishop's  registry  at  York  is  a  record  that  letters  of 
Ailminiat ration  upon  his  estate  were  granted  on  the  4th  of  August  in 
that  year  to  his  son  Matthew,  who,  dying  in  J63^>,  left  an  only  eon  of 
the  smme  name.  In  my  puhlished  account  of  the  Fields^  the  first 
Uatthew  and  hta  Bon  are  wrongly  presented  as  the  aame  person. 


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37)0  Field  Family. 


[April, 


Before  conclading  I  would  inention  that  since  my  article  on  the 
Fields  was  published  in  1863,  1  have  ascertained  tliat  Robert  Fiehl, 
afterwards  of  Flushing,  was  in  Khode  Island  as  early  as  1038,  for  on 
the  23d  August  in  that  year  lie  received  a  grant  of  land  at  Newport, 
to  build  on.  It  also  appears  that  he  was  made  freeman  there  oq  the 
nth  of  December,  1G3'J.  and  he  is  also  recorded  as  a  proprietor  of 
land  there  March  20,   1640. 

John  Field  of  Flushing  was  probably  a  son  of  Anthony,  as  1  origi- 
nally stated,  and  nut  of  Robert  the  emigrant,  as  suggested  in  my 
appendix.  He  i^  doubtless  the  same  John  Field  who  received  from 
Governor  Andros  a  grunt  of  land  on  Delaware  Bay  called  *'  Field's 
Hope."  I  am  not  sure  of  the  date,  but  as  AndruS's  term  of  office 
only  extended  from  1674  to  1681,  it  can  be  fixed  approximately.  Thi8 
John  Field  is  said  to  have  removed  to  New  Jersey,  where  he  probally 
settled  shortly  after  Governor  Dongan's  patent  of  conlirrnation  of 
Flushing,  dated  1685,  in  which  he  is  named.  I  presume  he  is  the  fii-st 
John  Field  in  the  following  pedigi"ee,  copied  from  one  in  an  old  Bltrfe 
presented  to  the  American  Bible  Society  by  the  Hon.  Peter  D.  Vroom 
of  Trenton,  N.  J,,  for  which  I  am  indebted  to  Mr.  James  Kiker,  tbe 
historian  of  Newtown,  L,  L 

**  Jeremiah  Feild  the  son  of  John  Feild  and  Margaret  his  wife  wm 
born  May  17,  1689.  Mary  Vau  Vegbten  the  daughter  of  Michael 
Van  Veghten  and  Mary  his  wife  was  born  Oct.  8,  168T. 

Jeremiah  Feild  and  Mary  Van  Veghten  (widow  of  Albert  Teneic 
were  married  Feb.  19,  1712-13,     Their  children  were; 
Jeremiah »  born  January  27,  1713-14. 
John,  '*     April  5,  1715. 

Michael,       *'      August  24,  1716. 
Mary,  "      September  8.  1719. 

Marv,  '*     October  19;  1720. 

Michael,        *'      February'  4,  1722-3. 
BenjaTuin,     *'      February  19,  1724-5, 
Father  Jeremiah  deceased  Nov.  10,  1746. 

Jeremiah   Field  Jr.  and  Phoebe   his  wife    their    daughter.*  bon 
January  19,  1736.  • 

Tunes  Field  son  of  Jeremiah  Field  was  married  to  Margaret  Fishcfi.] 
March  28,  1764," 


I  am,  very  respectfully,  yours. 


76 


3Iark  Lane,  London,  \ 
November  22,  1867,      [ 


Osgood  Field. 


«  Eer  name  k  not  glrea. 


174 


The  Tehee  Famihj. 


[Ap 


THlT  PEIRCE   FAMILY  OF  THE  OLD  COLONY, 

[Communicated  by  Gen.  E&ettezeji  W.  Peiucb.] 

Contloned  Croia  psge  79. 

The  Jatiuary  issue  of  the  current  volume  of  tlio  Register  contaim 
a  sketch  of  Capt.  Job  Peirce,  t)f  Middleboruugh,  Plymouth  Co.,  Masi 
from  Nov.  29,  1137,  the  date  of  his  birth,  to  his  houoraUe  dischari 
from  the  miiitary  service  at  ttie  close  of  the  French  and  Indian  war 
1763|  when  he  was  little  more  than  25  years  of  age. 

But  to  close  there,  would  be  to  render  a  very  imperfect  biogm[ 
of  a  man  whose  years  of  usefulness  were  prolonged  to  more  thaa 
four  score,  and  who  in  the  war  for  Independence  never  allowed  bis 
faith  to  waver,  nor  his  heart  to  quail,  and  w^ho,  iii  his  afterlife,  was  as 
eyes  to  the  blind  and  feet  to  the  lame  of  his  neighborhood.     From 
the  close  of  the  French  and  Indian  war  to  the  commence  meet  of  tlie 
war  of  the  Revolution,  he  was  industriously  engaged  in  the  avocation 
of  a  farmer,  practising  upon  the  principle,  and  realizing  the  truth  of 
the  proverb,  ''the  hand  of  the  diligent  niaketh  rich/'   Had  Job  Pcirco 
been  a  selfish  man.  doubtless  he  woold  have  concluded  that  he  had  mucli 
less  to  gain  by  the  Rebellion  if  successful,  than  to  lose  if  defeatei 
But  this  consideration  could  not  induce  him  to  swerve  from  his  hon< 
coBvictions  of  dnty.    *'  Times  "  are  said  to  make  *'  men/'  but  those  pi 
ilous  times  were  not  required  in  order  to  intiuence  Job  Peirce,  whi 
true  to  the  instincts  of  the  Peirce  fiimily,  was  already  thoroughly  ii 
bued  with  the  love  of  democratic  principles,  and  we  therefore  find  h 
and  his  brothers  Abial,  Henry  and  Seth,  at  the  first  alarm  and  at  oi 
a  moment's  warning,   promptly  appearing  with  arms  in  their  hani 
ready  to  risk  tljek  lives  and  fortunes  in  defence  of  democratic  institi 
tions  and  privileges  against  the  encroachments  of  arbitrary  power. 

Governor  Uutchinson  had  taken  great  pains  to  cause  the  remo* 
from  office  of  all  persons  holding  comroisKions  in  the  local  militia  of  ti 
Colony  of  Massachufe^etts,  who  were  known,  or  reasonably  euppos 
to  be  of  Whig  principles,  and  had  filled  their  places  with  out-spoken  am 
arrogant  Toriefl,  and  hence  the  "  train  bands  ^*  as  thus  organized  could 
not  be  relied  upon  to  fight  for  the  cause  of  the  people,  but  might 
expected  to  sustain  Parliament  and  the  King.    To  meet  this  emergej 
cy,  companies  of  Whigs  banded  togetlier  and  Ajrmed  military  or| 
zations   called    "  minufe  mtvi/'    selected   their  leaders,    armed 
equipped  themselves,  and  commenced  to  drill  and  discipline  ;  promiail 
to  stand  by  each  other  in  defence  of  their  principles,  and  respond  t 
the  calls  of  their  country  either  by  day  or  by  night,  at  a  momeut's 
warning.     At  least  three  of  tliese  companies  of  ''minute  men  "  were 
organized  in  Middleborough,  in  time  to  respond  to  the  first  call  now 
known  as  the  *'  Lexisgton  Alarm  ;  **  and  on  that  memorable  occasion 
participated  in  the  opening  act  of  the  bloody  drama  under  the  lead  of 
Captain  Abial  Peirce,*  Isaac  Wood,  and  Nathaniel  Wood.     Job  Peii 


•  Copy  of  the  Roll  ijf  Cftpt.  Ah\n\  Peircc!*!*"  company  of  ♦'  minute  men/'  tbnl  reffpondi 
to  the  rilarm,  April  UK  1775,  nwl  rttttrned  as  hnvini^  porffjrmed  enth  two  days*  scrvirt, 
record  thereof  mad e  in  the  office  cif  Seeretory  of  Stutc  in  Boston  , —  "     -*->^ 

'*  Abinl  Peirce,  Captatn  j  Joseph  Macombef,  Licutcnuni  j  Dci\}amiii  Darling,  2d  Lici 


occasion  | 
le  lead  of  I 
ob  PeirooH 

servirt*,  mu^^^ 


Tfie  Pcirce  Family. 


175 


as  a  private  soldier  in  the  company  commanded  by  his  brother 
^bial ;  his  brother  Henry,  aa  a  private  under  Capt.  Isaac  Wood  ; 
!  brother  Seth,  under  Gapt.  Nathaniel  Wood, 
only  among  the  Peirce  brothcrR  were  all  ia  this  matter  agreed 
:h\ng  one  thing  ;  but  in  the  f^imily  of  his  wife,  did  Job  Pcirce 
kindred  spirit — Levi  Rounsevill,*  his  brother-indaw;  being  the 
I  the  Tory  town  of  Freetown  to  lead  off  in  the  cause  of  the 
p  and  set  about  organizing  a  company  of  **  minute  men/'  nuder 
ry  noses  of  *'  Col.  Gilbert  and  his  Banditti/'  which  company 
lepresented  the  Whig  causeTand  sentiments  of  Freetown  in  the 
D  that  day  when  the  soil  of  Concord  and  Lexington  drank  the 
ood  of  the  Revolution. 

companies  of  **  minute  men  **  that  performed  such  essential 
i  on  the  occasion  of  the  '*  Lexington  Alarm/'  now  that  war  had 
y  begun,  speedily  gave  place  to  more  permanent  military  or- 
tions,  and  the  American  Army,  consisting  of  men  enlisted  for 
of  months  or  ycarsj  sprang  into  existence.  Job  Peirce  is  now 
Bsioned  Second  Lien  tenant ,  in  the  company  of  Capt  Nathaniel 
f  and  in  CoL  Cary'sJ  regiment,  (See  Records  of  It  15,  in  the 
>f  the  Secretary  of  State,) 


iiiUi,  Rii  ^  .  Ellas  MQler,  Jr.j  and  Job  Macomber,  Sergeants;  BachelJor 

/edcfVui'  j]ini  EUdv,  untl  Jolin  BIy,  CuiporalB*"    '*  Culeb  Siinmons, 

t;  Nntlt  r,  Fifcr.*'  * 

!!«•< — JuU  rcirev,  tjiuiiiiel  Hcwir,  David  TlKunaa,  2d,  MiehacI  Moshrr,  Jcese  Pratt, 

iivford.  Job  Unnt,  Henry  Bishop,  Consider  Howlajid^  Nciiiih  Ctark,  Cornelius 

/   '-   PugcrSt  Ix'hljous  Simmons ,  Caleb  Wood,  Jolin  Boothc',  Ttluiiner  Haskins, 

Nuthiiniel  Macomber,  Levi  Jodoh»  Joiiiali  Smith,  Jr.,  MaLichi  lIo\vlaD(l, 

idftDckt  Jr,,  Kiifiis  llowland,  Silva,  Piirrmton,  John  Fry,  Jr.,  Jolm 

*  L.  Bennett,  Siimnel  Miller,  Isnac  Kennedy,  Daniel  Reynold^^  RuAja 

I'iinc  Miller,  Nilirniinh  Pcirec,  Samuel  Beimttt,  Jusbna  TbomaSj 

»....,, ua  Rciid»  Cr>>t)n^  Sbuw,  Jamci  Willi-s  Sylvauna  Cbureliill,  Saniiicl 

er,  liH'banl  Umey,  Ismcl  Tbotnas,  Ichabod  Rett^b  Samuel  KanR»m«  Daniel  JuckcL 
jtubitkia  ;  comroJ;=sioned  officers,  3  j  non  comnibsiioned,  S ;  mosieiani*,  2  ;  privates, 
111  60/' 

MaM^tr  Roll  of  Captain  Levi  Rounscviira  Minute  company,  tbat  mj\rch#Nl  on  tbo 

I  the  19tb  of  Aj'ril,  from  Freetown,  in  llie  County  of  Bristol|  tbdr  travel  and  timo 

e»    Eiw:h  22  miles  travel,  and  tbrce  days  duty. 

Rminscvill,  Cai)tiiin ;  SnmutjJ  Taber  and  Nathaniel  Morton,  Licutctiants ;  Jobn 

1  r-      ;  I  .  ^^Vafto,  Scrjcreanti* ;  Jo>bim  Lawreneo  aud  Sctb  Hilman,  Corporal?, — 

,  Urldi  Peirec,  Benjamin  LaisTOUee,  Abinl  Cole,  Conssider  White, 

on»  Jobn  Clarkj  Jobn  Bralry,  Percival  Aslilcy,  lebaiwd  Jobnson, 

irni.  Jeff,  Siirbems,  Izurcll  UaskeU,  LotJis  r>e  Moninvnie,  Abnun 

r;    lie,  Aaron"  Scekel,  Abner  Hagkiiis,   Benj'n  Runnelj't  Tbom^ia 

.  ...t  ,\  Ja?*ph  Ilackct.    Rceapitulation ;  comnaissioncd  otHeers,  3;  non- 

leers,  4;  privarea,  24»    Total  31." 

f  tbe  names  borne  on  Capt.  Rotinseriira  roll,  as  recorded  In  the  offlco  of 
-f.iti  ,  Bti^^on.    AtteFt,  El>cnezer  W.  Peirce. 

;,-r%  1  1  V.  1^  fatber  of  Rev,  Wm.  RounKevill,  wbo  reprcwnted  tbc  town  of 

,  m  I .   -i  p  yearg  in  the  General  Court  at  Boston,  and  |tn*eat-f,^rtmd  fat  her  of 

D.  li.  Alger,  of  Boston,    Lieut.  Xatlianiel  Morton  wju?  grjindftUlicr  of  Hon,  Mareufl 

formerly  Governor  of  Ma.^>aicliuf-ctts.     Private  Peter  Crapo  was  grandfather  of 

^^17  1'^.....  (iovemorof  Miehigan. 

Li'  panie  man  wbo  bad  eommandf^d  one  of  the  compaTiics  of  "  Mlnnto 

i:  Alnnn.    After  tbe  wiir  be  settled  In  Vermont.    In  1702,  be  Imd 

't  the  1st  eompany  of  lood  nulitia  in  Middle  boron  >i:lu 

:h  dipt.  fSimeou  Cnry, of  Brid^iiwalcr,  wbo  ^served  a.-*  a  Cnptiiin 

,  .     Jill  Mareb  13,  tf>  Dee.  11,  17oH,  and  iu  an  expedition  against 

y  14,  IJ^ii,  to  January  2, 1760*  He  was  promoted  to  a  Colonelcy  In  tbC  war 

t,  Nathaniel  Wood's  company,  in  Col.  Simeon  Gary's  regiment,  Roxbary, 

kI,  Captain;  Joseph  TupfK5r,  1st  Lieutenant;  Job  Peirce,  2d  Lieutenant; 
Kosign;  Caleb  Bryant,  Aadrow  McCuUey^  WiUkm  Beunet  and  Jofiepli 


ne 


"Hie  Peirce  Famtltf. 


[Apr 


At  the  commcocement  of  the  war  of  the  Eevolution,  as  for  fleveral 
years  before,  the  local  militia  of  Middleborough  were  org^anized 
four  compaDicSi  and  of  the  4th  (in  1773)  William  Canady*  was  co 
missioned  Captain,  and  John  Nelson, f  Lieutenant,  But  Canady  pro^ 
ing  an  inveterate  Tory,  was  deposed  from  oflSce  (probably  by  the 
of  the  Massachusetts  Legislature  limiting  the  term  of  all  commis&io 
to  the  19th  of  September,  1775),  and  on  the  9th  of  May,  1776,' 
offices  in  4th  company  were  filled  by  commissioning  Job  Peirce 
Captain,  and  Josiah  Smith  and  Samuel  Hoar  as  Lieutenants. 

On  the  '*  secret  expedition,'*  so  called,  to  Tiverton,  R*  L,  in  1T1 
Capt.  Job  Peirce  performed  another  tour  of  30  days  duty  in  the  field 
The  names  of  the  men  composing  his  command — those  who  did  their 
duty,  and  also  those  who  "  ran  away,  and  lived  to  fight  another  day'^ 
— are  given  in  the  records  in  the  office  of  the  ^Secretary  of  SUtt 

Boston.J 

On  the  attempt  made  by  the  British  troops  to  burn  Fairhave 
together  with  their  landing  io  Dartmouth  (now  New   Bedford) 
1778,  Capt.  Job  Peirce  again  took  the  field*     At  that  date  (Sept.  11 
1778)  my  father  had  only  entered  upou  his  fourth  year,     Nearly 


HdrnfiS,  Sergt^ants;  Nathaniel  SAmp^m*  Jo,«iAli  Jones,  Bci\janitn  Rccd,  Joha 
Ooiponils  ;  SylTiin.  Ra\Tiion<l,  Dniramt^r;  Baiiiel  Wbite,  FifiT.^PrivMcs:  Joseph  . 
PhiUp  Austin,  Imiic  Bryant»  Stephen  Bryjint,  EJieuezer  Bcnnct,  Etwnezer  BanJcn,  B»*!J 
Bates,  Beiyamm  Cob,  Giileou  Cu^hnmn,  Rol>ert  Cushiuan^  AIjcI  Cole,  AIicl  Cole,  Jr.,  Jnj 

Cob,GL'on:c  Ca-iwi  H^  Jonnrhiin  CtLswell,  Zeb.  Cii^wcll,  Gcorgx^  Clemens,  Nn^ ' ^  ^  -^ n^, " 

Beau,  Eulir.iim Dinilmui, Syhann'*  Eut*ni,Zibe  Eaton .Thomjis  ¥A\\<, Ephr  Ao 

Ptillcr,  Thorn jv^i  Fui^tLT,  Ell WLiril  GUhv»Johii  Molrncs,  Gt'c»rKe  (Hrtckct  r  i/ 

John  J(jne>,  Consider  Jones^Thoniiiii  Jo[i6on,  Janatlian  Morse,  John  Macomber,  Will*! 
John  Raymond,  Lcmticl  Rnytiiond,  I&ane  Rider,  NatJmn  llkhmond,  Daniel Bhaw,  Nt! 
6haw,  Aaron  Simmons,  ioshib  Smith,  Ezra  Smith,  Jame^  Soule,  BanuibaH  Saiasa 
StW)hrid;;c,  George  Stroliddgc,  Samnel  ThatoOier,  Samnel  Thnchtr,  Jr.,  Eliph.' 
Eleazcr  Thomais,  David  Thomas,  Btmamhi  Thoraas,  Silas  Townscnd»  John  Thomii. 
Wood,  Peter  Wood,  Abnii-r  Vaughn,  EphTnim  Wood,  Robert  Wood,  Jjicob  Wood,  1 
Wood,  Andrew  Warren,  Diirid  i^him\  Tboniiu  Sliavv. 

•  Ccipt,  Wtllitim  Canudy  was  brother  of  Hsnniih,  the  wife  of  Capt  Abicl  Fciroe,  indlj 
ion  of  the  heroic  defender  of  the  fort  at  St.  Goorsc's  River,  in  1723. 

t  John  Nelvon  was  a  son  of  Lieut,  Thonuxs  Nel;**^!!  and  wife  Jadcth  Peirce  (Koul 
John  w'iis  eunimissioned  junior  Mtyor  of  the  4th  rejjiracnt,  Piymonth  Coann-  "'--*- 
lot^l  militia,  JInv  fl,  1776 ;  promoted  to  Lieut.  Cob  in  or  aljoot  1779,  and  to  Cr-i 
1781 ;  dii^ebiirged  !n  or  abont  1787.    He  was  bom  Oct.  25, 1737,  and  diedSi.'i>t.  i  i  iis  J 

was  Ist  consln  t4*  Capt.  Job  Peirce,  nn<l  their  wives  were  Ibt  eouslnss,  and  he  liLe  Ci^ 
Peirce  learned  the  trade  of  a  bluekpmitli,  and  were  near  nei^liborF,  residing  in  that  i 
of  Middlchoroui^h  now  Lftkcville. 

X  Capt-  Job  Pebrce'a  company  in  Col.  Thcophilus  Cotton's  regiment,  hi  service  at  ! 
Island : 

Jol*  Pi'irec,  Captain;  SorgeantB,  Peter  Hoar,  Consider  Howhiml,  Josef >h  Bnmpiisi 
Archipns  Leonard  ;  Corpomls,  li^aac  Cantidy,  Samuel  Maxim,.  Samuel  Thaehor  and  Ss 
Pickens  ]  ^ttisitjini,  Nathaniel  Maeomber.— Privateg :  Abner  Aidcn,  S«>lomon  B^ilton,. 
Bootlic,  Solvtmoo  Mdahf  John  Benson,  Isaiic  Benson,  Joseph  Iknnctt,  William  Bt 
Ab^nh  Briant,  EpIirairaCamplwll,  Nohle  Canady,  Simeon  Coomh?^,  L^aac  ChnrehiU,  Jo 
Churcln'll,  Bmiabas  Caswell,  Lot  Eftton,  Natlnm  EatoD.  Isniel  Eaton,  Abicl  Eibo 
mditiB  EIUp,  John  Ilaeket,  Tbom&s  Huskins,  Joj^hua  lla^kin?,  Bradoek  Hour,  Joiha 
land,  Thoinasi  ITotfor^lh,  Ltuanis  Ilnthaway,  Pele;:  llathawav»  Mithn  Hrinimon<l,  " 
Holmes,  Gvor;;re  Howland,  Nsitlianiel  Haakin*),  Jediro  Keith,  Mose«  I 
John  MaciiniUer,  William  Morton^  Isaac  Mor&o,  Nathan  Peirce,  11  AH 

Peiree,  Birhard  Pvirce,  Samuel  Pratt,  Thomas  Paddock,  James  Pci.^  ^         . 
liam  Pickenp,  Tiiomas  Pickens,  Stephen  Robinson,  Beiyjiinin  Reynolds,  Kit-ctiofl 
Holds,  Jt>>jeidi  Richmond,  Ejra  Richmond,  tScth  Richmond,  Job  Richmond,  JohaF 
Samtiel  Reed,  Leranel  Rj\ymond,  James  Riiymond,  Stct»hcn  Rii«iiell,  Willlum  Stn 
William  Simmons,  Jacob  Sherman,  Zeph an iah  Shaw,  Cliipman  Shaw,  Joshoa  SxaL 
Simipson,   David   Tronant,  John   Townscnd,  Elias  Townsead,  Josiah  Thomas,  ^ 
Thoraa*i»  Nathan  Warren,  Alnier  WeKton,  John  Williit,  Elkanuh  Wooti,     De* 
Solomon  Dunliam,  Joi^iah  Flowanl,  Job  Hall,  Benjivmin  Haj^kell,  John  Jones, 
Baron,  AbinI  Smith.    Recap! Uilation : — Commissioned,  1 ;  non  commi^ioned,  8 ; 
I;  priTates, 83.    Total 93. 


Tlte  Petrce  Family, 


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\  years  afterwards  he  told  the  writer,  tlien  a  little  boy,  many  inci- 
ata  illustrating  the  panic  that  prevailed  in  the  neighborhood  of  the 
threatened  invasion.     The  parish  minister,  mounted  on  a  fleet  horsej 
it  scouring  through  the   country  giving  the  alarm,     llis  father, 
ing  Ms  family  hastily,  mustered  the  iocal  militia,  and  his  mother, 
in^  au  infant  in  her  arras,  with  the  aid  of  her  email  children,*  car- 
away and  concealed  hede,  silverware  and  other  household  furni- 
lin  the  ground,  and  then  hid  themydves  in  a  neighboring  swamp, 
pre  they  remained  till  night.     The  British  were  prevented  from 
netratiug  the  country  by  tbe  sttibburn  resistance  of  the  militia  under 
i^lead  of  the  gallant  Major  Israel  Fearing. 

"  ,  Job  Peirce  was  a  man  of  strong  religious  faith,  and  showed 
}taith  by  his  works,  f  Few  members  of  the  Calv-inist  Baptist  con- 
ition  were  so  seldom  absent  from  the  meeting  on  Sunday,  although 
I  dwelling  was  several  miles  from  the  church,  and  hh  hand  and  his 
rt  were  always  open  both  to  public  and  private  religious  and  be- 
rolent  enterprises. 

In  the  9th  of  June,  1790,  his  wife  died,  leaving  a  numerous  family 
children.      In  October,  1799,  Capt.  Peirce  married,  for  his  second 
Elizabeth,  widow  of  Lieut.   Kobert  Strobridge,J  of  Middlebo- 
agh,  who  died  about  niiie  j-ears  previous  to  this  time.     She  was  a 
jhtcr  of  William  Nelson  and  wife  Elizabeth  Howland,  and  sur- 
(  even  her  second  husband  nearly  30  years,  and  died   March  22, 
when,  more  than  four  score   and    ten  years  old.      Capt.  Job 
ce  died  July  22,  IS  19,  in  his  82d  year,     nia  remains,  with  tboso 
first  wife,  were  interred  in  the  family  cemetery  upon  his  home- 
*  rm  in  Middleborough,  now  Lukeville.     lie  had  no  children 
I  second  wife.    She  was  interred  iu  the  ancient  cemetery  on  the 
[lore  of  Assawamset  Pond,  in  Lakcville.    Capt.  Peirce  and  both. 
f  have  suitable  grave-stones. 
Lbial  Cole  and  wife  Anna  Peirce  (No.  48),  had — 
(16^)    AbiaJ,  whom  tradition  says  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolotfou- 
'  army,  and  never  returned  home  ;  thought  to  have  lost  his  life, 
tU9i    John. 
rltO)    Joeeph, 
[in)     Robert. 

1JT2)     Lydia,§  b.  Nov.  8,  1763  ;  m,  Samuel  Pickens,  of  Middlebo- 
She  d.  May  10.  1842.     He  d.  Feb.  7,  1823,  in  his  67th  year. 


lOae  of  lhe$«  children,  ii  boy  of  d  years,  cjinied  in  the  arms  of  his  nbter,  In  thoir  flight, 
I  Mslor  in  the  next  war  with  England,  and  cooimanded  a  battalion  stationed  for  the 
SOrilew  Be<ifora  in  1814- 

ladier  uun  in  Miildlektrongh,  nt  that  time,  bcstovvetl  so  much  money  on  objects  of 

'cnce,  in  Imjldin^  meetini^r  hatiiic*,  and  jmying  for  the  bnpport  of  the 

4  to  liar e  given  ii way,  for  the  causes  of  ediicaHon  and  reh^s^ion,  forty 

ir. —  *'     donor  of  Peirce  Acndoniy  in  MiildleborouRli,    He  was  an 

iMre  the  snn^  and  ahvays  spent  h^ilf  an  hour  alone  in  prayer 

1-    tiie  servants  from  their  ^ledii.    Ho  wa^  a  plavedioldcr,  but 

»t  iiChli  slaves  rcmjined  with  him  after  lieiug  5ct  flrce^  even  until  death,  and  the 

VA«cd  when  the  death  of  that  ne^ro  was  mentioned  was  like  that  fell  for  one  of 

[Ut  :  -trobridge  died  very  suddenly,  Aup.  14, 1790»  from  the  oUbcta  of  goin^ 

k  AH  -T  a  last  bucket,  he  being  warm  and  perspiring  freely  at  the  time.    An 

rti  lu^  ♦:ifiiite  showed  hhn  to  tw  the  wealthiest  man  in  Middlelwron^li  at  that  date, 
i  m  S^kcUam  of  Middleborough  at  ilie  time  of  his  dcalh. 
Dtt  of  Oeom  Pickens,  formorlv  Poi^t  master  at  Asaonet  rilhige,  in  Freetown,  Ee- 
are  to  the  Ocnenil  Court,  and  Sclc*:tmati  of  Freetown. 

fou  XXIL  16 


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IM 


(1T3)    Betsy,  m.  Joseph  Smith. 

(174)  Hamiah. 

(175)  Phebe,  m.  June  25, 1797,  BeDJamin  Hix,  of  Westport, 

(176)  Mercy,*  m-  Philip  RounBCvill,  3d,  of  East  Freetown,  in  17 
He  was  a  son  of  Philip  Hounserillj  Jr.,  grandson  of  Philip  tho  emig 

(177)  Polly, 

(17S>     Phincas.  [Feb.  5,  18 

(179)    Anna,  m.  Nathaniel  Morton  Fullor,t  of  Sherburn,  VermonV^ 
Abial  Cole,  the  parent,  was  a  Sergeant  in  Capt*  Benjamin  Pratt's  co 

pany,  of  Col,  Thomas  Doty^s  regiment,  in  service  in  1758  ;  Job  Peir 
(No.  47)  and  Thomas  Peirce  being  soldiers  in  the  same  conif 
The  name  of  Abial  Cole  also  appears  as  a  soldier  in  the  company 
Capt.  Levi  RounsevilFs  *'  Minute  men  "  that  responded  to  the  call 
the  Lexington  Alarm,  April  19,   1775,   and   he  also  appears  to  hri 
served  one  month  and  seven  days  at  Rhode  Island,  in  Capt.  Mans 
Kemp  ton's  company,  Col.  Carpeater's  regiment,  in  1777,  and  it  is  1 
ditionally  aeaerted  that  he  died  in  or  about  1781.     He  appears  to  ha4 
owned  a  farm  in  East  Freetown  ;  perhaps  a  part  of  the  farm  was 
in  Middle  borough,  as  there  is  good  authority  to  show  that  the  hoii§i^ 
Btood  on  the  line  between   Freetown  and  Middleborough,     Traditiottj 
says  he  removed  his  family  to  Shutesbory  and  there  died,  leaving  the 
in  destitute  circumstances,  and  that  they  were  relieved  by  Capt. 
Peirce,  who  took  measures  to  bring  them  back  to  Freetown,  wbfl 
Anna  the  widow  became  the  wife  of  Thomas  RounsevilL.    These 
ditions  are  given  upon  the  authority  of  two  grandchildren  of  Abial  i 
Anna  Cole, J  daughters  uf  Lydia  Cole  (No.  172).     Anna  the  inotli 
died  in  Sept.,  1806.    Thomas  Kounsevill,  her  2d  husband,  died  Jan. 
1826,  aged  80  years.    Anna  is  said  to  have  been  interred  in  the  Ronnai 
Till   burial   place  at  East  Freetown  ;    but,  if  so,   she  has  no 
with  inscription  to  mark  the  spot. 

Capt.  Hekby  Pkibce  (No.  49),  son  of  Ebenezer  Peirce  (No.  22)  i 
wifo§  Mary  Jlofikins,  was  born   in  that  part   of  Middleborough 
oil"  in  1853  and  incorporated  as  a  new  town  under  the  name  of  ~ 
ville.     The  precise  date  of  his  birth  I  have  not  been  able  to  learn, 
from  the  age  given  upon  his  grave-stone  conclude  it  must  have 
in  or  near  1743.    Like  bis  elder  brothers  Capt.  Abial||  and  Job^f  Peir 

♦  Parents  of  Giiimliv I  RonimnilLEsf]..  fortrnirly  of  MliMlctorouffh.  nman  of  i 
ntjEIity,  Justic-e  of  the  Peace  ami  Reprewntntive  to  General  Ct^iirt,  Auditor  of  Town  . 
fOQtii!*,  &c.    For  a  limCi  a  trader  in  dry  and  West  India  goods,  at  Hartock,  eo  called^ 
Middk'tioronKh. 

t  NiUhiiniel  M.  Fuller  was  son  of  Capt.  John  Fallcr  and  wife  Martha  Morton,  frrand 
or  Lieut,  Natbanicl  Morton,  of  Freetown,  and  wife  MarUia  Tupper,  grcat-grand 
l^'^athfiTiicI  Morton. 

1  Martha,  widow  of  Siltii^i  Terry,  and  Mtilaney,  wife  of  Cnpt.  JoIiti  V.  Pratt,  of  I 

I  Mary  Iloj^l^ius  wiis  a  dangliter  of  Htiiry  Hoskiiij^,  SenV,  of  Taunton,  and  a  ifirte 
Heniy  lloHkin^,  Jr.,  of  that  Uywiu    Hcnr>%  Jr.  raarriL-d  June  $,  174.5,  Mary,  a  dai 
Phliip  Rouiisevill,  of  Freetown,  tiio  emiirrant,    Henry,  Sen'r,  was  a  son  of  Wniil 
kins,  of  Tannton.    Wiilinm  married,  Jmlv  3, 1077,  Sjyrali  Cjihwi'H,  and  their  childr 
Anna,  born  Feb.  14, 1078;  Sanih,  iHini.  Aug.  31, 1679^  %Viniimi,  horn  June  30,  1<J81  ;1 

Imm  Oct.  12,  1686,  maiTicd,  first,  Ahigtdl ,  and  .second,  the  Widow  Priscilln  I 

and  he  died  Julv  29, 1771 ;  Joshih,  Irani  April  4, 1689;  John,  bom  Sept,  28,  1690  ; 
bom  Nov.  1,  1692  ;  Stephen,  bom  Sept.  1, 16^7- 

II  Capt.  Abial  Peirce,  when  22  yeati*  of  nge,  served  ait  a  private  poldlcr  20  weeks 
dayKin  tho  conipaiu'  of  Capt.  Samnel  N.  Nelson;  dnte  of  cnlii<tmcnt,  July  15, 1756, 
1759  he  ficrved  as  a  CoqM>ral,  under  Capt.  Joseph  Tinkliam,  nt  one  of  tlie  alarini*  coii«eqi 
upon  the  attack  of  Fort  William  Hcury,     Was  promoted  to  a  Lieutenant  in  1759,  and  ( 
tain  in  1700. 

%  Capt.  Job  Peirco  commenced  hh  military  wtfIco  in  the  field  w  a  private  lol  tSer,  i 
l^yeiLFsof  age. 


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[ke  appears  at  an  early  age  to  have  become  thoroughly  imbued  with 

Ian  adveoturoua  and  mililary  Rpirit,  ami  served  out  one  enlistment  in 

Itiie  eomp'any  of  Capt.  Abial  Feirce  (in  CoL  Willard^s  regiment,  **ia 

laamoe  at  the  westward  '' — so  says  the  record  at  tlie  State  House)* 

[wliefi  only  17.*     Id  176li  (March  24)  Henry  Peirce  again  enlistfi,  and 

aervea  (in  a  company  of  which  "  Ephraim  Ilolmes,  Esq."  is  Captain) 

"  [weeks  and  4  «layg.     Whole  amount  of  wages  due  Henry  Feirce  was 

>Dnd6  15  shillings  and  2  pence,  frora  which  was  deducted  14  shil- 

for  beer,  leaving  a  balance  of  22  pounds  1  shilling  and  2  ponce. 

In  this  company  his  brother  Job  was  a  companion  in  afms.      Their 

servicea  closed  with  ti#e  war,  which  was  brought  to  an  end  by  the 

treaty  of  peace  concluded  and  signed  at  Paris,  on  the  10th  of  Febru- 

|iry.  lTt>3. 

At  the  age  of  25  years  (viz,,  March,  1768),  Henry  Feirce  was 
limited  in  marriage  with  Salome,  a  daughter  of  Rev.  Ebenezer  Hinds, f 
pastor  of  the  Baptist  Church  iti  Middleborough,  now  Lakcville,  and 
on  the  26  th  of  January^  1769,  their  daughter  Susannah  (No.  180)  was 
bon^.  who  marned,  Nov,  18,  1788,  Abial  Booth  of  Middleborough,  a 
aobiier  under  Capt.  Henry  Peirce  when  in  service  at  Rhode  Island 
|ial777- 

(181)  Mary,  second  daughter,  b.  in  1770  ;  m,  Feb,  13,   1791,  Ab- 
er  Ctark^   Esq.,   of  Middleborough,   now   Lakeville,     He  was  com- 

[BtiBfiioQed  Aug.  29,  1799,  Ensign  in  the  militia  of  Middleborough, 
Sht  died  July  25,  1847.  He  died  May  1,  1830,  aged  55  years.  (Town 
Becorda  of  Middleborough,  Roster  in  Adjutant  General's  office,  Boa- 
ton*  and  grave-stones  in  Lakeville.) 

(182)  Salome,  m.  Thomas  White,  of  East  Freetown,  Feb.  19,  1799. 

(183)  Ebenesser,  b,  Nov.  21,  1777;  m.  March  12,  1801,  Charity 
Hinds,  of  Middleborough,  and  removed  to  the  State  of  Maine,  where 
he  died  Dec.  3,  1852.  He  was  commit^sioned  (Aug.  15,  1796)  Ensign 
of  the  7th  Co.  of  local  militia  in  Middleborough,  Abanoam  Hinds  being 
Captain,  and  Benj.  Chase  Lieut,     He  was  master  builder  of  the  Con- 

I  jr^egationat  meeting  bouse  erected  at  Assonet  Village,  Freetown,  ia 
nd  noted  as  an  ingenious  mechanic. 


Henry,  b.  in  17T8 ;  m.   1st, 


ra.  2d, 


f  died  Sept.  1,  1826,  and  was  buried  in  the  ancient  cemetery  by  Assa- 

ii«et  Fond,  in  Middleborough. 

(185)     Lydia,  b.  Oct.  17,  1781 ;  d.  Dec.  26,  1B63;  m.  1st,  William 

rj<u.rirv  of  Fairhaven.     Ho  was  lost  at  sea,  and  she  then  m.  Capt. 

iel  Staples  of  Berkley,  b.  Jan.  6,  1777  ;  d.  July  17,  1862.     He 

;»roissioned  Lieut,  of  1st  Co.  of  the  local  militia  in  Berkley, 

it  25,  1805;  promoted  to  Captain,  March  31,   1807;  removed  to 

lleboro'  in  April,  1822  ;  was  a  Selectman  of  that  town,  and  onco  a 

iieotative  to  General  Court  at  Boston. 

commencement  of  the   French  and  Indian  war  found  Henry 

(a  beardless  boy — precocious,  it  is  true,  in  the  qualities  of  a 

lier  ;  but  at  the  time  of  the  fights  at  Lexington  and  Concord  he  was 


•  Tbc  dibi{i)date«J  contlition  of  th?  record  docs  not  admit  uf  Jetcnmning  how  loDg  be  did 

,  liitt  PTinTi;rfi  To  pTf^xn  that  he  jrerfonufd  a  tour  of  dutj. 
f  BJt9>  y  ^*'Aii  Iwjn.  in  Bnd;je water  in  1719.    He  was  the  second  son  mid 

_cliiI<J  -  aiul  w;iV  Hjtjifi!ih  Sluiw.    They  were  nuinicd  in  1700.    The 

eboro'  cow  Lakeville,  imd  was  accidentally  do- 


180 


The  Petrce  Family. 


[if 


a  man  of  32  years,  having  a  wife  and  several  children,  and  the  no^ 
(if  indeed  war  to  him  was  ever  viewed  as  a  novelty)  has  passed  »i 
and  is  only  regarded  as  a  dreadful  necessity.     The  tocsin  of  war 
therefore  no  sooner  sounded,  than  he  with  his  old  King^e  arm  prompli 
takes  bis  place  in  the  ranks  of  a  Company  of  minute  men  under  Cap 
Isaac  Wood,  wljo  lost  no  time  in  repairing  to  MarshfieM  to  admiuisH 
A  proper  quietus  to  the  torieR  of  that  town,  who  have  banded  toget 
under  the  title  of  ''Associated  Loyalists." 

When  the  events  of  April  19,  1775,  had  taken  place,  and  a  Co 
cental  Army  was  called  for,  Henry  Feirce,  with  characteristic  cne 
and  patriotism,  soon  assisted  in  raising  a  Company  in  his  town 
neighborhood,  which  became  a  part  of  the  9th  Continental  Kegini« 
commanded  by  CoL  Daniel  Brewer.     In  this  Company  Henry  Feii 
was  commissioned  as  firfit  Lieutenant.* 

Early  in  1777  we  finil  Henry  Peirce,  now  a  Captain,  with  acompa 
in  Rhode  Island, f  where  the  Records  at  the  State  House  credit  hil 
and  his  Lieuteuant,  Peter  Iloar,  each  with  30  days  service,  and  Geofj 
Siiaw»  his  Ensign,  with  7  days  duty,  and  the  enlisted  men  with  difl 
ent  terms  of  time* 

In  August,  1780,  Capt.  Peirce  and  his  companyj  performed  anoth 


•  CapL  Leii  RounRviU's  CoropnTiy  in  9tli  Regiment  of  Con tinctitnl  Armyi  as  copied  i 
the  records  In  office  of  Secrctivry  of'Stntc,  Boston,  dated  OcIoIkt,  1775 1 

Liivi  Roimsvill  of  Freetowir,  Cnptnin ;   Henry  Pcin^c  of  Midcllelxjronffb,  lieaie 
Samuel  Taher  u(  Freetown,  Eii^ij;;!!,    St'rjjrenntj- :  Joseph  Mrtconil^er^  Job  HunI  mid  1 
Tronftiit  of  Middkliortx*,  und  John  White  of  Frcetowiu    Coq^jmls  :  Hilkiah  Peiree  of  1 
dkborr>\  Ziirel  llaski'lJ  of  Dartmoiitlij  Micha  Ashley  of  Freetown,  and  Richiird  Peirc 
MlddJetxirooieh.    Drummer,  Leonard  Hinds  of  Mithlk*liorouph:    Fifer,  Zudoc  Petrc«  ^ 
Preetown,— Privates ;  of  Dartmouth — Wm*  Fbher,  Aiinihain  Fisher,  Jcs^c  Keen,  Tba 
Weseott;  Fivetown — Nonh  Ashler,  Jeptha  Ashley,  ThoinjiH  Arrio^*,  John  Braley.! 
Btiiigon,  Timothy  Bordou,  Jcf^iab  Boavto,  Jesse  Briggs,  John  Clark,  Akleniiii 
Georije  Dnvis,  Joshua  Davis,  Samuel  Evans,  Willbni  Evans,  Aliner  Hohuc*., 
Ha^^kini^,  Btiyamin  Inp-aharn,  Timothy  Inifrattara,  Jofihua  Lawrence,  Ja1>uz 
Heuhen  Ma>on,  Uriah  Peirce,  WiJIiam  Purker,  James  Piige»  Daniel  Pa^\  Gideon  ! 
Aaron  Scckcl,  ThonuiR  Street,   Jetf   Sac  hem  x,   Philip  Taber,   Charles  Tobcy,  Bc 
TTescou,  Samuel  West,  Simeon  \\1iiuj;    Middle  borough— William  Annrtpong^ 
Boothe.  Epbraiin  DoughvB,  Hetiry  Evans,  Anthony  Frcy,  Levi  Simmons,  NathflT 
ant. — RecupituIatloD  :   commif^&ioned  oOiL'^rs,  3>  Bon-dtmmisiiioned  and  nmaic,  1 
vate.*,  45.    Total,  58. 

t  Captain  Henry   Peirce's  Company  in  Col.  Theophilua  CotCon'i  Be^;finent» 
March  4th : 

IIenr>^  Pelrce,  Captain;  Peter  Hoar,  Licntenant;  George  Shaw,  Ens^m,  Non 
sioned  ofRcerj^and  mri^icians:  Amasa  Wi»u<i.  D*miel  Ellis,  Joseph  Wood,  Roland  Lcoa 
Gefirgc  Haekctt,  William  Hall,  James  Lc  Banin,  Nathaniel  Cole,  Israel  Katon,  Ha 
Purinton.^Privates :  Chrirchill  Thomas,  Jeremiah  Thonia«,  Andrew  Cobb,  Samuel  Si 
Km,  J ame^  Palmer,  Elijah  Shaw,Djivid  Fi^h,  JaeotiSmde,  Ha/iel  Thikham,  Jat>cx  Vangb 
Samuel  Barrows,  Joseph  IJemieit,  John  Morton,  John  Morton/id,  lloland  Smith, 
Till  FeireCj  Peter  Thomas,  Edinund  WoHtoij,  Joi^eph  Tnpper,  Ijcmucl  Lyon,  Williji] 
John,  Daniel  Cox,  Thomas  Pratt,  Davis!  Pratt,  Ablal  Boothe,  Ebencier  Howlund 
Kinsman,  Jacoh  Perkins,  Luther  Pr^itt,  Seth  Wade,  Noah  Haskell,  Lemuel  Rj 
Manasseh  Wood,  Frantij?  Ia'  Baron,  Af^ipli  Churchill,  Samuel  Thoinag,  Natbaniell 
Edward  WjiiiklHim,  Williaiti  Bh%  Jnse|)h  Maeomhcr»  Lemuel  Brlgc»,  Jcmatlmn  W«-, 
Ephraim  Dunham,  I^fliic  Harlow,  Narhuniel  Cobh,  Andrew Rieket,  Jon&lban  Porter, Xtt 
Porter,  James  Sprout,  John  Thrasher.^Recapitulation :  coinmlssioned,  3 ;  doq-i 
KJoned  and  musiriaus,  10;  privates,  50v    Total,  03. 

X  Captain  Henry  Peircc*a  Company,  in  Lt  CoL  White's  Re^mont : 

Henry  Peiree^  Captain;  Peter  Hoar,  Lieutenant;  Ezra  Clark,  Ensign.    Non-i 
fjioned  ofBcens:  Ebenezer  Ulmls,  Robert  Moiir,  Joseph  Bwjthc,  Nathaniel  MacomU 
jimihi  Booth,  Henry  EdminftiT,  EbenczLT  Havford. — Privates:  J<i-iah  HoLIoway 
Reyniikis,  John  Reynohls,  Benjnmln  ReynoKIs,  Elections  Reyni*ldf«,  Ifitiac  Rcynoid 
Ileynolds,  Eheoexer  Huwland,  .Samuel  rioviIaTTd,  John  Howland,  Joshua  Howhmd,  ] 
lloVtand,  John  Hoar,  J(>hnHo]loway,RichftrdPtini9,  Sejuael  Parrii*,  Uriali  Peirce,  C 
Peiree,  Seth  Simmons,  Ticbbeus  Sinfraona,  Jacob  Sheriian,  Earl  Sears,  Nathan  Ti 
Daniel  Collins,  John  Church,  Roger  Clark,    lleenpitnliitloii:  commissioned  oacer<,l 
non-commissioned,  7 ;  privates,  26.    Total,  36. 


(8.T 


5ni<?  Pdrce  Family. 


181 


^rt  toar  of  duty  in  Rhode  Island,  and  in  the  regiment  commanded 

\LU  Col.  Ebenezer  White,  of  Kochester.* 

Lt  the  re-orgariizatioii  of  the  rDilitia  of  Massaclinsetts,  upon  the 

option  of  the  State  ConKtitution,  Capt.  Henry  Feirce  was  commis- 
^tied  Captain  of  the  seventh  Company  of  the  hjcal  militia  of  Middle- 
through,  Ms  commission  bearing  date  July  1,  1781, f 

On  the  17th  of  June,  l*lSA,  Salome,  the  wife  of  Capt.  Henry  Peirce, 
iied,  and  on  the  ITlh  of  March,  17S5,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Deborah,  a  daughter  of  Job  Chafie  of  Middleborough,  and  the  fruits  of 
the  2d  marriage  were  three  children  : 

(186)     Tilar,  b,  Feb.   15,  1786;  m.  Elizabeth  .     He  was  a 

toibBter  mariner,  and  was  knocked  overboard  by  a  boom  and  drowned 

bLoiig  Island  Sound. 

RIB7)     Deborah,  b.  Jan.  18,  1788  ;  m. 

^(188)     Keziah,  b,  Feb.  15,  1790 ',  m. 

Deborah,  the  2d  wife,  wa,s  b.  in  1762.  She  was  a  grandanghtcr 
rf  Benjamin  Chase,  Bd,  and  wife  Mary  Briggs,  great-grandaughter  of 
fcujamin  Chase,  Jr.,  and  wife  Merey  Simmons,  and  great-great-gran* 
Bni^hter  of  Benjamin  Chase,  a  cooper,  who  was  probably  the  earliest 
Hwe  settler  at  Freetown. 

^Capt.  Henry  Feirce  died  January  22,  1791,  and  Deborah  then  married 

lirTit,  Asa  Winslow,  and  became  the  mother  of  Asa  T,  Winalow,  Esq., 

t'  the  substantial  men  of  Lalvoville.  a  Justice  of  the  Peace   for 

1  /       oth  County,  and  Representative  to  the  General  Ctmrt  at  Boston. 

Capt.  Henry  Peirce  and  both  his  wives  wore  buried  in  the  ancient 
aetery  near  the  southern  shore  of  the  Assawamset  pond,  in  Lake- 

Itte,     Deborah,  the  2d  wife,  died  Dec.  23,  1840,  aged  about  87  years. 
pt,  Peirce  and  wives  have  suitable  grave-stones, 
enjamxn  Spooner|  and  wife  Mary  Peirce  (No,  50)  had : 

[(181*)     Lorana,  b,  April  8,  1765;  m.  Abner  Peirce  of  Middlcboro', 

pw  Lake%*ille.     She  died  January,  1812. 

>  The  reoiAins  of  Lt-  Col.  Ebenerer  White  %'vtv  Interrfi!  iu  the  btjdal  jarround  near  the 

ny  Rl  Centre  Rwhe^tcr*  PlyinoDih  Cottnt>%  "Shvi^.,  whurt-  a  shitc  stone  murking  hid 

BSBTi  the  following  ini!ciiiition  :   '*Memextu  Mom.    Sacred  u»  the  mcinorv  uf  CoL 

"  WMtc,  who  (lied  March,  1804,  Acr,  SO.    He  ivas  19  times  chosen  to  repnRcnt  the 

I  of  R<x*hester  in  the  General  Court:    In   It  nf  whidi  clertiotis  he  wj^s  imaniinou^ly 

A*  a  tril>ute  of  respcet  for  his  faiti^ful  K^rvice,  the  Town  erected  Tbisi  loonumi'nt 

.-  rry," — At  an  cn;L:H^eriifnt  between  the  Brl  ijih  and  AioericariR  on  Rhode  Iceland, 

lion,  the  ffiiard  vhaln  t/)Tlie  handle  of  CoL  WhiteV  iiword  wnA  shot  olT  by  a 

Mi«  A  dc^cendunt  from  William  White,  through  Ilceolvod,  Samuel,  Jolm,  and 

^Ttnf  orljdniit  Miiy  In.«pertion  Return  of  Capt,  Henry  Peirce*B  Company  in  tbe  local 

•if  Mid. n.  hill/  wjks  fouud  araooff  the  pjipcry  of  CoL  John  Nel^Oll  more  than  sixty 

dejith.    The  followlii;;  \s  n  true  ropy  of  the  namciii  Ijomenpon  that 

r  W.  Peirce.    *'Triin'g  Band,  Heniy  Peine,  Capt.;   Peter  Hofir, 

i^rpMiiT^    liditiTt  Hoar.  Wm.  Cjinedy,  Unidock  lUtM,  —  Howland.    Corponil»: 

IS  Stminong,  Scth  Simmons.    Privitoti:  Stephen  Hathaway,  Jatoo;;  Peirce,  EnoB 

G^oi^  Peirr> ,  hlmcon  Peirce,  Seih  Keen,  Jo.^eph  Keen,'  Pliifip  Hoskitif*,  John 

J  .  Hamnel  Prtnis,  Isaac  Parris,  Moks  Pnrrifi.  Seth  Borden,  William 

ft  .\n»,  John  Thrii>her,  Jo>eph   Boothe,  Bftijamhi  Boothe,  Ehenezer 

, ,    .  .,,k,  Sam  ft»'l  Record,  iMiae  Smith,  Jonathiin  Hivirord,  Samuel  How- 

,  HooiT  fcdttimstcr,  Con^ildcr  Howlaiid,  Ehi'ne/,cr  Howitiiid,  RufiiK  Howland,  K*!eek 

lid,  John  Hotr,  Win*  Ihmr,  L*aiic  Ifathiiway,  D.ivld  Pratt,  Seth  R ims^dell,  Jrt<!f)f> 

T  IK    Alarm  Lt«t:  Batiitl  Jiiclict*  Joseph  BiKitlie,  Lieid.  Joiiiah  Smith, 

('ha*e,  Lieut.  Eara  Clark,  Rifliard  Peirte,  Almdmm  Peirce,— Ris 

id,4.>;  aUirni  Jii*t.  8.    Tmal,  .53.*'— The  Return  was  rnadt'  to  John 

i,  1^*|.,  iU<^u  Cui.  oi  ihe  loc;il  regiment  of  ifdlitia  to  which  Capt,  H.  Peirce 'i^  company 

•  *  •-!  to  the  1(indne.s^  of  Thomas  Spooner,  Esq*,  of  Reading,  Ohio,  for  tjCTcral 
the  Lhitory  of  tliis  brunch  of  the  Spoooer  family. 

^^11.  16* 


The  Peirce  Family. 


[April, 


William,  b.  Se-**t.  22.  Ufie ;  m.     He  d.  Au^st  12,  1829. 
Frederick,  b.  April  8,  1768;  d.  April  10,  1768. 
Frederick,  b,  July  23,  1769  *  m.     He  d.  May  31,  1842. 
Zeruah,  b.  August  20 »  1771  ;  m.  Benjamia  Green. 
Lothcft  b.  March  22,  1774  ;  m.  Hannah  Allen.     He  d.  Aug* 


182 

(190) 
(191) 

\\m 

(194) 
10,  1861. 

(196)     Mary,  b.  March  20,  1776  ;  m.  El eazer  Peirce  of  Middleboro*, 
October  12,  1795. 

'196)     Betsey,  b.  Jau.  2,  1778;  m.  Levi  Macomber 
197)     Benjaiiiin,  b.  Nov.  22,  1780  ;  d.  Jan   24,  1780. 

;i08)     Calvin,  b.  Sept.  20,  1782  ;  d,  April  23,  1785. 

Benjamin  Spooiicr,  the  parent,  owned  and  occupied  a  farm  adjacent 
to  and  near  the  southern  border  of  that  beautiful  lake  in  Lak«  viljp, 
known  as  "  Elder^s  Pond/^  and  there  probably  the  ten  children  u'  v; 
enumerated  were  born.  The  huuse  has  long  since  been  dcmoh-tu  ! 
and  landfi  sold,  but  the  locality  m  Btill  known  as  the  **  Spooner  Flacr:.'' 
Benjamin  Spooner  served  as  a  sohlicr  in  the  French  and  Indian  wir, 
and  as  a  patriot  soldier  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution  he  served  »l 
Khode  Island,  being  clerk  and  Bergeant  of  Capt.  Amos  Wiishbum'i 
company  in  Col.  White's  regiment  nine  daySi  and  he  also  served  ia 
Capt.  Amos  Washburn ^8  company  at  New  Bedford  in  May,  ITIS.^ 
two  days.*  Benjamin  Spooner  was  a  sou  of  Benjamin  and  Zei 
Spooner,  and  horn  in  Middleborough,  Oct.  23,  1743.  (See  Tol 
Records  of  M.) 

Captain  Seth  Peirck  (N'o.  51),  son  of  Ebenezer  Peirce  (No.  22) 
wife  Mary  Hoskins,  was  born  in  il id dlebo rough,  now  Lakeville,  in 
about  the  year  1747,  and  wag  therefore  too  young  to  participal 
Ihe  exploits  of  the  French  and  Indian  war,  being  only  nine  yej 
age  at  its  commencement,  and  scarcely  sixteen  at  its  close. 
22  years  of  age  (viK,,  Nov,  9,  1769),  he  was  united  in  maniage 
Huldah  Sampson  of  Middleborough,  and  owned  and  cultivated  a 
IQ  the  Titicut  Parish  of  his  native  town,  but  ere  long  disposed  ol 
and  removed  to  Shutealniry,  in  old  Hampshire,  now  Franklin  Coui 
and  subsequently  to  Hard  wick. 

His  removal  to  Shutesbury  must  have  occurred  some  time  dttl 
the  war  of  the  Revolution,  for  on  the  19th   of  April,   1775,   he 
among  the  "minute  men  **  of  MiddJeborough  that  marched  to  Mi 
field  under  Capt.  Nathaniel  Wood  (See  Records  of  Rolls  of  Lexir»i 
Alarm  in  State  House,  Bof^ton),  and  at  a  later  period  we  find 
commanding  a  company  raised  for  three  months  service  from  towni 
Ham pshiro  County,  and  his  own  residence  reported  asatShutesbi 
(Rolls  of  Revolution,  State  House.) 

♦  Thtfi  wn»  a  compony  of  miTftift  of  Midillefwiroiiph,  orwhieli  Atnos  WasbTmm  ^ 
tato,  Etlsh  I  Hjtski.ll  Lieut.,  niul  Andrew  Mtrnlly  'id  Licet.    Citpt.  Wa^hhiim  own«d| 
occupied  tlu'  Taxm  wben?  \\h  M>ri,  Liitliir  Wit^libiini,  E^iq,,  rcj^ided  and  died,  ■od  ^ 
gnindsfin,  CyniH  Wasbbiim,  imw  lives. 

t  Miis^tcrRidl  of  Cnpr.  Sutli  PcirceV  Conipaiiy,  in  Col,  Seth  Moiray*!  Re^lmcnl  i 
the  CtJiinty  of  Haintvi-hlrf,  <  tipjffed  to  jicrve  tlm^e  months : 

Scth  Pckrcc  of  Slmte'^bury,  Ciptnin ;  Jiimt^  Lyman  of  NorthfleVL  IfftLionl, ;  John  I 
ftOn  of  New  Siilem,  2d  LleTit  ;  Zc^dni  Montaigne  of  Irfverert,  :*rl  tionr. :  SUfw»  B<*ll  *i(\ 
crctl,  Surgeon  ;  I^rml  UiiyseU,  F.lKniezer  D.*! mo n^  Joseph  V       '  '  v 

Sergenntj^.    Solomon  Gnim,  Bc/..iler|  Wwm!s,  William  Wcii 
mis.    8i'th  Field  and  PliiTR'H?^  Fk'M.mn>l<irtns,     Privates;    ^ 
Etiplmlet  Stmtton,  Cephas  Alexander,  Eldud  Wright,  James  Seott,  JohUiw   L\  uiuu,  Jow» 
tbon  Bclding,  Moses  Moore,  Miciio  Uanigdale,  Syiviiao-*  Wocm!*,  Pontius  LjTn«i»,  Tbiuldcw 


Tfte  Petrce  Family, 


183 


Capt.  Srrn  Pettrce  (No.  51)  and  wife  Htilda  Sampson  had  : — 
0^9)     Martha,  b.  1770  ;  m.  Aug.  23,  1792,  David  Paige,  of  Hard- 
nek,  Mass.     She  d.  Julv  31,  1844. 


^200)     F0II7,  b, 
Iwick,  MasB, 

(201)  Scth,  b. 

(202)  Sampson,  b. 

(203)  Betsey,  b, 
igs.     Shed.  Feb.  1,  1857 


177- ;  m.  Sept.   15,   1793,  AsliberTrtce,  of 


17"  ;  was  a  merchant  m  Boston* 

IT —  ;  m. Nichols. 

IT—  ;  m,  April  24,  1806,  Dr.  David  Bil* 


Huldah,  the  first  wife  of  Capt.  Scth  Peirce,  died  March  15,  1793, 

^and  on  the  22d  day  of  December,  in  that  year,  he  contracted  a  second 

"'damage  with  Rebecca,  a  daughter  of  Col,   Timothy  Pat^e,  of  llard- 

ick.*     No  children  were  born  of  this  marriage,  for  she  lived  lesa 

two  year«,  and  died  Aug,  2,  1795,  aged  26  years.     (See  grave- 

nes  in  Hardwick. ) 

The  next  year  Capt.  Seth  Peircc  married,  for  his  third  wife,  Abigail 

linktey,  a  sister  of  Hon.   Samuel   flinkley,  Judge  of  Probate  for 

latnpshire  County,    and   David    Ilinklcy,    au   eminent  merchant  of 

Joston,      Capt.  Scth  Feirce  and  third  wife   Abigail   Hitiklry   had  a 

aughter — 

(204)     Abigail,  b.  in   1797  ;  m,  '  HotcJikiss,  an  EngliBbman  ; 

put  with  hira  to  the  land  of  his  nativity  and  died  there. — Abigail, 
I  wife  of  Capt.  8.  Pcirce,  died  Dec,   30,   1797,  aged  37   years, 
tve-stones  in  Hardwick, )     Ills  fourth  and  last  wife  was  Mary 
farlin.  of  Worcester,  who  outlived  him. 

tpt.  Seth  Peirce  was  extensively  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits, 
ind  bad  the  e«teem  of  the  people  in  Inith  Shutcslniry  and  Ilardwick 
rbere  he  aiiccessively  reBided,  being  elected  seleclman  of  Shutesbury 
I  four  yeara. 

At  the  reorganization  of  the  mihtia  immediately  after  the  adoption 
lof  the  Stat^  Constitution,  he  was  honored  with  the  commission  of 
f-Captaiot  of  a  company  of  the  local  militia  of  Shutesbury,  Joseph  Pow- 
lera  being  first,  and  Simeon  Vaiighrin  second  Liontenant,  and  after 
■'becoming  an  inhabitant  of  Ilardwick,  the  people  of  that  town  showed 
Vliieir  appreciation  by  electing  him  to  represent  them  in  the  General 
Court  at  Boston.     He  died  Feb.  25,1809,  aged  62  years.     (Grave- 


BiHfroft.  Dnvfd  Ramf^rlaJc,  John  Flowor*:,  Roherr  Tlam!i^fl(TlL\  Jolm  Bowcn,  Jcdctfiili  Ric'p. 

Xffiatljrn  Girlrj*  r.  Wrii.  Mr  .nhiLi'nf',  Jtdiii  M(>f*rt',  Julilnl  Fanijtn,  Nodiah  Alford,  Bc/.tilecl 

Will  mJ,  SiiniuelCiidwc-n,  George  Tomijiii,  Jo>f*pli  Brigifjt, 

,  Francjj*  Kulilcr,  Jf>nas  llomjilitoii,  Sautucl  Ca>tle,  Ju-tpli 

>i^.  f  s  Hirdw-L'll,  Cliark's  EKstniaii,  Ekhi  TayTor,  Elbtia  Tnttlc, 

:  fa  I  Gunn,  JoR'pli  Rockwoctii,  Ab<iiloni  Hamuod,  Jo^Hpli  Frcfirli^ 

I,  Danifl  Cnnh,  Benjamfn  Pii|?c.  Baiiicl  B ,  Nat liiin  Walker* Ell 

IV  lariiu,  NatliMn  Basis,  Ahioj^  Priree,  Aimoh  rerry,  Winiam  Eddy,  FniruiS 

— ^.  ificr,  Jacoh  Bhsi^t  Jafi*Ii  Bri;rir>t,  *Tr. — HeCft|>ltiilatioii :  c<jmm1s.>'iuni'd  offl- 

««*,  .4;  conx)r:d.s4;  iiiuj-ir ians,  2 ;  i>riv4iti*a,  BO.     Total,  75. — TIdd  itimpany 

wm  '  raiiicci  in  thofic  rowii*^  that  lldl  witLiri  the  limits  of  Fninktin  Coaiity  at 

lbs  d  orffonittnn,  3nnv  24»  ISll, 

•  r  V.i'jv,  .if  H^nhdckt  wm  a  n'|irrfiontativc  to  the  OenemI  Totirt,  Btwfon,  a 

fffmt  ]1       ;i>  Colurnd  of  tlif  4r}i  Rk^NTmitt  of  local  militia,  uf  Wortcater 

«&nr  V  ur  II  [iting  it.  Colonel,  and  Aw  >  1>  iift>rrl»,  M  jor. 

^^^^E*!  Sctli  Peine**  commiswkmas  Captaai  in  the  Im^'ul  mlfitiaof  Shnteshiirjr 

^^^^pi  Roster  in  Adj.  Geiteral^  oUliv,  BoFtoTi.)     lie  wns  Rcpit**«eiit:itivo 

^^^^K||niTi  KK  v>  ILK  Gt-mrnl  Conn  in  1806.    (Sie  Kiconls  of  Hardwkk.) 
^^^^^^^■^9  Arv  due  to  Rev.  Lncins  R,  Ftv^o.  fMrmtrly  of  fianlwiek,  to  Mr.  Jolt  Fierci'  of 
I^^H^^^K  Mn^,,  ami  to  Hon.  Philander  Wasbbtirn  i>t'  Middleborougb,  for  faets  in  tke 
r '  ttnOf  yRorr  of  Capt,  Seth  Peircc 


lU 


7%e  Peirct  Family. 


[Ap 


Stones  in  Hard  wick,)     IIis  death  was  caused  by  accidentally  eticlj 

a  penkuife  into  hie  knee. 

Stephen  Hathaway  and  wife  Hopk  Peirce  (No.  62)  had  : 
(205)     Leonard,  b,  Sunday,  Nov.  16,  1767  ;  m.  Helen  Walker. 

d.  March  12,  1820.     Be  was  a  honse  carpenter.     Representatiye 

General  Court  from  Dighlon  io  1813. 

^206)     Alden,  b.  Monday,  April  9.  1770;    m.  (his  cotism)   Me 

Palmer,  daughter  of  Gideon  Palmer  and  wife  Abigail  N.  Hathan 

(145).     He  d.    Sept.    IL    1«6L     Mercy  the  wife  d.  May  II,  IM 

They  resided  at  Assonet  Village  in  Freetown. 

(207)  Stephen,  h,  Saturday.  Sept.  28,  ITTl  ;  m.  Syhia  Briggs.  He 
d,  Dec.  24,  1854.     They  resided  in  Dighton,  Bristol  County,  Ma68. 

(208)  Nicholae,  b.  Saturday.  Dec.  A,  1773  ;  m.  (his  cousin)  Anna 
Peirce,  of  Middleborough.     She  d,  Sept.  28,  1822,  aged  60  years,  and 

he   m.    Mrs,    Morton,*    widow    of  David   Morton,    April    15, 

1824.  Ho  d-  nesw-  Milford,  Union  County,  Ohio.  He  was  a  physician. 
He  d.  Aug.  24,  1848.  Second  wife  d.  Feb.  15,  1863,  aged  76  yean, 
9  months,  14  days. 

(209)  Anne,  b.  Saturday,  Deo.  30,  1775;  m.  Ephraim  Atwool 
She  d.  Aog.  13,  1805. 

(210)  Elias,  b.  Friday,  Feb.  27,  1778. 

(211)  Ebenezer,  b,  Saturday,  Angust  21,   1779;   m.  Sally  Cr 
of  Berkley.     They  resided  in  Dighton.  Mass. 

(212)  Frederick,  b.  Sunday,  Aug.  19,  1781;  m.  Sally  White,} 
He  d.  November,  1864. 

(213)  Anson,  b.  Saturday,  Nov,  29,  1783  ;  m.  Hope  Lee.  He  i1 
Feb  25. 1847. 

(214)  Hope,  b.  Thursday,  Doc.  8,   1781;   never  married. 
Nov.  18,  1H23. 

(215)  Polly,  b.  Friday,  Sept,  7,  1787  ;  m.  Oliver  Peirce,  Esq.,! 
Middleborough  (now  Lakevillc),  Oct.  7,  1827.  She  d.  April  26,  l^Z 
and  he  d.  Aug.  17,  1860.    Both  buried  in  Lakevillc  where  they  reside 

(216)  Erastus,  b.  Stmday,  Nov.  22,  1789  ;   m.  Mercy  Norton. 
Stephen  the  parent  was  a  howse  carpenter.     He  owned  and  oc 

pied  a  farm  in  Tannton,  near  the  river  that  divides  that  town 
Dighton.  The  house  is  still  standing,  and  now  the  residence  of 
phen  Peirce,  Esq.,  a  son  of  Oliver  Peirce,  Esq,,  the  husband  of  Poll 
Hathaway  (No.  215),  and  born  of  Lis  first  wife  Amey  Peirce.  Stcphea 
Hathaway  the  parent  waia  born  in  Freetown,  Sept.  4,  1745,  Old  Style, 
baptized  Sept.  15,  1745,  and  died  July  29,  1S19;  son  of  Nicholas  Hath- 
away and  wife  Rebecca  Merrick,  grandson  of  Isaac  Hathaway  and 
wife  Sarah  Mak^^peace.f 

Ebesezer  PEincK,  Jr.  (No.  63),  son  of  Ebenezer  Peirce  (No.  22)  and 
Wife  Mary  Iloskirm,  was  the  only  one  of  their  ten  children  (vias.,  sil 
eons  and  four  daughters)  who  did  not  marry.  He  was  betrothed  to 
Sarah,  a  daughter  of  Robert  Hoar,  of  Middleborough  (and  born  of 
Judeth  Tinkham  his  second  wife  in  1757),  a  beautiful  youog  woman 


•  Mrs.  Mortun's  maidoii  Mame  was  Miteliell.    She  Wiis  b.  May  2, 1786^  dAnght«r  of  D«tU 

Mibchell,  vvhcj  <!.  March  8,  1823,  ngcd  51  vetirs,  thot  Iwing  his  liirth  doy.    Her  ooljt 
golcllor  iiTiiJer  Oen.  J.itkw>E,  was  killed  ^tm,  9,  1815. 

t  M V  thiink»  are  due  to  Gideon  F,  H^hjiway,  Esq., of  Frcetowu,  for  niftn^r  facto  < 
irig  tliis  branch  of  the  Hathawjiy  fjimily,  aod  (qt  the  interest  he  has  shown  iu  tlie 
tion  of  the  Peine  family  history. 


tscoiMj^H 

le  ptitiin^ 


ises.] 


Robert  Ball  Hughes,  \ 


(^e 


185 


I  of  scarcely  18  summers,  who  d.  Kov.  22,  HTS.     (See  grave-stonea  in 

CttBwell  burial  ground^  East  Tannton.)     Jler  father,  Rolieri  Hoar,  a 

son  of  Samuel  Hoar  and  wife  Rebecca  Peirce   (No.    1"?)^,^    i  b.  May 

23,  IT19,  m,  Judeth  TinkLam,   Oct,  4,    UoS,     Peter,   sonNl^obert 

iod  Judeth,  b.  July  25,  1754,  waB  the  Major  Hoar  wlio  m/iilercy 

1  Feirce  (No.  155).     The  public  mind  was  then  thoroughly  occupied 

(with  the  war  jast  commenced  between  England  and  her  American 

'  Golooies,  and  the  five  older  brothers*  of  Ebenezer  Peirce,   Jr.,  weroi^ 

already  risking  their  lives  on  the  battle  field  ;  and  mindful  of  his  conn-' 

lfT*8  sorrows,  and  to  forget  hia  own,  this  young  man  becomes  a  Bohlier, 

j  and  one  of  a  large  company,  every  other  one  of  whom  returned  bear- 

I  iDg  his  shield.     He  neither  came  bearing  it  nor  yet  borne  upon  it,  but 

goes   to   his   last  inspection,   and  passes  his  great  and  final  review 

only  six  days  before  his  term  of  enlistment  expired,  liis  body  find- 

log  re^i  in   a  soldier^s   grave   made  near  the  spot  where  he  gave 

liis  life  as  a  sacrifice  for  the  libertieH  of  his  native  land.     He  was  a 

private  soldier  in  the  company  of  Capt.  Joshua  White,  of  Middlebo- 

rough,  oo  duty  at  Newport,  K.  I.     His  brother,  Job  Peirce  {No.  47), 

tien  a  captain  in  the  patriot  service,   soon  took  measures  to  change 

the  name  of  His  youngest  son  (mj  father)  from  John  to  Ebenezer,  from 

whom  it  descended  to  the  writer  of  this  family  history,  who  in  view 

of  Lis  own  suffering  has  often  been  led  to  ask,  "  whai-s  in  a  name?^* 


BoBRRT  Ball  Httohes  {vide  "  Marriages  and  Deathe^'J  was  an  ar- 
tiitof  unquestionable  genius  and  a  genial  and  exceedingly  social  gen- 
tleman.    The  "Dead  Christ'*  in  the  Roman  Catholic  Church  at  South 
BoBton,  which  was  burnt  a  few  years  since,  and  the  bronze  statue  of 
Bowditch  at  Mount  Auburn,  have  been  regarded  as  among  his  best 
works  ;  but  his  *'  Uncle  Toby,**  "  Little  Nell,'*  and  other  prodactions, 
hare  likewise  received  the  commendation  their  excellence  of  concep- 
tion and  execution  merited.     His  "  poker  sketches/'  so  called,  were 
nnique  and  curious,  and  full  of  strength  and  grace.      Some  of  them 
'  were  admirable  as  portraits.     His  "  Fisher  Boy''  was  also  **  a  thing 
J  of  beauty,"     Mr.  Hughes  was  born  in  London,  but  had  spent  a  large 
I  part  of  his  life  io  this  country,  where  he  made  many  friends,  who  found 
liioi  abounding  io  anecdote  and  information,  possessed  of  remarkable 
lliitte  and  skill  in  his  profession.     Pure-minded  and  single-hearted,  he 
r  kind,  generous  and  hospitable^ — an  aflfectionate  husband  and  father. 
le  was  a  pupil  of  Flaxman  and  Bailey,  and  a  member  of  tlie  Royal 
Icademy.     The  Duke  of  Devonshire  showed  his  appreciation  of  his 
klenta  by  becoming  the  owner  of  his  *'  Oliver  Twist." 


1  !  i*sne  of  the  RcRister  for  1867,  wc  Raid  three  of  the  six  sons  of  Ebenezer 

[Hrt  -  artidiw  ted  iti  the  French  a  mil  ndiao  Wttra,     We  have  since  learned  thitt 

^  Mtm,  HM  uiij.^L  &on  (No.  44),  scn-ed  in  1757.  and  bo  foar  in«t<»d  of  three  of  the  fix  ."^hoQld 
ftecic«lit«ML  We  have  abvTt  flail i  five  of  the  ^ix  fcrved  in  the  Revolution;  bat  have  since 
ft«riM>d  tlmt  nil  were  actually  engnged  m  soldiers  in  the  patriot  army  in  that  war.  Thnnka 
artt  due  frcimrne  to  the  Hon.  Oliver  Warner^  Secretin'  of  LSlate.and  to  his  jrentlemanljr,  potlte 
^id  ohlt^nx  AAtiAtantf,  Messrs.  Pul^ifer  and  Hnwlcy,  for  their  kinfiness  in  allowing  search 

[ftec^sardii  of  tiiftt  offlee.  their  yrenerotia  sugge{^tion>%  &e^  which  haye  enahleu  me  to 
I  ooyiea  ofao  many  MufCcr  Bolls. 


186 


Pedigree  of  Gov,  If^UlU, 


[Apra, 


FEDIPl 


10^ 


OF    GEORGE    WILLIS,    ESQ.,    GOVERNOR 
CONNECTICUT, 

[Commuiilcated  bj  Wii,  WoKTHixciTosr  Fowi.br»  of  Bturham,  Ct] 


in  1642-3,  L^  copied  from  Berry '§ 


Tes  fnit^oined  Pedigree  ^f  George  Wyllys,  Governor  of^the  Connecticut  Colony 

re  vail 

w,  T!l^  tl *- ^ 

descent  from  the  Baronial  House  of  Wi-llt*,  from  wliicli  al^o  some  attetnpt  Ijfts 


,         ,  ^        ount^V  Genctilopcs* 

OAme  is  spelt  iii  the  Peditrrtx?,  prevailed  in  the  ( I7th)  seventeenth  c*<;nturv.         ^  m 
The  WilU\H  tamjly  (of  whom  wius  thecelebrattxl  unti4uar>'BrowTie  Willi-*)  cbiifl 


The  manner  in  which  ih% 
}  seventeenth  c*<;nturv. 


miide  to  deduce  the  lineage  of  Thomaa  Wellee,  lifili  Governor  of  the  Connecticut 
Colony. 

Bobert  Keverell^Clemence^  dau.  of  Sir  Adam  of  Kaplin,  ns  appcoreth  b^*^  deod. ' 


Austin  Kevercll^^gnes,  dau.  of  William  of  Frank  ton. 


Will] 


ijim  KeTerell^ 


I 


Thomas  Jeamcs  of  Fyio=Jane,  dau.  and  heir  of  William  KevercU. 
I 


I 
John  Jeamef?=^ 


Richard  Willefl  of  Napton=Jona,  dau.  and  heir  of  John  Jeamet. 


I 


Thomas  Willes  of  Nftpton= 
Co.  Warwick, _J 

Richiird  Willes  of  Napton=— 
Co.  Warwick. | 

Thomas  Willea  of  Priors^ 
Mareton  Co.  Warwick.     ) 


^icha 


KichaM  Willea  of  feni  Compton=  — -,  dau.  of   Grant  of  Norbroaka  ] 

Co.  Wiirwick. {     Warwick. 

William  Willes  of  Priors= ,  niece  of  Sir  John  Oerkct  de  Com,  NorUiton.^ 

Marston  Co.  Warwick.      j 

Ajnbrc*se  Willes  of  Feni^Aenes.  dnu.  of  Wm.  C^les  of  Great  Preston,  in 
Northumberland  Gent. 


Oimpton. 


J 


/v.. 


Ridmrd  Willesi  of  Fenny ^Dester,  dau.  of Cbambie  of  Wiliiams  Cot 

Gmpton  aforegcaid.      J      Oion. 

Richard  Willefl  of  Femiv  Corapton^Bridsjet,  dau.  of  William  Young,  of  ] 
af.regftiil,.x-t.20,  1611*.  [      Hall,  Com,  Salop,  Esq. 

George  Willes,  son  and  heir  ret.  8»  161^. 

(Came  to  New  Rn^jland  1638  and  ftcttlcd  at  Hartford— Second  Governor  of  ( 
necticut.    Ob.  1615.^ 


Thomas  Paine  of  Eastham  and  PoHerity, 


187 


TilOMAS  PAINE  OF  EASTHAM  AND  POSTERITY. 


r[Coinnmmciited  by  Josiah  P^iirs,  Harwich,  Maes,] 
Continued  ti«m  vm^  M. 

8.  John  Paine,*  eon  of  Thomtis'  and  Mary  Paine  of  EaBtham,  waa 
bom  in  that  township,  Mar.  14,  1660-1.  For  hia  first  wife  he  married 
Bennit  Freeman,  dan,  of  Maj.  John,  March  14,  1689,  She  was  born 
Feb*  18,  1610-1,  and  died  May  13,  1716,  aged  45  years,  2  mos.  and  25 
days.  She  was  "  a  most  lovely  and  obedient  wife  ;  a  tender  and  com- 
pasaiouate  mother;  a  kind  mistress;  a  courteous  neighbor ;  and  a 
Btei^dy  and  fast  frieod  ;  but  above  all,  and  that  which  crowned  all,  she 
raft  a  good  christian ;  one  who  delighted  to  attend  the  worship  of 
Sod,  both  in  public  and  private,  and  who  was  not  a  stranger  to  closet 
omm union  with  God/'*  She  was  buried  at  the  old  burying  ground 
Sn  Eastham.  For  his  second  wife  he  married  Miss  Alice,  dau.  of 
iKathaniel  Mayo,  of  Eastham,  who  was  boro  in  1686,  and  died  Mar.  3, 
|in!}-20.  ne  died,  after  a  long  illness,  Oct.  26,  1731,  aged  TO  years, 
n  mos,  and  12  days,  and  was  buried  in  the  burying  ground  in  tli6 
I  Bouth  Precinct  of  Eastham,  now  included  in  the  town  of  Orleans, 
I  where  stones  now  mark  the  spot.  Hie  wife  survived  him  many  years, 
^  and  died  Oct.  12,  1748,  aged  62  years,  and  lies  buried  by  the  side  of 
her  husband,  stones  marking  the  place,  John'  Paine  took  the  free- 
nuii*«  oath  at  Barnstable,  June,  1689,  and  in  1697  was  chosen  one  of 
tlie  Selectmen  of  Eastham,  and  was  re-elected  several  years.  In  1702 
be  was  chosen  Clerk  of  the  town,  and  was  re-elected  for  twenty-seven 
congecntive  years.  The  3'ear  fulltiwiiig  he  was  chosen  a  Representa- 
tive to  the  General  Court,  and  was  re-elected  in  1709,  1714,  1716, 
ni8,  1724  and  in  1725.  For  more  than  twenty  years  he  was  the 
Treasurer  of  the  town.  Upon  important  committees  he  was  often 
chosen,  and  oftentimes  was  selected  as  an  agent  to  transact  important 
buginess  of  the  town.  By  trade,  it  is  said,  he  was  a  "whale  boat 
Wider."  Many  of  his  spare  moments  were  given  to  the  muses,  and 
iome  of  his  poetic  eflusions  have  reached  our  time.  Hia  Journal, 
which  was  penned  by  him  between  the  years  1695  and  1717,  is  still 
€itant»  and  is  held  as  a  valuable  relic  by  his  descendant.  Few  men 
I  of  his  time  bore  a  better  reputatiou,  or  were  more  capable  as  public 
jierTantfi,  or  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  their  fellow  townsmen 
I  Jiore  than  he.  In  the  Church  he  took  an  active  part,  and  for  his  sin- 
fCene  devotion  to  its  interest,  and  for  bis  humble  and  exemplary  course 
Its  a  christian,  he  was  in  early  life  selected  a  deacon.  By  his  first 
I  wife,  Bennit,  ho  had  thirteen  children,  and  by  second  wife,  Alice,  five. 
B/Bennit,  had:  (46)  John,*  born  Sept.  18,  1690.  (47)  Mary,*  born 
•^an.  28,  1602^,  married  Samuel  Freeman,  Esq,,  Oct.  9,  1712,  who 
[died  ia  1770.     (48)  William,*  born  June  6,  1695,  married  Sarah  Bacon 


•  Sec  JonmAl  of  John  Faiue,  now  in  possession  of  BCiss  Fannie  E.  Paine,  dau.  of  Enoch 
[Pllne?,  Esq.  of  Boston,  a  ffroat-jjnincij^on* 

I    ^Q-n^—V    -     "    *  'ne,  for  1C24  read  1622;  page  Gl,  9  line,  for  1020  rcM  1G70;  pci^c  62, 

rlJlae,  rtsfti)  i  of  1674;  62  pugc,  6  line,  read  Mercif  Fpeemftn  instead  of  Mary 

ItRcman;  «-  i  line*  rend  Bentiei  instead  of  Bcanct ; '62  page,  25  line,  Ftad  MereV 

|¥Hbi«)  Fnxauai  in&i&id  of  Mary ;  63  pa^e,  34  line,  fw  Marcli  4,  1691,  read  Murdi  ll^ 


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77i(ma4  Paine  of  Emtliam  and  Poikiik/.  [Apd 


of  Barastable  in  1*121.    He  died  at  Lottisburg  in  1T46.     (49)  BeoJ 
mln/  boru  Feb.  22,  1696-7.     Early  ia  life  became  a  whaler.      On 
8tli  of  December,  1713,  being  in  a  boat  engaging  a  whale,  the  bott 
was  stove  to  pieces,  and  he  was  thrown  into  the  sea,  badly  won  1^3^.1 
He  was  rescued  from  his  perilous  situation,  but,  taking  cold,   a  :  v  r 
Bet  in,  and  he  fell  asleep  on  the  15th  of  December  following,  in  the 
17th  year  of  his  age.     "  lie  was  a  lovely  and  desirable  child/'  andi 
the  last  words  he  uttered  were,  **  Lord  Jesus  receive  my  soul/'    (5 
Sarah/  born  April  14,  1609,  married  Joshua  Knowles;  she  died  Ja 
11,  UV2.     {51}  Stillborn,  Jan.  28,  1700-1,     (52)  Elizabeth/  born  Ju 
2,  1702,  married  Jabez  Snow  ;  she  died  July  6,  1772.      (53)  Tbeop 
iluft*,  bom  Feb.  7,  1703-4,  marrieil  Hannah  Bacon.      He  died  in  17S 
(54)  Jobiah,*  born  March  8, 1705-6,  died  May  7,  1728.    (65)  Nathauie 
born  Nov,  IS,  1707,  and  died  Nov.  4, 1728.     (56)  Rebecca,*  born  ~ 
31,  170iJ,  married  Elisha  Linnel! ;  she  died  March,  1774.     (57)  Mercj 
born  April  3,  1712,  married  Ebene^er  Cook.     She  died  in  OoDnecticq 
in  June,  1774.      (58)   Benjamin,'*  born  March  18,  1714,  died  Jan.  l| 
1716-17.    By  wife  Alice  had:  (50)  nannah,n)orn  Jan,  11,  1720-1,  dw 
Jan,  28,  17234.     (00)  James,*  born  Dec,  17,  1723,  died  Feb.  23, 17S 
(Ol)  Thomas,*  born  April  6,  1725,  married  Ist,  Pbebe  Freeman  of  J 
Jan.  24,  1758 ;  for  second  wife,  Sarah  Stewart  Mason  of  Mt.  De 
(62)  Alice,*  born  Dec.  4,  1728,  married  Jason  Knowles;    she 
April  18,  1177.     (63)  Hannah*  (gt^ra.),  bom  Dec.  4,  1728.     She 
a  school  miutress,  and  died  unmarried. 

9.  Nicholas^  Paine,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Paine  of  Eaatha 

married  Hannah ,  about  1698.     He  settled  in  Eastham,  now 

leans.     At  the  death  of  his  father  in  1706,  he  came  into  possession  *. 
his  hUher's  homestead.     He  was  a  farmer.     Uis  wife,  Hannah,  die 
Jan.  24,  1731-2.     His  death  occurred  not  far  from  the  year  1733. 
will  bears  date  July  29,  1132,  and  was  proved  Nov.   15,  1733. 
homestead  he  gave  to  his  son-in-law,  William  Noricut  and  his 
Friscilla.     Not  long  after  the  death  of  Nicholas,  Noricut  sold  out  th 
old  homestead  to  Samuel  Knowles,  and  from  him  it  passed  into  the  hand 
of  Enos  Knuwlcs.      Noricut,  with  his  fiimily,  went  to  Oonnecticd 
That  part  of  the  homestead  upon  which  the  house  stood,  is  now  own^ 
and  occupied  by  James  Percival,  and  lays  in  Orleans,  at  the  head 
Higgins^s  Pond,  which  was  then  called  **  Kescayogansett  Cove,** 

By  wife  Hannah  he  had :  (04)  Thankful,*  born  March  14,  1699-170 

who  married Smith.     (65)  Priscilla,*  born  Oct.  16,  1701.  marri^ 

William  Noricut,  or  Norket,  of  Harwich,  in  1726,  who  with  her  bust 
emigrated  to  Connecticut,  and  settled  after  1735.     (66)  PhiHip,*^ 
Nov.  18,   1704,      He  died  April  10,   1725.      He  was  never 
(67)  Lois,*  born  Sept.  20,  1705,  married  Edmond  Freeman,  Apr 
lt26.     She  died  before  1739.     (68)  Abigail,*  born  Aug.  3,  1707,  mi 

ried Higgins.     (69)  Hannah/  born  Sept.  4,   1709,  probably  dm 

young.     (70)  Lydia,*  born ^,  married  Isaac  Young  of  WenileetJ 

10.  James'*  Paine p  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Paine  of  Easlham,  ^ 
boni  July  6,  1665.  He  married  Bethia,  dan.  of  Col.  John  Thacher  i 
Yarmouth,  and  grandaughter  of  Anthony  Thacher,  one  of  the 
tiers  of  Yarmouth,  April  9,  1091.  Ho  removed  to  Barnstable, 
was  admitted  a  townsman  May  29, 1689.  Here  he  was  a  school  teach* 
er,  miller,  cooper  and  clerk.  Like  his  brother  John  he  courted  the 
muses.    He  died  Nov.  12,  1728,  aged  63.    His  wife  Bethia  died  July 


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31,  1734,    By  wife  Bcthiab,  he  had  :  (71)  James,* bom  March  24, 1691, 

rbo  died  July  13,  1711,     (72)  Thomas/  born  April  9,  1694,   Diarried 

'mice  Treat,  at  Boston,  April  21,  1721.     (73)  Bctbiah/born  Feb.  23, 

In96,  died  July  29,  1697.     (74)  Bethiah,*  born  May  23,  1698,  married 

H.  Samuel  Russell  of  Barn8t4ible  in  1737*     {75}  Mary/ born  Aug,  13, 

poo,  married  Nathaniel  Freeman  of  Barnstable,  Oct.  11,  1723.     (76) 

iperience/ born  March  17,  1703,  married  Samuel  llunt  of  Norton 

efore  1726  ;   died  at  Xurton,  Juno,  1775.     (77)  Rebecca,*  born  April 

1705,  died  June  13,  1726,  without  isjsue. 

11.     Joseph^  Paine,  eon  of  Thomas*  and  Mary  Paine  of  Eaetham^ 

liamed  Patience  Sparrow,  daa.  of  Oapt.  Jonathan  of  Eastham,  May 

1691.      He  removed  to  Harwieh,  and  settled  in  that  part  now 

Brewster     He  died  Oct.  1,  1712.    His  widow  survived  him,  and  mar- 

1  Jubn  Jenkins  of  Barnstable,  Nov.  23,  1715*     Slie  died  "above 

Boty  years  of  age,'*  Oct.  28,  1745,      By  her  marriage  with  John 

akins  she  had  a  daughter  Patience,  born  Oct.  6,  1717.  '  Joseph 

hine  was  a  man  of  note  in  Harwich,      With  seven  others  he  estab- 

[led  the  First  Church  at  Harwich,  now  Brewster,  Oct.  17,  1700,     11© 

Selectman  in  1702,  1704,  1707,  1703,  1709,  1710  and  1712,  and 

Town  Clerk  from  1706  to  1712.     Ilia  estate  was  settled  by  bis  widow 

fttiencc.     It  was  valued  at  £497,  13.'*,  *ld.,  and  wa«  divided  in  1718, 

he  homestead  falling  to  Ebenexer,  the  eldest  son.     It  is  said  "  he  was 

ety  stout  and  fflung  Coll.  Thacher,  the  Champion  of  the  Bay  State 

|ltt  Commencement/'^     By  wife  Patience,  hia  children  were  :    (78) 

enezer.*  bom  in  Harwich,  April  28,  1692,  married  Rebecca  Mayo, 

lug.  12,  1714.     He  died  at  Chatham,  Aug.  1,  1762.      (79)  Hannah,* 

om  Jnly  15,  1694,  married  Philip   Russell  of  Barnstable,  Jan,   20» 

T15-lft,  and  Samuel  Bacon  of  Barnstable,  Jan,  7,   1724,      She  died 

ay  8,  1763.     (80)  Joseph,*  horn  March  29,   1697,  married  Hannah 

Dkensof  Barnstable,   March  24,   1724.     He   died  June  26,   1771* 

|8l)  Richard/  born  March  25,  1699,  married  Phebe  Myrick,   Oct.  21, 

726,     (S2)  Dorcas,*  born  May  27,  1701,  married  Joseph  Jenkins,  Jr. 

BaroHtable, ,1723;    removed  to  Wallingsford,   Ct„  in   1748* 

J)  Phebe,*  bom  July  30,  1703.     (84)  Reliance,*  born  Jan.  27,  1706, 

fcarried  Eleazar  Cobb  of  Barnstable,  Oct.   IS,   1724,  and  2dly,   John 

oletnan,  Aug,  5,  1738.     She  died  May  30,  1742,    (85)  Thomas,*  born 

»ec.  1,  1708,     (86)  Mary,*  bora  Dcc/l,  1708.     (87)  Jonathan,*  born 

10,  1710.     (88)  Experience,*  born  May  27,  1713,  married  Joseph 

iley  of  Yarmouth,  March  9,  1733-4, 

Ebenezer*  Paine,  eon  of  Samuel  Paino,  by  wife  Patience,  was 

in  Eastham,  and  married  Hannah  Hopkins,   dan,  of  Joshua  and 

Iftry,  Dec,  13,  1721.     She  was  the  grandaughtor  of  Giles  and  Cath- 

ine  (Whelden)   Hopkins,  and  great-grand  a  ugbter  of  Stephen  who 

ttc  over  in  tlie  Mayflower  in  1620.     He  was  a  whaleman,  and  tradi- 

m  says  he  carried  on  the  business  at  Billingsgate,  now   Well  fleet. 

173.^,  when  pursuing  the  whaling  business  upon  Nantucket  Shoals, 

t  Teasel  was  run  down  in  a  dark  night,  and  sank  with   all  haiifls  on 

He  was  the  principal  owner,  having  invested  nearly  ail  hia 

is  in  her.     He  was  attached  to  the  mib'tia  and  was  a  drum  major. 

lesUite  was  settled  by  his  widow  Hannah,  who  had  letters  granted 

•that  purpose.  May  2,  1734,     In  1742  she  married  Lieut.  Zachariah 

lalley  of  Ilarwich,  where  she  went  to  reside,      By  him  she  had  a 

'daaghter  Jane,  who  marned  John  Long,  and  who  hung  herself  ia  a 


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Thomas  Paine  of  Eastham  and  Potierittf,  [Ap 


deranged  state,  Nov.  5,  1778.  Widow  Hannah  died  at  tiie  bouse 
ber  son  Ebene^er,  at  Harwich,  having  outlived  her  husband,  Oct.  24 
1793,  aged  92  years,  and  was  buried  by  the  side  of  her  second  busbaod 
in  the  old  burying  ground  at  Harwich,  By  wife  Hannah,  Ebenezer 
Paine  had:  (89)  Ebenezer/  born  Nov.  26,  1722,  who  for  first  wifi 
married  Mary,  dau.  of  William  Allen*  of  Yarmouth,  Feb.  21,  IToO-l,'' 
but  she  dyitig  in  travail  in  March,  1756,  be  again  married  Miss  Thiiok* 
ful  White,  dau.  of  Eben,  atid  Mary  White  of  Yarmuuth,  who 
grandson  of  Peregrine  White,  Sept,  2,  1756,  by  Rev.  Grindal  Kawsofi 
He  settled  in  Harwich,  and  died  of  cancer,  April  2S,  1795.  His  wifl 
Thankful  died  of  palsy,  Aug.  19,  1806,  (90)  Elizabeth,*  bom  July! 
1724.  (91)  Nathaniel,*  born  Aug.  15,  1727,  He  was  eupposed 
have  been  lost  at  sea  when  a  young  man.  He  was  unmarried,  (921 
Abigail,*  born  June  29,  1729.  (93)  Hannah,*  born  in  1732,  marrie 
John  Allen  of  Harwich,  by  Rev,  Edward  Pell,  June  25,  1750,  Sh 
was  a  woman  of  strong  mind.  She  died  April  25,  1808,  aged  76, 
bOioua  fever. 

18,  Joshua*  Paine,  son  of  SamueP  and  Patience  Paine  of  Eastha 
married  Phebe  Snow,  March  19,  1729.      His  place  was  in  Eastha 
Joshua  Paine,  a  descendant,  now  owns  it.     The  date  of  his  death  do 
Dot  appear.     By  wife  Phebe  he  had  :  (94)  Samuel,*  bom  Jan.  29,  1739 
He  settled,  it  is  said,  in    Boston,   and  was  a  merchant  there.      (95| 
Isaac,*  born  Jan.  13,  1737,  married,  Ist,  Eebecca  Stephens,  Mayl 
1765 ;  2d,  Abigail  Snow,  in  1762.     He  died  Mar,  30,  ISIO.     (96)  Set! 
born  June  12,  1740,  and  married  Sarah  Sears.     He  died  m  Easthan 
April  29,  1775.     Place  lately  occupied  by  Dea.  Seth  Paine.      His 
Seth  died  very  aged  at  Rutland,  Meiga  Co.,  Ohio,  several  years  sioc^ 

(97)  JoBhua,*  boru  May  10,  1743,  married  Mercy  Higgins,  April 
1768,     He  went  to  Maine. 

19.  Isaac*  Paine,  son  of  Samue!'  and  Patience  of  Eaatham,  bom  Ja 
13,  1608-9,  probably  died  without  issue,  in  1764. 

24.     Thomas*  Paine,  Esq.,  son  of  Thomas*  and  Hannah  of  Trur 
married  Thankful  Cobb,  May  12,  1705,     Ho  died  at  Truro,  April  l4 
1745.     His  widow,  Thankful,  died  April  7,   1771,  in  her  S4th  yea 
He  was  a  very  prominent  man  in  Tniro.     For  many  years  a  Justio 
selectman  and  clerk.     He  was  "  one  of  the  Elders  of  the  Church 
Christ  in  Truro."     He  died  intestate.      By  wife  Thankful,  he  had 

(98)  Thankful,*  born  in  Eastham,  Juno  9,  1707.  (99)  Thomas,*  boij 
in  Truro,  May  23,  1710,  married  Mary  Yickerice,  Sept.  23, 1731.  ^ 
died  June  4,  1752,  in  his  43d  year.     By  trade  he  was  a  blacksmithT 

(100)  James,*  born  April  15,  1712,  died  April  2,  1734,  aged  21  years, 

(101)  Hannah,*  born  Dec.  20,  1713,  (102)  Hugh,*  born  April  U, 
1715,  married  Jerusha  Rich,  Scf^t.  4,  1740.  He  died  Nov.  28,  1748, 
aged  32.  By  trade  a  carpenter.  (103)  Sam ueL*  born  May  2,  1718, 
married  Sarah  Crowell,  Feb.  13,  1752.  (104)  Mary,*  born  March  20, 
1T1-.     (105)  Abner,*  born  Jan.   11,    1721-2,   married  Jane 

(106)  Ephraim,*  born  May  10,  1723.     Nothing  farther  of  him  knOT" 

(107)  Mercy,*   born   Oct.  7.  1725.     (108) ,  son,  Oct.  13,  173 


•  WtlliAm  AUen  was  (torn  Salem,  Masa,    Ho  married  SaiwinfUj  Rydor  of  Yarmoathyl 
172S.    He  had  two  thifdren :  JoUn,  Iwrn  Nov.  24,  1729,  who  iminied  Hannah  Piune 
settle*!  ill  Harwich,  and  who  died  April  2&,  1S09;  Uauy,  bora  Sepu  2,  1731,  wbo  ; 
Ebca.  Poiue,  m  ahovv  siUU-d. 


Thmnas  Paine  of  Eastkam  and  Poslenly. 


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Sarah  *  born  May  20,  1730,  died  unmarried,  Oct  12,  It 58,  in 

year. 
Jonathan^  Paine,  son  of  Thomae,*  Eeqr.,  of  Truro,  was  twice 
led  and  settled  in  Truro.  For  bis  first  wife  he  married  Sarah, 
Phterof  Danid  Mayo,  Oct.  7,  1709.  She  dymfs:  Feb.  11,  1718-19, 
1 21.  be  a^ain  married  Mary  Purringtou,  of  Truro,  June  29,  1719. 
'led  May  17,  176t*,  iu  her  79th  yean  He  died  May  23,  1752,  in  hia 
jear.  He  was  a  tn an  of  note  in  that  town,  lie  made  his  will 
28,  1752  ;  it  was  proved  June  23,  1753,  Bv  wives  he  had  :  (  UO) 
born  Sept.  3,  1710,  who  died  Sept.  15,  ITIO.  (11 1)  Jonathan,^ 
Sept.  20,  1711,  married  Hannah  Lombard,  March  6,  1739-40, 
April  6,  1761.  (112)  Sarah,*  born  Juno  17,  1714.  married  An- 
Snow,  March  2,  1731-2.  (113)  Daniel,*  borii  May  12,  1716, 
id  Elizabeth  Fletcher,  June  25,  174L  He  di^d  Jan,  25,  1785. 
Elizabeth/  born  Dec,  14.  1718,  married  Thomas  Smith,  Jr., 
16.  1741-2.  (115)  Hannah,*  born  Feb,  9,  172U2,  married  Isaac 
rell,  of  Yarmouth,  June  14,  1743-4.  (116)  Pbele/  born  Dec.  2, 
L  married  Constant  Uopkinn,  Deo.  1,  1743. 

[     Elkanah*  Paiue,  son  of  Thomas,*  Esqr.,  and  Hannah,  of  Truro, 

ted  Reliance  Young,  of  Eastham,  March  10,  171^-20,    His  second 

W^B  Hannah,  living  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which  took  place  in 

His  children  were  :   (117)  Klisha,*  born   Ang.  21,    1721,  wiio 

fed  Thankful    Hopkins,   June    12,    174G.     (118)  Elkanah.*  born 

4,  1724,  married  Mary  Rich,  Aug.  29,   1745.     He  died  April  7, 

(119)  Phineas,"   born   Feb.   20,    1727-8,   married  Mary^^ . 

!ted,  aged  55,  April  30,  1781,     (120)  Sarah,*  horn  April  15,  1730, 
led  Lewis  Lombard,  March   1,  1753.     (121)  Joshua,*  born  Nov, 

:?32,  married  Elizabeth .     (122J  Reiianco,* , 

Moses  Paine,*  son  of  Thomas,*  Esq.,  and  Hannah  bis  wife,  of 
JD^  married  Margary  Mayo  at  Yarmouth,  April  14.  1720.  He 
deacon  of  the  church  at  Truro,  and  a  man  of  note  in  the  town. 
lied  Oct.  4,  1764.  Wife  Margary  died  July  10,  1749,  aged  "  about 
[  Their  children  were:  (123)  Abigail,*  horn  March  2,  1720-^1, 
led  Barnabas  Higgins,  March  2,  1748-9.  (124)  Sarah/  born 
Wi  11,  1722^3,  died  April  23,  1733.  (125)  Margary,*  born  Dec. 
1724,  married  Andrew  Cidlins,  Oct.  16,1746.      (126)    llannab,* 

[Jiine  1,    1726-7,  married ^  Lombard.     (127)  Susanah,*  boro 

[20,  1728-^9,  died   March  8,  1748-9.     (128)  Lydia,'  born  April  8, 

married Gross.     (129)  Sarah,*  born  Dee.  22,  1733.     (130) 

^>eth,*   born   June    15,    1735,   died  about  July  12,  1741.     (131) 
i/bom  Sept.  11,  1737. 

[T^b«oot]itMafril.] 


_  Btl&lets. — In  aauld  paper,  dated,  I/:nidon ,  May  29, 1745, 1  find  tbis  record: — 
llioiinis  Bulkley  is  dead,  and  die<I  without  a  will,  so  tlmt  vcni  luni;  nrfthing 
D  do,  but  prove  thnt  you  are  heirs  U>  j*  estate  ;  he  wri>te  n  wiM  but  fli«l  nut  sign 
Bwiiihe<1f^' "•'^"'  "^'t  iivp  (lapt.  Pet^ir  Bulkley  300  pound  a  yt-ar  sterling,  and 

BOtieoo^^  i:tnd-WTitin^«  nnd  there  i?*5  no  direction  to  it  hy  whteh  to 

b  whom  It  wu^Bctit.     1  furin'^h  tliir^  tmnsi'ript,  liopinij  it  mny  aid  innne  one 
who  may,  now  or  liert^afler,  be  eni^aged  on  a  geoenlogj-  uf  the  Bulk  leys. 


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Record*  of  the  Tovm  of  Hartford. 


[April, 


RECORDS   OF  THE  TOWX  OF  HARTFORD,  CT. 

[Tnujscribed  by  Hon*  Lucnjs  M.  Boltwood,  Wusbington,  D*  C] 
CoDtloiMd  fhini  foi  XX.  iMkge  037. 

JoH^  Watson,  eon  of  John  and  Samh  Wateon,  y*2d,  was  bom  Ji 
9,1708;  Mary  was  born  Aug.  29,  1710;  Margaret  WHtsoo 
born  June  7,  1715  ;  Abigail  Watson  was  born  Aug,  16,  1717  ;  Eliza- 
beth Watson  was  born  Aug.  14,  1719  ;  Sarah  Watson  was  boru  June 
23,  1721  ;  Deborah  Watson  wan  born  April  26,  1723. 

Sarah  Wright*  the  daughter  of  (ieorge  VVrigbt  and  Marah  his  wife, 
was  born  Oct  17.  1695  ;  Eliz»  Wnght  was  born  Feb.  1,  1700  ;  M»^ 
iha  Wright  was  bom  July  5,  1703  ;  llez  Wriglit  was  born  June  27, 
1707  ;  George  Wright,  J  on  at  h.  Wnght,  twins,  were  born  Oct.  11, 
1709, 

Siebbin  Wilgon,  son  of  John  Wilson  and  Mary  his  wife,  was 
Sept.  U,  1708;    Mary   Wilson  was  born  Feb.  26,  1709-10;   Ly( 
Wilson  wa«  horn  Jan.  26*  1710-11. 

Cypria  Webster,  son  of  William  Webster  and  Sarah  his  wife, 
born  Sept.  3,  1701;   Wm.    Webster  was  born  Sept.  3,  1703;  Moi 
Webster  was  born  Sept,  26^  1706 ;  Susanna  Webster  was  born  A] 
18,  1710. 

John   Wells,  son  of  Sam"  Wells  and   Rachel  hie  wife> 
Oct.  2,  1710,     Moses  Webster,  son  of  Moses  Webster  and  Mi 
wife,  was  born   Sept.   3,   1734  ;  Abijab   Webster  was  born  Jan 
1735-6.     Cornelius  Williams,  sou  of  Gabriel  Williams  and  Hannah 
wife,  was  born  June  10,  1710. 

Elisha  Webster,  son  of  John  Webster  and  Abiel  his  wife*  was 
Nor.  12,  1713;  Jerusha  was  born  Jan.  8,  1714-5;  Aaron  was  b 
Feb.  24.  1716-7  :  Ahiel  was  born  July  31.  1718  ;  Mary  Webster 
born  July  23,  1720;  Sarah  Webster  was  born  April  U,  1722;  Ana 
Webster  wa^  bnrn  April  18,  1724;  Susannah  Webster  was  bom  July 
8,  1726;  John  Webster  was  born  Sept.  4,  1728. 

Sarah  Kellogg,  daughter  of  Isaac  Kellogg  and  Mary  his  wife,  was 
born  Feb.  16,  1734-5  ;  Margaret  was  born  June  12, 1737  ;  Ann  andE«t- 
her  was  born  Aug.  21,  1729 — which  are  twins  ;  Huldah  was  bora 
March  30,  1742. 

Hann:ih  Pitkin,  daughter  of  Roger  Pitkin  and  Hannah  Pitkin,  was 
born  May  30*  1684  ;  Caleb  Pitkin  was  born  Aug.  19,  16^7  ;  Mary 
Pitkin  was  bijrn  Dec.  30,  1689:  KacheU  Pitkin  was  born  Dec.  14, 
169 [2?];  Mabell  Pitkin  was  bom  Dec.  5,  1695.  She  dyed  fouHecn 
days  after.  Jonath.  Pilkin  was  born  March  1,  1696  ;  Mabell  Pitkin, 
2'\  was  bi^rn  March  23*  1700  ;  Roger  Pitkin  was  born  Oct.  29,  1703. 
Hannah  Pitkin,  the  wife  of  Roger  Pitkin,  dyed  Nov,  1,  1703, 

Dorothy  Hills,  daughter  of  Jonath.  Hills  and  Eforathy  his  wife,  was 
bom  Feb.  9,  1696;  Jonath.  Hills  was  boru  Dec.  20*  1699;  Darid 
Hills  was  born  Oct.  2,  1702;  Sarah  Hills  was  born  Oct.  1,  1706; 
Tliaiikfnil  llill8  wjis  born  Dec.  9,  1710.  John  Hills,  son  of  John  HiU« 
and  Margaret  Hills  bis  wife,  was  Inirn  Apnl  20,  1705  :  Margsvret  HiMs 
was  born  July  12,  1710  ;  Huldah  Hills  was  bom  July  20,  1712;  Joan- 
nab  Hills  was  born  May  17,  1715. 


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Records  of  the  Totm  of  Hartford, 


198 


Tho.  Spencer,  son  of  Tho.  Spencer,  was  born  Sept.  8,  1695;  Sarah 
Spencer  was  born  May  15*  lti97  ;  Joseph  Spencer  was  bora  June  12, 
1703  ;  Silas  Spencer  was  born  April  27,  ITnti  ;  Gideon  Spencer  was 
bom  July  25,  1708.  Timothy  Spencer,  son  fif  Tho,  Spencer  and  Sarah 
his  wife,  was  born  July  25,  17 —  ;    Lois  Spencer  was   born  Jan,    15, 

171[7?]. 

Sarah  Ashly,  daughter  of  Jonnth.  Aehly  and  Eliz*  his  wife,  was  bom 
Feb,  19,  1704-5;  Jonath.  Ashly  was  born  Ang.  10,  1706,  he  dyed 
Dec.  4,1108;  Eliz' Ashly  was  bora  Sept.  24,1708;  Jonath.  Ashly 
fras  boro  Aprill  30,  1710.  Mary  Ashly,  dan>(hter  of  Joseph  and  Mary 
,  waH  born  June  11,  IT  10.  John  Austin,  boh  of  Joha  Austin 
ary  hia  wife,  was  born  Oct.  15,  U14. 

nah  Arnold,  daughter  of  John  Arnold  and  Hanoa  his  wife,  was 
rn  Nov.  20,  1710  ;  Mary  was  born  March  3,  1713  ;  Johp  was  born 
oly  8,  1715;  Saruli  was  born  Dec.  1,  1717  ;  Sam"  was  born  March  16, 
t20-l  ;  Henry  was  bora  July  27,  1722, 
Ruth  Benton,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  Benton,  wa^  born  Feb. 
1698:  Sarah  Benton  was  born  June  2H,  1700;  Lsaac  Benton  was 
m  Feb.  8,  1702  :  Aaron  Benton  was  born  May  24,  1704  ;  Jemima 
jutoQ  was  born  March  24,  1708  ;  Jelnei  Benton  was  born  Jan.  27, 
ftlQ.  John  Butl&r,  son  of  John  Butlar  and  Mercy  hia  wife,  was  born 
h  T,  1707-8. 
Susannah  Bunce,  daughter  of  Thomas  Bunco  and  Eliz*  his  wife,  was 
m  Oct,  22,  1710.  Jsaac  Bull,  son  of  Daiiiell  Bull  and  Mary  his 
rife,  was  bora  Oct.  9,  1714. 
Hary  Bur,  the  dang-hter  of  Sam"  Bur  and  Mercy  his  wife,  was  born 
fpt.  25,  1691  ;  Martha  was  born  Jan,  14,  16113;  Baysey  was  born 
feb.  27,  1695  ;  Sam'^  was  born  May  4,  1697, 

Daniel  Bull,  son  of  Daniel  Bull,  was  born ;  Joseph  Bull^  son 

Dan"  Bull,  was  born  Feb,  11.  1735-^6. 

Tho*  Cadwell,  son  of  Tho.  Cudwell  and  Banner,  was  born  June  30, 
68^;  Jonath.  was  born  Au^.    15,   1694;   James  was  born  April  3, 
697  ;  Hanner  was  bora  xVpnl  8,  1699  ;  ^Mohcs  was  born  July  7,  1703 ; 
lois  was  born  Feb,  18,  1705-6;  Aaron  was  bora  April  9,  1710, 
Joseph  Collyer,  eon  of  Joseph  Collyer  and  Sarah  his  wife,  was  boru 
Mj  4,    1696  ;  Mary  Collyer  wtis   born  June  9.  1698  ;  Abelt  Collyer 
bom  Sept.  21,   1700.  dyed  tlie  next  May  following;  Sarah  Col- 
as bora   Nov.  6,   1702;    Abel)  Collyer,  2d,  was  born  Nov.  20, 
Ilez.  Collyer  was  born  March  22,  1707  ;  Dati"  Collyer  was  born 
h  IT»  1709-10.    Eliza  Collyer,  daughter  of  John  Collyer  and  Eliz* 
wife,  WAS  born  April  14.  1706  ;  Unice  Collyer  was  born  Nov.  15, 
Q^^     Daniel,  son  to  DanieU  and  Sarah  Davidson,  born  March  23^ 

Copia  Vera  as  on  Ipswich  Record. 

Attest,  Daniel  Eogers,   Ohrh, 

^Thomas  Bid  well,   the  «on  of  Tho;  and  Prudence  Bid  well,  wa8  born 

»y  16,  1711;  Abigail  was  born   Aug»   IH,    171*^;   Jonath,  was  born 

12,  1714-5;  Adonijah  Bidwidl  was  bora   Oct.  18,  1716,     Sarah 

clow,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  Bigelow,  was  born  Sept.   6, 

lames  EnsignOi  son  of  James  Ensigne  and  Lydia  his  wife,  was  born 
^  1690-1  ;  Lydia  Ensigne  was  born  Aug.  7,  1692 ;  Jonatk.  En- 
XXll.  17* 


194 


Record*  of  the  Taum  of  Bartfopd. 


[Apr 


iigne  was  born  March  20,  1695-6  ;  Eben*  Ensigne  was  bom  March 
1698-9  ;  Anna,  dau^^ht'  of  s**  James  Ensigne  and  Anna  bis  2d  wife, 
born  Dec*   10,   1706  ;  Joseph  Ensigne  was  bom  July  24.  1708  ;  Mj 
Eneig-ne  was  born  Feb,  1,  ITIJ  ;  Sam*^  Ensigne  wasbom  A  prill  20,  KlIT 

Sarah  Easton*  the  daughter  of  John  Ejiston  and  Sarah  his  wife,  wag 
born  May  27,  1714;  John  Eaaton  was  bom  Aprill  15,  1T17  ;  Eliai 
Easlon  was  bom  July  16,  1719. 

Eliz'  Ensigne,  daughter  of  John  Ensign  and  Eliz*'  his  wifc»  was  bo: 
Dec.  18,  1721  ;  Elisha  Ensign  was  born  Dec.   29,  1729.     Nath''  " 
the  son  of  Juhn  Crow  and  Slabell  his  wife,  was  born  July  3**  11»  1711 

Eli  Colton,  the  son  of  Bonjarniii  Colton  and  Ruth  his  wife,  was  bo 
Aug.  8,  1716;  Ruth  Culton  was  bom  Nov.  5,  1718  ;  Theodocrus 
ton  was  born  July  13,  1721  ;  Benjamin  Colton  was  born  June  4.  ITS 
Luciiia  Colton,   daughter  of  Benjamin  Colton  and  Elizabeth  bis  wi 
was  bom  March  8,  1726-7  ;   Eli// Culton  was  born  Nov.  28,  1728, 

Elizabeth  Cole,  daughter  of  Julin  Cole  and  Eliz*  his  wife,  was  boi 
Sept  8,  1714  ;  Jerusba  Cole  was  bom  June  17,  1716  ;  Lydia  Cole 
born  Nov.  2,  1718. 

Eliz'  Gross,   the  daughter  of  John  Grass  and  Mary  his  wifCi 
born  Feb.  23,  171*^-11  ;  Mary  was  bom  Aug.  17,  1712. 

Sybil  I  Gillet,  the  daughter  of  Joseph  Gillet,  3d,  and  Ann  bis  wi 
was  born  Dec.  1,  1733.     Alice  Goodwin  was  born  May  19,  1710. 

Abigail   Goodwin,  the  daughter  of  Sam"  Goodwin  and   Mary 
wife,  was  bom  Dec.  12,  1708  ;  Sam"  was  horn  Oct.  10,  ITIO. 

Sanih  Gillett,  daughter  of  Joseph  Gillet  and  Sarah  bis  wife,  wi 
bom  March  3,  1719,  ai*d  dyed  ttie  2lKt  of  May  after  ;    Sarah  Gilli 
the  2d,  was  born  Aug,  6,  1722  ;  Mary  Gillet  was  born  April  19,  17 
Joseph   Gillet  was   born  Aug,   U,   1726;    Stephen  Gillet  was  " 
March  21,  1728;  Asa  Gillit  was  bora  Feb.  17,  1731  ;   Michael  Gi] 
was  born  May  7,  1733, 

Abigail,  the  daughter  of  Nath"  Hooker  aud  Marv  bis  wife, 
born  Oct.  4,  1707  ;  Nath"  Hooker  was  born  Oct  6,  17*10.     Jolin  lIo| 
kins,  the  son  of  Consider  and   Elizabeth  Hopkins,  waa  born  Sept 
1714. 

Eliz'  Harris,  daughter  of  Wm,  Harris,  waa  born  Dec,   17,  16! 
Sarah  Harris  was  born  Auguet,  1700  ;  Roh*  Harris  was  born  July 
1703  ;  Mary  Harris  was  born  July  2,   1705;    Wm.   narris  was  boi 
Jan.  14,  1708-9;  Thankfull  Harris  was  horn^Dec.  27,  1709. 

Sarah  Brown,  daught*^  of  Benoni  and  Eliz'  was  born  May  23,  171 
Benoni  Brown  was  born  Feb.  27,  1719-20. 

Zacheus  Watson,  son  of  Cyp.  Wat8on  and  E!iz*  bis  wife,  was 
Nov.  27,  1715*,  Cyprian  Watson  was  born  Aug.   1,   1718,    and  dyi 
Sept.  Ist  following;  Eliza  Watson  was  born  tlie  9th  of  July,   1711 

Deliverance  Graves  was  born  Oct.  27,  1713.    Ebenezar  Gilbert, 
eon  of  Eben*  Gilbert  and  Esther  his  wife,  wag  born  Feb,  25,  ITU-l 

Sam"  Kellogg,  son  of  Isaac  Kellogg  and   Mary  his  wife,  was 
Nov.  15»  1718  ;  Abram  Kollog,  son  of  Isaac  Kellog,  was  born  Jan.  H 
1720-21  ;  Mary  Kellogg  was  born    March    12,    1722--3 ;    Theodo 
Kellogg  was   born   Juno   7*  1724[5?'|;  Isaac  Kellogg,  born  Oct. 
1727;  Noah  Kellogg,  born  Dec.  13,  1729;  Joseph  Kellogg,  born  0<1 
U.  1731  ;  Ashbell  Kellogg,  born  Oct.  18,  1732.     Sarah  Kellogg,    ' 
daughter  of  Sam"  Kellogg,  Juu^  and  Hannah  hie  wife,  was  born  Nc 
21[2?],  1712. 


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Records  of  the  Tawn  of  Hartford. 


196 


Bidwell,  BOQ  of  Dan"  Bid  well  and  EHx*  his  first  wife,  was 
.  19,  1682;  Dorothy,  daught' of  6-^  Dan"  Bidwell,  and  Doro- 
d  wife,  was  born  Aug.  IS,  1692  ;  Marj  Bid  well  was  bom 
5ept,  18,  1694;  Hantiah  was  born  June  2,  1697;  Aaron  wan  born 
^3c.  5,  1690;  Ebenezer  was  born  Feb.  28,  1701  ;  William  was  born 
fcv.  27.  1703  ;  Lydia  was  born  Aprill  20,  1705. 

pSarah  Barnard,  daughter  of  Samuul  Barnard  and  Sarah  his  wife,  waa 
|>orn  May  15,  1715.  Elisha  Butlar  and  Elizabeth  Butlar;  son  and 
latighler  of  Thomas  Butlar  and  Abigail  bie  wife,  was  born  Sept.  30, 
1716.     William  Brown,  son  of  Benony  Brown  and  Elizabeth  hia  wife, 

Eborn  Dec.  24,  1716.  Sara^^  Barnard,  scm  of  Sam"  and  Sarah  Bar- 
,  was  born  Aug.  9,  1717.  Isaac  Judd,  son  of  Joseph  Jndd  and 
ibetb  his  wife,  was  born  Nov.  18,  1727.  Lucy  Merrelle,  the  dangbt' 
of  Jacob  Merrell  and  Abigail  his  wife,  was  born  Feb.  16,  1710:11  ; 
Dyed  Aug.  23,  1712  ;  Jacob  was  born  Nov.  19,  1712.  Sarah  Mighill, 
i^e  daughter  of  Sam"  Mighill,  was  born  Sept.  20,  1712. 

John   Moody,    son    of  John   Moody  and   Sarah  his  wife,  was  born 

.  7,  1701  ;  Sarah  Moody  was  born  May  21,   1702  ;    Ilanna  Moody 

born  Aug,  11,  1703  ;  Sam"  Moody  was  born  Dec.  7,  1704;   Ebnz. 

Ddy  waa  born   Sept.  6,   1706  ;    Silence  Moody  was  horn  Oct.  21, 

Patience  Moody  was  born   April  5,  1709;  Nath'^  Moody  was 

^Sept.  17,  1712  ;  Adonijah  Moody  was  born   May   13,  1717,     Sa- 

l  Marsh,  daughter  of  John  Marsh  and  Susanna  his  wife,  was  born 

^^  JT 10-11. 

MerrelU  daughter  of  Abram  Merrells  and  Prudence  his  wifei 
Jan.  16,  1704;  Joseph  was  bonj  March  28,  1707  ;  Margret 
June  6,  1709;  Elizabeth  was  born  Oct.  2,  1711  ;  Jerusha 
bom  Nov.  19,  1713.  Elizabeth  Merrells,  daughter  of  Abram 
Uerrels,  Jun',  w*as  born  Dec.  11,  1727  ;  Abigail  Merrells  was 
b<*ra  Aug.  4[3  ?],  1729  ;  Prudence  Merrells  was  born  Nov.  7. 
n3[3>].  ThankfuU  Merrells,  the  daughter  of  Abell  Merrells  and 
Mobell  his  wife,  was  born  March  25,  1712  ;  Mary  Merrells  was 
ora  Nov.  7,  1713;  Thomas  Merrells  was  born  Nov.  25,  1715; 
I Wl  Merrells  was  born  Jan.  25,  1717-8;  Elijah  Merrells  was  born 
fay  9,  1720  ;  Susannah  Merrells  was  born  July  7,  1722.  Sibill  Shep- 
tUe  dan jsfht' of  Joseph  Sbepard  and  Kliz'  his  wife,  was  born  June 
i712.  Eicbard  Edwards,  son  of  John  Edwards,  waa  born  Oct.  6, 
John  Edwards,  son  of  John  and  Cluistian  Edwards,  was  born 
tt.  8,  173a-4. 

Thomas  Olmetead,  son  of  Thomas  Olmstcad  and  Hannah  his  wife, 
born   Aug.   10,   1692;    Stephen  was  born  Jan.    1,  1694;  Sarah 
ead  was  born  Jan.   1,   1696  ;  Rebecca  Obostead  was  born  Oct, 
,1697  ;  Damaras  Olmslead  was  born  May  28,  1699;  Danicll   Olra- 
\\\  was  born  Sept.  28.  1701  ;  Ilanna  Olmslead  was  born  Jan,  26, 
701;  Jerusha  Olmslead  was  born  March  28,  1706.      Susannah   Rich- 
da,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Abigail  Richards,  was  born  May  the  12th, 

I  John  HopTdns,  son  of  Consider  Hopkins  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  waa 
orn  Sept.  5,  1714;   Elizabeth  Hopkins  was  born  Jan.  28,   1715-6; 
Hopkins  was  bom  Aug.  8,    1719;    Consider  Hopkins  was  born 
Ivtje  9,  1723  ;  Eli  as  Hopkins  was  born  July  5,  1726. 

Sarah  Porter,  of  Hez.  Porter  and  Hannah  bis  wife,  was  bom  Ang, 
la,  1708  ;  Mabell  Porter  was  born  May  30,  1710. 

(To  be  coatinaed.] 


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NOTES    AND    QUERIES. 

Mr»  tJpttAM's  orrsioN  of  run  vamtk  or  ths  Reoister  and  sihtur  PuBUrATrovi.— 
Hon.  Charles  W.  Uphtun,  in  the  ptrftice  to  hb  recently  pubti.shecl  work  on  ihe^lem 
Witch  croft  t  after  iciknowietiffing  Ills  indebtedness  tt»  the  Is'ew  EnglAud  liisturioal  And 
Genealoifittil  Regialer  and  utTier  kindred  work^?,  remnrkw  :— 

**  Such  works  as  these  are  j>r. Aiding  the  maieriali*  that  will  i^ecupe  ti>  our  country 
fi  liijitory  ^ch  a^  no  other  nation  t^n  Iinve.  Our  first  age  will  not  l»e  <ihix>aded  m 
darkiie^  and  confines!  to  fahle,  but^  in  all  its  details^  brought  within  the  realm  of 
knowletlgc.  Every  j)erson  who  dej^irw*  to  preserve  the  meniofy  of  his  ttnee«ton(f  and 
appret'iate  the  eleuicnts  t>f  our  in^'tit4it)(»ni»  and  civilization^  ought  to  place  tbev 
Works,  and  othern  like  them,  on  the  nihelTej?  of  hln  lihrar>%  in  an  unbroken  and  eon* 
tinning  series »  A  debt  i»f  ^j^titude  h  due  to  tiie  enrntf^t,  hiburiouj^  and  disinlereitBl 
students  who  arc  «>iitribu ting  the  resultH  of  their  explnratioas  to  tlie  ttieasuwa  of 
antitiuarian  and  gcnettfttgit-al  lenming  which  accutnulate  in  the^  publicati^ina.** 

John  Harvard's  Gr.ive. — The  Rev.  John  nanmrd  came  to  the  Kew  World  in  tbi 
nutninn  of  1637  ;  tm^k  the  oath  of  frpemnn  SeptemJier  2d,  of  that  year,  and  settled 
in  Chnrl**^town ;  dietl  SepteinWr^  1638,  and  bis  binly  was  interred  in  the  biirvlnff 
ground  of  that  town^  where  it  baa  ^inoc  reposed.  The  ffrav^slooe  was  destr 
cairrk'd  away  during  the  Revoiutktn :  but  the  spi!>t  where  be  waa  bariiHi  v, 
forgotten,  and  in  1838  (Sept.  2flth)  the  Alumni  of  Hanard  College  caused  a  eMtt 
of  granite  to  be  placed  ovur  his  grave. 

Dedication   of  a  Rom w    Catholic  Chi'uch  in  Cambriix5E. — ^Tbe  new  church 
situated  at  the  Corner  of  llarXarfl  and  Ni^rfolk  Htroet*,  in  Cambridgcport,  the  conwa^ 
Btone  of  which  waylaid  with  hnpoi^ing  cercinonii*  July  15  ^  1866,  was  dedicated  yc^ 
terday  (Sunday,  March  8,  1868)  fiirennon*     Eigbt*Ht*vcrcnd  Bishop  Williami  cjob* 
ductcKl  the  cereinonie^  uf  conaecration,  and  he  wsik  ni-^ii^tcd  hy  auite  a  ln'"^->  r,.,mk*p 
of  clergymen,  am nng  whom  were  Kev.  Father  Lynden,  \\  G,,  Kcv.  Wj 
of  Boston,  M,  Mtirjibvof  Fall  River,  Flood  of  Waltham,  Canney  uf  Lcxi;  ,^ 
pleB  of  Charieetowu,  llonahue  and  O^Connor  of  East  Cambridge,  Corcoran  ul  i> 
and  Brennan  of  Water  town. 

The  Washtngton  Medals.— At  th^  tenth  annual  meeting  of  "the  NuiDi 
and  Antiquarian  S«>ciety  of  Philadelphia/*  held  on  the  evening  of  Jan.  'J-i      i 
Charles  11.  Hart  made  the  Ibllowing  eommuni  eat  ion,  which  may  interest  our  reatkni; 

"In  m^'  paj>cr  on  *  National  Mcdal-H,'  read  I  w  fore  the  society  in  November.  I88ft» 
and  publUheu  in  the  '  Proceedings  *  lately  t^sued,  on  the  fintt  page  appears  tiie  kl' 
lowing : — 

"  T^e  mcdak  nf  the  Revolution  were  all  struck  in  France,  and  at  the  tinh    ' 
Were  issued  the  French  GtkVernment  presented  a  series  in  silver  to  General  W 
ton,  which  series,  it  i*?  said,  after  hie  decease,  was  offen?ii  for  Bale,  and  purch 
Daniel  Webster.' ^     I  had  merely  ncen  «ueh  a  stntement  made,  but  wil-*  unabl^ 
time  to  verify  it.     I  am  ntnv,  owing  to  the  kindness  of  Mr.  Edmund  t^uincy,  i 
and  biographer  of  the  late  Hon.  Jotiiah  Quiney  of  Massacbuaetts,  able  to  my  Wore 
you  an  account  nl  bow  tlu-se  niedalB  ctinit*  into  Mr.  Webster's  po«s)9e9!«ioQ.    Mr.  QuiD- 
cy  learnt  the  history  of  the  whole  transaetii^n  a  few  davH  (tjnee  from  Mr.  Peter  Ui^ 
vey,  who  wai*  Mr.  VVeteter'p  deare>'?t  and  moet  intimate  friend,  and  immediately  ooo^ 
ULunicated  it  to  me. 

**  It  uj>j>earH  that  after  Washington's  death  his  heirs  hud  an  auction  among  then* 
lelve^  only,  of  the  smaller  urtieleH  of  which  be  had  ni>t  made^  special  diitpodtioni. 
TCbese  medal h  came  to  the  Lewis  family,  and  alxnit  1824,  Mr.  \\^eoi<ter  found  tbera  in 
a  pawnbroker's  shop,  an  unredeemed  pledge.  He  bought  the  ueries,  bot  frelin^  a 
natural  delicacy  alxiut  kee|)ing  them  as  long  as  any  of  the  WaBhingtf>T^  ;* 

alive,  he  wrote  to  Judjge  Bu(*nrod  Washington,  stating  the  facta,  and  ■  i 

the  refiisul  of  tiiem ,  and  asking  at  the  same  tiuM?  whetlier  they  were  realj>  ^v  i 
pretendf*«l  to  he.  Jiid^c  W.  rejjlietl  that  they  were  the  authentic  articles,  bn 
wa.«  an  old  and  ehildip>*i  man,  he  ditl  not  wish  f<jr  the  medals  himself,  and  ; -^ 
quite  m  lief,  and  a  little  hrjer^^  thnt  Jlr.  ^V cluster  ebould  have  them.  So  he  kept 
tnem  while  he  lived,  and  bj^  hi«  will  ^specifically  bequeathed  them  tu  his  grambnn, 
the  son  of  his  daughter  Julia,  Mr.  Samuel  Appleton,  in  whose  pamtad^m^  tugcthOT 
"with  Judge  W.'fl letter,  tbey  now  are/' 


18«8.] 


Notes  and  Queries* 


197 


Ball— PiiATT — Wayte— Howi,—Cafi  nm  of  our  readers  ^ve  the  imdersiffoed  any 
inlbnimtioii  eunceming  the  aQcegtrj-^  or  l>irta*place  of  the  foDowing  pei-sonj*? 

L  Robert  Ball,  m.  at  Cliarkfitown,  Mass.,  June  26,  1728,  Eliaiboth  Davison, 
hy  Trhiim  he  had  three  children  at  Charletit^twn;  was  meuiljer  *>f  Ist  Cliyreh,  Nov. 
■J8,  and  wna**  ]iM  ufl*  the  co«»t  of  Guinea  in  1753,  a^t.  53,"  us  we  learn  from 
•r!  erected  to  his  memory  in  the  Old  Burying  Ground  at  Cliarle.?town. 

Who  was  the  father  of  Rotiert  Btill,  and  who  were  the  parents  of  Eli/jiheth  Davi- 
joo?  Dnniel  DavL^)n  hy  wife  Ahigail  (Coffin)  hnd  several  children  nt  €.,  hut  there 
V  no  record  i»f  the  hirth  of  EJizaljeih.  I  tlimk  she  wii«  a  daughter  of  the  eaid  Dim- 
jeLond  Abigail,  but  was  Uim  in  ttie  neighl>t>rhoixl  of  Newbury, 

2.  Who  were  the  parents  of  Elizal»eth  Pratt,  who  ni*  Samuel  Wavte,  at  MaJden, 
I  think,  Marrh  16, 1730-1  ?  Her  ^mve-6t<>ne  is  in  the  grave-yard  at  Maiden,  and  in- 
fonn*  us  that  ,<he  died  16  Jul>,  1716,  jvt.  32,  hut  tins,  1  think,  i.s  erronoms  ;  1746 
jifohiibjy  shuuld  read  1740, awteuiuiiel  Wa} te  m.  2U  Jlareh,  1745-6,  Retjetn^a  Sweetser, 

3.  Who  were  the  jwrente  of  John  Howe,  liorn  8  Sept.,  1738,  died  Nov.  1,  1823 1 
It  Boffton?  He  married,  where  1  know  not,  Oct.  8,  1761,  Susanna  (ireave^i,  an  En- 
]jJJ«h  wftmnn,  «ay<  tradition.  This  |mir  wt^re  puhhihrd  at  Boston ,  Sept.  17,  1761 » bui 
I  is  ujHjn  the  Boston  IVrwn  Retxtrd??.  During  tlie  Revijlutionary 
'                                    iry',  and  there  remainwl  at  the  *'  Way-nidelnn,*'  with  hi<?  wife 

1,  ml  uji'  British  were  driven  out  of  Boston.     He  livt^i  ever  afterwards 
li  End,  and  waw  hy  tmde  a  Tunier*    Ab  the  old  tavern  in  Sutlhury,  where 
k    .  ^  , ,  .,  \vas,  until  veT>^  recently,  In  the  poeseaBion  of  the  Sudlmry  Howes,  I  am 
bcJined  to  think  be  was  one  of  that  branch.  Hailsv  H.  Edes,  Chariestoum. 

^Tr.  Jamks  PrFKR,  of  Barre,  prf)1)fthly  the  olde#<t  person  in  Maseacliusett8,if  Dotin 
I  ngland*  died  on  Thursdny  la»t,  at  the  age  of  a  hundred  and  four  years  and 
'^^  days.    Many  of  our  readers  will  rememlier  the  de^^tTijition  of  thie  venera- 
tn  and  the  curiofiities  of  hit*  houi*,  which  ap|>eai'e<l  in  one  i  >f  tlie  letters 
-<ft ''  U)  this  paper  only  a  few  week^  ago.     Mr.  Pip^er  retaJLiied  his  men- 
'i  reuiarkalde  tenaciU'  nearly  to  the  lust,  and  his  hearing  and  Bit;ht 
.  Mxi  thri»u|jh  life.    He  was  a  Freeninscui,  and  that  Order  na^  noolijer 
any  rate  in  this  jiort  of  the  world.    The  funeml  occurred  ycptenlay  in 
\n  Church  at  Barre."  Boston  Daily  Adver(ijser, 

die<l  on  the  thirtl  day  of  Octolier,  1867,  and  was  buried  from  the  Ui>* 
'h,  on  the  following  Sunday.    He  wae  vinited  by  the  writer  iu  1806,  j" 
ri'iniries  respei'tinj;^  his  early  life,  hut  althoui^h  his  mind  watiuppar     " 
i-ollection  of  his  early  days  was  faint.     He  .*5aid  he  was  ^»':>rr^^^|-^^_ 
12,  1763.     In  bjyhtMjd  he  went  to  sea,  and  previous  to  thej^^       ' 
i'rt«.ton,  and  fn>m  there  went  to  L»mdon  and  India,     Al^er  l^^j^^  ^^^ 
■  1  in  Worr^ester  Countv,  where  he  marrietL     As  some  doubt  i^   ^     u- 
1 II I  record  of  the  birth  of  so  old  a  perstm,  a  eearcb  wa^^  »ocietT 
\,  to  Hee  if  his  birth  or  l*fiptism  txmld  be  Ibund  tht^  sijicr 
1 1 .( r.  .^^  only  a  jjortion  of  thf>se  occurring  were  at  that  time .    . urdea 
<:•  were  gathered  collateral  circum stances  that  showed  he  could  not 
liin  a  hundred  yeartf  old  at  hiH  deatli,  £. 

As  E^GltAVKD  MrNLiTFRE  01  WASHINGTON  WORSHIPPED  AS  A  SaINT  IN  PottTrCAL.— 

When  at  Lijibon,  Portugal,  in  the  summer  of  18<S3,  Don  Joacliim  Q, 

v^- ho  was  the  mn  of  a  natunilizfxl  American,  and  felt  a  lively  intcrt«t  in 

^  i^,A'AtWi'r  t,i  fiia  father's  adopted  country,  and  claimti<l  for  himself  .\meri- 

|1  1  nic  a  Rmall  oval  engraving  of  Wnshington,  which  he  inform- 

bi  Ur  the  (olio wing  cirouimjtnnces.     Travelling  in  the  interior  of 

JTat  »  little  village  where  he  put  up,  he  wbh  informed  there  was  an  old 

I  in  tlie  vilbge  who  poeeeeeed  an  American  Saint  of  great  sanctity,  }^>ower  and 

'^        nt  of  course  to  see  the  Rain t,  and  found  it  was  the  ab^^ive  mentioned 

i  >fungt<tn,  which  the  old  woman  had  over  her  shrine,  and  said  bear 

.....  ...iily.    8lic8aid  he  was  a  very  good  saint,  and  had  dijnc  her  much 

;  waa  induced  by  a  liberal  douceur  to  allow  my  friend  to  bear  it  triumph- 
Byateni*  i§  how  thia  miniature  of  Wtishington  had  found  its  way  into  the 
of  the  Kinsrdom  of  Portu^i^nl,  and  to  be  tlic  patron  saint  of  the  old  villager. 
n  tjjld  M.  de  hilvcira  that  tlie  eui^ving  www  given  to  her  w  a 
It  r  house  many  yearb  previous,  and  that  the  traveller  gave  her 


198 


•  MarriagcM  and  Dcaihi, 


[April, 


MARRIAGES    AND    DEATHS. 


MARRIAGES. 

ApPLi!Toif=CoxAKT,— 'In  Bofctoii,  Jan*  1, 
by  RcT.  C.  H.  J^eymour,  Rector  of  Trin- 
ity Church,  HaverhiU,  Ma.^.,  Mr.  Swn- 
tiel  Appletonarid  M  iaa  Emma  F,  Comuit, 

CAKDLEH^GARRrsoN.— At  New  York,  on 
Wc<Jiies<lfty,  Xov.  2rth,  lg67,  at  the  res- 
idence of  Ore  bride's  mother,  by  Eer.  O. 

B.  Frothiughftm»  Mr,  Juhn  W.  Candler* 
of  lirookline,  and  Mian  Ida  M.  Garrison, 
of  New  York  city* 

Eddt=Fi8h.— At  Roxbury,  Dec.  4tKl867, 
at  the  residence  of  Col .  Aknon  D.  Hodm. 
by  the  R€T.  Dr.  Thompson,  Mr.  James 

C,  Eddy  and  Mi»  Julia  M.,  daughter  of 
Henry  H.  Fish.  Esq.,  of  Fall  River. 

HATi>fiN«=.EBWiN.-^At  New  York,  Dec. 
I8th,  at  Christ  Churxih,  Fifth  avenue,  by 
the  Rev,  F.  C.  Ewer»  Joel  Haydm,  Jr!, 
of  HaydenvOle,  Mass,,  and  Margaret  I* 
Erwin,  of  Najthvilie,  Ttnn.      . 

I>*MAN'N=sAnAK«.-^In  Charle^town,  Jan* 
1,  by  Rev.  Dr.  Ellis,  Monsieur  D'^Innn, 
of  Richmond,  N,  H„  to  Ella  Mario, 
daughter  of  S.  P.  Adams.  Emi. 

Notk«=Davis.— At  Cambridgt-port,  Dec. 
17,  1867,  by  Rw.  Lucius  R.  Page,  as- 

^  siated  by  Rev,  Charles  A.  Skinner,  of 

pjlartford,  Mr,  Samuel  Noyes,  Jr„  and 
jyis^s  M.  Lizzie,  daughter  of  Curtis  Da- 

Esq.,  all  of  C. 
The  ';=WooLLEY.^In  Waltham,  Doc. 

?"i,    iV'  ^'^  *^^  ^^^*  ^"  ^'  ^^m*  Mr, 

LharlpsU  Ambrose  Roberta  and  Mba 
''  In  in;y'  ne,  youngest  daughter  of  Chaa. 

OTid  pritiha  formerly  of  Groton. 
^^^^^^r^JH^^JmPTia.—At  Brunswick,  Me., 
ij  li^K  1867,  by  Rev.  George  E,  Adams, 

D.D.,  Hon.  Isaiah  SteL>M>n.  of  Bangor, 
and  Miss  Sarah  Jewett  Grimn,  daujjhter 
of  Josiah  Oriifin,  Emj.,  of  Brunswick, 

WHEATox=HowtAND.^In  ProvidenccR, 
L.  Sept.  24.  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  L. 
Caldwell,  Mr.  Nathaniel  Wheaton  and 
MiMB  Beihia  Thaeher  Howland,  daughter 
of  John  A.  Howland. 

DEATHS. 
ADAHi,  Jamea»  Boston,  Dec.  7,  aged  70 
J  years, 
Badokk,    Thomas,   artist,  of   Boston,    at 

Cambridge,  Feb.  3,  aged  76  years. 
Baonall,   Mrs.   Marj*,   Chelsea,   Feb.  7, 

aged  79  years. 
Bailey,  Rev.  Stephen,  Dorchester,  Dec, 

U,  1887,  aged  85  years. 
Bakek,  Col.  George  S.,  Sanborn  ton  Bridge, 

N.  H.,  Nov,  'I'd,  aged  55  years. 
BAJteu,  EUyn  L.,  daughter  of  Edxnund  J. 


and  Sarah  H,  Baker,  of  Datfhesftr,  it 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Nov,  28,aged  l6T«an. 
Bond,  Mrs.  Ann  S„  t»idow  of  the  Ists 
George  Bond,  Boston,  Feb,  U,  aged  78 
yeus, 
BowK«a,  I^zarus,  Taunton,  Dec.  28,  aged 

83  years,  7  months. 
B  lire  a,  Capt  Jonathan.  Hudi»on,  Feb,  15, 
formerly  a  Boston  pilot,  aged  76  yrmn, 
BtTEL,  Capt,  Salmon,  Litchfield,  Conn.,  Jan. 
3,  aged  one  hundred  ye«rs,  aijc  mouths 
and  twenty-four   days.    He  was  bora 
June  9»  1767,  and  was  a  lineal  descend* 
ant  of  John  Buel,  one  of  the  founden  nl 
the  town,  and  every  way  identified  wiA 
its  best  interests.     That  original  propria 
etor  died  in  1746,  leaving  a  widow  who 
outlived  him  22  years.     Her  tomb^one 
in  the  west  burying  ground  bears  the 
follow mg  inscription  :— ••  Here  lies  the 
body  of  Mrs,  Mary,  wife  of  Dca.  Joha 
Buel.  E«w][.     She  died  Nov.  4,  1768,  s^ 
Of} — having  had  13  chQdren,  lOlgiand- 
children,  247  great -grandchildrt 
49     great-great-grandchildren ; 
410.     Three  hundred  and  thirty W 
vived  her.''    Of  those  survivon^  ( 
SftltDon  was  the  last. 
Bullock,  Hon.  Nathaniel,  at  hi«i  res' 
In  Bristol,  R.  I„  after  a  brirf 
aged  S8  years.     For  over  half  «  ^ 
he  has  taken  an  active  part  in  pio 
fairs,  and  was  for  many  yftJt^ 
of  the  Legislature  of  Rhode  jfih 
ing  at  one  time  Speaker  of  ^i^ 
He  was  also  Lieutenant  Gci^ii 
cral  termM^  and  Collector  of  4«i 
Bristol  a  number  of  year? ,      •  4 
CoHET,    Charlotte   Delano,   wido  it 
late  Solomon  Corev,  died  at  Souiii ; 
den,    Aug.    10,    1867.     She 
March  le.  17&5,  at  Kingston,  Mas*., 
Mfts  the  only  dauifhter  of  Peter 
Charlotte  (Delano)  Winaor,  and  greaft 
gran  daughter  of   Williiim   Winsor,  ' 
ancestor  of  the  Winsoni  of  Duxb 
By  both  parents  she  wa«  descended  1 
many  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  th^  Old 
Colony,  among  whom  may  be  mentions 
William  Mullius  and  Jotui  Alden  oft 
»*  Msyflower/*     Mose»    8immona    au, 
Philip  De  la  Noye  of  the  »♦  Portuni^ 
1 152 1 ,  iind  Stephen  Tracy  of  the  <•  Aiiii,^ 
1623,     She  was  married  June  21,  1812;^ 
to  Capt.  Solomon  Corey,  who  died  Jan- 
uary 27,  J 865,     (i£#f?.,  xLir.  1 74.) 
CiFRTiB,  Mrs.   Bethiah  A.,  widow  of  thf 
late  Joseph  Curtis,  Jamaica  Plahi,  Jaa. 
2a»  Aged  93  yeiurs,  6  mcmtha. 


Deaths. 


199 


Tbomas  Amory,  LL.D^  Fort- 
tfe.,  Sept.  14,  it^ed  12  yean,  9 
I. 

Debloifl  wai  a  «on  of  Stqihen 
I  and  Elizabeth*  a-  daughter  of 
■  AmoTf,  a  wealthy  merchant  of 
,  and  was  bom  in  that  city  in  De- 
^1794.  Hi«  father,  who  was  of 
,  extraction,  m  the?  name  indicates, 
native  of  Boston,  hut  came  to 
id  soon  after  the  peace  of  *H3, 
exied  a  rtore  on  the  comfj  of  Ex- 

■nd  Middle   stieets ;    he  puf- 

the  property  of  De&.  Kichurd 
a  tn  1788,  and  it  h  now  owned 
Boyd  beirv.  In  1792  h^  marriLMl 
jEDory,  and  two  years  after,  moved 
unu  where  he  died  in  1850.  at  the 
^6,  He  wa«  a  tall,  fine  looking 
rbom  hia  aon,  the  subject  of  our 

doaely  resembled,  both  in  ap- 
oe  and  manners. 

iltcfiiiriil  Maid  was  educated  at 
r^  CdUege,  frtmi  which  he  took 
gree  in  1813.  He  immediately 
need  the  study  of  his  profession 
Samuel  Ayer  Bradley,  of  Frye- 
and  waa  admitted  to  the  Bar  in 

Be  fii«t  opened  an  olEce  in  Wind- 
a  thi<  county,  where  he  continued 
rmn^  when  he  moved  to  Portland 
mticd  a  partnership  with  Gen, 
I  FeasCTiden*  who  had  a  short  time 
in  1822,  transferred  his  business 
lew  Gloucester  to  thia  city. 
•  FeiKnden  had  a  large  practieo 
awntry :  he  waa  an  able  lawyer, 
iqtMat  idTDcate  and  a  popular 
md  ittU  liTes,  at  the  age  Of  83,  to 

die  death  of  his  younger  asso- 
pritb  whom  he  had  maintained  a 
id  intimate  connection »  Thepart- 
p  continued  without  interruption 
rty-two  years,  and  was  one  of  the 
ncoessful  law  ^rms  of  the  State, 
rere  both  able  advocates  and  sound 
ra,  and  devoted  themselves  with 
Dd  ardor  to  the  practice  of  their 
lion,  which  gave  to  their  office  a 
tion.  which  commanded  businejis 
Jy  firtnn  all  parts  of  the  State  but 
liroed.  After  their  separstion  in 
lir.  Deblois  formed  a  connection 
ieorge  E-  B.  Jackson,  which  con- 
I  as  loDf  as  Mr.  Jack>ion  remained 

piactieef  and  he  then,  about  two 
ago^  united  himself  with  Nathtui 
,  a  oonnection  only  dissolved  by 
nJOT  partner's  death ;  which  also 
lAled  a  constant,  assiduous  and 
sful  practice  at  the  bar,  for  the 
ml  po-iod  of  fifty-one  years, 
n  after  Mr.  Debloi^  moved  to  Port- 
Ite  WW  married  to  Dorcas,  second 
SB  oC  larnet  Beering,  with  whom 


he  lived  untO  death  has  stricken  down 
her  life  long  companion,  and  decreed  a 
j^nal  separation.  She  proved  to  him  a 
devoted  friend  and  most  wise  counsellor. 
He  leaves  no  children  :  his  brothers  have 
all  died  before  him,  and  of  his  iinme^ 
diate  family,  two  sLstera  only  remain, 
who  by  a  fortunate  concurrence  came  to 
visit  him  but  two  daya  before  hi»  death. 
Of  the  69  members  of  his  college  daia^ 
14  are  living  at  54  years  after  fi^dua- 
tion  ;  one  died  in  May  last,  one  in  1866, 
another,  Dr.  John  Ware,  of  Boston,  m 
1864,  and  Dr.  Osgood*  of  Boatcm,  in 
1803,  all«  after  reaching  a  good  old  age : 
one  only  remains  alive  in  Maine,  and  he 
is  permitted  to  make  the  parting  memo- 
rial to  a  clasfecmAte  'W'itb  whom  he  has 
held  most  intimate  and  friendly  rela- 
tions for  more  than  fi9  yeara,  firsts  as  we 
were  pursuing  our  preliminary  studies 
at  Exeter  Academy«  then  at  college,  and 
for  50  years^ — half  a  century  1  at  the 
CumberLand  Bar« 

Our  cla§amQte»  Dr.  John  Ware,  alao 
died  very  suddenly  in  1804  ;  a  qnofcatloa 
which  his  Iriend,  Dr,  Bigelow,  made, 
in  his  remarks  on  that  occasiun,  is  appro- 
priate to  the  presenl  case  : 

"  Then  irtth  no  flerf ,  throbfain;  potii, 

No  oold  gndatioiu  of  deay  i 
Deatk  bnAe  Kt  mux  ihfl  tIuU  chain, 

AihI  Creed  lib  soul  Ihe  atmmi  war  .** 

Mr.  Dehlois  was  tall  in  person,  re- 
markably well  developed,  and  of  com- 
manding presence.  His  manners  to 
strangers  were  cold  and  somewhat  for- 
bidding, but  with  his  friends  he  waa 
geniid  and  social «  He  was  kind  and 
benevolent,  and  was  cherished  by  his 
family  circle  and  by  the  religiouii  society 
to  which  he  ever  belonged  as  a  sincere 
Mend,  a  faithful  and  judicioiw  counsel- 
lor. His  death  wiU  be  deeply  felt  in 
those  circles ;  and  we,  who  have  been 
accustomed,  for  so  many  yeani,  to  meet 
Mm  in  public  and  private  intercourse, 
will  long  feel  a  void  which  the  sever- 
ance of  ties  of  a  close,  friendly  intimacy 
cannot  fail  to  create.  It  cannot  be  long 
before  we,  too,  will  foUow  our  departra 
friend. 

Mr.  Deblois  was  a  member  of  the  lit- 
erary society  of  the  PM  Bda  Kappa  of  , 
Harvard  College,  ond  of  the  Historical 
Society  of  Maine  j  and  at  the  last  com- 
menceraeiit  of  Bowdoin  College  the  de- 
gree of  LL.D.  was  conferred  upon  him. 
He  represented  this  city  in  1857  in  the 
Legiduture,  and  held  the  office  of  U.  S. 
Attorney  for  Jloine  during  the  adminis- 
trationa  of  Presidents  Taylor  and  Fill- 
more,—Bai:;^  Prets,  Sept.,  1867.  w. 
Dbtekeux,  Capt.  John,  Newburypottp 
Feb.  21|  Aged  62  yoozB. 


300 


Deaths* 


DicKKNsoN,  Mra,  Kancj,  Hatfield,  Nov, 
22,  aged  $3  jeiurs. 

BvANfl,  Samuel,  Hopkintoni  N.  H«,  JaxL. 
JU^,  aged  SI  yean,  8  months, 

VtoTD,  Mri.  Nunc  J,  Newbury|>ort,  Bee. 
21,  aged  81  yean. 

Foncs,  Gen,  Peter.  Washington,  D.  C, 
Jan.  23«  aged  77  years. 

PoRiuiBTKU.  Mra»  Chartotte  Story,  widow 
of  the  kte  John  Forrester,  Esq,,  and 
da«Khter  of  the  late  Elbhii  Story^  M.D., 
of  Marblehcfid,  at  Salem,  Dec.  15. 

Gardveb,  Mr^.  Ijucretia,  in-iduw  of  Rer. 
Dudley  Phelpft,  and  eldest  daughter  of 
the  late  Hon.  B.  M.  Farley,  Boston, 
Feb.  22. 

QiLKAK,  Mrs.  Eliaabeth  C,  in  Roxbury, 
Feb.  12,  aged  86  years,  1  month,  12 
days. 

OixxiffOEBt  Mrs.  Lucy,  relict  of  the  late 
Dea.  David  Gdlraore,  of  Jaffrev,  N.  H., 
at  Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  Feb.  17,  aged  90 
yeara,  5  months. 

Qladdi;xo,  John,  Providence,  R.  I^  Jan. 
24,  aged  80  years.  He  bad  lived  more 
than  eighty  year*  in  the  same  house. 

Goodhue,  Joseph,  Newburyport,  Feb.  12, 
aged  70. 

Ghekne,  Thomas  A.,  Esq.,  of  New  Bed- 
ford, Dec.  14,  agL»d  74  years.  He  took 
an  active  interest  in  the  educational  and 
Teformatory  movements  of  the  day,  and 
had  been  honored  with  important  truata 
by  hii  fellow-citissens, 

Ha^l,  Mra.  Harriet  Inglea,  Bo«ton,  Feb. 
17,  aged  76  years. 

Batwaro,  Hon,  Stevens,  Acton,  Feb.  7, 
tged  82  yeare. 

HsKVBT,  Mr*.  Elistftbeth^  widow  of  Wm. 
Herrey,  of  Newbury  port,  Dec  28,  aged 
87  year*,  8  months. 

HtLL,  Nancy,  wife  of  Col.  Abraham  Ed- 
wards^ Beverly,  Feb.  17,  aged  79  years* 
Their  raarrifd  life  laitted  69  years.  She 
wa»  A  nUter  ol  the  tate  Mia^  Hannah 
Hill,  who  iH  Raid  to  hnve  taught  the  first 
Sundiiy  school  instituted  in  the  United 
State*. 

ErrouoocK,  Rev.  C,  D.D.,  Wrentham, 
Dec,  3,  aged  80  years. 

HooKJERt  WoTthiiigton,  M.D-,  Profeswor  in 
Yale  llcdical  College,  at  New  Haven, 
Conn.,  Nov,  8,  1867,  aged  61  years. 
Dr.  Hooker  was  born  in  Springfield, 
Miw»„  in  1805.  He  graduatLxl  at  Yale 
College  in  1825,  and  received  the  degree 
of  M.D.  from  Harvard  in  1829.  In 
1862  he  was*  appointed  to  the  FroCes* 
Borship  of  the  Theory  and  Practice  of 
Hodicinc  in  the  \ale  iledical  College,  a 
position  which  he  held  till  hi§  death. 
He  was  the  autlior  of  several  popular 
text  book^  for  schoob  and  colleges  on 
physiology  and  kindred  topics,  and  of 
aerend  booka  addiesaed  to  cb«  wonti^ud 


wishes  of   children.     He  also 
number  of  prise  easaya  on  \ 
physiological  subjects,  in  whic 
department  he  was  regarded  as  I 
guished  authority.     He  waa  ■  \ 
wide  culture,  and  a  christian  \ 

Horr,  Mr,  George  Randall, 
28,   I86T,   aged  41  yeazs^  7 
days, 

Horr,  Mrs.  Mary  Elhtabeth,  wife  c 
W.  Hoyt,  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  j 
Brighton,  Mass.,  Oct*  2,  ISilT,  \ 
8he  was  the  daughter  of  Jo 
son  nnd  Fianoea  (Stetson) 
Brighton,  and  waa  bm  in 
Mafis.,  July  21,  1834.  Her 
grand-parentH  and  their 
direct  line,  were  Daniel*  audi 
(Humphrevft)  Pierce,  Eb 
Sally  (Woodbury)  Pietve^  JoIh 
Eltabeth  (Fasaenden)  Pien9e«  Jol 
Abigad  (Thompson)  Pierce,  Thml 
Mary  (Proctor)  Pierce,  Eobcrti  i 
(Green way)  Pierce. 

The  list  of  her  Knceatota  esnb 
names  of  Baker,  Cheney,  Clap^  \ 
Collomore,  Dickerman,  Elliot, 
den.    Green  way,   Greenwoodt 
Humphreys,  Leadbetter,  Leeds,  | 
Usbom,   Fame,  Payaon, 
Proctor,  Shepard,  Smith,  Sti 
Thompson,    Tolman,    Wo 
others,  of  Dorchester,  Rozbuiy,  I 
ton,  CharlestiHvn,  and  other 
eastern  Masaachuaett*,     8he 
genealogical  labors  of  her  hnsb 
was  very  anxious  to  perfect  the  1 
her  own  ancestors. 

Mrs.'  Hoyt  was  the  oLdest  of  %\ 
of  five  children,  all  of  whom 
dead.    She  left  but  one  chtld,J 
Pierue  Hoyt,  now  ten  years  old. 
her  1  ife  seems  all  too  brief  for  hwll 
ing  family  and  fiends,  yet  wh 
lived  she  exerted  a  strong  influe 
a  wide  circle  of  acquaintances,  \ 
life-work  was  well  done. 

Notices  of  her  life  and  chaniofl 
appeared  in  the  Christum  Ef^  i 
14,  snd  the  Watchtnan  and  Rejt^ 
Nov.  21, 

HowB,  Elias,  father  of  the  latd 
Howe,  Jr.,  Cambridgepoit,  Deo.  9 
75  yesre.  1 

HnQHEA,  Robert  Ball,  the  scolplcfl 
Chester,  March  5,  aged  62  yteTa,J 
The  funeral  took  place  on  a 
March  10,  the  public  servieos  befl 
in  St.  Paid's  Church,  Boston,  atl 
Rev,  Dr.  Nicholson,  awisted  q 
Mr.  Mills,  of  Dort hosier,  condufl| 
cereu.ofiy,  and  a  large  number! 
zen8  attended.  Messrs,  Peter  ] 
Wright,  Thomas  Groom,  E.  P,  ' 
and  James   Egfln  waro   p«U 


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ftt^ioiu  to  the  ceremony  at  St  Paul's 

1  icrvioe  was  held  at  thi^  late  residence 

of  Mr.  Hiighea* 

IsonjwoLL,  Hon.  Joseph  R.,  Philadelphia, 

^J|k  2Q,  Aged  82  years.     Ux.  Ingeraoll 

^^^Khited  the  United   States  at  the 

VHBvt  of  St.  James  during  a  portion  of 

Mr.  Fillmore's  administration.    He  was 

1  lanryer  of  learning,  ahility^  and  inllu^ 

ence,  aod  was  for  a  long  period  one  of 

iKe  chief  omamenta  of  Philadelphia,  as 

he  was  one  of  the  moat  justly  respected 

of  thoae  who  have  held  public  ofEce, 

Jicxiow,  Mrs,  Fanny,  widow  of  the  late 

Hon.  Charles  Jaduont  Feb.  !£»  aged  88 

TJsa  Mary,  Ncwburyport,  Feb. 
■*  year*. 
JiTrrrr,  Jo*hua  B.,  Esq.,  Oranby,  Conn., 
Dec.  21,  aged  93  years.     He  was  made 
a3(Ia0on  in  1795^  and  at  the  ng^  of  90 
yetn  filled  the  position  of  Principal  So- 
joomer  of  La£a.yette  Chapter. 
Joxsi,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  widow  of  the  late 
£dward  Jones«  of  Dorchester,  at  Wor- 
cester, Feb,  3,  aged  78  years,  9  monthf*. 
IxoTT,  Mn.  Ann,  North  Soinerville,  Feb. 

$,  ftgcd  S3  years. 
In,  Thomai,  Esq.,  Boston,  Dec.  14,  Diged 
68  year*.    Mr.  Lee  was  one  of  the  old- 
itbool  merchant*,  as  they  are  aifection- 
Itely  ttrnietl.     He  was  a  successful  mer- 
chant, haring  in  early  life  entered  the 
home  of  Cabot  &  Lee,  in  which  his 
flBhcr  was  a  partner,  and  retired  with  a 
tmnac  aercAl  years  ago.     He  was  n 
ma.  of  Joseph  Lee,  Esq.,  and  was  bom 
h.  Bererly,    Oct.    11,    1779.      He   was 
noted  for  hia  public  spirit.     In  1805  he 
ewcUrd  at  hi«  own  expense,  and  pre- 
pentni  to  the  city,  a  statue  in  granite  of 
Akxandcr  Hamilton,  which  was  placed 
ID  Commonwealth  avenue.     Homiltoii 
the  public  man  who  meet  complete* 
ibodied  his  ideal  of  tlie  wise^  up- 
1  =*i*n'pid  stateamtn, 

.   Lee  notified  the  City 
Coufr  ^  intention  to  erect  a  mon- 

Qsneat  ui  the  farm  of  a  fountain,  **  as  an 
cxptreasjon  of  gratitude  for  the  relief  of 
kmnan  suffering  occasioned  by  the  dis- 
aoTcry  of  the  an^dthetic  properties  of 
nlpkurio  ether.**  This  monument,  now 
k  pcocesA  of  erection  in  the  Public  Gir* 
den,  expres^a  the  deep  humanity  of  his 
nature.  Simple,  generous,  courteous, 
iaileneiident,  with  rigorous  powcrn  of 
nma  which  age  seemed  hardly  to  w*cak- 
tn,  and  with  a  strength  of  integrity 
vtiidi  no  mexlcm  fallacies  of  busineas 
i»d  [»oth^r?il  expediency  could  decelfe, 
ht  combinL-d.  in  quite  a  notable  degree, 
with  ml  individuality  of  opinion  with 
WMiliiAtitious  public  spirit 

Vol.  XXIL  18 


LrNcoLX,  Isaac,  M.D.,  Bnmswick,  Me,, 
March  G,  aged  88  years. 

He  was  probably  the  oldest  physician 
in  the  State.  Dr.  Lincoln  was  a  native 
of  Massachusetts  (of  Cohasset,  we  be- 
lieve), and  gmduated  at  Harvard  College 
in  1800,  He  was  the  last  surviving 
member  of  the  class  of  which  Wtwhing' 
ton  Allstoo,  Dr.  Lowell  atid  Chief  Jus- 
tice Shaw  were  members.  He  has  boen 
a  suecesaful  practitioner  in  Brunswick 
for  more  than  half  a  century,  although 
retired  from  an  active  business  for  sev- 
eral years  past.  He  has  long  been  an 
infiuential  leader  of  the  Congregational 
Church,  a  member  of  the  College  Cor- 
poration and  a  prominent  citizen.  A 
man  of  liigh  character  and  of  sterling 
integrity,  but  remarkably  Snn  and  de- 
cided m  his  opinions — genbl  always  and 
cheerful  to  the  last  days  of  his  life.  He 
leaves  two  children— a  married  daughter 
who  resides  in  England,  and  a  son, 
John  D.  Lincoln,  M.D.»  who  succeeded 
to  his  father's  pTofcBsional  business,  and 
already  has  a  wide  reputation  as  a  phy- 
sician. 
Masok,  \Vm.  P.,  Esq.,  Boston,  Dec.  4, 
aged  76  years.  He  was  the  son  of  Hon. 
Jonathan  Itaaon,  who  represented  Maa^ 
sachuse'^t?  in  the  U.  S.  Senate  imd  Boa- 
ton  in  the  House  of  ReprcsentaliTea. 
l*he  decec^ed  was  a  graduate  of  Harvard 
College  in  the  class  of  1811,  and  for 
some  years  was  reporter  of  the  decisions 
of  the  United  States  Supreme  Court. 
He  was  a  gentleman  of  quiet  manners 
and  ctdtivated  taste,  and  enjoyed  the  re- 
spect and  esteem  of  all  who  knew  him. 
MuxRos,  Jonathan,    Lexingtoui   Dec.   4, 

aged  84  years,  8  months. 
NicoLSON,  Samuel,  at  Boston,  Jan.  6,  aged 
78.  He  was  the  son  of  Thomas  and 
Hannah  Nicolson,  and  was  horn  at  ' 
Plymouth,  Masis.,  Dec.  22,  1791.  In 
early  life  he  was  partner  in  a  large  com- 
misaion  house  in  Charleston,  S.  C.  Tho 
state  of  Ms  wife's  health  induced  his  re- 
turn to  New  England.  He  was  soon 
aft4?r  chosen  superintendent  of  the  Mill- 
dam  Corporation,  and  Secretary  of  the 
Boston  Water  Power  Company,  which 
stations  he  JiHed  for  many  years.  He 
introduced  several  inventions,  the  most 
noted  of  which  are  an  improved  steering 
apparatus  for  vessels,  and  the  prepared 
block  pavement  which  bears  his  name. 
This  has  recently  come  into  vogue  in 
Western  cities,  and  an  important  judicial 
decision  lately  given  in  its  favor  made 
the  inveation  one  of  great  pecuniary  va- 
lue. Air.  N,  was  a  member  of  the  Com- 
mon Council  in  18*52-3,  and  was  a  Tcry 
ttdcf ul  and  intelligent  public  officer.  He 


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[April, 


iRniA  trulj  8  geutlemim  of  the  old  scliool 
— courteoui  and  well  informed^  with 
an  active  mind  and  fertile  brain  \  he 
was  sure  of  a  cordial  greeting  wherever 
he  went.  Ilia  funeral  took  place  from 
Trinity  Church,  Boston,  the  following 

^  Wednesday  I  and  he  waa  buried  at  Ply- 
mouth, 

Pbttee,  Jamej,  West  Dedhom^  Jan,  23^ 
aged  81  years. 

PuiLLtPA,  George,  York,  Me^,  Feb.  5, 
aged  1\  yeaifl. 

P&EBLE,  MiM  Ellen  Bangs,  daughter  of 
the  late  Capt.  Enoch  and  Sally  (Croas) 
Preble,  of  Portland,  Me.,  at  the  residence 
of  her  brother  (Capt.  George  Henry 
Preble,  U.  8»  N.)  in  Charlesto  wn,  Nov. 
23 »  aged  59  years,  8  mos.t  10  days. 

Princb,  George  W.,  No.  Cambridge,  Feb. 
17,  aged  48  years. 

Band,  Mrs.  Rebecca,  Cambridge,  Feb,  IS, 
aged  87  years,  10  montha. 

BicuAEQsoN,  Charlea  H.,  son  of  Hon. 
Geo.  C.  Richardson,  Boston,  Dec.  19, 
aged  28  years, 

SiUfiioiiJf,  John,  Esq.,  Chelsea,  Feb.  18i 
aged  74  years. 

Sangrr,  Mrs.  Anne,  widow  of  Calvin 
Sanger,  of  Sherbom,  Mas^.,  at  Orange;, 
N.  J.,  Dec.  3,  aged  89  years. 

Sahoekt,  Mrs.  C.  K.,  relict  of  the  late 
John  Turner  Sargent,  Boston,  Dec  5, 
aged  90  years. 

Sew  ALL,  Rey.  Samuel,  Burlington.  Mass., 
Feb.  18t  aged  83  jeara.  An  extended 
notice  of  him  will  appear  hereafter. 

Skdcwick,  MiBB  Catharine  Maria,  W. 
Roxbiiryi  July  31,  aged  77  vears, 

Mitw  Serlgwick  wai?  the  daughter  of 
the  Hun.  ThtNKlorc  Setlgwick,  oTStock- 
l;ridi^e,  Miv8«.,  where  B)ie  was  burn 
atujut  1787.  Mr.  Stnlgwick  wafl  fine 
of  the  eeiebritiea  of  his  ago.  Ho  was 
B  member  of  Congreea  G>r  Bereral  years, 
between  1785  and  1796,  and  wa«  Speaker 
of  the  Utilise  of  Representatives  in  1799, 
and  from  l8Ch2  t<>  1813  was  Judge  of 
the  Supreme  Ci>urt  of  ^laHHochusett^. 
Catbarine  was  the  \mi  of  Judge  Sedg- 
wiek'a  children. 

The  predorninatinof  charaetenstica  of 
Mifia  Sedgwick  were  her  strong  love  of 
humanity  and  justice  ;  and  her  warm 
symfKitliy  fur  all,  poor  or  rieh,  w^ith 
whom  she  waa  brought  in  contact. 

For  more  than  fort^  jeare  she  has 
Bn8tain»?d  the  repuiation  im  a  ^mtor  of 
tinexcei  ►  t  iuna  hi  e  tic  t  luii ,  w  1 1 1  c  h  sh  e  cam- 
i?d  by  her  tirtit  wurks  m  this  department : 
"  A  New  England  TaJc/'  in  1822, 
"  Redwood,' 4n  1824,  and  '>  Hope  Lee- 
lie,"  in  1B27.  But  perbapB  her  most 
popular  workiJ  were  several  little  toI- 
umee,  published  aJjoot  the  time  of 
the  terrible  bosiiieea  reTukiuns  in  1837. 


,  t>t,l 


These  were — the  "  Poor  Rich  ^ian  tad 
the  Rich  P<xir  Man/'  **  Live  and  \jA 
Li  ve  / '  an  d  *  *  Mea  n«  and  Etuis . ' '  !!« 
buokii  for  children  have  likvu  Ui  nn  .f>- 
durinij  reputation,  which  i 
highest  pniise  that  can  be  ^ 

SiiACKFOBD,  Suaan,  Newbnfvpori,  feh. 
18,  aged  67  years. 

SuATTUCK,  Hon,  Daniel,  Concord,  Mom., 
Aug.  12,  aged  77  years,  1  month  aodf 
days.  Vide  " '  Memorial?  of  the  Deioead> 
ante  of  William  Shattuek/' 

Si*AFTBR,  Mns.  Anna,  2d  wife  of  the  1at9 
Sylvester  Skfler,  of  Thetfoni,  Vemwcit, 
April  1^  1^07.  She  was  the  dauirililer 
of  Niehuitui  and  Deborah  (Ford)  Wliito. 
of  Bnidfurd,  Vt. ,  and  was  bom  Dec.  91, 
171KJ.  8he  waa  of  the  Berenlh  ecoei»> 
tiun  in  doeceut,  through  Nidiolai,* 
Noah/  Nieholae,*  John ,^  John,*  ftm. 
William'  Whit^,  of  Haverhill,  wlw  ww 
a  m^ttler  of  that  town  as  early  a^JW^ 
She  left  no  i^ue,  but  her 
ever  Ix?  preciouM  to  those  to 
held  the  relation  of  in  *'•  ^ 
a  large  circle  of  friei  r 
attractive  and  amiabl*   ^ 

SuA-Li.,  Capt,  Thomas,  Ncwburypori, 
18,  aged  72  years. 

Sparhawk,  Edward t  at  Brighton, 
aged  96  years,  9  munthH  and  26  daj 
formerly  Preeident    of  the 
Bank. 

Spake,  Galen,  South  Boston.  Mar.  1, 11 
aged  51  yeani,  10  months.     He  was 
of  EliJAh  Spare,  who  died  in  South 
ton  Nov.  1,  I860,  aged  80  year*,  8 
and  10  daya.     The  latter  waa  Ma 
John  Spare*  who  died  in  Canton, 
June  6,  1820,  aged  82  years,  7  nw 
days ;  who  wa*  son  of  Samtiel 
who  died  in  S  tough  ton,  now  Qml 
JuJy  5|  1768,  aged  8a  year«, 

'ihe  iHtter  came  with  hia  wife  fronr^ 
Devcmshire,  England,  about  173o,  anl 
appears  to  have  resided  in  Boston  ahoot 
two  years  ;  became  the  proprietor  of 
land  in  Stoughton,  now  Canton,  in  1739, 
and  &oin  or  near  this  date  resided  till 
his  death  in  Canton,  The  only  aon  and 
child  John,  although  bom  in  Beaton  ia 
1737,  ti^-ed  \m  long  life  in  Canton.  He 
sailed  from  Boston  May  15,  1769,  iatha 
**  fleet  of  about  twenty  aail  of  topsaQ  vea- 
Bck,  and  ten  sloops  and  ftchooner*,  under 
convoy  of  the  twenty  gun  ship  *  Hind,* 
Robert  Bond,  Commander,"  with  nip* 
plies  to  the  Wolfe  expeditioii  agpiait 
Quebec.  A  pocket  journal  writtuti  bv 
hi*  neighbor  and  compRnioa  in  ' 
pedition  is  still  preserved.  Th. 
John  married  Elij^abeth  Barber,  daugh- 
ter of  Hczekiah  Barber,  of  Lkirt^ieite^ 
^{aas.,  about  1765,  and  had  foitr 
and  four  daughtcxB.  i. 


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Hdis,  Esq.t  Brooklinc,  Feb,  22d. 

9  J«tf«v  1  month. 

!tfr».  Sarjih  P,  R„  'wife  of  Samuel 

Km}.,  ttnd  daughter  of  Hon, 
I  Ouodwin,  Portsmouih,  N.  H„ 
>»  a|^  31  ^tAn. 

[nw  Kary  A.,  wtfc  of  Major  H. 
17.  S.  Am  And  eldest  daughter  of 
.  Whitney,  E!»q,,  of  Milton*  Mass,, 
•auI,  Minn-,  Dec.  16,  aged  23  yrs. 
niliam  S.,  Philadelphia,  Feb.  17. 
»  yeftr«.  In  many  respects  Mr. 
Wfts  a  remnrkjihle  man.  He  woa 
IT  yeBts  proprietor  of  the  Phila- 

I^dgCT,  and  iiI«o  liad  an  interest 
t  newspapers.  He  wan  bem  in 
f  of  Ltica.  New  York.  By  a 
Iimt  system  of  busine^  exacti- 
■ji  the  Philadelphia  Press,  he 
It  won  his  way  into  the  estinia- 
we  community.  He  was  a  plain* 
bled  gentleman,  and  did  notpre- 
be  a  writer.  As  a  business  man 
\  very  rigid  in  hia  adherence  to 
e  conceived  to  be  eound  bii:sincsd 

t*'  Never  fi*  a  price  on  an- 
*§  jtoodH*"*   wiw  one  of  tho^e 
le*.     By  hi§  foresight  and  indus- 
uiuLSiied  and  left  to  hiis  children  a 
amounting  to  millions  of  dol* 

,  Hon.  Joseph  Stevens  Dnck- 
»  fijrnierlyof  Boston,  tit  Natchez, 
^     .  30, 


TmiNo,  Birs.  Olive  P.»  daughter  of  Oan. 
John  D.  Folsom,  of  tlie  War  of  the 
Revolution,  Watenrille,  Me.,  Dec»  6^ 
aged  53  years. 

Ten  Evck,  Miuor  Anthotij,  Guilford,  Ct., 
Oct.  2,  aged  5^5  vears. 

ToHL'V,  Ira  W.,M.D.,  Ikieton,  Oct.  S9, 
fltfttd  48  yt-ars.  lit!  \vii8  a  niitive  of 
Maine,  hut  hud  jjoietiKcd  hh  i)rofe««!iion 
ill  Bi>riton  t<evi>ral  vt^arw.  He  was  a  niaa 
of  reiimi'kable  ^\\t»  and  attainmeote. 

Toi»PAN,  Joshua,  Newburyport,  Feb*  17, 
aged  73  years. 

Ward,  Mrs*  Mary  L.,  widow*  of  the  late 
William  Ward,  and  adopted  daughter  of 
the  late  Hon.  Duvid  Hcuahaw,  Lancas- 
ter, Feb.  4. 

Watsoh,  Cttpt.  Horace  H.,  Chelsea,  Dec, 
21,  aged  78  years.  A  veteran  of  Uen« 
Winfield  Scott's  staff  in  1812. 

Welii,  Mrs,  Gcorgiana,  widow  of  the 
late  Hon.  Stephen  M.  Weld  (of  whom 
a  biographical  notice  will  soon  iippear  in 
the  Register)  and  dau.  of  the  lute  Geo, 
Hallet,  of  Boston,  at  Jamaica  Plain, 
Dec.  21,  aged  44  yeara. 

Wfshon,  Sarah,  relict  of  tJie  late  Silas 
Wesson,  formerly  of  We»tborougl\  at 
So,  Weymouth,  Feb.  17»  aged  87  years. 

WhittkMuRh,  George,  formerly  of  Btwton, 
at  Glouc€i*ter,  Feb.  17,  aged  81  years. 

Win  SLOW,  Ken  elm,  youngest  son  of  the 
late  Rev,  Hubbard  W  iiiiilowj  D.D,, 
Paris,  France,  Nov*  24* 


SNGLAND  HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL  SOCIETY. 

NECROLOOY. 

ar^d  by  William  B.  Te.\sk,  late  Historiographer  of  the  Society,] 

I  Krtich,  a  *?orrc*ponding  menifier*  die^l  at  Savannah,  fJeort^ia.  Juno 

Mr.  'h>m  was  born  in  Sinitbtield,  R.  I.,  Feb.  12,  1794.     At  the  n^tj 

\  ho  l)Rt  his  father,     Tlie  academic  nliimtiun  of  the  *m  wae  rt'Ceived  in 

fl8lft  be  went  to  Savannah  ;  and  in  1821  l«?cfime  Klitur  and  proprietor  of 

Georotan  newspaper,  jointly  with  tJenry  Janie«  Finn.     He  wim  elected 

be  Bank  of  the  State  of  Geors^ia  in  ISIS^  and  tilltHl  that  piwiti^jn  to  the 

He  'Wttjs  the  firtst  and  only  Corrci^^pondiiif^  Secretary  of  the  tioor- 

,1   <  ..;..fv^     On  the   nth  of  JuIVt  1^2,  at  ft  mt^'iingof'that  Sjciety, 

liaeeed  of  roepect  to  hie  memory'.     He  wae  oindc  a  member  of 

^,11  mumil  voJum©  was  puWishod  in  Glangow,  Scotland »  24  mo.  pp.  300,  en- 
I  Co^umftian  Lyr^ :  or  Sjurcimeiix  of  Transfitlaniic  Portrt/^  finhimhig  scleC' 
■E^  xtritinjjs  of  Perdrfiiy  Brooks^  and  othrr  piHti  of  fne  Umhd  States  of 
^Kfty-etx  pa^es  of  tliis  book  are  devutctl  to  **  the  rK:»eti€al  remains  of  the 
^T)eniiion,  with  a  biographical  sketch  of  the  autnor  by  Mr.  TeHl  The 
be  work  in  our  possewion  has  the  aut^igraph  of  Mr.  TeGl  on  the  title-pa  go, 
uiTertii^enieut  of  two  pases  in.'^-rted,  to  wliirh  his  etignaturc  itt  eet,  datm 
ah,  lat  May,  1830,"  by  which  i*t*itoment  it  apin-ars  that  proposal*'  hud  been 
Mr.  Tefft,  in  lfc»22,  for  the  puhliciUion  of  the  rnis*TUane<>ut*  yiriKhictiontt  of 
r  Boniflon.    Tbia  plan  was  abanduned  and  the  manuacript^  wore  for* 


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warded  to  the  editor  of  the  Coron^fJ'^  a  litornry  work  of  mnch  merit,  then  being 
published  in  Greenock,  Scotland/'  Tlie  editor  of  that  work,  '  t^^"  ^  r^Mcd 
the  receipt  of  the  papers  sent,  and  promised  their  pu  Mi  cation  r  ISSi, 

but  they  did  not  opp<«r  until  1S29,  filx  years  from  the  tniii. .<    .    .   ...    'mnn. 

scripts*    ^^r»  Teffl  **  then  received  a  large  number  of  e<ipiefl  of  the  CoiuTntHt} 
tc^^tlier  with  a  note  from  the  tnlitor,  utating,  for  the  first  linic,  the  ciinrii: 

Iiuhlication  of  Jlr*  Deniw>n*B  pRKJuetionj*,  and  that  he  hod  emKrfiied 
atter  work  inettad  of  the  Coronal."    Mr,  Ti*fll  further  complflin**  tha* 
of  the  miiniitirriptfi  n>rvv;irdtsl  had  been  i>ubliHhed,  and  that 
there  were  mmie  whi^fi  he  conceived  the  iwHi  of  Jlr.  Deuison't*  [ 
the  editor  had  »tatc<l  in  hi.^  letter  that  the  Columbian  Lyre  i^  i......r. ... 

jVr.  DmiMm's  pirers.^  ■ '    It  is  unneco»ar>-  for  ue  to  go  further  into  part 

recjard  to  Mr.  Ufnisun,  however,  whose  name  dot^  not  nppear  in  any  i^ 

T)iL*tionarv  that  we  have  fieen,  it  may  be  statetl  that  he  wajs  eon  of  Judije  i»iir 

lluldah  fieniHon,  and  a  deeeendant  of  the  famuue  CoL  (awrgtj  Dmi**on, 

necticut.     Ue  wafi  bom  in  (iuilford,  Vt,,  in  the  yt^r  171H>  t  iijtefed  thr  " 

of  Vermont  in  November^  1812;  afterwards  entered  at  W  illiani»t<.»wn  < 

barked  at  New  York,  in  the  winter  of  1815-17,  for  Savannah,  whf- - 

rived  :  ill  the  winter  of  18l(>  reiiif>ved  t4»  Millcnli^f^ville,  Gixj,,  whi  r, 

the^uiblieadonc|f  a  newpT>af)er  ;  died  Oct.  31»  1819.     A  monumental 

to  hm  niemorvt  in  MiUedj^viUe,  by  bin  youthful  friende,  on  which  ie  an  inscripuoo 

given  in  the  EHJok. 

Mr.  Tefft  baa  long  been  noted  m  a  oi">llector  of  autographs.    Ho  ccitnmencfd, 
ap|ieai"fi.  m  i'nv  luck  ajs  1815-K*,  when  about  21  yearw  of  a;^e.     Me  kept  very  quiet 
firet,  feeling  for  Bt>me  vtnrBt  hb  he  says,  *'  mtlier  shy  of  Wing  known  as  a  (xAkt 
of  »ueh  things.*'    Atlii^s  des-*wv8e  his  collections  were  said  to  i^>ntain  *'  frjiiu  tw«n' 
five  to  thirty  thousAnd  autograpIiB,- '    Tliese  were  &,M  at  public  auction  in 
of  New  York,  on  the  4tb  of  March,  18G7,  and  the  foUowmg  diiy?.    This 
wag  particularly  rich  in  letterB  and  docuiuente  of  our  early  Colonial  Gove 
the  Generals  of  the  Americau  Revolution.     Prominent  statesmen  of  the  Rev 
arj^  and  of  other  |>eriod«  in  our  hisUiry  figured  extrn^ively  in  these  accumulHl 
wvU  m  authors,  ariints  and  divines,  American  and  fon-i^n — name€»  of  n 
either  hem ii^phcre,  male  and  female — eelebritles  in  the  multitudinous  depart 
literature  and  knowledge.    Series  or  clafises  of  name«,  of  bisliof)**,  of  et"*- 
njiliUiry  and  naval  commanders,  some  of  then  complete,  others  nearlv  t^ 
brougljt,  appropriately,  to|R'ther.     In  the  fjrei^  piirtion  of  hie  collect 
noted  fltateymen,  generals, lawyers,  novelists,  historians,  the  clergy,  nui 
and  difltini^ishcd  female  autbora,  were  important  series,  more  or  lees  1*1 

kings  antf  tmeetis  of  England ^  from  llenrv  VI Ft.  to  Victoria  inelntiiw,  t.ia^  ' 
France  from  Louis  XI.  (1401)  to  li<juis  Phillipe,  inclading  a  very  interesting  ivll* 
tion  (34  aut^>|grajjhs)  of  the  great  Emperor  Napiikxjii,  his  mmily  and  frier 
Kenerals  of  the  Republic  and  first  empire— actors  in  the  French  rcvoltiti' ' 
oers  of  the  National  Convention,  Robespierre  and  others.  *'  But  the  cru 
of  the  TeBt  Collection  '*  c*>nsiste<l  in  the  two  hound  volumes,  representing  by  Ititcnk, 
documents  and  signatures,  all  the '*  SroKERS  of  the  Constitution  of  raa  Umtxh 
States,"  and  of  the  **  Sioneus  of  toe  Decl.\ilvtion  of  LvDErKNUENCB." 

In  that  entertaming  work,  The  Poetry  of  Trmnniny  in  th:  United  States^  by  Mfi. 
Caroline  Gihaan,  publishcHl  in  1838,  is  an  article  (nagt^s  r>8)  fn»m  the  pen  of  her  hui- 
band,  the  Re\v.  Samuel  Gilman,  D.D.,  of  StuaniKih,  entitle*!  A  Week  Anwjuj  AtU(t- 
ffrtmhs J  in  which  is  an  interesting  account  of  Sir.  Tcf!l*s  collections. 

Mr.  \Vm.  Gilmoro  Simn^s,  the  novel ist,  of  Charleston,  S,  C,  who  was  an  ii 
friend  of  Mr.  Tcffl,  in  a  letter  to  the  auctioneer,  dated  Brooklyn,  Oetob«  r    ' 
whites  thus  of  Mr.  Tefft  and  his  autograiihs.     ^^  He  ha^  been,  proverb!; 
Lvst  thirty  years,  the  best  known  and  ma^t  uotorii>uely  active  of  all  the 
such  material  in  all  the  Unite^l  States.     He  is  the  Upcott  of  AmeJica,  as  -kve  snoum 
be  apt  to  St  vie  the  Englisli  Upcott  the  Tclft  of  Great  Britain,    Both  seem  to  hsfe 
pur»ucd  u  like  plan  in  their  collections,  and  both,  in  similar  degree,  have  ff^r^^'  1^*^ 
yond  all  contemporaries.     1  take  it  for  gmnted  that  no  collection  in  this  couii 
well  compare  with  that  of  mv  late  excellent  and  nmch  liiment4.*d  friend.     \ 
know  of  autography  was  imbibed  fix>m  hinu     Knowing  him  inti mutely 
hisgue^t — always  indeed,  when,  during  the  la»*t  thirty  years,  I  have  I 
viflit  Siivannah,  it  was  morally  iinjuisBible  that  I  should  eBcaj)e  his  - 
to  imbiW  something  from  his  fwculiar  pais^ion.     With  him,  it  was  i 
his  pkusaiit  stud^'  through  the  day ,  his  dream  of  phusure  tbrough  ...^  ,.._...    i.^ 
natural  taates — hiB  own  talents,  which  were  exccMent — his  judgment,  which 


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nnd  the  indefatignble  diligence  wliieh  he  brought  to  hoar  upon  this  one  pur- 
"    '  ^    very  sn^eat  Kucx^eBU  in  its  prosei'iilion.    But  he  pOBsesBed  other 
le  without  limit,  my  friuiid  wvlcuiut-d  to  hw  houae  the  du tin- 
,.,1  countries,  nnd  Diade  tlicoi  itiijuit<ti  of  bis  Iiuiol".    There  might 
I  ID*  V  Martineuuf*,  tliP  ThuckfrnVK,  the  UriMiii-nH*  the  IIall«,  the  Iltimil- 

t  iir  Mijrpt'th*  nnd  the  I'tinee  Achille  Murat.     With  an  annual  fiupply 

^Buch  gut-!»Ut  iVirvi^  and  native,  my  friend  found  it  eii!f*y  to  inerenge  tliat  capital, 
[the  a4:cumuhition  of  which  nUmv  miyht  he  l>e  aeoiitiitHl  of  avariee.     Never  waa 
,  more  AT  id  in  the  pursuit  of  gains  of  letters  and  maniiReripts.     His  f^entle- 
p,  tender  c^msitleration,  mihl  and  gratefid  manner,  and  (^enerai  tliough  unobtru- 
" — '^"*~ttnct.%  made  his  way  easy  to  theaftectiunft  <d'utlierfiT  niofitof  wTiyia  were  at 
"inxh'  to  viidd  him  pleasure  by  niiniHkrin;Lr  tu  Uh  rulini;  iKflft+iim.     Day 
POulifhe  W  (oimd  jxi ring  over  his  eolJection*  with  one  ur  more  friends, 
i  to|gniti%  mere  ouriQt<ity  or  to  obtain  rare  and  valimbk  biographical  and 

plan  was  6iich  an  to  enable  him  to  Mitisfy  nil  clB8*»e8  of  seekers.    JTe  was  not 

with  the  mere  letter  or  ^joiple  eii^nuture.     He  hunteil  up  rare  tln<'umentt*  in 

[Uarter  ;  be  traced  their  biatory,  and  the  livee  i>f  their  writers.     He  thus  ao- 

jd  mfLs**ei!td"fuct  in  n"lati<»n  tu  the  einnitrj'  aHAvtll  lu^  th<f  in<lividiml  ;  eoiipled 

rait  ul  the  indiviJual^  wherever  this  vvae  possible,  with  tlio  doemnejit,  and 

_    ,  fnr  iiluntmtinn  t>f  the  d(X*ument,  tu  cuntem])ordrv  hist<>ry.     It  is  in  this 

uf  bis  pr«.»cee<lin;^,  that  his  coUeetion  became  Hingularly  valmihU%  et^ptrially  to 

'   "lit;  and  to  hij?  own  memory,  which  was  of  wumlerfal  tenacity  and  ^^ra^p, 

his  cidlectioti,  have  1  had,  pcx>res  of  times,  to  re?*i>rtT  as  to  a  joint  reeonl,  lor 

TiftJtf  which  1  cuiild  nowhere  elne  diiscover,  and  fur  the  matter  illustrative  of 

ich  1  ulrcadv  had  in  poBSt^t^wion.     My  friend 'e  ea[)ftcity  for  ditterimiimting  bc- 

is  documents  and  det^Idintij  their  rei*pi'Ctivo  values,  had  Irm-o  sharpened  to 

II  by  loojT  praetical  experience,  which  caine  to  the  aid  of  a  native  ini?tinct, 

not    U)  be   imjj<i«*ed  upon   by  any  foriFerie^*,  however  admitly  made.     He 

Bg^it  to  bear  upon  hif*  impers  all  the  test<*  t/  historical  iiiithenticity.     Nur  did  he 

Kt&ltc  in  the  ndative  vunie  of  his  sul)ieet8,  eonfuundin^  tlie  ylwcure  with  the  emi- 

;t.     On  the  contrary^  while  gratefullv  receivinf^^,  and  mciei^l,  K^king^  all  manner 

ipcT9>  as  well  as  carresjxjndent.'*,  he  knew  well  how  to  elas.'^  tliem  in  t!ie  degroe  of 

ft^erwl  merits.     Ue  knew  well  tlie  rare  (iiim  the  commoUj  and  ^t  a  prrtf>er  val- 

tipon  the  retXfTfl  which  illustmte*!  a  life  or  an  event;  nnd  his  e*  Election,  ne- 

jly,  will,  in  my  opinion,  Ije  found  to  nuvk  in  eomf)firis4in  with  most  others, 

ise  "of  the  aidd  which  it  can  furnish  to  the  biographer,  the  philosophcsr  and  the 

_    .rian.'* 

loa  iHl^r  to  U8  from  Mr.  TeiTt,  date<l  Sivannah,  May  H.  1^57,  he  WTit^s  :— **  I 
;yua  t^j  atxv-pt  my  ipateful  thanks  tor  your  very  kind  note  of  the  Ith  mst.    Some 
I  the  Rev.  I>r.  Thnddeus  Mas.>n  llHrrii?,  of  your  city,  pent  me  the  en- 
e  will  of  ^Vm*  Telle  (stx'  Keg.,  V'oL  xi,,  ^i.  3l(>),  supposing  it  to  be 
The  oldest  toodjtituTie  in  lihide  l>lanii  ir*  of  ti:rindte  and  erected  to 
Mueuiur>  *  ;   ^  u.-li  flU,     1  was  bom  in  tlint  i?tute  in  171)1 »  hut  1  have  little  or  no 
rbowkMl^  ni  jii>  aih  r-i  i  m  -.  I  was  a  (whooll>ijy  in  yi>ur  eity  more  tiian  fifty  years  ago." 
^&e  omiieaof  John  Tift  nnd  tsamuel  Tiett  in'  Kartlctt's  KecordHoil"  It-  L  i'  im  ;  ii.  82 . 

'uiTK..  Ron.  Albert  S.,  a  eorrei*ponding  mendier,  din]  in  Stoekwell,  Indiana, 

- 1 »  aged  *J0*    He  was  born  in  1  Sh  k>m ing  i  i rove,  ( )mnge  County,  Ne^v  York, 

X^Ki;  graduate  at  Union  Colle|i;e  in  IS'J^J  ;  .studied  law  and  waf<  admit- 

'  Newhurgh  in  1825;  rcmoveil  to  Intlinna  in  IH-Jti ;  and  wa^  a  Uepre- 

ress,  from  that  Stiite,  frL>m  1837  to  1H:w  ;  was  a  St-nntor  in  Congress, 

>,  Ijeing  the  8ucces*4ir  of  ftVnenil  John  Ti|>ton,  of  Loganspoit ;  dur- 

Congress,  he  waj?  instrumental  in  securing  sjants  of  land  for  tlio 

.    ...ie  Canal;  ami  after  luuvin^  Con^re.s^,  he  ahnnd(med  polities  and 

i  hi*  attention  to  the  railroad  business,  be<'(nu!ng  President  of  the  Wiihiifth  and 

Jia,  and  of  the  Lake  Erie,  Wabash  anil  8t.   f>ouif*  Com[mnie:f*.     Earlier  in 

*  five  3'cftr«  Clerk  of  the  Indiiina   House  of  Ke(>re4^ntative« ;  and  waa 

prcsentative  from  Indiana  to  the  Thirty-scyenth  Cimgress,  serving  eir  a 

^tne  Committee  on  Foreign  Aflhirs  and  Chairnian  of  a  i*eleet  Connuitteo 

^eipntion.     After  leaving  Congrees,  he  was  apiniinttd,  by  President  Lincoln, 

aiflstoncr  to  mjttle  certain  ebinis  against  the  *Sioux  Indians.     In  January, 

WTvs  appointed^  by  Pre  sident  Lincoln,  Judse  of  the  Di8triet  Court  of  Indiana, 

JtiV*  r  !!.  Smith,  of  Iiidiiuia,  a  Representative  in  Congress  from   1n:27-20,  in 

^1  Trials  ami  Sktlchts,  p.  470,  says:— **  Air.  White  was  a  finmll 

'  lioato  constitution,  a  native  of  New  York,  tliiu  visage,  prominent 


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features,  lar^  nose,  iiarrow  lircnet.    He  wae  a  ripe  and  good  scholar,  a  fioc  epoik 
jjlwayi*  pTimipt  and  vi|?ilant/* 
Judge  White  became  a  correBpondinfr  member  of  the  &x*iety  in  1836, 

CoPELAND,  Elmba,  are<«ideut  ineml»er,  died  nt  Iuh  resldcmce  in  Sliawinut  Atchu*?, 
Boston,  Nov.  8,  1964,  a.  71.     lU  wn«  mm  of  F'JiKiin  Otpeland,  who  Pcrvi  d  thr  town 
and  city  more  than  forty  yearn,  end  who  dk-d  Fth.  27,  1848^  a.  84.     ' 
meint)t*r,  wn«  born  in  Bt>eton^8ept.  '^^  1793.    After  t^aujilvting  his  pchi> 
beenternl  the  counting-r<^)t*m  of  Peter  T.  F,  Di-^mmd  (finte,  x,  193).     Ji- 
Copelijnd  ^'ettlnie  innwttT  of  hip  husinc*«  and  gaiiKnl  an  insight  intti  nil  kind? 
plica t<*d  aecoiinte.     lie  was  prepared  thereby,  in  a  uie«8nre,  for  the  iiuf"*" 
ieep)nt<ihle  office  of  City  Auditor,  the  iK*ition  he  wa«  enllofl  upon  in  till 
18-11,  on  the  rcpigmitiun  of  Willijim  Ilayden,  Fj**!.    This  olBee  Mr.  0»j 
more  than  twenty-thrw  yt^arn,  having  |>erfurme<l  his  duti<*8  fuithfu!ly  fruiti  tlie  umn 
of  elcctiivn  until  the  close  of  hb  life.     On  lejivinj^  Mr.  Deirmnd,  he  pa^^^'d  a  few 
years  in  Pariftnfl  agent  to  his  btif^inew*  intstnietor,  and  then  relumed  to  B(ieton,whiq| 
ne  entered  into  mercantile  but*inees  in  which  he  was  engaged  until  be  wa^  chci6eB,l 
before  nientioneil,  to  nj?t*ume  the  dutice  of  i1ty  Aniiit<jr. 

Mr.  Copeland  by  hiw  thopou«;h  devotiun,  tididity  and  pyf^tematic  precision  saio 
the  conlidt'nce  and  re^ird  of  hie  friends  and  a8*it>eiiite&.     His  pnetor.  Rev.  Bdv 
Everett  Hale,  of  the  bouth  Congn-giitionnl  Church,  of  which  »*oeiety  he  had 
TrwiKurcr  Kinec  Its  or^ini/ntion»  jMiid  ii  detierved  tribute  to  hie  memory,  epmkiri 
hiijhly  of  him  at*  an  e^ti^toietl  meuiner  of  tbeir  society,  and  of  his  invalixaole  and  c^ 
cieot  w?rvic<^i?  in  the  city  gijvcmnient. 

He  was  luade  a  rc^ident  meiuNT  of  our  Sr>cictv  in  1857.  , 

Mr.  Li^jH-htnd  m.  1,  ilarrirt  Perrv,  May  '2*2.  l^en,    Mic  die<l  May  10»  1842,  agd 
37.     Children  :  linrmr  /io//ri/.  b.  Aug,   I'j,  IB^'J,  d.  Dec.  3,  iSAd  ;^ Harrut  L    ^- 
Blake.  h.  May  17,  1831  ;  EU$ha  Gustm-vs,  h.  July  3t\  1833,  m.  Sarah  E.   Otli 
Oct.  26,  1834  ;  Caifienru,  b.  Jan.  20,  \Sm,d.  Jun.  2tK  1838;  Alfred  Bryant.  b.Xg* 
3,  1838  ;  Ihrkri,  b.Oot.B,  1840,  d.  Jan.  12,  1841 ;  Herbert,  b.'ilay  7,  1842,  d.  J' 
17,  1842. 

lie  ni.  2t  Eliza  Sanderaon,  Feb.  C,  1845,  who  fiurrivcfi  him. 

A  tine  pivrtrait  of  Mr.  Copelund,  puink*il  by  bin  *»*>n,  Alfreii  B.,  an  artiift  of  ntud 
pronit8e,  which  was  presented  by  him  to  the  C»ty  ot  Eot»tun,  may  be  Been  in  the  Au" 
tor*H  otFice,  City  Uali. 

Potter.  Moeee,  a  resident  memT>er,  did!  in  Pbihdelpbia,  Feb.  13,  1865,  asjcd 
He  wa»  a  descendant  in  the  eistb  ^neratiun  fn>ra  llf>VK.Tt  Potter,  who  was  *}(  Lyi 
Mat?8.,  1B30;  freeman  8cpt,  3,  HI34  ;  removed  tu  Newpurt,  says  Suva^'.  wlaris 
July,  163H,  he  was  admitted  an  iu habitant ;  was*  one  of  tlie  eleven  originnl  rrnmhi 
ere  of  Shawotuet,  now  Warwick,  R.  L,  Irom  *'  Myantonomy,'-  in  1642.     Ku wrt  Pd 
ter  had,  with  other  cliildren,  a  son  Jotm,  wln>  hud  thwe  wivea — ^^ne  mimed  Fishef 
and  Bt^vernl  children,  ami>ni;  them,  FiKher  Potter,  frurn  whom  was  Philip,  the  grnr 
fjither  i)i  the  subject  of  thir*  sketch.     Pliilip  Potter  was  ipiite  a  leadini:  man  ia  f 
d»Y,     He  wuH  a  f*hij>builder  and  ship-fjwnrr,  and  n\m  earriefl  rtn  a  forn'itore  Hictrt 
He  resiikn!  in  Providt-nce,  and  wns  a  warm  friend  o I'  the  eelchrutt^  MtiKSee  limn 
He  failed  in  biisineaj,  owing  to  «?vcre  ]m*<cv.  ni  wa.     .\fter  making  an  hor 
Bettlemcnt,  he  gathered  what  little  ho  had  left  and  migrated  t^  the  w  ilds  of  V^ 
mont,  settling  at  Putney,  in  timt  JState,  where  alter  yen rs  of  etru^ling  withadv 
Bity  he  died.     M<jsc«  Potter,  the  fut!u*r  of  the  Hubjcct  of  tliii*  eketeli,  nuirrif**!  «t  i 
ago  of  twenty-t»ne,  Loiiitiu  Peters  and  rcHidi-d  in   Itj^hmund,  X.  IL     M 
was  also  a  lineal  deeeendant,  it  is  suid,  of  Kui^^fr  Willitimi^,  through  Mm 
MoX€J  Potter — cHir  member— waw  horn  in  Riebmimd,  N-  IL,  July  2y,  i' 
parents eoon  after  moved  to  Bmtdel»orough,  Vt.,  taking  \\itb  thetii,"Mo6e9,  Pbiiif 
'who  was  an  elder  hruther-=— and  bis  sister  L<aiim. 

Wlien  he  was  seven  yt'ars  old  his  father  dinl,  leaving  bis  mother  with  llttle| 
notlnn^j  to  stippurt  three  children.  He,  hciweviT,  nxn-ivi-d  a  moderate  ^-ducat 
which  be  increasetl  by  dilij^imt  readin^j.  **  PhitiuehV  Lives  *"  wa*i,  with  h}iii,ai 
vorite  l>ook.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  ht'lrft  Bratth'lnumigh,  Vt.,  being  then  ensaftd 
in  a  pn per  mill,  and  went  to  Proviiknce,  R,  L  Here  he  ent*^red  the  cr  '  -^  ^ — 
of  Pottfr  k  Adams.     At  the  ugi?  of  twentv-«>nc  he  berauie  pr<jprietor 

Capt.  S^flomon  Town^end,  a  highly  valued  friend,  wai*  his  silent  partnei - 

the  capital.     On  thu  29th  of  June,  1829,  in  the  Cutheilral  uf  Quel^ec,  he  wafe  mar- 
ried  to  Aralxlla  W,  Stilf«on,  ehle^t  dttugbter  of  the  late  Jt>Heph  SiilMjn.      (Iter 
inotber*s  name  was  Cat hriae  Kcriuilly,  luid  she  was  born  in  Ireland.)     IL  i 
in  Providence  al>oat  twelve  yearB:^  hie  two  eldest  children  being  bom  there. 


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|Im0I»  dM  in  in  fancy,  the  other  mirvlves  his  father ;  both  were  numc*!  JIok«.    Alxiut 

tib«  jre»r  1^3**  be  removed  to  Button,  enterini;  into  [iartnt'tfibi|j  w  ith  Mr.  Jtw^cph  llae- 

CiogB^  with  whom  hi3  corrk^J  on  a  hir^e  (Twkery  butimi'W^^     Hit*  eh]eb<tfliiughti*r,  \mm 

}iPT^  in  \h'A'y,  p,till  livip.     He  fttikni  iii  bupincKH,  hh  fiurtner  having  iiivuhed  the  tirm 

1  iilntion  in  ^*  Mtihie  liinil!^.'*    Tl}i«  wai**  alKJut  the  yenrs  1839  or  18-10.     Ho 

•.'  "I  Bid  ti  more,  M<  I.,  and  n  12:11  in  entered  mto  tlie  eroekeiy  !>uHincss.     Here 

ren  were  buni^  the  i']de-?'t  «/  whom  dml  winle  an  infnnt,  the  utlier  two, 

1 1  in  1845,  anti  Ji>seph  ^tiKm,  honi  in  1816,  still  >!iin  ive.     He  Ihiled  ftf^in, 

t^.uhle  with  a  >*ilent  partner.     In  tlie  >e:iv  1818,  It  h  i)elieved,  he  re- 

li'iphia  and  went  into  tlie  employ  i>f  iN-rkiiis,  BnHikn  &  Co.     Here 

.  .,ild  and  dau^j^htrr  was  Inmi  and  died,     Karly  in  1850  he  removetl  to 

}  N.  y.,  s:(nt]fr  into  the  fnipluv  oi  Jhmen  &  MeNaniee,  Broadway,  N.  Y. 

_ij  ml  while  on  a  vi?iit  to  Fliiludelplna,  I)t*e.  18,  185 L    The  next  year  he  en- 

^l  the  euipltiynient  of  Read  Brtitljeis.  Philnck'lphiu.     In   IB53,  he  wa.s  euniiected 

what  i^-  now  ^*  The  Penn.  <.'entnil  H.  U,'"     In  1855,  lie  removed  to  Boston, going 

IJh  :     lurnt  of  the  B.  &  O.  K.  K.     He  wns,  nlsn,  at  this  time,  a^ent  of  tlio 

ilrond*     In  Inno  he  went  a^iun  into  the  em]»loyment  ol  tlie  Penn. 

i  i^.  i*,,  i'lit  eontinne<i  to  rp^ide  in  Bastjon.     Hedifnl  in  the  rity  of  Philtidel- 

t»«?r>re  mentioned,  laivinfr  he<*n  stniek  hy  paralysis  jnst  a  week  previmisly. 

jiins  were  airrieil  to  Bn\ttlelM,»rongh ,  V't.,  and  are  there  intended. 

',  Potter  became  a  member  af  our  S>eiety  in  1800.  [Comnmnicatcd* 

McCojrnre,  Hon.  Isane,  LL.O..  a  eorreppondin:^  member,  died  at  Trrty,  N.  Y., 
i,  1867.    He  wni*  Wii  in  Merrimnek,  N.  H,,  Aug.  22,  1787.     lliw  grandpa- 
John  McConihe  and  SnniueJ  Unm]?hell,  niuved  fnnn  Argy]e*<hire*  tku^tliind,  to 
dern"  eounty,  Ireland,  in  1078,  Ixenut^e  the  Preehyterian  eeet,  to  whi<  ]i  they 
1,  were  perseeiiteU.     From  theiieu  thev  eame  to  Amerini.     Joiin  jMei^jnihe, 
nT  of  liwae,  removeil  with  his  imreiitu,  in  1751,  from  [jondonderry  to  Merri- 
^  N.  H.     The  mother  of  Iwiae  wus  8a  rah  Camp  hell,  daughter  of  ^anioel  Cam|>- 
Jl.     He  had  two  brothers,  John  ;ind  Saimiel,  and  two  Bintert*,  Sarah  and  Mary. 
He  wns  fitti'^I  for  CoUeire  at  the  Amdemy  of  Jlount  Verncin.  and  the  Aeademy  in 
Itkinfi m .  N .  H.     When  2 1  years  old ,  he  entert^d  Da  rtint  aith  C<  dleij:e,  and  graduated  in 
2,  bn^ing  won  «mie  of  the  highest  honors  during  his  eolbj^iate  eourn^    To  the 
le  ''  --  't'lri'cd  IVniaonn  F.  Heywood,  JI,D.H,an  eminent phyKieiim  of  Worn  ster, 
iniel  Breek  of  Kentueky,  and  JaiHin  Steele  of  Windsor,  Vt.,  a  eoun- 
ir  (iiueh  ahility.     He  waii  devoted  to  the  etudy  of  the  ftneient  ehih*i(«, 

bud  ti  tbun»ugi>  knowktl^e  of  the  (ii-eek  and  I^itin  Quthurs,     He  defrayed  the 
lt»ci|Jttl  expensses  inrnrred  while  obtaining  hh  e<lueation  by  te^chinff  eehotd,  and 
~        one  tmie  preix'ptor  of  Chesterfield  Aeademv,  N.  H.     Sekreting  tbw  leiml  prii- 
R»  the  one  tiest  ^uite*!  to  hh  tai^tes*  anil  ahilitiee,  lie  went  to  Iroy,  X.  1'.,  and 

^  *'     -tudy  nf  law  with  the  lute  Stenhen  Kohh,  woun  after  leavinja:  eol!e<;e. 

and  interests  of  the  eity  of  Iroy^  then  a  villa<^e,  he  hm  ever  hineo 

He  wo.s  admitted  to  the  Ihir  in  18 15, and  tijrmed  a  |>artneri»lup  with 

I  lines.     More  than  half  a  eentnry  he  praetiKHl  law,  und  was  noted  ibr  aliility 

egrity.    Although  a  wealthy  man,  yet  he  ocmpied  im  n  tenant  the  Kiune  law 

conficciitive  yturii.     At  the  time  of  his  deeea>se  he  wai^i  the  senior  niemlKT 

r  of  Itef»«Belaer  eoinity.     The  hefilth  uf  Mr.  MeConihe  liiiling  in  1818,  he 

rly  two  year.H  throu";h  all  the  Midille,  Sonthern  and  Western  Suites. 

travels,  he  iorme<l  the  aoiyaintanee  of  Ik'nry  Chiy*  find  uianv  other 

il  mr»n<     On  his  return  he  was  appointed  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  Polieo 

lie  city'  of  Troy,  whieh  oihee*«  he  held  t4.*n  years.     In  1821,  he  was 

!>tof  a  Young  Men's  Ass4jeiatii>n,  the  ohjeet  (.4'  it  Wing  the  revision 

the  SuiU?  cijnstitution,  in  whieh  it  was  hnally  sueee^sfal. 

Re  wTi>;  married  April  IGth,  18326,  t*  Samh  S.  Stron-^,  daughter  of  Hezekiah  W. 
?!cn?it,  Mtt»i.,  grandaui^hter  of  Ibm.  iiiniLNai  Strong,  Judge  of  the 
'>f  Ma£;sachuJi)ett«,  and  wister  of  the  lamented  N.  \.  State  Senator, 

l^^,  he  w?i>*  appf/mted  Jiid^re  of  the  Coart(^f  Ciimmim  Plea*?  of  ften^seluer 
ty.     In  1831  he  was  mjUiintitAHl  mcnd>er  of  the  Ai*embly,  hut  deelined  the  noin- 
^5^lll  after  the  Judge  wa«s  eleeted  County  Treasurer.    Ho  was  Ptteitmiai*ter 
T  &0111  183^?  to  I84*i. 

if^jiifs  of  the  esteem  in  whieh  he  was  held  by  hbi  felh>w  eitizcns  it  maybe  inter- 

flKn»  til*  enumerate  the  many  otfieia I  pnt^iti  >nH  he  oeeuplei: I, besides  thoRi  pi-e- 

.tat«?d,  during  his  lonjLC  ami  eventful  lile.     Jud^^t*  MeConihe  was  Mailer  and 

in  Chancery ;  Supervisor  eevenil  terms  ;  tor  half  a  eentury  &  Batik  L>irec- 


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tor;  also  ft  Railroad  Director,  Pwidcnt  md  Treasurer  of  &  Bridge  Comji^TTy  wrf 

a  Turnpike  Cuniimny  ;  roininissiuiMT  uf  Deeds  over  iifty  years;  Vit» 
Trensiirer  anfl  IVuHtet*  i>\'  tlie  Tr»iv  Cemetcrj-  As^tx'iation  ;  Pref«jdeiit  > 
Acatlvmv  ;  Presi<ient  nf  the  Triiy  Lyrtniiu  M'  Natunil  llitttjr)' ;  Tru*«t.ee 
etOiicr  Pulvkvlimc  Iristiturt*;  Senior  Warden  of  bt.  Ptiiiri  Church,  Tr 
of  the  Truv  Orphan   Ai*Yiuiii ;  Vrce*I*reeiilent  of  the  Trrty  A*«ociatii>n 
provement  of  the  oonditron  yf  the  poor  ;  Life  Meiiilxfr  of  tlie  Young  Men  e  /t 
tian  of  Troy ;  Honumry  Member  of  the  Northern  Aciulemy  of  Art*  an'l  s 
Con*frponding  Mem[*er  of  the  NeW  York  UjKtoriciil  Socieiy  :  Hoiiumrv 
the  American  StfttisticfiJ  A.*?8t»eiation  ;  Corrt*[>onding  Memljer  of  the  N' 
nistorioGenea]c>iTical  Sj^^it'ty  ;  Member  ot  the  American  Af*'K'iiition    i 
vamx'iiumt   of  Sinence  ;  and  in   |k51*  tht?  Iluiiornrv  dei^rec  of  LL.D.  i^ 
on  him  hy  Racine  Co  liege »  of  Ka  cine,  Witw.'onHiiK    l)uring  the  c»>un«e  of  u. 
lonff  and  distinguished  career  he  wa**  an  aetive  pr^juioter  of  the  miiise  of  e<lii 
ana  was  amnectetl  with  various  edut^utioiml  and  literary  mE<ti  tut  ions.     lU 
efjunt<eUor  and  guanJian  to  the  widows  and  orphans,  antl  in  his  death  they  have  wet 
ivith  a  gvexii  hm-n.     He  -was  loyal  to  hii^  country,  and  in  the  late  conflict  with  the 
South  «eiit  three  s<«nt*  and  eontrihjted  niateriiilly  to  t^ui^tain  its  in&titutii:*nB^  and  pre* 
eene  the  Union.     Fidelity,  promptiu'sa  and  politenej!*H  cliaracteri/ed  id  in  in  idl  htMa- 
nesp:  transaction?*.     He  was  a  practical,  couinion  scn»^*  himmest*  nian^  and  liad  i 
ami  genial  manner  winch  won  him  friends  amony:  all  classes  <»f  i>e*j|:tle.     Ab  I 
he  wa«  a.<8i^)ctated  with  and  aup|>ort4*d  all  philanthropic  and  laudable  entt 
As  a  prufesj«or  of  religion  he  wtis  exempbry  and  eonni*«tcnt^  contributing  Hfi 
to  all  reliirious  institutions.    Though  the  burden  of  eighty  years  pressst3  ujxmi 
bro*,  he  was  young  in  heart,  and  loved  to  be  aurrounded  by  young  pin^iple  lo  i 
he  T^Tit*  always  a  friend,  Ci^ix^ciallv  the  younij  men  of  hii*  pridV*tJt*i'>n, 

He  retained  bin  industrious  baliits  to  t!ie  end  of  his  life,  which  he  was  etiahMf 
do  by  a  very  vi^forous  constitution  and  iinif5»rni  jimA  health*     Noble  la  thought  i 
kind  in  speeelu  he  made  many  friendt^,  but  lew  enemiet*. 

Judge  McConihe  waa  unlversoUy  lamented  by  a  large  circle  of  relatiTes,i 
and  nc<pmintanoes. 

I  He  wa*<i  made  a  corresfwjnding  inein1>er  of  our  Siciety  in  1848.] 

The  folio winj5  arc  the  children  of  Isaae  and  Simh  MeConiJie  : 

I .  Tho  mas  Jeff  tr  so  n ,  Ik  >rn  A  u  ^ .  1 H  t  h ,  1 827 .     D  led  a3d  sa  me  mon  th ,  a  t  '^' 
!i.  Sarah  Thinsa,  born  Au^^  it'M,  18*28,  in  Tixi)',  N.   V,     Married 

MaUory, of  Commg,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  ;23d,  Ib-lth     Dieil  N'ov.  lOth,  1854,  at  Cu.;...,^ 

3.  Isaac,  born  at  Tn>y,  March  *21st,   IH30.     .Married  PbetHj  Warren,  UcU  tit! 
1800,  in  Troy,  N.  Y.  ;  lias  k^en  Mayor  of  lite  citv. 

4.  IfiV/ffl/rt,  bom  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  July  6tb,  1S32,     Marrieil  Jan.  25th,  1858,1 
AuguKtfl  Hovey,  at  Racine,  Wis. ;  wa*  a  Captain  in  the  ^d  Regiment  Yolunteera. 

5.  John^  1>onj  at  Troy,  tn^pt.  \^i^  183^1,     JHeil  in  Imttle  at  Cold  Harbor,  Virg 
June  l«*t,  1804 ;  Colonel  of  the  lOfnh  Ke^Hmcrit. 

6.  Sfjmucl^  bom  at  Merrimack,  N.  IL,  Sk'pt.  8tb,  1936;  was  a  Brigadier  GcJ 
of  YoltiritcerH. 

7.  Thornton,  h^m  Sejit,  20th,  1830,  at  Troy,  N.  Y, 

8.  A/onson  IhfUf/ias,  bom  Nov.  16th,  1841,  at  Troy. 

9.  Phthtnifrr  Wtifs,  born  at  Troy,  Auj;.  liOth,  18t4.    Died  Jan.  3d,  1845. 

10.  Mary,  born  Dec,  2(*tli,  l»45,*at  Trov, 

II.  Ahnzn,  horn  at  Troy,  June  8th,  1850.     Died  May  5th,  1851. 
The  surviving  members  of  thelamily,  with  the  mother,  are  Isjiae,  William,  SaiaQ 

Thornton^  DougUie  and  Mary.     [Ci*mmunicattd by  Mary  McCont/tt^  Troy,  ]^, 


Pbocebdings. 

Boston,  Wrdrtf-Xfhy,  Drrcftif>fr  A,  1807.    The  regular  monthly  meeting  was 
tbi*^  altenioim,  nt  Xo.  17  BroniHdd  i^treet,  W' initio w  Lewis,  M.D.,  in  the  chair. 

John  11.  hheppard^  A.M.,  the  librarian,  reported  a«  dtrfmtionn since  the  last  me 
12  volumes,  33  mraphlels,  and  sundry  mnnu«cript*?,  jihotographs,  newspapcns,  _., 

Rev.  Edmnnd  F.  flatter,  the  correi^pondiu!;  secretary,  rej)orted  the  act'e{>taue«  i 
inemberHliip,  to  which  they  had  bee?n  elected,  bv  tbe  following  s^ntlenien,  vijs.-  ti 
corrqK ending,  Benjamin  Soott,   F,K.A.»S.,   of  London,  En^rhmJ,   and    Dr.    '     M 
Da  Cfj«ta  orPbikdclphia,  Pa,;— a^  ret?idunt,  CharleR  Ia-vi  W^nxlhurv  and  Nr 
Brt>wn  of  Bowton ;  Hon.  Ix^vi  Reed  ot  East  Ahington,  Nathaiuel  1^.  Allen    ! 
Newton,  William  H.  Upborne  of  EnHt  Brid«^enater,  Benjaniin  F.  Ham  of  W  incbi»- 
ter,  Andrew  Wiggia  of  Dydham,  and  Ebeuezcr  Torrey  of  Fitch  burg. 


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The  Dirw?toT8  nominnted  four  candidntes  for  rceident  membersLip,  and  one  for 
ft>i-T.*:T-  .nHmjj  tiicmlxrrehip,  who  were  Ijallotcd  for  and  elected. 

Whituiore,  A.M.,  read  a  brief  pofx/r  on  the  Future  Work  of  the  Si)eiety. 
pi)rp<ise«  of  the  orgaDization  at  an  early  day,  wah  that  of  issnitig  a  new 
'*  Fanner's  Register  of  the  Firet  t^ettlers  in  New  Entijland  *' — ^biit  nB  Mr. 
t  *»tif!jnge<l  hiiiifl44f  on  the  **  Register,"  the  Society  left  it  in  hia  hands, 
ned  by  Mr.  Sova^e  leaveB  the  opiiorturiity  Btill  U>  enlarge  and  re- 
nd mure  full  edition.     Several  othf  r  iindertaktn|rs  were  isuggc»ttMl. 
' 'fi  r»?ad  a  paper  on  **  The  Old  Bay  State  at  the  Fr*>nt/' 

-  i       1         -  :  u\v8  with  nothing  hut  crotchets  ;  and  if  yon  deprive  an  elephant 

n  I  tiul,  taking  itrtprolxjHcm  for  Cnpe  Cod,  you  bnve  Romo  notion  of  ita 
•le  form ;  with  a  bleak  and  brumal  aB^ject ;  a  rocky  ^►il ;  a  coast  of  jieril- 
and  headlandfi ;  ecenery  neither  pieturefl<iac  nor  eomnianding ;  without 

the  gnirid  laoantAin  featurc6|  bruad  hMm^  tmiuderiug  cataracts,  picturea  rooks  or 

va^t  and  fertile  prairies  of  eome  of  the  sifiter  States,  as  if 

**OfjJ*i  'prentice  hand  ho  tried  on  ber 
And  then  he  tnade  \ius  rest  oftlMaD.'' 

Her  Hii*tory  t  She  ba«  done  many  very  Filly,  eaucy,  nnugbty  things.  She  baB  now 
and  then  pretended  to  be  hard  of  fiearing,  but  no  one  could  hear  the  clinking  of  a 
dollar  quicker ;  eometimcfl  too  prim  and  puckeriflh,  often  penny  wiie  and  ten  pound 
fc»clish  ;  ebe  has  often  etart^  off  on  some  wild  goose  clia«e  for  moonshine,  and 
caaght,  ae  Sir  Hudibra^,  a  ducking  in  the  darkne^. 

In  the  v<  n'  outlet  of  her  career  ehe  huiig  inoffensive  Quakers — innocent  pereons 

f .  ,,  ;.!...  .  'fiolc  black  men  out  of  Africa  and  sold  them  on  I/jng  Wharf,  Bijeton ; 

bmitifl  of  the  red  men  with  rum  and  then  defraudeil  tliem  of  lands  and 

.  rc'benwl  with' one  Daniel  ShayR  as  head  eentrc  ^  was  against  the  crgan 

lie  in  the  churcbefi ;  went  into  the  morufl  niulticauliiflor  flilkworm  fever; 

-  world  was  nt-ar  itfl  end ;  embraced  tablctifipin^  an^  attempted  to  som^ 

1  its  from  the  vaety  deen  ;  "  has  bad  *'  know-nothmg  '*  and  mutual  admira- 

:  i*  P  ;  in  short,  ehe  has  nad  more  antis  and  cut  up  more  antics  than  any,  I 

'    '•"*  than  every,  other  State  in  tho  whole  fiisterhood* 

nig  all  tbi8,  MnsfiachuBettfl  la  a  grand,  a  glorious,  a  magnificent  old 

ii.L  mood  of  lofU' patriots  course*)  through  her  bounding  heiirt,  the 

'  nco  has  been  here  kindled.     By  the  pulpit,  the  forum,  the  sernte  cbam-* 

executive,  whenever  gjves  neetied  to  be  riven  ehe  ha»j  done  the  work. 

tt.tUA  H'ith  fearless  fruut  have  met  the  burrirane*  of  every  sea,  and  cloven  their 

inti;  every  T^ildemese  ;  have  faced  the  savage  in  liis  wild  lerocity,  the  monarch 

plenitude  of  hie  power  ;  have  made  ber  name  a  sacred  talitsman  of  home  and 

to  the  wandering  exile, 

Lk.rl  in.r.  pain&'taking,  rigbt-minded,  bo  nest-bear  ted  old  Bay  State!    Sho 

ifijEe,  to  sustain  and  to  enrry  into  execution  tf'je  greet  principles  of 

Id  freedom,  and  those  which  underlie  and  make  glad  our  oi>mmon 

lylife;  which  give  the  poorest  boy  within  our  borders  a  chance  to  be^'ome  a 

ipe«*r  with  the  proudest  of  the  land,  and  which  allow  all  Uj  wurship  their  Creator 

linjff  to  the  dicttites  of  their  own  conscience  ;  which  protect  the  humblest  citi- 

jH*ctive  of  the  color  of  biH  ctMit  or  countenance.    She  honors  lalxjr,  en- 

,iBPS  art,  cheriRbes  fraternity,  preserves  equality. 

Lobowtts  haa  ever  stood  in  the  van  of  human  pTogrees;  sbe  has  alwayi 

!wi^  her  forces  right  abreast  of  the  danger,  and  struck  her  blow(i  directly  at  the 

I  In  the  political  compact  on  btwirtl  tne  May  Flower,  to  which  may  Ikj  traced 

riticiplt*fl  of  the  Declaration  of  our  National  Indeprndence  i  in  CBtabliebing  free 

whij<fls ;  in  founding  the  first  succesHful  collcire  and  setting  up  the  first  ftint- 

1  MN  •  e^he  wa»  in  ponihon  at  the  front  in  the  Kew  WV/Id.    At  LfCHUE^hurg  by 

-  i  I    r  Peppercll  ;  in  the  march  of  science  by  her  Franklin  with  bjy  kite,  aho 

[  u-e  in  front.     When  the  rovobition  came  by  Jamt-B  Otis,  John  AdaiiiBy 

I  Adams,  in  the  dt-cimon  of  great  principles,  ehe  kept  her  pioneer  position, 

r.jn  and  Bunker  Hill,  tell  where  the  first  guni  were  fired,  and  the 

Jit. 

liiLney,  tbrouffh  bis  inyention  of  the  cotton  gin,  and  through  the  whk- 

t  L/iwell  and  Jjawrence,  our  State  holds  an  advanctnl  poi^ition  in  the  oot- 

tiiR  Mrfiiii*  sy.     In  cimstructing  the  first  important  merchiint-veKPcL  the  first  loan-of- 

mr,  in  the  China  trade,  oil  trade,  ice  tmde,  and  California  trade,  in  the  woulen, 

iboe  and  nail  manufacturo^  Massachufiett^  etaudd  foremost. 


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[Ap 


The  first  sewing  inn cli In e.  the  Umi  cbarch-orgiin  and  pianoforte  were  boiU 
MaesachueettB  eetabli^ilifd,  thrtjujjh  Fratiklin/ the  poetal  ^'Utem,  and  opcticd 
first  public  library  ftiid  SSiujJny  ec"h(K)l,  and  tbe  first  normal  school  on  thb  continent. 
By  Bancroft  and  Pre«cott,  Motley,  Palfrey  and  othcra,  uhe  baa  WTittcn  the  moit 
Taluable  hiHtoriee. 

She  wa*  first  in  opening  the  mapiificent  s>Btcm  of  raiJitMide,  and  whercvft  the 
iron  eteed  is  prancin^^  her  hardy  mxm  are  founU  biiiliiing  citiee,  erecting  niiinttf«cto> 
ries,  founding  ficbo^^dfi  and  c<tllet^te,  introducing  civilization^  directing  toe  cDercteiof 
tbe  people,  and.  a^  by  native  right,  leading  the  way.  In  the  Atlantic  Cable,  By  W 
Moree  and  Fiela,  she  etande  at  tbe  bend.  When  the  fnr^»S'  howling  of  tlie  Itwi  wild 
tempeet  began  to  breaik  upon  tbe  car  of  our  own  Movc*l  State,  and  tbe  thnnikr 
clouds  canie  rolling  anjand  tbe  solid  Grame-work  of  this  republican  •rovennDCOl  wit 
shaking,  the  cry  was,  Who  Hhiill  mve  us?  John  Albion  Andrew  ofMaaBaebutettlf 
By  hjfl  (juick  combinations  the  immortal  Sixth  Regiment  was  organised,  and  n  '"-* 
With  unexampled  spe«d  direetly  to  the  danger,  and  in  Biiitimort^  on  tbe  1 
April,  wrote  out  again  that  mighty  Soion  watchword,  Freedom,  with  bcr  i 
and  then  went  on  to  stem  tlie  storm. 

More  than  one  hundred  thousand  men  from  Maa8a<;hu setts  served  at  Fredericki- 
burg  and  all  along  the  Union  line.  The  monuments  at  Washington,  Antietam  and 
GettyHburff,  and  thoee  torn  and  tattered  flajf^  at  the  State  Donee,  will  tell  you  she 
was  gmntlfy  and  magnifici'ntly  in  her  poeidon.  Finally  the  bands  are  riven,  the 
Gordian  knot  is  cut,  and  freiNiom's  ucckmatiuns  ring  from  shore  to  shore.  Immedi- 
ately, before  the  c^miraunity  arc  aware,  the  iron  band  which  is  forever  to  bind  then 
Bhorca  is  pushed  to  the  tiackbone  of  tbe  continent,  with  Massachusetts  men  in  ih§ 
lead,  and  but  two  rounds  of  the  st^aaons  will  have  pasiiod  when  in  seven  davB  we  can 
span  the  c^iuntry  from  side  to  aide— on  a  highway  that  will  open  up  untola  minei  dt 
wealth,  and  l>e  the  foundation  of  proepenty  for  all  c^oming  generations. 

VVliere  will  the  old  Bay  State  then  stand?  Let  her  keep  on  with  her  mount 
moving  lalx»r  as  she  has  ever  done, 

^'^  Aorl  Id  ihe  murch  of  empire  ctill, 

Wh(,ii  ctntHTa  tbe  li«ttJe'i  fiery  turunl, 
The  cry  will  ring  ffom  lioe  lo  Dm, 
Old  MMMQhiuetUi  at  the  front !  ^ 

Boston,  Wednesday^  January  1,  186i8,--The  twenty-third  annual  meeting 
held  at  the  rooms  of  tlie  society,  17  Bromfield  Street,  at  3  o'ehjck,  P.M.  In 
abeenec  of  the  vit'c-presidents.  Or,  Winnlosv  Ix^wie  was  called  to  the  chair. 

John  H.  Sbeppani,  Esq.,  tbe  librarian,  reported  that  during  the  year  1867,  I 
whole  nuniW  ot  volumes  added  to  the  libran^'  amounted  to  242,  and  of  paniphletB  5 
Several  valuable  manuscripts,  photogrRpb6,'&c.,  had  also  been  received.  A  k 
number  of  the  Journals,  Resolves  and  Laws  of  MassachuscttiS,  publltibed  anau 
by  the  Province,  between  the  years  1730  and  IKCMl,  had  b^en  procurt^l  l>y  the  ch 
man  of  the  library  committee,  and  subfitantially  Iwund  in  siiteen  volumes, 
documents  are  very  rare,  and  of  great  historicar  value.  Tbe  donations  during  ' 
last  month  were  14  volumes  and  3  pampldets.  The  whole  number  of  volumca  1 
the  library  is  7657,  and  of  pamplilett*  23,732. 

The  Kcv.  Edmund  F.  Slalter,  c^jrre^fjwnding  eeoretary,  reported  that  nine  \ 
had  accepted  membership  as  eorrtt*poiiding,,  and  fifty-Bveas  resident  merabera,  durinj 
the  past  year.     He  bad  also  received  many  communications  on  t^ucstious  of  f 
and  local  hifi^torv,  all  of  which  had  Ix'cn  firomptly  anev.ered. 

Willinru  li,  'fowne,  E*^tj.,  the  treasurer,  reiurtcd  thnt  during  the  pB»t  year 
onlinary  receipts  had  paid  tlic  ordinary  expenses,  leaving  a  small  blilaiire  In 
treasury  from  this  source  ;  that  the  permanent  tunds  bad  been  increfi^  i1J 

principlilly  by  sums  received  fi>r  life-memberships,*  and  now  amount  t  .iQ 

mostly  invc#te<l  in  Government  Hecurities- 

William  B.  Tnisk,  Es(|.,  tbe  historiographer,  rejwrted  that  during  the  six  yeart 
that  be  bad  held  this  office,  there  bad  been  131  deaths  of  memhera.  Biographical 
sketches  nl' one  Imndred  dectased  memWi^s  had  l>cen  prepared  by  him,  or  at  his 
retiucat,    Thebe  have  been  printed  in  the  HegUu^r,  leaving  thirty-tme  that  an?  in  part 


♦  The  payment  of  Uilrtf  doltart  ly  Hitmieir  or  othert  irUl  oc^BititutA  noy  retidecit  or  oorreipocMlii^  i 
of  the  Aixiftiy  a  Life  member  Eber«cif,  aDt]  eutitle  hJtn,  srltboql  furlher  exp<L'Dfe,  to  all  the  rigbta  of  «  f 
Doember  during  Mv^ 

VoradmiMlaQ  la  the  ^odeijr  the  c&ndidate  muit  be  reaommeoded  by  a  member  In  vritlog,  1m  «ppror«A  to 
Hh!  Board  ol  nireetoce,  Aod  voied  Id  le  «  oaetaber  u  ft  reguter  loe^Ung. 

The  fee  for  cmtrlcuJjalaa  la  ttixw  doikin.    IktideDt  tneiiibetihlp  re<iuirei  tike  F^rto«ot  amnaair  ^  Ma 


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H^iarcd  for  the  pren^  bat  which  it  is  his  deeiro  to  make  more  complete  before  they 
Mpjirintcd. 

HTne  whole  number  of  deaths  einoe  the  organizftti'on  of  the  Soeictyi  iib<^iit  twenty- 
Hree  yeara,  hnflboeD,  110  near  as  he  can  aeoertain ,  276,  During  the  year  1B67»  twenty- 
wiro  memberB  have  died.  The  average  number  of  deaths  annually  while  he  had 
Md  the  offioe^ad  been  about  22. 

el  A.  O*  Hodges,  chairman  of  the  trupfcees  of  the  Bund  fund,  made  a  verbal 

J  that  about  $200  wfi«  in  thu  handfl  of  the  conxmitteo  from  proc^-ede  of  the  eale 

,  Bond's  HiHtDry  of  Wuterttiwn.* 

r.  Towne,  the  chairman  of  the  tniatees  of  the  Rirstow  fund,  reported  that  161 

mem  hud  been  bound  from  the  income  of  this  fund  during  the  past  year,  lenving 

161  .d3  of  the  income  unexpendfMJ.     Tliia  fund  eoneiBts  of  ^1(KK^,  giren  to  the  eoci- 

'  r  in  18QS-3  by  the  late  John  Burstow,   Esq.,  of  Prf>Tidencc,  R.  I.,  then  a  Ttoe 

SBident  of  the  society  for  that  StJite,  the  income  of  which  la  devoted  to  the  binding 

^boolLS. 

iHon.  Charlee  B.  Hall^  one  of  the  truptees  of  the  Towne  Memorial  fund,  reported 

^at  the  income  has  aceumulaU.*d  duriiii^  thf  past  year,  and  the  fund  now  amounts 

^13 19.35.     This  was  the  gift  of  Mr.  Wm,  B.  Towm,%  the  treasurer,  of  $lim 

*-' — lly,  the  income  of  w*htch  ia  to  be  devoted  to  the  publication  of  a  memorial 

'  of  deceased  memliers  when  the  Bociety  shall  deem  it  expedient. 

lofan  Ward  Dean,  chairman  of  the   publishing  committee,  reported    that   the 
only  publications  of  the  society  during  thepnt<t  year  were  the  Neic  Ent/Ian/I  Hisfori' 
^fisnd  Genealmical  Re^ster.mvl  one  rcpriut  IVom  it»  viz,,  the  annual  address  of 
■h«  president  of  the  society,  the  late  ex-GoTernor  Andrew. 

•^ The  twenty-first  volume  of  the  i?-^i^^<T  has  been  mmnletedj  under  the  editorial 
^kne  of  the  Rev.  £lias  Nastjn,  and  the  fin^t  numljer  of  the  twenty-second  bttfl  been 
^pQed.  under  the  charge  of  CoL  Albert  II.  Iloift, 

r  Wiliiam  Reed  Dciine,  chairman  of  the  eommittee  on  lectures  and  eesays,  reported 
that  ibet^  bad  been  sixteen  papers  read  before  the  society  the  past  year^  several  of 
vbich  have  been  published,  and  others  will  be  printed. 

W'm.  H.  Whitmore,  A.M.,  chairman  of  the  committee  on  heraldry,  refjorted  that 

_the  ihird  volume  of  the  Htraldtc  Journal  had  been  iBsucil  during^  the  year  1867, 

dited  by  Wm*  S,  Appleton,  A.M.    Many  pediffrece  have  Ix^n  published  during 

'  ;  existence  of  the  Journal,  which  it  is  eonfiuentlj'  lx4ieved  will  l^a  uf  great  service 

IjAe  fmore  historian  and  genealogiKt.    About  sixty  cottt*»  of  arms  have  been  en- 

'^   I  for  the  last  volume,  and  a  greater^  nunik^r  have  been  carefully  described. 

^ ptions  on  tombstones  have  been  conied  in  Ncwrxirt  and  Providence,  R.  L, 

OoMord,  Mass., Burlington,  N.  J.,  and  Pniladelphia,  Pa.,  and  a  large  addition  thus 

*  >  to  the  number  of  mmiiies  known  t<>  have  used  coat-arraor.     Much  attention  has 

^ivcn  to  the  genealogy  of  the  taiailies  which  received  titles  during  the  colonial 

committee  boa  found  no  evidence  to  weaken,  hut  rather  facts  to  conSrm  the 

hitherto  expressed,  that  the  use  of  armorial  bearings  in  this  country  before 

kA  a  proper  and  authori3(**d  one,    ycvenil  instances  have  orcurrcd  during  the 

trlu^  fleals  used  by  early  immigmnt«  have   been  identihcii  as  belonging  to 

•Hied  to  them;  and  it  is  exiieeted  that  the  more  the  inquirj^  is  prcssca  the 

T»lae  wiU  be  attached  to  these  proofs.    The  committee  has,  from  tlie  first*  been 

to  collect  and  i^<?ri/y  coats-ol-arms,  rather  than  to  expose  errors  in  their  use. 

is  unqueetionabie  that  many  pensons  have  ignoranlly  assuined  anne  to  which 

no  ri^ht»  but  it  has  seemed  Ijcst  to  correct  this  error  chietly  by  pulilishin^ 

and  Ignoring  the  Mrrong.    So  far  ds  the  influence  of^  the  society  extends  it 

tinue  t J  hi*  given  in  support  of  careful  criticism  and  for  the  extension  of  his- 

iniormatlon. 


I  of  the  procerdA  tfcm  the  nie  of  Boad'i  Oentai&^et  and  Bittorf  ef  Watertonmj 
m  im^tmiit  <if  tlie  viUtion  of  whlcb  la  sbeela,  wm  beqaeathefl  by  Uie  auLbor  to  Uie  Sodetjr  (Register  xat.  3Ti| 
Ir*  i— 3(  MoA  eav«r  Oct.  IftfiO}.  The  atoaej  received  rrom  Ltie  tuleji  ii  to  be  inreited^  ftnil  the  looooie  ttaed 
tat  pmcbme  at  loesl  hittorlet  and  fotwatogfefl.  Tbe  book  it  n  iliick  ocbftvo,  of  lOM  closely  prUaed  pagoi, 
%  poflfmllt  «od  nupA.  Beaidetf  tbe  btetorical  DuUtcr,  which  ia  intereattn^  and  vulottble,  tbcre  are  geneft^ 
|q|{tai  of  ft  grcftt  QDimlier  of  buniUes-.  The  folluwlnif  are  si>me  of  the  larger  geDoologtesi  Alteo,  Barnard, 
>iBili»  Biipekiv,  BriiDoe,  BoDd,  fioimuin,  Bo/lston,  Bridge,  Bright,  Browne,  Cbedter,  C^liJId,  Cocaidfo 
VlnlefWorU)},  CuUer,  OvttUiff,  Dix,  JSaaLerbrook,  JSddjr,  Eyre,  Jfiske,  Plugg,  Fuller,  Goddjird^  Qold- 
>  0<y*«,  ll«««r,  Eoiamotid,  HarrlDgtoa,  HArrlt,  HAdtings,  Ilwr,  Uobban),  Uyde^  JeDoiioti,  Jooes, 
",  LAwrence,  Xjeamed,  Llvimiorv,  Matuo,  Mister,  Moree,  Norcroi«,  OMham,  Park,  PurJthiinrt,  Pciroe, 
(Wbiti&,  Abbott^  Jewctt,  Spoaoer,  TUUoghast,  Qulaoy,  aptMDdicet  bo  PhUUpt),  aajtxmitall,  SaBdenon^ 
I,  OPilUi.  SipriDg,  Steams  (St«oo,  TUbot,  Bellum,  Johnson,  RAliiistoD,  Sparhawk,  Hcnrcaaib, 
attDo,  Tarbell,  Tbacotooy  UpbiiiH  Wanco,  WflAUsctoa,  WMbei  WlillEaai^  WUttUTt  Wblfc> 
,  Wo«dwwd  and  Wjraaa. 


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lo  England  the  two  m&saziDea  devoted  to  ihis  eal^ect^  the  Herald  md  Ocnealo^ 
and  the  Miscellanea  Herahlica  tt  Gtneahf/icat  have  ooutinued  to  be  iiMied  and 
oontaine*!  eeveral  articles  of  ixUcroet  to  Aixuiricans.    From  Mr.  W.  8. 
society  has  received  a  nuniW  of  puhlicationfl  which  have  liem  duly  dtstrib 
it  la  believed  that  the  mtercluinge  of  iufunimtion  on  genealogical  subjects  I 
Englii^h  vrriten?  and  our  own,  is  yearly  beeouiing  more  frequi-nt.    The  rea^'* 

London  of  our  leanied  afiaoeiate,  LV>1.  Jiisepb  L,  Che§ter,  baa  undoubtedly  t 

ed  to  thid  r^^ult,  and  the  ooimnittee  has  ivpeatedly  bad  oocaflion  to  acknowled^  tin 
value  of  \m  seniee^. 

The  committee  repeated  it?  annual  request  to  memberB  that  they  will  forwiird  to 
it  examples  of  coat^-of-aruid  which  they  meet  with,  and  thue  aaeiat  in  completing  the 
task  undertivken  by  it, 

_  The  liev.  Edmund  F.  Slafter,  chairman  of  the  nominating  oommiStce,  ref*oited  i 
list  of  candidates  for  officem  the  enHuing  year,  all  of  wnom  were  imanimoaalj 
elected.* 

On  the  annoancement  of  the  election.  Dr.  Lewia,  in  a  very  cordial  manmr.  wd- 
oomed  the  president  eleot,  lion,  Marshiill  P.  Wilder,  Uj  the  chair,  on  aasmniag 
which,  he  delivered  an  addreee  which  i»  printed  in  this  number. 

The  Rev,  Dorus  Chirko,  of  Waltham^  oflere^l  reeoliitione,  that  Mr,  Williaia  B. 
TrBBk,  who  for  the  ptM*t  six  y&iTn  hma  held  the  office  of  hifltoriogrnpher,  hae,  by 
the  numerouB  papcri^  which  he  hii8  prefmred  and  read  at  our  mcetinga,  upon  tht 
dqjiarted  meml>era  of  thia  aflsociation,  laid  the  BcKiiety  under  obligations  which 
cannot  be  repaid ;  that  the  society  cxpreflBee  its  profuuud  regret  that  ho  baa  h&m 
obligeil  by  ill-health  lt>  decline  a  re-election  ;  and  that  it  indulges  the  hope  that  i 
release  from  the«<e  kbor«  ma^  tend  to  improve  hi*  health  and  prolong  his  uaefulaeai. 
On  motion  of  David  Pukiter,  Esq.,  of  ESoeton,  the  thsuiks  of  the  society  west*  pf^ 
sente^l  to  William  B.  Towne,  Esq.,  and  the  Eev.  ELias  Nason  for  their  vahuibk 
aervioes  upon  the  Uistorical  and  Gmeahffkal  Re^ster.  for  the  past  two  yean,  i 
litter  as  editor  and  the  former  wi  butiiuees  manager,  which  eervioes  have  been  v*' 
out  oompenNution, 

Twelve  candidates  for  resident  mcmbcrBhlp,  nominated  by  the  directors, 
bnOoted  for  and  el w ted. 

On  motion  of  Wm.  11.  Whitmorc*  A.M.,  the  directors  were  in*ttructed  to  prepare  f^ 
petition  t4j  the  ei ty  government,  re<^ac«ting  the  publication  of  the  epitaphs  ren    '  ' 
in  the  graveyards  within  the  city,  a  mauu&cript  copy  having  bec^n  already  pri 
Also,  on  motion  of  Mr.  VVhitmore,  it  was  vuted  that  the  directors  be  inr 
to  assist  in  any  efforts  made  t«:>  obtain  a  more  Buitable  place  for  the  Suffolk 
Beoords.    A  commit  tec  of  five  was  appointtHi  to  co-t>j>erate  with  the  directoul 
theranoe  of  the  object  pmrMi«ed,  viz. :  Francis  B.  Hayes,  l^j.,  Dr.  Winsbw  1 
Hon,  F.  W,  Liueuln,  Jr.,  Wm.  H.  Whitmore,  A.M.,* Hun.  Charles  Hudson, 

It  is  a  matter  of  greJit  moment  that  the  Pnjliate  office  and  Registry  of  Def?d»i 
be  in  a  safe  a*  well  as  a  mort>  eomuKMliouF  building,  not  only  a«  containing  ihei 
of  all  real  pr^iperty  in  Suflblk  county,  but  also  as  bein^  a  repository  of  hl|| 
matter  which  coufd  never  l)€  rc|)laced  in  ca*^e  of  loss  by  nre.  The  contiguity  ( 
tall  ftlnseiuu  building  renders  their  situation  dangerous,  although  thcpresentf 
offices  were  intended  when  built  to  Ixj  fire-proof, 

Boston,  Thursday^  January  16. — ^A   special  meeting  was  held   in  the 
looms,  at  tfirt^e  o'etx-k,  P.M.,  the  president,  H<m.  JlarehaU  P,  Wilder,  in  thai 

The  president  then  luade  an  address  to  the  large  number  of  membeia  praenft,  ( 
the  future  work  and  iiresent  needs  of  the  society. 

It  wufi  vut^^l  tliat  tne  thanks  of  the  g<x*icty  \ye  presented  to  the  Hon.  MarBfaftU  \ 
Wildi-r  fur  his  apprupriate  and  suj^gestive  address,  and  that  a  copy  of  it  be  requ«el 
for  publieatiiin.    Mis  address  is  pro i ted  m  thiii  number. 

A  conimittec  consiBtiiig  of  Mepsrs,  \Villiam  B>  Tuvnie,  John  Ward  Dean,  J« 
xniah  Col  burn,  D,  P.  Curcy  aiid  William  \V^  hitman,  was  appointed  to  eapertQti 
the  printing  of  the  addret^s,  and  its  distribution  to  tlic  members  of  the  sooie^. 


*  B«fi(1e4  Uie  dlractM*  iA  the  Ust  of  oSoen  <m  the  Ijut  pn-  i^^tbebcnrd  ooarifCa  of  th*  1 

lowing  direcLora  ex^q/flcio  i  namely,  tho  protSiIeDt  CEod,  Ml  ler,  of-  Dorcliaibsr),  tLe  pisi  | 

dentt  (Ruv.  .n«epli  B,  Felt,  LL.D.,  of  Sakxa,  Hon,  WUllam  v^  M.,  of  adrxbary,  Sftmool  ' 

A.M,,qI  Boston,  Co].  Alni'>n  0.  lIodg««,  of  floslHir>-,  atkl  vraiij^vr  Usris,  A.M.,  I|,D.,  ot  Bo 
feoretiMin,  (tier.  E«Jjiiuni1  F,  SboJter,  A.M.,  and  >M*r{inl  S,  Rand,  Jr.,  A.M.,  botli  of  Uatum^  (tltj 
(WttUam  B.  T<\vu<\    :  i:rv>>kUtiu),  the  historiographer  (Kov.  Durui  CJarke,  A.M.,  of  WAltbua),  f 
rUa  (John  i-  V.M.,  oT  Bctttoti),  the  chEbrmcD  of  the  leverAl  atAodliif  oacaniUter«  (Jd, 

BwD,  of  i]  Ividdcr,  of  Bctuni,  Jeremifth  Colburo,  of  Bottofi,  WiiUuB  Reed  Deoo^  < 

tUv^  aod  Wii^     ii    ^  „  uuare,  A.M.,  of  Biaiioa}. 


BooJc  Notices. 


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UwnflftlflOToted  that  n  committee  be  appointed  to  take  into  cotmidepation  that 


^ident^s  addrera  which  rekt(?8  fco  the  creatiun  of  departmcrits  for 
1  purpoeee,  and  to  rejx>rt  a  plan  to  the  ftjoifty.     The  Hew  KJmtind 

•V.  LaciusR.  Paige,  B.D.,  and  William  B.  Traak,  Edc^.,  were  ap- 
iinittee, 

f  five  WB«  appointed  to  take  meaauree  for  inereaaing  the  circulatinn 
md  Historical  and  Geneidogical  Rt'i^^ister,  namely :  Messrs,  Cbarlea 
i.  Ebenezer  W.  Peirce,  Abncr  (J.  Guyil^ll,  Jr.,  John  Clark  and  Ed- 


L 

^^Hb  !  1  the  Preeident^fl  addrf«8  which  relates  to  petitioning  the  Le^iela* 

pHBK>r  Nj  hold  a  greater  amount  of  property,  was  referred  to  the  directore^ 

witfa  foil  powers. 

Boston^   Weflnesfimj.  February  5. — A.  regular  monthly  meeting  was  held  tkia 
af>i=Tooon»  Preeident  WiUler  in  the  chair. 

The  librariaji  reported  11  volumes  and  61  pamphlets  received  as  donations  during 
thf  pajst  month, 

^  The  mrrfeponding  secretary  reported  letters  of  acceptance  from  the  following  cen- 

Vmen  wbu  ntul  he^n  chtjeen  resident  nicmbcrB,  viz.:  Hon,  Robert  Hoajxir,  Jotham 

<."ha^e,  Jtuin>8  W.  Tavlor,  Aioniso  A.  ilamiltfin,  Nathaniel  Gule,  all  of  Boston; 

^Iwurti  8,  DaviH  of  Lynn,  and  ILirry  II,  Edcs  of  CharlcHtown, 

|liam  B.  Trask,  Esrj.,  the  late  historiof^pher,  read  hiop:raphi(*al  sketehea  of 

"owjni2;  ir*:'ntlt^men,  whodledjprevionBto  18(j8,  nnmely,  Lucius M.  Sargent,  E*]., 

Bt  Roxhurj',  Hon,  Charles  G.  Lorinj^  andtRbiBen  P^^tter  of  Bi)efci>n,  and  Btjwen 

uf  Wobum,  resident  members,  and  of  Uttxel  K.  Teiil  of  Savannah,  Ga,, 

teort^pondiTitrmemlier  of  the  society. 

Rev,  Donn?  Clarke,  the  present  hii^torioj^pher,  read  bio^^phieal  sketches  of  Hon, 
AlNit  G.  GfLi-'ne  of  Prt>viden(x%  R.  I.,  a  corrcsj^onding  meml>ur,  and  Prof,  Charles 
C  Jewett  of  Braiutree,  a  rceident  member,  who  have  died  uinco  tiae  tieginninrj  of 
th*'  year, 
llev.  E.  F»  Slafler,  in  behalf  of  the  special  committee  for  an  enlogy  on  the  late 
-i'ieiit  r»fthe»ieiety»  Hon.  John  A.  Andrew,  ref)or ted  that  Rev.  ELiaflNaaon,  A.M», 
'  hftn  hiviu^  to  deliver  the  eukigy  and  had  accepted  the  invitation. 
Tbr  f».  nrd  of  directors  nominatea  ai<  candidates  for  niuml»erBhip.  fourteen  as  rcei- 
R  mcmtwrs  and  one  as  a  corresponding  member.    They  were  Imllotcd  for,  and  all 

''^hin  E.  Stowe,  D,D.,  of  Hartftird,  Conn.,  read  a  lenrned  and  very 

in  which  ho  gave  a  rcnmrkablv  clear  history  of  the  '*  Talmud,  * 

1  nt  of  its  ori«jin  and  character,     lie  ^vo  translations  af  various  ex- 

tliat  work,  CfjnUinin^  some  very  curinus  maxims,  and  an  ncet>nnt  of 

mr  as  now  rec-eive*l  and  l>elicved  bv  tne  Jews.     Professor  St^i we  made  it  veiy 

the  writei-s  of  the  Talmud,  which  was  mof<tly  written  after  the  ChriBtian 

imueh  to  the  New  Testament.    The  Talmud  has  l>een  to  the  j^-neml  render 

'^  -'  ^VMjk,  owin^  to  the  gi*eat  diHiculty  of  rending  it.    It  la  written  in 

t  pointfl.    It  is  imderKtood  that  this  paper,  in  an  enlarged  form,  will 


nJan' 


BOOK  NOTICES, 

^^^  Wonder- Working  Providence  of  Swns  Saviour  in  New  England  (By 
Captain  Edward  JoFrNso>r  of  Woburo,  Massachusetts  Bay)  London, 
1054 — With  an  Historical  Introduction  and  an  Index  by  William 
pEitDi^aicK  Poole  Librarian  of  Boston  Athenienm  Andover  pub- 
lished by  Warren  F.  Draper  1867 '' 

*  above  is  the  editor's  title  of  a  brief  history  which  was  published  in  Liindon 
ov^,,..,,..!..  In   1651,  under  a  title  which  describes  it  more  definitely^  and  which 

r  ^i'  a  give  entire*    *'  A  llistory  of  New  England  from  the  (English  plant- 

JTj  W2S  until  the  Yecre  1652,    Declaring  the  form  of  their  Govera- 

nt,  Civill.  Military,  and  £cclc«iasti*iiie.    Their  AVars  with  the  LadJans,  their 

Tou  XXII.  19 


214 


Book  Notices. 


[Ap.J 


Trouble*  wtlh  the  Gortonifrtu,  and  other  Ilcretiqiics,    Their  manner  of  gathfring  rf 
churches,  the  <N:>miin>ditiee  of  the  Country  and  deBcription  of  th©  prina|j«ll  Toir^ 
and  UaveDF,  with  thf  grt^at  encourafft'Jiit?nt£  to  increase  Trade  betwixt  them  and  ( 
England,     With  the   najiu*H  of  ali  their  Guvenours,   Magistratce,   and    Emin 
MinistcrH.     Psal.  107.  21  :  The  rightofuia  shall  ace  it  and  rcjoioe,  and  all  inhitii 
ahall  stop  her  month.    TsaL  HI.  5  :  The  work«  of  the  Lord  are  gpsat  and  ought  J 
be  flougnt  out  of  all  that  have  pkiiBure   in  them.    London :  Priutod  fJot  JNal 
Brooke  at  the  An'^1  in  Corn-hill,  16S1," 

Capt.  Edward  J<L>hn»tin  appears  to  have  made  a  viftjt  to  NcwF-^  ^  -  '  mi 
Iluw  long  he  remained  m  not  known  J)ut  in  I63ti  he  a^in  embarke' ! 

and  from  the  periwl  of  his  arrival  to  the  day  of  his  <&itb,  which  u . . , in 

he  was  ideutined  with  the  colony  of  Maesacbuaetts  Bay,  and  waa  a  prominent  ad 
in  its  civil  and  eccle«ia»tical  amura.    Hia  hiatory  covers  a  periiid  of  about  tw« 
three  yeara,  beginning  witfi  the  planters  of  Cape  Anne  under  the  "mueh  hon 
Jlr.  John  Indioot/'  wno  *'  came  over  with  them  to  govcrne,  a  fit  ioBtriiment  to  1 
this  Wildemt?es€-worke/*  and  ti^rminating  in  the  Jatter  part  of  the  yt'. 
ri'late«  f<)r  the  most  part  to  ninttejs  that  eaiuc  under  Juhn«on*8  perwrnal 
While  hifl  narrative  is  somewhat  general,  it  carries  with  it  the  evidemx- 
fulness*    He  mentions  with  great  earefulneea  the  institution  of  the  churclj^  - ,  mm    ir  .- 
them  in  chronological  order,  giving  the  ministry  of  each,  with  the  saer.  -.s 
oouragement  that  attended  their  oetabli^hment  and  growth*     The  order 
gathering  of  thechnrehea  as  given  by  Johnson  is  an  follows  :  Ist  the  church  at 
5d  at  Charlcfl  Towne,  3d  at  DorcbeitCJrT  -Ith  at  Boston,  5th  at  Roxbury,  6th  u:  :      , 
7th  at  Watcr-Towne,  8th  at  Cainbridgc,  9th  at  Ipswitoh,  10th  at  Newl>ur>%  Hi 
Cambridge,  a  second  churchy  the  firHt  having  with  their  mstor  rcmove<i  "^  -  ' 
tieut;  li2th  at  Concord,  IStn  at  Hinglmm,  14 th  at  DeJham,  15th  at 
10th  at  Ht>uly,  17th  at  Hampton,  I8th  atSakbury,  19th  at  Sudbury,  20th  n{ 
Slat  at  Gioc«8ter.22d  at  Dover,  23d  at  Wooburn,  24th  at  Readding,  85th  at  Wentuuii^ 
2Hth  at  Uayerbil,  27th  at  Spring^lield,  2dth  at  ^Vndover,  29th  at  Maiden,  30th  lU 

*^  The  last  church,'*  says  Johnson,  **  that  completed  the  nuinl>er  of  30,  was  g»kh- 
erc^l  at  Boston  by  reason  of  the  popularity  thereof,  Wing  too  many  to  meet  inoo* 
assembly  ;  the  North-east  part  of  the  Town  l>ejng  separated  from  the  other  wilht 
narrow  stream  cut  through  a  neck  of  land  by  industry,  whereby  that  part  is  beco 
an  Island,  it  was  thought  meet,  that  the  people  inhabiting  the  same  should  gatl 
into  a  Church-body,  and  build  a  meeting-house  for  their  aseembly." 

This  wae  tlic  second  church  in  Boston,  and  was  located  at  the  bead  of  Nm 
Stpjare — the  preliminary  steps  having  been  taken  in  Ifj^lS  or  1649  and  a  buiidin 
erectetl,  the  first  sendee  was  held  in  1650.    The  old  ranal  iiavinj*^  lM>en  cut  thn 
at  a  jjcriiid  ant-erior  to  this,  seems  to  have  formed  the  boundary,  u  it  did  not  sug_ 
the  formation  of  the  second  pariwh*    This  was  the  tirst  instance  of  the  formation  < 
flcctmd  church  in  any  of  tlie  settlements,  on  aticonnt  of  the  excess  of  popuhiti^m,  i_ 
did  not  occur  till  a  little  more  than  twenty  years  after  the  first  planting  at  i^alcm. 

Besides  this  information  touching  the  churches,  Johnsimj^ives  many  inleretftingt^ 
in  regard  to  the  eettleioent  of  towns,  and  the  triat*'  and  difficulties  through  which! 
early  planters  ^)as8ed.    His  account  of  the  settlement  of  C^mcord,  the  fir«t  ' 
tjwn,  is  cseeedm^ly  g^raphic,  and  presents  doubtless  a  fair  example  not  onlj 
harclsliips  but  ot  the  energy  and  manly  strength  with  which  the  pioneers  < 
Enffland  were  cndow^ed. 

He  devotes  a  ehapter  to  the  "  civill  government  of  N,  England,"  in  which  a  lai] 
number  of  the  prominent  men  are  mentioned  with  discriuiinatiog  comment. 
following  relating  to  two  well  known  per»«m8,  the  one  a  Civilian,  and  the  oth 
Divine  and  Historian  of  New  England,  may  serve  as  eatamples.    •*  Mr.  Edward  Bam^ 
son  a  young  man,,  yet  imployed  m  Commonwenlth  aHiiires  a  lon^  time,  being  w«U 
belovtHl  of  the  inhabitants  oi  Neivburt/^  having  had  a  large  hand  in  her  FoundaticMi; 
but  of  late  being  of  a  ripe  i:fij>acity,  a  good  yeoman  and  ek^xuent  inditer,  hath  \ 
chfiflen  St^cretar^r  for  the  Country/' 

*vMr,  Wtftiam  IIuMmni  iA  IphshwicJij  a  learned  man,  being  well    read  in 
matters  ;  of  a  very  affable  and  ]ium1*le  l>ehaviour  :  who  liatli  expended  much  of  1 
estate  Uy  helpe  on  tbia  worke  :  although  ho  be  slow  of  speech,  yet  is  he©  down  ] " 
for  the  businesse.'' 

The  chapter  on  *^  military  affuira  "  gives  a  very  good  picture  of  the  defeaCMl 
that  time,  in  which  are  given  the  nsuues  of  the  general  omcen?,  as  well  as  the  T 
talES  and  Licutenautii  of  the  several  ti-ain-baudfl,  of  which  there  were  tweaityH 


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llie  "  Miilacboflets  Goremiuctit/-  The  Mnjor-Ctcneral,  w!m  wfie  in  command  of  alt 
Ifafi  forces,  wii«  cho«eo  yeftrly  l>y  the  FrtMiUL-t^  but  all  otLur  Military  Offict're  ^*  stand 
lor  term  of  life,"  unk^tts  di*«|»liiced  fur  miHiiemL-anor* 

Bat  we  do  not  projxj^;  to  give  an  analysie  of  this  hietory,  which  occupiee  about 
tmo  hundivd  ana  thrrty-*ix  pague,  and,  as  we  huvc  already  intimated,  relatee  to 
ffitote  which  csijne  u\mvr  J»jhnHon'e  own  oTm?rvutiun,  or  under  tlie  eye  of  others, 
thorn  he  evidently  ubtuined  hia  infunnatiim. 
4>n*s  chronoiogy  iH  confaeed  and  defective^  His  phin  d«.)eH  not  aim  at  ace u- 
jhiB  direc'tiorK  The  planting  of  a  town,  the  gatlaering  of  itti  chitreb,  the 
^  its  population^  ana  the  ini|)ortant  events  hapf>enin|jj  witliin  ite  lM)rilere, 
it  plimtin^  to  the  time  of  the  author's*  writings  arc  all  hrongbt  together. 


npkte. 


Ic  view,  without  reference  to  time.    The  hietorieal  outline  in  vivid  and 
Afi  prc8entin^  the  fir^t  twenty  ywirs  of  New  Kiigtand  colonial  life,  in  a 


tlure  to  the  mjnd'8  eye,  thi«  narrative  uf  Johnsfin  la  ijerhape  QiisurpnpBt^d  hy  that 
fi4iy  ixi  the  early  writers.     Hit*  style  dtJtH*  not  challenge  our  adiuimtioii*    Mr. 

It  iw  to  l)e  *^»»^en'e<i  that  JohnKm  had 
iiglnnd  he  had  fulloWL-d  the  himible 
and  at  a  period  when  the  means  of 


\  eays  it  *'  i**  above  or  Wlow  erit5eir*m/^ 
lie  discipline  of  a  thorough  eduaition.    In  England  he  had  follow  t-d  the  hnmbl 
ig  of  n  **  joiner."     But  gt^U-made  ns  he  was,  and  at  a  per 

i  limited,  hit*  natimil  endowments  were  evidently  f>f  a  super i*>r  order, 
id  was  well  fci^jred  with  learning  In  olniou»  from  his  Irequcnt  and 
I'jiis  to  authors  and  »uhjoet«,  both  ancient  ami  modern. 
polin«*jn  waM  a  thon>ugfj  l*uritan>     In  his  faith,  kucIi  as  it  wae,  he  was  an  iHraelito 
' .     And  he  wrtite  under  the  ever  prewnt  conseioutiucs^H  that  he  woh  inditing  the 
of  a  Puritan  and  n  Christian  common wailth*    The  government  of  Musfia- 
^iMcttit  Bay  wufi  of  the  '*  elect."     No  one  e*juld  vctte^  or  holu  an  ofliee  Iujwe\er  ob- 
are,  who  was  not  a  eommunjt^int  in  i^jineof  the  churches.     Under  tloB  goveniment 
'  the  Baintd  it  was  natural  that  an  official  wrong  c*>uld  not  lie  cusily  f>ei-]>etrated,  at 
l*t  jr  *'         Mrimtion  of  the  g<jvernjng  power,     Jolmetjn  was  himpetl'  a  tmrt  of  the 
govcff  r.     lit*  WHH  a  juagietmte,  waw  prominent,  in  the  k>wn  ana  cliureh  to 

wluch  i.L  ^:  ..^ed,  and  for  thirty  years  was  a  re|ires<iitntive  in  the  General  Court. 
Uc  never  tind*<  fault  with  theadminie^tration  of  afiiiii-s.  He  is  at  all  timee  in  thorough 
l^mpath^  with  the  Puritnn  utitte  and  the  Puritan  church.  And  his  page©  arc  all 
— J —  with  the  fiamin^^  sseal,  the  uplifting  faiths  and  the  indoniilahle  cijurage  whieb 
jcd  to  one  of  the  nest  development**  of  Christianity,  in  itt«  Hpirituai  aspivt,  in  the 
I  ^hieh  he  lived.  \Ve  rejoice  that  we  have  a  vofnmo  of  New  England  liibtory 
IrhJcb  the  piety  and  christian  temper  of  the  period  h  m  thoroughly  interwoven, 
\  we  read  the  narrative  of  event*,  we  have  l>efore  uH  an  embodiment  of  the 
hat  did  much  to  create*  flhape  and  eontn>l  tliose  eventi^. 
hial*jry  baa  olien  lH>en  t|uofce<l  liir  ite  sUitenient  of  facts  ;  it  will  cftcn  he  quoted 
r  the  same  reason  in  the  future.  But  whoever  retids  it  with  a  imtrent  and  nnbisii^ed 
^dgmenC,  will  tind  in  it  moie  than  the  bare  recital  of  liicte,  he  will  gather  up  and  bring 
'  fruin  the  peru^il  a  clear  conception  o!  tlie  spirit,  the  ehrietian  sieiil,  and  the 
msecration  peculiar  to  the  people  of  New  England  in  the  early  generations, 
Caulfi^,  as  well  b,s  their  virtiieti,  stand  forth  on  the  jmgeB  of  ibe  *'  Kentish 
in,"  The  intolerance  of  the  age,  from  which  no  claea  can  boast  tliat  tliey  were 
fsiQepcioii^  eome*  forth  from  Johnttfjn's  honeftt  »oul,  borne  on  the  wings  of  a  flaming 
~^il  and  a  devout  purpjee.  But  we  are  happy  to  Kiy  that  it  i«  clothed  in  sueh  out- 
I  frankne«9,  and  giinple  honettty,  that  all  indignation  m  disarmed,  and  we  in- 
sly  psBB  it  b^'  n»  one  of  those  cbara€teriatic&  m  which  the  historian  did  not 
_je  ngts  in  which  he  lived. 

i  the  Introdaction  to  this  work  demanda  onr  notice,    Mr.  William  Fre<lertck 
L%  the  edit«»r  of  the  Volume  U^for©  us,  has  given  us  a  hundre<l  and  forty  pages  of 
'  »l  maft4:T  «»f  threat  value,  f  >r  which  we  are  eure  the  student  of  our  early  bi^ 
ill  tender  him  his  most  ct>rdinl  thanks, 

pretiice  to  the  original  edition  of  Jobnwin'e  work,  of  1654,  begins  thua  :  *'  Ai 

,  r  Gates  to  small  Ed»hce<<,  st>  are  long  Prelaees  to  little  Bixikes/*     When  we  ttiw 

ithe  introduction  ot^cupicd  more  tluni  one-third  ol"  this  thick  volume,  we  eonfeea 

Uion  fecemcd  to  say  to  Mr.  Pofile,  eondens*^  and  cut  down  the  intro- 

iw  half,  and  annotate  the  history  fully  throughout,  and  you  will  do 

i.i-  MTviJje  Ui  many  a  grutelul  reader.     But  the  patient  resetirch  of 

i  collection  of  a  va*^t  array  of  lacts  relating  to  the  aulyect,  and 

K importii r I  ^^rapbical  inlbrmation  that  he  hiui  laid  kifire  us,  disarm  us  oi  all 

isition  to  ctjiiiplain  very  bitterly  that  be  ha«  cho^en  to  do  his  w*irk  in  hiw  own 

We  do  Out  hcibitatc  to  eay  that  tlie  most  iuterefcting  and  valuable  part  of  the 


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editor-B  work  ie  hie  "  Sketch  of  tlio  Life  of  Edward  Jobnflon."  Thi»  part  of  the  I 
tr(>ductioii  is  fuU,  weU  supported  by  tout  Dgti'«,  aod  <XiOtalii8  a  great  TarietT  of  tH 
portant  infurmation. 

But  we  cannot  diechnrct*  our  duty  in  thie  notice  without  entering  our  diaNTOt  fit 

some  of  the  statements  of  the  editor  m  renting  «n  incunclueive  teftiinoDy*  and  hi» 
mode  of  treating  certain  topics,  ai»  m  l»ad  tnBte.  Mr.  POule  siyB,  '*  I  hnvp-^  wirlwMit 
hit4 itati on f  discarded,  in  my  prtliminary  titJe,  what  1  cuOtfider  to  nave  bt»i  i  ij- 

titin  of  Jlr.  Nath:  Brooke,  at  the  An^4  in  CVinthill,  and  have  retitoTf<l  ii 
title/'    Now  tills  title  which  the  editor  «iv»  Ite  ha8  **  reFtore*!/'  i^  the  ] 
tion  and  offi^princ  nf  his  own  hrain.     It  is  a  Tnitch*work  made  up  of  J<»i 
ning  title  with  additions  bv  this  modem  hatiu.     It  was  never  Ijefur©  an  tf  > 
of  any  of  the  editions  of  Jr>hni«jn*9  work.    As  it  never  Wore  existed,  it  cert: 
not  the  **autlior\s  title  restored/*     Did  the  etli tor  hope  to  palm  off  upcm  tht 
the  deluiiive  im[>Te'*iit»n  that  siij)erior  to  all  other  antiijimrie-^  and  hL4t<»rt 
ailer  the  lap?^  of  two  hundred  years,  diswtveit^l,  and  **  restoretl  the  aut 
t<»  thi.s  early  history  of  Kew  England?    If  l-.e  did  jiut,  then  the  wordi*  he  tins  i 
wnrt^e  than  ex]>leiive>?,  they  are  mii^lendin;;,  and  should  not  have  Vieen  uttered. 

did.  then  wc  t*an  uuly  say^  in  the  exact  lanpinge  which  he  appnipriutes  to  lu , 

perriaps  quite  ns  innocent  as  hini^lf,  that  '*  a  more  rntm^itrous  Attempt  at  deceptiao 
tlmn  thJA  was  never  perjK^rated  in  early  or  motlern  tiines^." 

At  the  jjerkKl  when  Johns<in  wrt^te,  *'  NeAv  England  "  and  '*  Massacho-  ^e 

used  as  convert il>Ie  terms.     John  Winthi'up  was  addresi^  sutnetimes  a>  r 

of  Kew  Eoirlaijd  (^Hutchinsim  Parjers,  p.  137.)  and  Winthrttp's  hi-f  y 

him  a  **  IlisT^iry  at  Ntw  England,  *  thi^u^h  in  tact  it  is  a  Jitumal  or 

chusetts  Bay.     Juhnsjn  Idmi^lf  consbintly  si>eak8  uf  New  Enirland  vl: ;  . ^ ...;,  i 

petiple  as  the  siibject*«  of  his  narrative,  and  plahily  c<:*nsidered  biniself  vls  writing  the 
Iiistor}^  of  what  was  then  c<>mmurdy  sixiken  of  as  New  England.  This  b*  appnirol 
frum  manv  expre«sion»  in  hir*  hi^or) ,  a  few  of  which  we  quote.  Speakinij  of  t''" 
town  of  Wen  nam,  he  says',  **  the  jneople  live  alt^j^ther  nfj^m  ho^liaudry.  New  I 
claiid  IjBvin^  trained  up  fn"eflt  store  to  this  occop»tif»n."  (p.  IBQ.'i  Ax»in.aflcf| 
fid  I  descriptjim  »*f  mililary  delencf^  in  the  nthmv  <»f  Ahissjichu setts  Bay  nio 
adtls,  ^*  let  all  pajple  kn«jwe  tliat  doire  tlic  downfall  of  New  Entrlund,  they  am 
war  against  a  i:)ei>ple  only  exercised  in  fent-s  of  war,*'  &<'»  (p.  19t>.J  And 
he  «iys,  **  the  l)egmniTig  of  this  year  was  surl  to  ttn»  jHH_»pie  of  N.  E.  by 
dfflth  of  thiir  honouretl  Govemt>ur,  John  Winthrctpe  Eftiiuire,  who.«e  indefiitij^ij 
pain»^  in  this  Wilderness- w^irke  is  not  to  lie  furg^jtten,  nor  imit'ed  can  it  he.'"  ip.  219 
Oni"©  more,  rlisojursjn^  u|jon  the  religious  conflicts  be  savs.  '*  the  Fiirlomeof  Chr 
Am>ies»  were  tlie>*  N.  E.  i>eople,  who  nre  the  su!>)Pi*ts  of* this  Histor>\"  Ac,  (p.  f ' 
tytjres  i>f  }«!^-?4i^es  might  rie  adduce<i  to  show,  as  the>*e  do,  that  Johns^im 
himwlf  to  U*  \sritinij  the  History  of  New  Eoi^kuid,  ami  that  the^  New  EngU 
pei  pie,  as  he  dec  hires  alh>ve  in  express  terms,  wprt'  the  .sidtfnts  i»f  his  JlLstijry.  i 
when  Jo!inson  sent  his  little  IxMik  to  Enirlnnd,  he  natnrallv  pla*^  upon  it'tbe  ,, 
title  with  which  it  was  printe^l  for  Mr.  Nath.  Hnioke  at  the  Anj^d  in  C'om-hill,  i 
1654,  nnd  which  descril>t^  with  great  accursi-y  the  uontents  of  the  liook.  Wc  ma 
theiefore  be  jiermitted  to  Wieve  that  the  title  of  the  l^xik,  *'  a  History  of  Xew  ] 
gland,  &■.,'"  which  it  bore  when  it  first  a|jpe!ire<l  in  1C51,  was  written  by  its  i 
Bt  leitst  we  nnist  entertain  this  opiniuu  until  we  have  s^»nie  J>etter  testin 
the  contrary,  than  that  which  comes  unsupjHjrted  frum  the  fertile  hraiu  of  S 
editor. 

Jtr,  PtHjle  places  l^iefore  us  the  evidence  on  which  the  authorship  of  this  1 
first  published  anoTiyiiiousl>\  has   Ix^n  aM-sigtjetl  t>  Unjit.  Edwanl  Jolmt^m,    It 
evidence  is  satisfactory,  and  we  l>elievc  the  authorship  h>is  not  Wn  quesftioiieii  sinoe 
it  fjetmine  a  subject  of*  deljote  and  was  as*iigne<J  to  dr»hns  >n  in  the  early  part  of  1* 
la^st  century.     About  five  yrairs  after  it  wns  first  piiblishe<i.  it  apjH'are<^l  aijpiin  btj« 
ina  volume,  as  one  of  foiu*  bist<»n(iil  pa|»ers  on  America,  ci>minonly  known  i 
"  Gorges  Tracts."     It  was  evidently  not  a  reprint,  but  the  remaining  sbe^tftl 

first  edition  for  which  the  publisher  bnd  not  lx*en  able  to  find  a  market  in  itsi   ^ 

form.     In  this  volume  its  original  title-pij^'e  and  preface  are  eaneelled,  and  new^ones 
are  inserted  in  which  the  name  of  Sir  Feniinando  Gorges  appears  as  the  nuUmr.    Tbo 
well-known  eharai-ter  and  wi'i tings  of  Gorges  are  so  strikingly  in(v>ngruous  with  ( 
whi)le  ttme  of  this  Historictil  tnict,  that  no  one  actiuainted  with  the  former  ban  * 
p>sed  for  a  moment  that  be  could  l»e  the  author.     The  puzzle  nmon  j-  ^    '  ^"    _  mph 
nas  t>een  t*.}  account  fiir  tliis  collocation  s<t  obviously  and  utterly  unii 
sisteat.    It  appears  to  be  the  opinion  of  the  most  judicious  writers  tLu 


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in  question  were  intexided  for  atiother  tmct  in  the  rame  collection  of 
I  Sir  FerdinfLndo  Gorges  Lstbi'  undisputed  uuthor,  aiul  that,  hi  the  liirKiing,  by 
'  luearifl  or  other  they  were  mi^pliieeiu  We  can  lioriil y  daubt  thot  this  will  Imj 
ded  by  careful  investigatfirn  rt.s  the  most  satinfat'ttiry  sututiuri.  Mr,  PcKde,  ht»w- 
r,  fatt«  a  the<jry  alto^ther  bis  own,  uiid  wliit.  h  we  freely  admit  f>nstse8He!:>i  the  undis- 
puted inerit  of  beinu;  uri^iniiL  He  aK^it.s  his  ttelief  that  the  fab©  title^pige  imd 
pfefiftce,  with  the  naiue  ot  Sit  Ferdiiinndy  Gort^s^  as  nuthor,  wereplared  liefore  Jolm- 
loti's  WoiKler  Working  Pn.rtideni-e  in  this  c'<»fler*tiou  l\v  Ft^rditiando  Gorges,  Rsi^uire, 
the  gmndftoii  of  Sir  Ferdinando^  and  that  it  wit^  dune  witlj  the  gmnd  purpose  oitmpa^ 
tiiion  hud/raud.  It  k  hia  tbeorv  thai  the  n  im  of  the  Younger  Ciurges  in  this  fraud  was 
to  conviiiee  Kiii"^  Charles  II,.  hlHCounsellfirs  and  Farliauient,  that  i^ir  Ferdinamlo 
Qoi^geswas  the  Father  of  Ervglish  eoh>nizatit»n  in  Aiuenra,  jund  w^>  enable  him»  as  his 
modpon  and  heir^  to  make  a  favorable  disposition  of  bis  inbented  pRtperty  in  the 
'  '^  hiee  of  Maine.*'  StJ  then  the  old  cavalier,  who  hml  fun t^ht  the  buttles  of 
-  L^  and  sunk  his  fortune  in  the  .strui^^ie^  as  a  crowning  act  of  affeetion  and 
..J, ,  is  suddenlv  inspired  with  the  desire,  tind  i*ts  bis  hand  to  the  work  of  wTiting 
listory  of  New  fenifJand  in  tlie  spirit  of  a  bold^  driertmmd^  CromtPfUian  Puritan! 
'  the  his^torj'  is  forifd  ujMin  the  attention  of  the  King  and  hm  Farliament,  as  an 
at  to  »>btain  their  friendly  offitx-s  in  lielialf  of  the  Gorp^s  Family.  This  is 
,  unique  method  of  obtaining  the  Royal  favor  !  It  neethi  but  little  sapicity 
lict  tliat  the  reading  of  the  iirnt  chapter  b^'  the  court  of  Cbarle-H  II.  wtmld  have 
fam-tr  the  fortunes  (»f  the  younger  Gorges?.  There  is  wnietbing  »>  prep«J«- 
n  thi^  theorj'  of  Mr.  P*iok%  that  we  can  at  times  hardly  relhun  from  the  Im?- 
be  is  experimenting  on  the  credulity  of  bis  reader.  We  nnist  add,  that 
i  appears  to  ns  to  l>e  lingering  luider  his  lnjld  assertions  and  unnecessaiy  denun- 
0118  a  very  jiereeptifde  doulvt  in  his  own  mind  as  to  the  s*>undnes8  of  his  tht^>r)% 
I  order  to  lN>lster  ujj  what  be  pees  is  standing  so  insecurely,  he  enters  upon  the 
>rtanate  experiment  <if  attempting  to  pnjve  that  the  younger  Gorges  wnis  a  had 
Here  we  l^g  Mr.  Poole*s  pai^on  kir  suggesting  that  in  thin  he  has  made  a 
7-  -  ■  '  ke.  He  sliould  have  attempted  to  prove  tJint  he  was  an  insane  man. 
c  done  quite  us  well  tis  the  other,  and  his  tbeury,  if  we  may  use  the 
1  .,  _i  1  have  stood  more  firmly  on  its  legs.  For  a  Imd  man  may  be  weak 
,ffh  tct  desire  to  be  consistent,  and  p<Hjr  Gorges  after  all,  wicked  n,s  he  wns»  might 
[teen  j*en«tive  on  that  p«fifit.  But  if  he  had  proved  him  tmnnf,  no  one  would 
ad  the  soundne,*w  of  Mr.  Poole's  elalxjmte  theijr>%  tor  in  his  own  felicitous 
of  tlrnt  "  stump  never  haggle  with  inconsistency.'* 

brilliancy  of  the  editor  in  theorizing  is  even  .surpassed  by  the  cogency  and 

tif  his  hjgic.     Mr.  p4.Hjle  ftrniigus  the  youn^'r  Gorges  on  the  charge  of 

Let  n.s  see  on  what  eviden<.-e  be  asks  a  verdict  of  guilty.     He  quotes  the 

*  which  he  allege.s  to  l>e  the  Wi>nls  of  Gorges  in  a  petition  to  the  King  in 
11575,    **  Gorges  says  that  the  Masj-saebusetts  have  endeavoureti  to  enter  Into 

petitioner,  that  he  has  been  offered  mant/  tkonjifind  munds  tor  his  interef?t 
1-^/'  &f^    This  passage  contains  two  complete  ana  di-tinct  pr*>pcwitiong. 
"         liusetts  Cohrtiy  had  sought  to  negotiate  with  him  for  his  pro- 
1 1  he  had  T>een  otl'etTid  many  thousand  jxunids  for  his  interest  in 
,  iv-   ,    rui  when  and  by  what  pnrties  he  was  offered  this  mim  be  does  not 
It  Mr.  Pt»ole  a.'*»erts,  in  violation  of  its  grammatical  conHtruetion ,  that  Gorges 
,  in  the  alh:>ve  wntenc^,  that  the  Ma^ssaeha^^tts  Colony  have  ofi'ered  him 
Uiioind  iKHindfi  for  his  interest  iu  the  f>n>%'^ine  of  Maine.     By  what  prt>cess  he 
I  (.iiirgesV  words  int^i  such  a  tleclaration  he  gives  us  no  hint.   This  might  he  a 
;  tJif<k  to  perform.     But  having  charged  this  declaration  upon  G^>rg&s,  he  pro- 
state that  he  ac»:^pted  from  Marwachusetts,  two  years  afterward,  a  much 
^sum.    Henee  Mr.  Poole  doea  not  hesitate  to  say,  without  qualification,  that 
(in  hi**  petition  ti»  the  King  told  an  ^' unmitigated  fiiLsebooil.''    If  a  person 
L  analier  sum  f  jr  a  piet^  of  property  than  \w  line  at  any  time  before  been 

*  it»  this  is  prima  fact*'  evident*  that  be  !iad  ni*ver  lieen  offere<l  any  larger 
I  a  dechimtion  thnt  he  had  jays  him  open  to  the  just  imputation  of  mali- 

fiil^eho^xl.      Sxich  is  Mr.   Poole's  verj'  conclusive  reasoning.    The  younger 

i  ebutthl  have  been  a  more  prudent  man  ;  having  received  a  generous  ofler  for 

nnony,  which  he  did  not  see  fit  to  accept  at  the  time,  be  should  ever  afier 

■foiled  anv  snuiller  sum,  whatever  might  l>e  the  pressure  of  adversity ,  as  forsooth 

t  t'4'}t'ir  might  rise  up  two  hundred  years  afterwanl,and  charge  him  with 

^•htxid.     We  submit  whether  a  cbargtMtf  tbi.-iii  nature,  founded  on 

<nce,  should  not  te  made  with  some  degree  of  modesty,  and  whether 

may  not  be  in  danger  of  having  the  charge  reooU  upon  himself, 

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But  to  bolster  up  this  feeble  Cftse,  Mr,  Fmh  ftdds  to  the  fort^in*  m(>=t  In^kil 
treoment,  thii?  direct,  miqualiBed  stftt^nient,  viz, :  **  The  precise  mitn 
st^kusetts  Government  had  off  erf d  Gorges  was  £500/'  nnd  as  ai 
statement  he  refers  the  rt^Jer,  in  a  fix>t-note,  to  Gov.  Lerer^^* - 
Tbompean,  Uutchinson'M  CulltTtiuns,  p.  407.    Xow  we  liejr  ^ 
encc  (foes  iiot  fmstain  theftUjve  stakniient,or  the  impres'tioiilt  ^\  t?. 

Governor  Levenett  in  his  letter  to  iJaj<>r  Thuiupsm  requests  hiiu  to  a*4i'eruiiii,  Imoi 
thoee  intcrt^tcd  in  the  (iurgcH  iiHhir,  wliat  they  claim  and  the  ground  of  it,  and  what 
proposal  they  will  make,  and  if  he  ean  purchat^e  the  claim  for  £500.  hy  payl' 
ready  money,  he  rftioegte  hmi  to  advantv  that  amount.  Mfijor  Thomperm  ri 
about  five  months  afterward  in  thei*e  wjjrde.  **  I  should  willingly  have  difbu 
money  you  mention »  hut  thi-y  are  now  tn  the  elonds  and  expect  a*^  much  a  y- 
Ctired  here,  for  their  interciit.'^  Si^^IItitchina^jn  Pai>en*,  p,  474.  There  is  rn»  r  , 
here  that  the  offer  of  JL500  wa!*  ever  made,  but  there  is  a  irtrong  probahi  - 

was  not.    Thompson  seeking  tirwt,  as  he  'was  reijueiited,  what  proposal  i 

make,  and  finding  that  they  expeeted  for  their  interest  nn  annuit3\  ei«»eurtHl  lu  I  -  :- 
don,  «iual  to  the  principal  imm  he  was  authorized  tt*  advance,  would  natunill  n 
that  stage  let  the  negotiation  drop. 

The  amount  neceH«iry  to  yield  an  annuity  of  £500,  and  at  which  the  pmpcrty  wm 
Tallied  by  CtoTe;e»,  acTonJing  to  Mi\jor  ThmiijjMm's  titatement,  could  ntfi  hMv^^t-.n 
le^  than  £10,000.     We  can  hanlly  i*upiK>se  that  the  a-ient  of  Mn8«aebr  1 

Berioufely  offer  five  hundred!  poiiutk  fur  a  property  lieW  by  iXs  owner  to  i>-  i 

thou  Band.     Mr.  Poole's  btatement  thnt  >lai*«ii  eh  n  setts  did  oiler  the  exA^^t  - 
£500  ie  without  any  direct  primf,  and  its  pra^wibility  rei^t**  only  on  a  frail,  iinii_ 
foundation.     But  on  the  oontrnry  the  very  citation  wliieh  Mr.  Poole  inn' 
that  <  iorge8  held  his  interest  in  the  ]>rovinee  of  Maine  to  be  worth  a  lar- 
go tar  forth  cori'obomtes  the  truth  of  hii^  statement  that  he  had  been  < 
many  thousand  ponndi?.     Mr.   Poole's  habit  <d"  making  pt^eutive  and 
8tatement«  on  vcrv  elender  and  wholly  iueuneluf^ive  evidence,  as  wo  havt  - 
ca«e  alxive  noticed,  ifi,  in  our  judgment,  to  l>e  regretted.    It  wexikens  our  *xini 
in  the  clearness  of  hi»  dis^eriminotjon  and  in  the  Boundtiesa  of  his  judgment. 

The  epithets  he  employe  t^jitebing  the  character  of  the  younger  Gorg*-!*.  nrc. 
think,  untrutliiul,  and  moreover  in  bud  taate.     Gorges  has  up  to  the  present  tii 
Wm  regarded  as  a  respectable  gentleman,  as  such  he  wn*i  pwIccti  of  by  his  c/jui 
pomnes,  and  we  have  seen  nothing  in  tlie  evidence  brought  to  our  notiee  by 
Poole,  to  lead  us  to  the  opinion  that  he  will  not  l>c  so  regarded  in  the  futnrp, 
submit  the  following  c*>lliK:ution  of  words  and  phrases  which  he  uses  in  relation 
Gorges,  that  they  may  speak  for  themselves:  *' MonetroUF  attempt  at  d-vitiMn 
**  fraud  contrived  t<i  extort  money,-'  **  unprincipled  adventurer,     *'ve! 
dinando,"  *'  would  be  most  likely  to  steal,  *  **  delilx-rate  fraud,'*  **  man 
and  shallow  duplicity/*   '^  little  regard   for  truth/'  **  unscrupulous  nini 
**low  cunning  and  deception  leading  troits  in  the  character/'  *^  unniitigati 
htKxl,*' *MiiH  wortl   in  every  other  matter  worthless/'  *' absurd  and  mendi 
**  F,  Gorgefl,  Es^.,  the  culprit.*'  Such  in  the  list !  Mr.  Poole  does  not  i^ivc  us  i 
of  proof  on  which  one  of  these  averments  ctm  rest.     There  was  Srinerlv 
.called  defamation,  perhaps  it  is  on  the  fcJtatutc;  Ikwks  now.     The«e  epithets  appl 
by  one  gentleman  to  another  would  doubtlcsi  he  sufficient  fl>r  an  indictment  u: 
that  bead.    If  Gurgea  were  liAing  t^>Hlay,  and  were  not  a  man  of  a  most  genilc 
forgiving  nature,  it  ia  muHt  cle.ir  that  the  editor  f^f  this  volume  woidtJ  l>e  **  t^» 
gcred  by  the  law,"  and  if  adjudged  by  a  jury  uf  bis  peers,  it  is  to  be  fearc'd 
would  find  hiin^self  legally  enritled  to  the  i'|)ithet  thiU  he  lieetows  go  cordia" 
th  e  e^  r  1  y  colonists  of  the  Sa  git  da  hoc .    Sec  In  tnw  I  u  c  t  io  u ,  p .  Hi.     Bu  t  >1  r .  Pt  „„  . 
no  danger;  Gorges  cannot  uiteak  for  himt*tdf;  wrongefi  a.^  he  may  be,  be  will 
hurl  buck  any  .slanders  or  calamniei?  from  \m  grave,  where  be  has  .^lumbered 
fully  well  on  to  two  hundred  years. 

But  we  are  admonished  that  wc  have  estcndud  these  remarks  fiirther  than  w© 
tended.     We  have  made  these  animadverHions,  not  liecausc  the  task  has  beeo 
agreeable  one,  but  solely  in  the  interest  of  history  aurl  to  eoneierve  the   truth, 
industrv  ot  Mr.  Pot>le,  during  the  two  long  ymrs  after  this  reprint  was 
Bounced,  is  worth^y^  of  the  hijtjhcst  ecmimendation,  and  Ik;  has  bnjught  t*jip 
hie  rather  plethoric  intrixtuction,  much  vrdunble  intbrmation.     Had  the  irifui 

Jmrtisan  spirit,  every  where  toj  ujiparent,  t^-en  omiltftl,  hissuccetss,  in  thL<  we 
ieve  his  first  attempt  in  tliiw  det>artnient  of  liten^ture,  would  have  hevn  fur  sirtai 
The  volume  containii  a  CL>py  of  the  Will  of  Capt.  Edward  Jobjisyn,  taiea 


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Beori^nal  now  in  the  Ptobate  Files  of  Middlesex  C^iimty*  whidi  is  in  his  own 
iBodwritinj; ;  al«o  al)t4imct«  of  the  Wills  of  three  of  hh  soub.  It  eontainw  likewiee 
ft>geiMak>|cy  of  the  deficcndnnts  uf  EdwHrd  JohnBim  by  the  careful  and  painstaking 
gefiealogiflt,  Mr.  John  A.  Bootolle.  The  fnoiily  reeord  is  bnmght  down  oniy  in  the 
mtUe  liue^  and  generally  through  four  generations^  hiit  in  h«hiic  inHtancei^  not  wj  far 
M  thin.  This  cone^titu teg  an  iutportnnt  iidditioti  to  the  Tylume*  The  edit4.tr  hni^  en> 
bftii««ii  the  vaJue  of  the  work  by  a  etjpioue  index,  which  is  jnetly  re^rded  tit  this 
diT  aft  indiisi»cnflahle  to  any  hjetorical  work.  The  letlerorcw*  is  hy  Mce^its.  John 
1%  ilfion  &  Sfjn,  of  Cambridge^  and  in  euniptutmfinejsfl  nnd  beauty  m  un*iurpa8w.'<l  by 
any  of  the  reprint*  wc  have  aeen.  The  etbtion  i«  tdiiall,  there  l>eing  only  ten  cup  led 
of  dmii%iug  paper^  titty  ol  large,  and  twu  hundred  copies  of  ^maJl  paper,  Mr.  Dra- 
per deservt*  Bpeeial  thunkfi  for  brinLring  out  this  expeneive  volume^  witliuut  which 
►  librftn'  of  our  enrly  hi»*ttjry  can  In?  ct>inplcte,  and  with  which  the  thorough  &tu- 
tit  of  iicvr  England  11  ifetiiry  ehouUl  not  fail  to  be  laniiliar,  e.  f,  a. 

igin  and  EUtory  of  (he  Books  of  (he  Bible.     By  Prof.  C,  E.   Stows, 
D.D.     1868.     8vo.  pp.  583. 

I  The  learned  W-'hular,  who  by  his  profound  resenrcheB,  logical  rcagoning  and  lucid 

yle,  bat<  Btrengthi-ntHl  <>ur  belief  in  the  truth  of  the  Iluly  Scriptures,  and  awakened 

deeper  interest  in  their  exceeding  importance,  deKt*rvedly  btandtf  in  the  loicmoat 

Jt  of  the  benefnciore  of  ninnkind.     For  the  Hihle  m  the  only  book  in  all  the  libra- 

j  of  human  knowledge,  which  kwika  **  through  nature  into  eternity,'*  ami  teachefi 

the  way  to  a  blissful  hervaftiT. 

W*.  ,i».rir*iiicb  lhii4  »objix't  with  diffidence,  and  yet  with  plcaenre,  Ifthie  Idetory 
f  AC,  on  a  careful  perusal,  Btrikea  other  minds  as  it  has  our  own^  it  will  bo 

i'  ^"  a  volume  of  acnionKtnition  admirably  and  nobly  eakulat^d  to  remove 

dc^tibi  iirid  invigtjrate  the  faith  of  the  believer* 

The  auth<jr  wn«  well  qualified  for  such  an  nndcrtakino| .— nn  expert  lleliraist— 
a  Greek  and  Genuan  scholar,  acipminted  with  oritnnil  lan^iage** — and  for  umny 
yfftft  familiar  with  thefjlogit-jil  ficieuce.  He  visited  Kurvpe  m  WAit^  and  exauiinecl 
ft  variety  of  ancient  MS6.  of  the  Bibk\  laid  up  in  the  archives  of  the  Universities* 
He  wa»  in  Germany  when  Strauss  s  Life  of  Jesus  tirf^t  appeared— a  book  which 
?rof.  Tholaek  pn^jniaineed  the  mo8t  Ibnnidayo  attuck  the  New  Tet^tiiment  had  ever 
nflaixied.  It  wna  thought  by  mme  a  death-bbw  to  Chrititiunity.  But  the  Gospel 
irMimbee,afid  Straum  with  his  aucocfisorB  is  fast  fading  into  oblivion. 

Tbe  tcetiraony  ftdduec<l  in  thii?  volume  is  chietly  on  the  genuinenepg  of  the  New 
li^estament,  the  first  copy  of  which  in  Greek  and  Ijitin  was  preparc<^l  by  EmKinns 
md  printt.4  by  John  Frobenius,  at  Basil,  in  1576.  A  very  brief  account  of  the 
Vfidetice  pn>due<^ii  by  Dr.  Stf>we  it* all  our  limited  space  mi II  allow, 

lit  Chapter  IV.  he  Kummons,  as  it  were,  among  the  FatherB  of  the  Church 
ind  Dotcxl  writ<(*n*  in  the  first  ti^ix  centuries  of  tbe  Christian  era »  one  hundretl  wit- 
oenc«.  That  their  character  may  be  known,  he  gives  a  short  bii>gTapby  of  each  in- 
dividuiiL  There  were  thirtc<:*n  witnesfce  of  the  four  Gospels  in  eonneetlon  ;  and 
fenarately  seventeen  of  Matthew^  ten  of  Mark,  thirteen  of  Luke,  and  twenty  of  John. 
Ol  tb»*  Ihurcb  historians,  Eusebius,  born  in  204,  is  tbe  taost  valuable  ;  rcrtullian 
^iM  the  oldest,  tK>m  in  lOO.  Polvearp,  another,  was  a  disciole  of  John.  The  lovely 
HtMrt.i  r.  T-  n{  i>t.  John  the  Kvaogeliwt  is  ^)eautifully  (lortrayeu  by  Dr.  Stowe  in  Chap. 
~  1-190,  where  Cbrytiostiim  and  Augustine,  in  speaking  of  the  Saint  i>f  Put- 
_ii  to  wing  their  flight  a.lxive  our  gross  a tiuosp here  into  the  higher  region 

^liitty  ij lid  joy. 

>iu  writings  in  the  New  Testament  are  eo  strongly  substantiated  aa  tbe  fourteen 
^■•kb  of  St.  Paul.  There  is  not  a  clasi^ie  uf  Greci*c  or  Rome  which  has  oonie 
I  k»  us  Jietter,  if  indeed  so  fully  vcrifiwJ  a«  the  wri tines  of  this  Apoetks  The 
'  ia  irrefragable,  iMay  it  not  then  l>e  asketJ,  if  St.  Paia's  Epistles  are  truly  bi» 
work,  do  they  not  testify  to  the  truth  of  the  Lvuug<  tints  ?  For  they  breiithe  tho 
mxu!9)>ir]tf  inculcate  the  same  doctrincrtj  and  perpetually  refer  to  the  aame  divine 
aooTO^  t)l  t;hristianity.  A  coincidence  of  loctsand  innumerable  circumstanees  in 
tilg  Acto  of  the  ApijftieiJ  form  tbe  Ixisis  of  Paley'a  celebrated  llorfie  Paulina?- 
*~  ay  l)e  interesting  to  the  render  to  know  huw  nuTaerous  are  the  nncieut  M8S. 
'i  to  in  this  work.  Of  the  Gospels  there  are  42i>,  of  which  27  are  more  than 
'  '  ;  and  of  Paul's  Epititle^,,  2o5.  There  arc  five  MS8.  of  the  Gret  k  Tt.^ 
reliabibty;  the  in n«t  recent  12tK)  yearn,  the  most  ancient  15  ceutu- 
k*\  :  fwc  particularly  relers  to  the  Aleiaudriau,  the  Vatitun ,  the  Kphraim 

and  the  ^inni  M^, 
XhcSiaai  M^*  wad  found  in  the  Convent  of  St.  Catharine  on  Mount  SInal,  by  Dr» 


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Tiechcndorf,  id  1844.    This  dL«vorery  seemt  like  &  story  in  the  Arabian  Nl|rhl8, 
from  a  Ixveket  of  rulibish  to  kindle  rt  fire  he  pickc?d  out  forty-tbrve  beautlfiU  twreS^ 
ment  lenvei*»  hitherto  unknown,  of  thp  S(*i)tuu^int.    Tht«e  he  published  on   bw  re- 
turn.    Wo  art'  here  reoiindod  thnt  a  eimilar  fate  at  tend  td  the  celebmted  Pandc^^ 
of  Justinian  :  they  wori'  lost  fur  nearly  elx  centuTiPt^,  and  at  laiit  found  amang  1 
Bpoiis  uf  Amalphi  in  Italv,  uhi^n  it  wa»  ^cked  !>y  the  Piaani^  in  1130. 

In  1859  Dr.  1\  a^in  vftnted  this  convent  fur  the  third  time,  and  a  monk  gaTi?  I 
other  ktivee  of  the  «auie  MS.|  in  which  he  found  the  entire  New  Teetamcmt,  i 
Jiarnaim«  and  Ileniiae.     It  in  the  lx"«t  copy  iA  the  N .  T.  yet  known.     The  Emp 
Alexander  IL  of  Iii]H4*ift  ordered  twt>   hundreti  e(»piee  of  fae-simile  to  be  nubli«)] 
and  sent  to  literary  inetitutionB.     There  h  a  copy  in  thelibrarv'  of  Harrapa  OtUq 

There  are  nine  pagee  in  this  work  devoted  to  lihi&trationp,  a«  epecimeiiis  i»f  tin 
MiSS*  The  lineeare  continuouB,  without  any  divigion  of  letters  or  imnctuatia 
Fae-similea  of  Greek  and  Latin  eentt^noee  aro  ffivcn.  It  require*  #omc  pains  to 
dieitin«fui^h  each  word^  especially  as  some  of  tho  kttera  are  ol>Bolete  and  some  wurvb 
abbreviated. 

The  HiHtorv  of  the  Bible,  which  Dr.  Stowe  hae  given  us,  is  exceedingly  TalumUe* 
It  is  no  fanciful  production  of  spring  or  pumraer  in  the  boHdiiy  of  the  mind.  It  dealt 
in  facts,  and  savors  of  deep  study.  It  is  the  result  of  veare  of  labor  in  oollcft- 
ing  materiftls,  and  evinet-s  the  bieubnitione  of  the  schuhir,  and  the  chann  of  i 
accomplished  writer.  There  i«  no  single  volume  in  the  Enaliah  lan^iage,  or  pa 
hups  m  any  other,  where  so  much  of  the  hipton,^  of  the  New  Tei:(tanient  can  I 
found ;  fir  the  author  has  gathered  the  cream  of  biblical  researchesj  examined  r 
merourt  MSS.  of  ancient  date,  seareht^  the  ptmderous  Iblios  of  the  Fathers  of  I 
Chureh,  and  condensed  the  whole  int^>  one  biwk  happily  arranged  and  neatly 
printed.  Such  a  work  des<?rve^  a  plaw  in  cver>'  family  library,  and  ere  long  will  b© 
amon":  the  standard  manuals  in  the  study  of  theoh>g\'.  Though  many  u  riui-tk- 
disctnle  has  experienced  the  joy  of  believing  in  readini^  tlie  Bible  bv  thai 
which  ehines  from  H«iTen,  yet  then*  may  &?  tlmusaniS  who  nniuirc  rviu 
gentuoeiiefiB  before  they  become  coo  verts  to  its  truths.    For  we  m&y  be  a^urcni, 

'*  The  tralbi  we  think 
8obf)A  t)M  auM  In  Oo4,  at  st^n  in  he«icn, 
And  aa  thaw  tipeck*  nT  litchl,  irUl  prove  gtimt  worldi 
Whea  wt  ftpproaeb  ihem." 

Sislory  of  Brown  Uaiveraity,  wUh  lUustralive  Documents.     By  Eeral 
Aldridgk  Guild,  Librarian  of  the  UuiviTsity  ;  author  of  Life,  Tim« 
atid   Correspondence  of  James  Maniiing,  &c,     Piovidence,  H. 
186T.     Smalt  4to.,  pp.  443. 

Brown  University  was  founded  in  1764,  and  is  the  seventh  American  Collegr  i 
order  of  date^  the  previous  institutions  being  Htirvard  Citllette,  foiinde^i  in  11*38,  Wi 
liam  and  Mar>'  in  1G02,  Yale  in  17(U,  the  l?i^llege  of  New  Jersey  in  1746,  Univctnfl 
of  Pennsylvania  in   1753,  and  Colunil>ia  College  in   )754.     '*  U  owes  its  or_ 
gays  3Ir.  Guild,  **  to  a  desira  on  the  part  of  members  of  the  Phlla*lelphia  Baptist  i 
8ociati<jn  to  sjeeure  for  their  churches  an  eductited  ministry,  without  the  re>itrictiul 
of  denominational  influence  ami  ,'4ectnrian  t4jsts.    The  distinguishing  sentlmcntsj 
the  Baptist^s,  it  may  be  oterveti,"  heeontinncs,  *'were  at  variance  with 
gious  o|tinions  that  pre\'aile<l  throu«;h[>yt  the  American  Colimiet*a  century  s 
advocutci^I  lilierty  of  conscience,  the  entire  He|mration  of  Church  and  State,  1 
baptlAin  by  immerfiion,  and  a  cfinverteti  church  membership  ;  principles  fo 
they  Imve  eames^tly  i-ontended  from  the  beijiruiing.    The  Ftndent  of  hist< 
Tciidilv  perceive  bow  they  thus  aiine  into  collissiou  with  the  ruling  ptiwers.    Vi 
were  hnecl  in  Mass^cliusett**  and  Connecticut  for  resistiint*e  to  opnrei^sive  ecse1^(ia 
cal  lawji,  they  were  imprisoned  in  Virginia,  and  throughout  the  land  were  s^uhj 
tt«  c^»ntiimely  and  reprtmcb.    This  dislike  to  the  Baptists  as  a  denomination,  or  r 
tj  their  prmciple.«,  was  very  naturally  shared  by  the  higher  institutions  of  lean 
then  in  existenee/' 

Afler  a  variety  of  difficulties  a  charter  was  *>btained  in  February,  1764,  fnym  I 
General  Asnembly  of  llhiKle  Island,  for  **  The  College  or  University  in  the  £n^U 
Colony  of  Rhode  Island  iinil  Providence  Plantations  in  New  Enijland  in  America 
The  chief  proVLsioas  of  tliis  charter,  Mr.  Guild  states,  were  :_  **  The  exclusion  of  i 
religious  tests  for  applicants  for  admission,  and  of  all  sectarian  teachings  in  the 
lege  euurse ;  ecjuulity  tjf  privileges  for  all  pnitestant  denominations;  the  ch«uee| 
profeseoiB  without  rcgnnl  to  denominational  views;  and  government  by  a 


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[nf  BftotisC  SKitliiieiite,  and  by  a  Board  of  Ft^UowB  and  a  Board  of  Trust eep,  in  which, 
tlioagtt  die  Baptists  were  to  bnve  the  predominaoce,  other  doaomiimtioDB  m  the 
C6kmy  were  l*> !«  fnirly  reprejaented.** 

Kfv,  Jnjups  Manning,  who  hail  t»eon  pelleted  for  tbe  head  of  the  new  inirtitution, 
re) I  New  Jet^y  to  Warreti.  R.  L,  m  Aprils  MM,  nnd  immediatdy  oi)cn©d 

II 1  I   there  HA  a  preparatory  step  towards  l>eginniji^  ^ille^c  iiistiiiction. 

In"  ,-..-1      ^^.^^  lummlly  appointed  Presiileiit  of  the  College.     On  the 

3(J  !o  pupil,  livs,  VV  illiMni  Roem-s,  D,D.,  afterMani*^  a  pr»>ft>a!;or 

til  Lx.  .  .  ,  . ,  ,  ,  .  Jtn,MYhariia,  entered  the  Colle^.  H©  M^aHJumtd  by  five  otherB 
in  17U>,  luur  in  1707,  and  eight  in  176B.  The  first  cToivm,  eonsL*^ting  of  seven  persons, 
Ipuiiuatc*!  in  I7t>0  ;  and  ncit'ssions  to  tliem  hiive  been  made  nenrly  every  year  *iince» 
idJ  '  t-  whuk*  numljer  of  graduates  was  2207.     Of  this  nuiuber,  683,  or  more 

tba  'h^  have  been  ordanitni  iniiiistci^s.     The  ''Hull  of  Honor'"  here  pub- 

liaheni  toimiin*  the  nttinest  of  **one  hundred  and  thirty-one  students  (including  .seve* 
I  nl  rooeat  ^dujit4?si)  who  left  tlie  rjniet  *bu<ip>i  of  the  Acadeany  t*^  enter  upi^n  the 
fieW  "f  -tri+o  „...i  .»;.;   ;,,  putting  down  the  Kelx-llion."    The  number  of  graduatea 
!:  I  ;iiijiy  has  not  lieen  ftKX^rtained. 

I  !  B»iwiirds,  who  **  had  first  nnjpi^  tho  founding  of  the  in- 

to  the  Piiiladelpbia  Association/'  viMte*!  Great  Britain  and   Ireland  to 
u\  iorthe  College.     He  ohtamed  Xms  l(h,  2d.,  of  which  £213  17s.  5d.  was 
li\jm  Indiitid,  £666  4-^.  3d.  fn»ni  England,  the  Ixikni^  \mwr  Hundiy  donationfi,  in- 
I  finding  bis  own.     Lista  of  subscrilwrs,  with  the  ajnounts  sutiecriljed,  are  printed  in 

In  1804,  NicholaB  Brown,  Es<i.,  a  grnihiate  of  the  College  in  the  cla*^^  of  1786, 
fiUBEiiied  to  the  c»>rponition  the  j^im  of  five  thousand  di>llar8  aB  a  foundation  for  n 
pUiiiaBbrBihji}  of  orutt>ry  and  tjelldr-letti-es.  In  consideration  of  tliis  donatitm  and 
eibers  from  him  and  hi.s  kindred,  the  name  of  the  imttitution  was  changed  to  Bnjwa 
riuTereity. 

The  present  work  seems  to  have  been  compiled  with  great  labor  and  care.  It  is 
■nnnged  ^  "'  r  following  headi? :  I.  Ilifltiirii^l  «kct4^h,  jeiving  an  acot>unt  of  the 
firi^n  ot  _t- and  it«  history  thnmirh   the  preBidcncit^  la  ftlanning,  Maxcy, 

Me^r  M'l  S^trs  ;  2.  Hfi^torj' of  the  Libnirv  ;  3.  II  ist/^jry  of  the  Charter  ; 

4.  >  d  by  Morgan   Edwards;  5,  tinal   Location;   6.  Suljecrip- 

tiiA  :iah  Smith;  7.  A«x»unt  of  the  CoUe^  Buildings;   8.  Lbl- 

leciioii  ui  l\utmu>  in  Rhode  Island  Hall ;  9.  Financial  History  of  the  C<)liego ; 
10.  Commencement  Eiercii*ee.  This  arrangement,  and  a  very  full  table  of  conteutfl^ 
QiiDjjjenNite  in  a  jrtMxl  degree  for  tho  want  of  a  general  index. 

The  IxK^k  IP  el ej,ni Tit! y  printed,  and  is  illu^t^iitetl  with  many  fine  engravingf,  in- 
duding  p '^'^^''  *-  '  r  N  it^hojikj  Brown ,  and  President^  J  binning  and  Way  land,  yiews 
of  the  vn  I  iingtt,  and  a  general  view  of  the  College.     Unly  a  limited  e<lition 

WW  print-  ]y^  ten  copies  on  large  paper  and  tlireo  hundred  in  small  quarto. 

UUtori/ofihe  Bill  FatnUy.    Edited  bj  Lkdyard  Bell,  75  Fulton  Street, 
New  York.     1867.     8vo.  pp.  vii.  368. 

Tb«  editor  of  this  valiiahle  gonesilot^ical  work  Ftart«  with  the  assumption  tlrnt  he 
kadceecnduot  of  the  faraouH  John  bill,  **  the  tiret  King's  printer,"  who  wti^  boro 
to  the  |iartsh  of  Much  Wenhw^k,  in  Shropshire,  Eng.,  and  Ijaptissed  in  1586.  la 
1*113  and  later,  he  appears  in  Ivondon  a.s  *'  Publiaher  to  King  James  I.  Mo^it  Excel- 
loit  MjMi-stie.'*  If  this  John  Bill  wa«  the  ancestor  of  the  Amercian  family,  he  was 
W  "    '  '    «3me  year»  prior  to  tho  date  above  mentioned,  otherwifio  the  space  of 

tiiLi  UK)  brief^  a-s  families  UKutilly  come,  for  the  birth  of  a  grandson,  Jamefl) 

in  3  compiler  has,  to  hiw  own  satisfaction,  arranged  the  pedi«jree. 

O  .   friend  and  late  ftllow  number,  Andrew  ll.  Ward,  Eft [,,  of  West 

Nt  many  years  ^Kjfore  lii.*«  death,  otllwtetl  unich  information,  which  the 

milei  himself  of,  in  relatifin  to  the  himily  of  Richard  Bill,  a  noted 

1118  day ^  in  Boston,  owner  of  Bill's,  now  Spectacle  Iwknd,  in  our  har- 

r trait  of  Richard  Bill,  mip|K»sed  t^i  have  l>een  painted  by  Copley »  aa 

iiii  of  Elizalx^b  Bill,  bis  dnuffhtcr,  l^orn  in  l7t*J,  who  married  J<»«hua 

.  ir  in  po>«]se.s6ion  of  Mrs.  Miles  VVashburn,  of  Newton  Corner,  a  grand- 

of  Mr.  Ward. 

py  of  the  book  prcsenteil  to  the  Libmry  of  tlio  Society,  containH  nmny  ex* 
tra  pbitograph  portraits  of  tho  family,  among  tticm  one  of  tho  noted  William  Bill, 
V  I).,  LLJ>.,  Ppjvoet  of  Eton  and  the  first  Dean  of  WestminHter,  15011,  Ac,  who 
i    d  July  15,  1561.    The  portrait  wq«  taken  from  a  brass  on  his  monument  in  Wcat- 


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mineter  Abbey,    He  is  mipposcd  to  Imvo  been  a  brotbcT  of  John  Bill.    The  partraii 
of  Richard  Bill  also  jErrnccH  the  volume.     It  mtiVj  perlmpfs^  be  prof)erly  tn^f'Turml 
bere,  tlmt  the  author  of  thi^i  book  was  the  firet  child  1x)m  in  the  town  of  L^ 
Conn.,  ill  the  year  1836;  hence  his  given  nnine.    The  territory  wa«  tak* 
CJroton,  ami  the  new  town  Daiintl  in  huoor  of  Col.  Wm.  Ledyaru.    John  L 
the  celebrated  traveller,  was  a  natiro  of  Groton,  bom  in  175 L    it  would  f^- 
gularly  appropriate  that  the  first  bom  of  the  town  should  l>e  the  compiler  oi  i-     - 
tory,     W  e  understand  it  to  h*^  hLs  porpcise  noon  to  write  a  history  of  GroUm,  ■  i   ii 
will  infludii,  of  eo«rs<?,  the  daughter  town. 

We  might,  in  justice  to  this  beautiful,  well  arranged  and  well  printed  voluil 
use  many  words  in  iLs  praise.     The  plan  of  arrangement  is  Bimilar  U>  the  one  ii(i>i| 
ed  in  the  Giks  Famifi/^  by  the  Rev.  John  A.  Vinton,  of  8i>uth  Btiston,  to  wbuia  I 
editor  of  the  work  before  us  cxprcfises  himself  an  being  esp<*cialiy  indebted,     ilud  1 
been  at  the  elbow  of  the  editor,  however,  as  he  was  preparing  his  indioctf^ 
press,  we  might  pcrliapti  havt?  whisiperad  a  word  or  two  in  \m  ear  in  rega 
arrangeuient  of  the  *^  mmily  index,  ■   ae  he  t*'rms  it,  where  under  the  pn 
ten  in  number,  he  ^ives  the  Christian  names,  not  alphabetieally,  but  in  th»i 
which  they  appear  m  the  book ;  and  the  word  Bill  i«  unnecessarily  rejM) 
think,  eome  six  or  ecven  hundrcil  tiities,  in  thoee  triple  cohimnfi,  a«  the  pr<*iix  tol 
Christian  names.     With  thin  flight,  but  well-meaning  criticifim  of  a  j^ood  wo  * 
cordially  and  eand idly  commend  it  to  the  public  as  deecrvintj  of  theirr*- — ' 
genealogical  and  literary  regards.     A  small  edition,  only,  of  the  book  w 

The  Slory  of  the  ThiHy^Eighih  Regiment  of  MassachusetU  Vvluntei 
By   Geoegk   W.    Powers.     Cumbridge   Fresa  :    Dakin   &    Mctca 
1866.     pp.  308.     12ino. 

The  deeimi  of  thi-^  volume  is  to  give  a  connected  account  of  the  movements  of  I 
Thirtj'-Eiglith  Regiment,  from  the  beginning  to  the  close  of  its  ecrvioe,  a  pcric^j 
alxiut  three  years.    The  experient^ee  of  the  Regiment  were  varieii  and  iBtereBti"^ 
It  was  in  Marylatid  on  guard,  near  Baltimore,  during  the  battle  at  Anttetaa  i 
when  the  rebels  were  threatening  Penneylvonia,  on  the  JIii4sis«ippi,  at  Port  Hudi 
in  the  Ked  Kiver  expediti^rn,  in  the  Valley  of  the  Shenandoah  under  Sheridan, 
Sttvannah  nenr  the  elijse  ol  the  war,  and  ams€*<iuently  few  remment*;  «iw/ij 
variety  of  military  life,  and  few  pa>s<.?d  through  to  the  end  with  a  morebrLf* 
cord  than  this.    The  author  apoean*  to  ha\*e  iK'en  a  private  in  this  regime 
promoted  to  a  oorrMinilship,  and  descrihefl  i^cenes  which  he  wttjoe^ed,  and  i 
ne  tcKik  a  part,     DLh  style  is  remarkably  eli?ar  and  simple,  enlivened  by  a  vir 
cy*  without  pretension  or  extmvag;ance.    The  narrative  runs  smootlily,  and  f 
vvith  it  the  eddeuce  of  its  truth fukie^s.    The  aim  c^f  the  author  seemfi  to  ua  to  I 
lieen  happily  accomplisheiL    The  volume  cannot  but  l»e  intereBting  to  any] 
but  it  will  be  esjieemlly  so  to  all  who  may  have  had  friends  in  the  regiment.     It  i 
tains  It  m(jet  imjxjrtont  record,  and  its  vdXue  will  inerease  as  time  tmrriee  os  i 
from  the  seenee  it  portrays.     The  volume  contains  a  wmplete  roll  of  the  re^h 
with  the  names  of  officers  and  private?*,  and  the  residence  of  each  liefore  entering  1 
eervict* ;  also  a  recvjrd  of  deaths  from  tettle,  and  nf  the  places  where  they  oceurfl 
Wc  h<»f>c  theNT  regimental  hiBtoriee  will  Ik*  greatly  multiplied,  as  they  will  add  ma 
jntereeting  and  imfMJrtivnt  matter  in  the  hieturj^  of  this  **wi!Lr  of  the  rebellia" 
which  cannot  be  obtained  in  any  other  connection.  k.  r. 

Memorial  of  (he  Meiinion  of  the  Nafivea  of  Westhampton,  Mass.,  Sep*^ 
fcer5,  1866.   Waltham;  Office  of  the  Free  Press.    1866.  8ro.  pp. 

Westhompton,  by  the  eengns  of  1865,  had  t}30  inhalutuntfl,  and  at  no  time  ! 
its  settlement,  oneliundretl  years  agii,  has  it  had  much  over  9(H>.  And  yet  no  1  ., 
than  thirty-ei^ht  natives  of  this  littlo  agrieuUural  town  have  l>een  f^raduates  of  oiir 
colleges,  "This  is  a  remarkable  fact,  and  it  is  dmibtful  whether  its  parallel  <?ould  bs 
found.  Perha|is  the  influence  of  Rev.  Eni>ch  Hale,  the  first  aettled  minLiter  of  tbe 
town,  a  man  of  learning,  energ>',  and  devotion  to  his  calling,  whnflo  mi nt£<try  ex- 
fended  over  more  than  half  a  centuri%  may  have  done  mueh  to  raise  the  t  -  *  *"\' 
ing  here,  and  to  excite  the  ambition  "of  iti«  natives.  A  list  nf  thes-c  graiJ 
en,  and  among  them  we  find  the  names  of  Rev.  Justin  Edwards,  D.U,,  li  ..  ,  ., 
Uale,  LLD*,  and  He  v.  Donis  Clarke. 

The  hist^jrit^l  address,  by  C.  Parkmnn  Judd,  E,*»q.,  is  an  able  and  appropii 
production.    He  gives  a  well-digested  summar>*  of  the  histofy  of  this  IcKSuity, 


wticei* 

tiing  before  the  first  pemmnent  settler,  Aboer  Smitli,  fixed  bis  Iiabitatioo  there 
I  l7Gs^.  The  description  which  ho  give«  of  the  hiibit^»  dresH.  diet,  and  other  pecu- 
'■uiucs  of  the  first  setthjrs  of  tliirt  Unxn^  on  page  iJtJ  to  30^  is  def*erviiig  of  pjirticular 
trntifst.  It  is  a  Vftluable  contribution  to  the  Rxual  bwtory  of  New  Etiglaud.  The 
§sm  poem  by  Profe&sor  MoTitao;ue  has  al>j>  niony  local  allusions. 

At  the  fhmier  which  followii!  the  exf^rclsi's  at  the  church,  it  was  announeed 
timt  Her.  DoruB  Clarke^  of  Wakhiiin,  had  made  a  donation  to  the  town  of  a  fund  to 
be  called  the  **  Clarke  fecholarehip,'-  the  proceeds  uf  whieh  were  annmvUy  to  >je  ueed 
M  a  priae  for  the  beet  reading  and  Fpelliiig  ia  the  Centre  Schtxjl,  IVw  rcmurkH  pre- 
oedioff  this  annuancement  coatained  reminiscences  of  hi»  curly  life  at  WestliaruptoQ, 
atid  the  petjiiliar  training  of  ite  i^eople.  The  remorkB  of  the  other  gentlemen  at  tho 
dioncr  were  also  instructive  aud  appropriate. 

A  Genealogical  Record  of  several  Families  bearing  the  name  of  Culler, 
in  the  United  Stnles.  By  Rev.  Abnrb  Morse,  A.M.  Boston  :  Sam- 
uel G.  Drake,  17  Brora  field  Street.     1867.   8vo.  pp.  80. 

Wheal  Mr,  Mor^  died  in  18(55  (a;t/e,  Vol.  xis.  pp-  371-ii),  he  left  l)ehind  him 
^      \  Toliunes  of  genealogical  eompilations,  wliieh  had  been  print^-d  under  his  own 
id  which  attest  hi^  almust  life-lung  zeal  and  induetry  in  thi.^  defHirtment  of 
and  labor,  and  best  assure  us  how  arcumte  and  complete  he  wouhf  have  mado 
>  work  DOW  before  us  ha^l  he  lived,     lie  had  aecumuhiteil  much  of  the  materials^ 
1  bad  begun  to  print  thin  volume  when  he  way  n*moviKl  by  death.     Tijo  work  haa 
a  printed  by  **  Mr.  Henry  R.  Danibrtb,  m  well  known  as  the  careful  supervisor 
fmanj  a  j^ncalogical  publimtion,  at  the  su^i^gefition  of  that  antiquary  of  antiqna- 
■",  Mr.  SoJimel  G.  Drake." — [Introduction.}    It  is  printed  ae  it  wiin  left  Ijy  the 
piler,  unMiifihed  and  ancorreeted  ;  l>ut,  even  in  thie  .state,  it  is  a  viiluulde  addi- 
I  trt  our  rapidly,  but  not  too  rapidly,  e:spaading  stuck  of  kiDdred  puiilication». 
a  hit*  prefetory  remarks  the  compiler  says,   '*  Citler,  iipelt  in  Jlutuli  lluudoram 
\  Coteierand  Le  Cotiler,  is  deriveJ  from  the  French  Coutclier,  a  kuife-maker;  and 
'\  was  borrowed  from  a  trade,  that  prolitiesciureeof  Humames,  it  in  preKumed  that 
r  of  the  same  craft  in  the  P2tb  and  13th  centuries  assumed  it,     #     •     •     Ijike 
nter,  Cooper,  Taylor,  Miller,  Saw^^er,  Mason,  Smith,  &o.,  it  hag  no  geographi- 
.itzv  or  national  limitation.     In  it^eotland  it  is  Cutlar ;  in  France,  Couteher: 
kCuiada  the  Frt^nch  orthography  has  ^delded  to  the  English.     In  the  Unitea 
al  fiuailiee  bringing  namet*  in  foreign  lungiiages  of  toe  same  signification, 
ited  thein,  and  now  wear  the  name  of  Ciitler,  so  that  without  a  j^nealo- 
looger  sugge^tit  a  Puritan  origin  t>r  the  iilighteet  degree  of  relationship, 
r  great  body  of  the  Cutlers  of  New  England,  Korth  Camlina  nnd  Nova  i5ei>- 
i  opning  firom  three  of  the  name  who  came  to  tliis  country  in  1035-7.    One  of 
,«nd  probably  all  were  from  8pn>wfltun,  now  SpraiMon,  two  miles  North  of 
pch,  Norfolk  Co.,  England,  and  relatives.     •     •     ♦     *' 

.compiler  effectually  exphxJcs  the  trtidition  that  the  New  England  Cutlers  are 

daata  from  Sir  Admiral  (?ervuse  Ciitk-r,  by  an  array  of  fiicts  and  process  of 

thllt  ought  to  afl<ird  protitable  rending  and  meditation  to  that  cla^ss  of  people 

wfaUe  they  boaat  of  their  citizeueliip  in  a  di'mocmtic  republic,  cherish  an  ill- 

'  ambition  Ut  connect  tbeniR^lves  with  *'  noble  blood.''  and  in  their  attempta 

^   over  va«t  chasine  in  the  line  of  oftcent,  diiiplay  a  Jegree  of  ekill  in  engi- 

\g  that  would  astonish  even  the  Army  of  the  Potomac^  and  that  too,  it  is  to  bo 

in  some  izistaneed  whrre  the  Ixins-^inister  would  indicate  a  \'Gry  insecure 

dcMseDdaots  of  the  following  Cutlers  are  traced  in  tbo  pages  of  Uiia  publican 


^obti  Cutler,  onginally  Johannes  Do  Me^maker,  of  HIngham,  Masa.  (1674) 
[Boston  (1694). 

II.  John  Cutler,  Sen.,  of  llingham,  Maee.  (16.17). 

III.  Robert  Cutler,  of  Charle^^lown,  xMass.  (lC3ti). 

^rV.    Jame$  Cutler,  of  Watertown,  Cambridge  and  Lexington,  Masi^.  (163^1). 
■it,     Natbanid  Qitler,  of  Middletovm,  Conn.,  who  died  June  5,  170(i,  in  bis  100th 
^f ;  \.^Ah..r  vri>ljably  of  John  (U.)  and  Rol>ert  (111.). 

^MTr  r  Home  one  of  the  family  will  complete  the  work  so  ably  begun  by 

Hi  0011  ;  bis  work. 

BT  Notices  and  Te\^icwp  of  a  large  number  of  publications,  crowded  out  of  thia 
f  gf  Iho  EegistoTi  will  appear  in  the  numbcx  for  July. 


OFFICERS  FOR  1868. 


HoH.  MARSHALL  P.  WILDER,  of  Dorchofrter, 


Nvw  Eamp^hirem 
Vtfrmoni, 
Rhode  liland* 

Nm  York. 

lUinoit, 

Vittrici  of  Cahimbith 

New  Jeney, 
Maryland. 

Mi$*aurL 
Indiana* 


ViOA-PreBidenU. 
Hon.  Qeoilqc  B*  Uftox*  of  Boston* 
Hon,  Israel  Wasubu&i^,  Jb*,  of  Portland. 
Hon,  Samdel  D.  B£ll,  LL^D.,  of  ^lancheflter. 
Hon.  £Ux?Dix  CuTT9»  A,M.,  of  Brattlcboro*, 
Uaube  Pabsonr,  A.m.,  M.D*,  of  Providence* 
Prof.  Caltin  £.  8TOWB,  D.D.,  of  Hartford. 

Honorary  Vjoe-PresidentB* 
Hon,  Maiaxd  Fillmore,  LL.D.,  of  Buffalo. 
Hon,  John  Went  worthy  LKD.,  of  Chicago, 
Rt.  Rev,  Henry  W.  Lcc,  D.D.,  LL.D..  of  Davenport. 
Hod.  iBcrettKe  A.  Laphmn^  LL.D«,  of  MQwaukee. 
Hon.  George  P.  Fi*her»  of  Washington. 
S.  Alofjien,  of  Jer&ey  City. 
Hon,  John  H,  B.  Latrobe,  of  Baltimore. 
William  Duanc,  of  Phlladdphia. 
Rev.  Williftm  O.  Eliot,  B.D.»  of  St,  Loiua. 
Rev.  Joseph  F.  Tuttle,  D,D,,  of  Crawfordsvflle. 
Hob*  Thomas  Spooner,  of  Heading. 
OorrespoDdins  Seoretary. 
Eev.  Ed34u>'d  F.  Slaptlr,  A.M.,  of  Boston* 
Beoording  Seoretary. 
Edwabd  Sr&AOtTK  Raxd,  Jk.»  A.H.»  of  Boston. 
fTrdaaurer. 
William  B,  Towne,  of  Brookllne. 

Hlatoriographer. 
Rev.  DottvB  Claeke,  A.M.,  of  Waltham. 


Idbrarian. 
John  H.  SKEppAJtD,  A.M., 


of  Boston. 


DlrectorB)  standing  Committeeai  and  Trustees, 


Direciors* 
Hon*  George  B.  Upton ^  of  Boston. 
Jo&pph  Palmer,  A.M.,  M*D.,  of  Boston. 
John  M,  Braclburv,  of  Boston. 
Charles  W,  Tuttlc,  A.M.,  of  Boston, 
William  B.  Trask,  of  Dorchester. 

Trustees  of  the  Bond  Fund  and  the  Cush- 

man  Genealogical  Fund, 
Col.  Almon  D.  Hodges,  of  Itoxbury. 
Frederic  Kidder,  of  BoMtoix . 
Thomas  Waterman,  of  Boston. 

TmH^^a  of  ike   Bantow    Fund  and    the 

Toitnc  tentorial  Fund* 
WQliam  B.  Toi^Tie,  of  Brookltne. 
Col.  Almon  D.  Hodges,  of  Roxbury. 
Hon.  Charles  B,  Hail,  of  Boston. 

Committee  on  Lectures  and  E9iaya, 
William  Reod  Dcane,  of  Brookline. 
Rev.  W.  Gilbert,  A.M.,  of  Longwood. 
Hon.  Chas,  HudAon,  A.M.^  of  Lexington. 
David  Pulaifer,  A.M.,  of  Boston. 
Qapt.  Q.  H,  Preble,  U.S.N,  Charlestown* 


Publishing  Commit4e$, 
John  Ward  Deant  of  Boston. 
William  H.  Whitmore,  A.M.,  of  Boston^ 
William  S,  Appleton,  A.M.,  of  Boston. 
Eev.  EUa*  Nason.  A.M.,  of  X.  BiUeiica. 
William  B.  Towne,  of  Brookline. 
Frederic  Kiddtr,  of  Boi^ton, 
Col.  Albert  K,  Hoyt,  A.M.,  of  Boston. 

CommttUe  on  Finanea, 

Frederic  Kidder,  of  Boston. 
Hon.  George  W.  Messinger,  of  Boston. 
Hon.  George  C.  Richardson,  of  BostoOa 
John  W.  Candler,  of  Brookline. 

Committee  on  the  Library i 
Jeremiah  Colbum,  of  Boston. 
John  K.  Wig^in.  of  Boston. 
Deloraine  P.  Corey,  of  Boston. 
Col.  Albert  H.  Hoj^,  A.M.,  of  Boston. 

Committee  on  Heraldry^ 
W^illiam  H,  W^hitmore,  A.M.,  of  Boston^ 
Abner  C.  Goodell,  Jr*,  A,M.,  of  Salem. 
Augustus  T.  Perkins,  A^M.,  of  Boston* 
William  S*  Appleton,  AM.,  of  Boston. 


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NEW   ENGLAND 

f  HISTORICAL  AND  GENEALOGICAL  REGISTER. 

Vol  XXIL  JULY,   1868.  No.  3. 


MEMOIR  OP  WILLIAM   HICKLING   PRESCOTT,  HISTORIAN 
OP  SPAIN,  MEXICO  AND  PERU. 

[Commonicated  by  Charles  H.  Hart,  Esquire,  Historiographer  of  "  The  Nnmis- 
matic  and  Antiqoarian  Society  of  Philadelpbia/'  and  Corresponding 
Member  of  ♦*The  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Soc,"  "  The  L.  I.  Hist.  Soc.," 
and  **  The  Maine  Hist.  Soc/'  &c.  &c] 

The  Prescott  family  belongs  to  the  original  Puritan  stock  and  blood 
of  New  England.  John,  the  first  emigrant,  came  from  Lancashire,  Eng- 
land, and  settled  in  Middlesex  County,  Massachusetts,  about  the  year 
1640,  twenty  years  only  after  the  first  settlement  at  Plymouth,  and 
ten  years  after  that  of  Boston.  The  death  jof  this  John,  who  was 
a  blacksmith,  is  placed  in  1683.  He  had  by  his  wife 
Mary  (Piatt)  Prescott,  four  daughters  and  three  sons, 
the  youngest  of  whom  was  Jonas,  born  June  — ,  1648, 
married,  by  one  account,  to  Thankful  Wheeler,  October 
6,  1669  ;  and  by  another,  to  Mary,  daughter  of  John 
Looker,  December  14,  1670.  Jonas  lived  in  Groton  ; 
and  by  the  roadside  near  Lawrence  Academy  may  be 
seen  the  annexed  inscription  on  a  large  stone,  in  the 
wall  enclosing  the  farm  of  the  late  Hon.  Stuart  J.  Park. 
The  initials  of  "I.  P."  are  those  of  Jonas  Prescott  who  lived  upon 
this  farm,  and  "  0.  P."  are  those  of  his  grandson  Doctor  Oliver  Pres- 
cott, who  subsequently  occupied  it.  (N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Reg.-,  January, 
1861,  p.  91.)  Jonas  Prescott  had  eight  daughters  and  four  sons,  and 
died  December  13,  1723.  The  youngest  of  the  sons,  Benjamin,  born 
January  4,  1696,  died  August  3,  1738,  left  three  sons  :  James,  who 
died  in  1800  on  the  paternal  estate  at  Groton,  aged  about  80  years ; 
William,  bom  February  20,  1726,  died  October  13,  1795  ;  and  Oliver, 
born  April  27,  1731,  died  November  17,  1804.  From  the  second  son, 
William,  who  commanded  the  American  forces  at  Bunker's  Hill,  on 
the  memorable  17th  of  June,  1775,  **  the  first  real  battle  of  the  Revo- 
lution,'' was  descended,  by  his  wife  Abigail  (Hale)  Prescott,  William 
the  father  of  the  subject  of  this  memoir.  William  Prescott,  Jr.,  was 
bom  at  Pepperell,  Mass.,  August  19,  1762,  and  died  in  Boston  Decem- 
ber 8,  1844.  He  married,  December  18,  1793,  Catherine  Greene, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Hickling,  who  for  nearly  half  a  century  held  the 
Vol.  XXII.  20 


1.  p. 

1680. 

Rebuilt  by 

0.  P. 

1784. 

Rebuilt  by 

S.  J.  Park 

1841. 

22* 


Mmmr  of  WiUlam  HicJiVmg  PrescoU. 


[JisT 


poBition  of  United  States  Consul  at  the  Azores.     This  estimable  lad; 
died  May  IT,  1852,  aged  about  eighty-five.     In  speaking  of  Jnd 
Prescott,  Theophilus  Parsons,  in  dedicating  his  great  work  on  **  Tl 
Law  of  Contracts,"  "To  the  historian  of  Spain,  Mexico  and   Peru 
says,  "  When  he  died,  at  the  age  of  82,  I  had  known  him  intimately 
for  twenty-nine  years,   and   had  known  of  him   many  more.      A 
1  never  yet  heard  a  word  spoken,  and  never  heard  of  a  word  spol 
to  his  disparagement  or  dispraise  during  his  long  life  or  since  its  cIoj 
by  any  person  whomsoever  ;    not  even  have  I  heard  the  *  but " 
'if,'  with  which  many  indulge  themselves  in  qualifying  and  rlon 
ing  the  commendation  they  cannot  but  render/*     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pi 
cott  had  sev^en  children,  four  of  whom  died  in  infancy,  and  of  the 
remaining  three  the  eldest  was  the  historian. 

William  Hickling  Prescott  was  born  in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  May 
4»  171*6.  In  1808,,  when  he  was  twelve  years  old,  he  removed  with 
his  iamily  to  Boston,  where  he  was  placed  in  the  school  of  Dr.  John 
S,  J,  Gardiner,  a  pupil  of  the  renowned  Samuel  Parr.  It  was  at  tbis 
school  that  Prescott  formed  that  acquaintance  which  soon  ripened 
into  a  lifedong  friendship,  with  hia  future  biographer  the  accomplished 
author  of  the  *'  Uistory  of  Spanish  Literature.*'  Mr,  Ticknor,  in  tb« 
preface  to  his  life  of  Prescott,  states  that  it  is  written  in  part  payment 
of  a  debt,  which  has  been  accumulating  for  above  half  a  century— 
the  historian  of  Fer«iinand  and  Isabella  having  exacted  from 
early  and  everlasting  friend  the  promise,  that  in  case  he  should  snrvi 
him,  he  would  prepare  such  a  memorial  ^of  his  literary  life  as  might 
be  supposed  would  be  expected. 

In  August,  181 L  he  was  admitted  to  the  Sophomore  Class  in  Hm^ 
rard  University.  It  w^b  during  his  second  collegiate  year,  that  tl 
accident  happened  to  him  which  deprived  him  of  the  sight  of  his  1 
feye.  It  occurred  in  the  Commons  Hall,  one  day  after  dinner, 
was  passing/'  to  wse  Mr.  Ticknor's  words,  "out  of  the  door  of  tl 
Hal!,  when  his  attention  was  attracted  by  a  disturbance  going  on 
hind  him.  He  turned  his  head  quickl}^  to  see  what  it  was,  and  at  tl 
fiame  instant  received  a  blow  from  a  large  hard  piece  of  bread,  thro' 
undoubtedly  at  random,  and  in  mere  thoughtlessness  and  gayety, 
©truck  the  open  eye  ;  a  rare  occurrence  in  the  case  of  that  vigil 
organ,  which  on  the  approach  of  the  slightest  danger,  is  almost  alwa; 
protected  by  an  instant  and  instinctive  closing  of  the  lids.  But  hert 
thei'e  was  no  notice— no  warning.  The  missile,  which  must  have  been 
thrown  witti  great  force,  struck  the  very  disk  of  the  eye  itself.  It  was 
the  left  eye.  He  fell^and  was  immediately  brought  to  his  ftithers 
house  in  town,  where  in  the  course  of  two  or  three  hours  from  the  oc- 
currence of  the  accident,  he  was  in  the  hands  of  Doctor  James  Jack- 
eon,  the  tried  friend  as  well  as  the  wise  medical  ad\ieer  of  bi§ 
father's  ftmily.'' 

In  a  few  weeks  he  returned  to  Cambridge,  but  the  eye  that  bad 
been  struck  was  gone.  No  external  mark  either  then  or  afterwards 
indicated  the  injury  that  had  been  inflicted.  He  was  graduated  in 
181 1,  and  delivered  a  Latin  poem  '' Ad  Spem- /' at  the  Comrn 
tnent  exercises.  Excessive  use  of  the  other  eye  for  purposes  of  ^ 
brought  on  a  rheumatic  inflammation,  which  deprived  him  entirely  of 
sight  for  some  weeks,  and  loft  the  eye  in  too  irritable  a  state  to  be 
employed  in  reading  for  several  years,  and  then  only  for  two  or  three 
ilioura  a  day  at  ttie  most. 


ises.] 


w  a/  William  Hickling  PreicoiL 


In  September^  18L5,  he  sailed  from  Boston  for  the  Island  of  St. 
liidmel,  to  vieit  the  family  of  his  oiaternal  grandrsither^  for  the  beaefit 
of  bid  health.  After  a  lengthy  passage  of  twenty-two  daye  he  safely 
arrived  there,  and  resided  in  those  sunny  dimes  above  six  months^ 
wiien  he  embarked  for  London,  and  reaching  his  destination  on  the 
'id  of  May,  1816,  placed  himself  immediately  under  the  care  of  Sir 
Astley  Cooper,  and  of  Sir  WiHiam  Adams  the  oculist.  After  travel- 
hog  tbrough  the  principal  citieB  of  Europe,  be  returned  home  in  the 
summer  of  1817,  with  his  sight  little  improved. 

It  bad  been  bis  fa  therms  intention  and  bis  own,  that  be  sbould  fol- 
low in  that  proft^ssion  which  had  bestowed  such  honors  upon  bis  ac- 
complished parent,  but  the  weakness  of  his  sight  prevented  the 
execution  of  the  design. 

On  the  4tb  of  May,  1820,  hie  twenty-fourth  birthday,  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Susan,  daughter  of  Thomas  0,  Amory,  Esq*^  and  granddaugh- 
ter on  her  raotber^s  side  of  Captain  John  Linzce,  R.  N«,  who  com- 
loanded  the  British  sloop-of-war  "  Falcon/^  off  Cbarlestown,  on  the 
day  of  the  battle  of  Bunker's  HilL  '' The  grandfathers  of  Frcscott 
and  Miss  Amory  were  engaged  on  opposite  sides  during  the  war  for 
AiDerican  Independence  ;  and  even  on  opposite  sides  in  the  same 
Sgbt ;  Cob  Fresco tt  having  commanded  on  Bunker  11  ill,  while  Capt. 
Liozee  cannonaded  him  and  bis  redoubt  from  the  waters  of  Charles 
EiTer,  where  the  Falcon  was  moored  during  the  whole  of  the  battle. 
The  gwords  that  were  worn  by  the  soldier  and  the  sailor  on  that  memo- 
mble  day  came  down  as  heirlooms  in  their  respective  famiiies,  until  at 
lost  they  met  in  the  library  of  the  man  of  letters,  there  to  remain  diir- 
iM$  his  life,  quietly  crossed  above  his  books,  where  they  often  excited 
tbt  notice  alike  of  strangers  and  of  friends."  He  bequeathed  them  to 
^  Mftaaacbusetts  Historical  Society ,  where,  in  the  same  position  as 
tfcey  haog  in  his,  they  now  grace  its  library.  These  are  the  swords  to 
which  Thackeray  made  a  peaceful  allusion,  In  the  opeoing  of  **  The 
Yirginians." 

At  the  period  of  his  marriage,  Mr.  Ticknor  describes  him  as  being 
me  of  the  finest  looking  men  he  bad  ever  seen.  *'  He  was  tall,  well- 
formed,  manly  in  his  bearing  but  gentle,  with  light  brown  hair  that 
wa«  hardly  changed  or  diminished  by  years,  with  a  clear  complexion 
and  a  ruddy  flush  on  his  cheek,  that  kept  for  him  to  the  last  an  ap- 
pearance of  comparative  youth,  but,  above  alb  with  a  smile  that  was 
the  most  absolutelj^  contagious  1  ever  looked  upon/'  And  Mr,  Ban- 
eroft,  in  his  remarks  before  the  New  York  Historical  Society  on  his 
dcttth  said,  ''His  personal  appearance  was  singularly  pleasing,  and 
woo  for  him  everywhere  in  advance  a  welcome  and  favor.  His  coun- 
teQance  had  something  that  brought  to  mind  the  '  beautiful  disdain  ' 
that  hovers  on  that  of  the  Apollo.  His  voice  was  like  music,  and  one 
could  ne%'er  bear  enough  of  it.  Hie  cheerfuinesH  reached  and  animate 
ed  all  about  him.  He  could  indulge  in  playfulness,  and  could  also 
.ipeak  earnestly,  profoundly  ;  but  he  knew  not  how  to  be  ungracious 
or  pedantic.'' 

Aa  has  been  before  said,  he  relinquished  the  etwdy  of  the  law  in 
aooaeqnence  of  the  state  of  his  eye-sight,  and  resolved  to  devote  him- 
aetf  to  literature,  as  a  profession  in  w^hich  be  could  reguLate  his  own 
jhoufs  in  reference  to  what  bis  eight  might  enable  him  to   accomplish. 

i  IB21,  Mr,  Freecott  determined  to  devote  the  next  ten  years  to  the 


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study  of  the  modern  scliool  of  literature,  beginning  with  the  early 
English  writers,  and  continning  bis  course  through  French  and  It 
liaiig  studying  the  language  and  the  literature  at  the  same  tic 
Towards  the  latter  end  of  1824,  tie  entered  upon  the  study  of 
Spanish,  which  ho  may  he  said  to  have  studied,  and  studii 
faithfully  during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  It  was  reserved  for  him  i 
Diodern  times,  to  bring  before  the  world  one  of  the  most  int-erestii 
periods  of  the  world,  and  of  a  State  that  stood  the  very  highest  in  tfc 
period.  After  much  deliberation  he  chose  for  the  subject  of  his 
work,  the  remarkable  history  of  the  reign  of  Ferdinand  and  la 
and  on  the  6th  of  October,  1829 — three  years  and  a  half  fro 
time  that  he  selected  hia  subject  and  began  to  work  upon  it — he  find 
ly  broke  ground  with  its  actual  composition.  All  the  materials  whic 
he  had  collected  himself  and  which  others  had  collected  for  him,  had 
to  be  read  and  re-read  to  liira»  and  thee  digested  and  arranged  in 
own  mind  for  the  position  which  they  were  to  take  in  his  htstori< 
Ho  compenBated  the  necessity  of  using  so  much  the  eyes  of  others  1  ^ 
a  wonderful  development  of  bis  powers.  lie  gained  the  faculty  of  atten* 
tion  in  its  highest  perfection,  and  his  memory  took  such  fast  hold  of 
the  knowledge  that  came  to  him  through  his  ears,  that  it  remained 
with  him  in  exact  and  well  defined  outlines,  as  if  it  had  been  writl 
there  with  "  a  diamond  pen  on  tablets  of  ateeL" 

After  ten  years  constant  labor,  on   the   25th   of  June,  1836, 
finished  the  concludhig  note,  to  the  concluding  chapter  of  the  Hist 
of  Ferdinand  and  Isabella.     Strange  as  it  may  seem,  it  is  neven 
less  true,  that  after  these  ten  years  of  labor  on  this  work  of  love, 
with    the    full    happiness  he   felt   on   completing   it,    Mr.    Pr^acott 
ehould  have  hesitated  at  laat  whether  to  ptiblish  it  or  not.    He  hi 
four  copies  printed  in  quarto,  with  large  type,  for  his  greater  cohtb 
ence  ;  one  of  these  he  sent  to  Mr.  Ticknor,  who  was  then  abroad,  ; 
the  others  he  handed  to  a  few  friends,  soliciting  their  opinions  upfl 
it,  all  ©f  which  were  so  concurring  as  to  its  great  ability  that  it 
finally  given  to  the  public  on   Christmas  day,  183t,  when  its  aathd 
was  nearly  forty-two  years  old.     The  merits  of  this  work  are  too ' 
known  to  need  any  comment.     It  immediately  stamped  its  author 
one  of  the  leading  historians  of  the  day. 

When  Mr.  Preecott  was  in  London  in  1816,  he  heard  of  an  appa 
tus  to  enable  the  blind  to  write,  which  he  immediately  obtained,  aa 
ever  after  used,  nor  does  it  now  seem  possible  that  without  the  facil! 
ties  it  afforded  him,  he  ever  would  have  ventured  to  undertake  any  i 
the   works   which   have   made   bis   name   what  it  is.      '*  That   M^ 
Prcscott  under  his  disbeartening  infirmities — I  (Ticknor)  refer  not  on 
to  his  imperfect  sight,  but  to  the  rheumatism  from  which  he  was  sd 
dom  wholly  free — should  at  the  age  of  five  and  twenty  or  thirty,  wi| 
no  help  but  this  simple  apparatua,  have  aspii^d  to  the  character  of  T 
historian,  dealing  with  events  that  happened  in  times  and  coontn^ 
far  distant  from  his  own,  and  that  are  recorded  chiefiy  in  foreign  la 
guages  and  by  authors  whose  conflicting  testimony  was  often   to 
reconciled  by  laborious  compariBons,  is  a  remarkable  fact  in  lit 
history.''    Unlike  those  authors  most  illustrious  in  renown,  whoae  i 
bition  such  a  misfortune  could  not  check,  he  possessed  no  store 
accumulated  knowledge,  nor  could  from  the  nature  of  his  subject  bop  ^ 
to  rely  upon  hia  own  inward  resources  of  imagination  or  thought 


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7fttilcc  Milton,  the  "  overshadowing  of  the  heavenly  wings  ^'  did  not 
,  lo  plunge  his  eyes  m  darkuess  until  they  had  served  him  Ui rough 
ng  years  of  study,  to  garner  up  rich  stores  of  various  learning  and 
sarcb*  Unlike  the  bard  still  more  illustrious,  "  the  bliud  old  man 
rho  lived  at  Chios,' ^  he  chose  not  for  his  labors  a  legendary  tale, 
rhere  memory  replenished  by  traditions  gathered  in  a  wandering  life, 
Ad  invention  supplied  from  the  overflowing  fountains  of  intuitive 
pnayou,  excufsed  the  oecefiBity  of  accurate  aod  multifarious  re- 

Mr.  Prescott  remained  idle  for  nearly  the  entire  of  the  two  years, 
•ncceeding  the  publication  of  his  first  great  work.  Duiing  the  interim, 
however,  he  collected  materials  for  a  life  of  Aloliere,  which  be  con- 
templated writing,  but  finding  that  his  Ferdinand  and  Isabella  had 
been  so  favorably  received,  he  determined  to  devote  himself  io  another 
sb  subject,  and  selected  that  of  the  Conquest  of  Mexico,  which 
\  iasued  from  the  press  in  December,  1843,  just  six  years  from  the 
b^pllftnuice  of  his  first  history.  In  184T,  he  published  his  *'  Conquest 
Peru,*'  for  which  he  collected  the  materials,  at  the  same  time  as  he 
raa  collecting  for  his  Mexico*  Between  the  publishing  of  these  two 
mrks  Mr.  Frescott  brought  forth  a  volume  of  "  Miscellanies,''  being 
~  ^ooDtributions  to  various  Reviews,  from  1823  to  1845,  revised  by 
elf,  and  forming  one  of  the  most  interesting  collections  ever 
This  volume  contained  all  of  Mr.  Prescott's  desultory 
with  the  exception  of  the  review  of  his  friend's  '*  History  of 
|jv  -     ~      rature  ^'  in  the  North  American  for  1850,  and  this  latter 

I  a  more  recent  edit!  ms. 

Theue  wurks  were  received  with  the  highest  favor  in  all  parts  of 

^tte  civilized  world,  and  praises  and  honors  showered  upon  the  author. 

was  elected  a  member  of  nearly  all  the  principal  learned  bodies  in 

ape,  and  in  1845  was  choaea  a  corresponding  member  of  the  class 

">ral  and  Political  Philosophy  in  the  Institute  of  France,  to  fill  the 

occasioned  by  the  death  of  the  learned  Spanish  higtoriaa 

utte.     This  last  honor,  in  recording  it  in  his  memoranda,  Mr, 

Dott  writes  '*  the  greatest  I  shall  ever  receive,^'     Oxford  Univer- 

conferred  upon   him  her   degree   of  DX\L.   in   1850,  and  with 

ftiilay,  in  185*2,  was  made  an  honorary  member  of  the  Roj^al  Irish 

oy,  one  of  fifteen  scholars  distingnished  in  polite  literature, 

[>ned   by  this  body  among  its  associates.     Ho  was  elected  an 

ouorary  member  of  this  society  in  1847. 

1850,  Mr,  Prescott  made  a  short  visit  to  Europe,  passing  a  few 
iths  in  England,  Scotland  and  Belgium,  From  his  letters  written 
•iog  ibid  period,  are  to  be  derived  some  of  the  best  and  truest  de- 
ripliona  of  the  town  and  country  life — more  especially  the  latter — of 
grtat  landed  British  aristocracy;  ever  given.  On  his  return,  he 
ilied  himself  assiduously  to  his  '*  History  of  PhiUp  the  Second,'^ 
a  work  which  he  had  long  meditated,  as  may  be  seen  from  the  follow- 
ing extract  from  his  memoranda  written  in  the  spring  of  1838,  when 
he  wws  searohing  for  materials  for  his  Mexico  and  Peru.  "  Should  I 
•Kceed  in  my  present  collections,  who  knows  what  facilities  I  may 
I  lor  making  one  relative  to  Philip  the  Second's  reign — a  fruitful 
ussed  under  all  relations  civil  and  literary,  as  well  as  mili- 
:  of  which  seems  alone  to  have  occupied  the  attention  of 
FftlA^tt/'  The  first  two  volumes  of  this  work  appeared  in  Boston  in 
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1855,  and  the  third  in  1858.  The  entire  history  was  int<?ii(led  to  com- 
prise BvQ  vuhimee,  but  was  nev^er  finished.  It  is  understood  that 
Mr.  Charles  Gayarr6  contemplates  completing  this  work  or  writing 
a  similar  one. 

On  February  4th,  1858,  Mr.  Frescott  experienced  a  slight  attack  of 
apoplexy,  from  the  efiects  of  which,  however,  he  eoon  recovered  aod 
resumed  his  literary  pursuits.  Twelve  months  all  to  one  week  from 
the  first  attack,  while  at  work  with  hia  secretary,  John  Forster  Kiric, 
in  his  study,  he  was  struck  by  a  second,  and  died  within  an  hoar 
afterwards.  Thus  on  the  28th  of  January,  1859,  passed  from  the 
arena  of  his  earthly  uaefulness^  William  Hickling  Prescott,  in  Ae 
BLxty-second  year  of  his  age.  A  man  honored  and  mouroed  alike, 
both  at  home  and  abroad,  who,  though  deprived  at  an  early  age  of  the 
keenest  of  the  five  senses,  has  left  to  posterity  a  monument  of  learn- 
ing and  industry,  more  endurable  than  marble^  more  valaable  than 
gold. 

He  desired  that,  after  death,  bis  remains  might  rest  for  a  time  in  the 
cherished  room  whore  were  gathered  the  iateUectual  treasures  amidst 
which  he  had  found  so  much  of  the  happiness  of  bis  life.  His  '  *  "  ' 
was  fulfilled. 

Mr.  Frescott  was  an  early  riser,  and  be  made  it  a  rule  to  ride  everV 
morning,  before  breakfast,  three  or  four  miles.  No  weather  except  a 
severe  storm  prevented  him  at  any  period  irom  thus,  as  he  called  it, 
'^  winding  biiiiself  up."  *'  If  a  violent  stomi  prevented  him  from  going 
out,  or  if  the  bright  snow  on  sunny  days  in  winter  rendered  it  danger* 
oua  for  him  to  expose  his  eye  to  the  brilliant  reflection,  he  would  dwM 
himself  as  for  the  street  and  walk  vigorously  about  the  colder  partfl 
of  the  house,  or  he  would  chop  or  saw  fire  wood  under  cover,  beiDg^ 
all  the  time  in  the  former  case  read  to/' 

Besides  the  works  mentioned,  Mr.  Frescott  \rrote  brief  memoirs 
Ids  friends,  John  Fickering  and  Abbott  Lawrence,  and  supplied  toi 
editioa  of  Robertson's  Charles  the  Fifth,  a  sequel  relating  the  ^ 
circuraatances  of  the  Emperor's  retirement  and  death. 

What  has  been  finely,  said  by  Laraartitie  of  the  tnie  office  of  Ilii 
tory  is  most  applicable  to  Frescott — that  '*  the  impartiality  of  history  i 
not  that  of  a  mirror  in  which  objects  are  merely  reflected,  but  that 
a  judge,  who  sees,  listens  and  determiues.  Annals  are  not  history- 
history  to  deserve  the  name  must  be  imbued  with  a  conscience, 
then  in  time  it  becomes  the  conscience  of  the  human  race.** 
highest  rcqiiisitoB  for  a  writer  in  this  department  of  literature  are  a  lot 
of  truth,  impartiality,  a  discriminating  judgment  and  a  resolute  pu 
pose  to  procure  all  the  facta  that  can  be  found,  enabling  him  to  rendcJ 
full  justice  to  his  subject.  These  rcquisttes  Fresciitt  possessed  in 
eminent  degree.  Read  bis  works  through,  and  the  evidence  of  them ' 
will  be  found  impressed  on  every  page.  No  extravagant  theories, 
no  over-wrought  descriptions  to  disguise  the  faults  or  foibles  of  ft 
favorite  hero,  none  of  the  resorts  of  the  casuist  to  sustain  or  defend  ft 
doubtful  policy  ;  in  short,  none  of  those  intricate  and  questionable 
by-paths  of  opinion  or  assertion  into  which  historians  are  sometirnos 
led  by  their  persooal  antipathies  and  partialities  will  be  found.  Tnith 
was  his  first  aim  as  far  as  he  could  detect  it  in  the  conflicting  records 
of  events  ;  and  his  next  aim  was  to  impress  this  truth,  in  its  genuine 
colors^  upon  the  reader.    The  characters  and  motlTes  of  men  were 


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weighed  in  the  scales  of  justice,  as  they  appeared  to  him  after  eare- 
fttl  research  aod  mature  tb ought.  In  all  these  qualities  of  an  accom- 
plished historian*  for  him  a  comparison  with  any  other  writer  may 
safely  be  challenged* 

It  is  a  saying,  that  "  the  style  is  the  man/'  and  of  no  great  author  in 

the  literature  of  the  world  is  that  saying  more  true  than  of  Prescott, 

n     For  in  the  transparent  simplicity  and  undimmed  beauty  and  caudor  of 

^bis  style  were  read  the  endearing  qualities  of  his  soul ;  so  that  bis  per- 

Bftotial  friends  are  found  wherever  literature  is  known,  and  the  love  for 

Hllim  IB  co-extenaive  with  the  world  of  letters — not  limited  to  those  who 

K  speak  our  Anglo-Saxon  mother  language,  to  the  literature  of  which 

he  has  contributed  such  splendid  works,  but  co-extensive  with  the 

civilized  languages  of  the  human  race. 

Beyond  question,  all  circumstances  considered,  he  was  the  most 
remarkable  among  the  men  of  letters  which  our  country ^^n ay,  which 
our  time  has  produced.  The  difficulties  he  had  to  contend  with,  from 
almost  total  deprivation  of  sight ;  the  trouble  he  must  have  had  to 
imbue  his  mind  with  knowledge  by  aid  of  a  reader ;  the  heavy  task 
which  he  must  have  imposed  upon  his  memory  ;  the  painful  industry 
L  with  which  he  composed  his  volumiuouSi  accurate  and  brilliant  works, 
I  making  chapters  in  his  mind  ere  they  were  set  down  upon  paper  j  the 

G^rse^erance  with  which,  despite  his  defective  vision  and  always  fee- 
e  health,  he  carried  out  bis  high  purpose  of  authorship  ;  the  patience 
^ which  sustained  him  through  his  labors  and  bis  suflerings  ;    the  utter 
ftbeence  of  personal  vanity  or  pride  when  the  world  hailed  him  as  one 
of  its  greatest  men ;  the  trusting  faith  in  an  all-wiee  Providence  which  so 
[weU  sustained  him  ;  the  silken  ties  of  affection  and  regard  which  bound 
f  him,  not  only  to  his  family  and  his  friends,  but  to  all  who  came  with- 
in the  magic  circle  of  his  acquaintance — all  thege  united  in  one  person 
[  made  Prescott  at  once  a  great  and  a  true  man. 

This  article  cannot  bo  brought  to  a  more  appropriate  close,  than  by 
repeating  the  words  of  the  Hon.  Mr.  Everett  before  the  Msissachu- 
Betts  Historical  Society,  shortly  after  Mr,  Prescott 'a  death.  He  said, 
**  When  in  after  times  the  history  of  our  American  literature  shall 
lo  written,  it  will  be  told  with  admiration  bow  in  the  first  rank  of  a 
ichool  of  contemporary  historical  writers  flourishing  in  the  United 
States  in  the  second  quarter  of  the  nineteenth  century,  more  numer- 
ous aod  not  less  distinguished  than  those  of  any  other  country,  a 
yoong  man,  who  was  not  only  born  to  aflluence  and  exposed  to  all  its 
wdnctions,  but  who  seemed  forced  into  inaction  by  the  cruel  accident^ 
of  his  youth,  devoted  himself  to  that  branch  of  literary  effort  which 
leems  most  to  require  the  eyesight  of  the  student,  and  composed  a 
ieries  of  historical  works  not  leas  remarkable  for  their  minute  and 
ac<:nrate  learning  than  their  beauty  of  style,  calm  philosophy,  acute 
<  deliiieation  of  character,  and  sound  good  sense.  No  name  more  bril- 
liant than  his  will  descend  to  posterity  on  the  roll  of  American 
Authors, 

'  So  long  as  in  ages  far  distant,  and  not  only  in  countries  now  re* 

d  polished,  but  in  those  not  yet  brought  into  the  domain  of 

ion,  the  i*em  ark  able  epoch  which  he  baa  described  shall  attract 

I  tU£  au«jjition  of  men  ;   so  long  as  the  consolidation  of  the  Spanish 

DOnarchy  and  the  expulsion  of  the  Moors,  the  mighty  theme  of  the 

yvery  of  America,  the  wonderful  genius  of  Columbus,  the  mail-clad 


98S 


Aaaemt  WlUtin  the  Name  of  Lunt, 


[Ja 


forms  of  Cortes  and  Pizarro,  and  the  other  grim  omqmsiadores^  traiQ| 
Ung  new  found  empires  wudcr  tbe  boofe  of  their  cavalry,  shall  lie  8 
jecta  of  literary  interest ;  bo  long-  as  the  blood  sball  curdle  at  the 
©Itiee  of  Alva,  and  tbe  fierce  struggles  of  tbe  Mf)Blem  in  the  £aat ;  mH 
long  will  the  writings  of  our  friend  be  read.  With  respect  to  aome 
of  them,  tinkOi  in  atl  human  probability,  will  add  nothing  to  bis  male- 
rials.  It  was  said  the  other  day  by  our  respected  associate  President 
Sparks  (a  competent  authority),  that  no  historian,  ancient  or  madewOg 
exceeded  Mr.  Frescott  in  the  depth  and  accuracy  of  his  re&eardies. 
He  has  driven  his  Artesian  criticism  through  wretched  modero  oom- 
pilations  and  the  trashy  exaggerations  of  intervening  commentators, 
down  to  the  original  contemporary  witnesses  ;  and  the  sparkling 
waters  of  truth  have  gushed  up  from  the  living  rock.  In  the  de 
of  his  narrative  further  light  may  be  obtained  from  sources  not 
accessible.  The  first  letter  of  Cortes  may  be  brought  to  light ; 
hieroglyphics  of  Paloticjue  may  be  deciphered  ;  but  the  history  of  the 
Spanish  empire  during  the  period  for  which  he  has  treated  it,  will  be 
read  hj  posterity  for  general  information,  not  in  the  ancient  Spanish 
authorities,  not  in  the  black  letter  chromcles,  but  in  the  volomefl 
of  Prescott.** 

Mr.   Frescott  had  four  children,  three  of  whom,  William  Gardiner 
Prescott.  Elizabeth  (Prescott)  Lawrence^  and  William  Amory  Pre; 
survived  him  with  their  mother. 


ABSTRACTS  OF 


ANCIENT  ENGLISH 
OF  LUNT. 


WILLS,  IN  THE 


[Copied  by  Hoeatio  G.  Someubt,  Esq.,  of  London,  nnd  commimicatcd  by  Hon 

LuNT,  of  Boston.] 

From  tbe  Kegistry  of  Probate  at  IpsAvich,  County  of  SuflTolk 

1.  Wiiltcr  Luntc,  of  Holbrooke,  in  Suflblk,  made  his  will  April  9 
1490.  Proved  May  6th,  1468.  Mentions  his  wife  Agnes,  and  so 
John  and  William, 

2.  John  Liinte,  of  Holbrooke.  Will  dated  Jan.  20th,  1469^' 
Proved  Feb.  17,  1469-70.    Son  Roger.     Appoints  bis  wife  Christiair^ 

t  Robert  Lunt  and  William  Alby»  Executors. 

3.  Alice  Lunt,  of  Holbrook,  widow,  late  wife  of  John  Lunt.  Will 
dated  Feb.  28th,  1621-2.  Proved  March  21,  1521^2.  Appoints  her 
Bon,  John  Pylborough,  Executor,  and  makes  liim  principal  legatee. 

4.  Joan  Luute,  of  Orford,  County  of  Suffolk,  widow.  AViU  dated 
Aug.  18th,  1540. 


i 

a^^ 


From  the  Registry  of  Wills  at  Chelmsford,  in  the  County  of  Sastssf 
6,     Robert  Lunt,  of  Tarling,  in  Essex.     Will  dated  Feb.  18th,  H 
To  his  son,  Henry,  not  sixteen,  his  apparel  and  that  which  was 
own  mother's.     Daughter  Margery,  not  sixteen.     Brothers  Thou 
and  John.    Appoints  his  wife,  Bot  named,  E^ecutz'ixi  and  hi&  brot 
Thomas  Supervisor,  * 


1868.J 


Ancient  ffilh  in  the  Name  of  Lunt 


233 


From  the  Registry  of  Wills  at  Chester.  Wills  of  persons  of  Lanca- 
[  shire  were  proved  at  this  office  : 

6,     Gilbert  Lunt,  of  Leiherlaod,  in  the  pariah  of  Sefton.     Will  dated 
I  July  16th,  1568.     Daughter  Isabel  Harris*     Daughter  Margery  and 
Kichard  Walley,  Executors. 

t.     Humphrey  Lunt,  of  Maghull,  Co.  Lancaster,  Yeoman  ♦     Will 

[dated  2dth  Elizabeth  (1587).     Proved  Oct.  7th.  1592.     Desires  to  be 

I  buried  within  the  Chapel  at  Melling  {Westmoreland),  near  the  place 

I  where  his  wife  is  buried.    Legacies  to  a  great  maiij  individuals  other 

I  th«xi  Lant.     To  his  servant,  John  Lunt.  £4.     To  his  servant,  Elten 

iLiiiit,  X-A,     To  Bryan  and  Ellen  Lunt,  children  of  Anthony  Lunt,  the 

ISinDar  £b,  the  latter  £3,  when  twenty-one.     To  the  children  of  Paul 

rlillJit,  Tiz*,  Thomas  and  Andrew,  each  £3.     To  Jane  Lunt,  £4.     To 

Ibe  poor  of  Liverpool,  40^.     To  Humphrey  Lunt,  his  nephew,  all  hi 8 

landdf  houses,  &c.,  in  W^est  Derby,  &c.;  mentions  his  houses  in  Liver- 

LmqI.     If  Humphrey  dies  wilhout  heirs,  then  the  aforesaid  property  to 

Brran,  son  of  Anthony  Lunt.     Legacies  to  old  Nicholas  Lunt  and 

Bichard  Lunt.     Appoints  his  nephew,  Humphrey,  Executor. 

^.     William  Lunt,  of  Ince  Blundell,  in  the  parish  of  Sefton,  County 
of  Lancaster,  Husbandman.     Names  sons  John  and  Robert,  and  their 
I  children.     Appoints  his  sons  Executors.     Will  dated  May  16th,  1§04. 
[Proved  Aug,  I8th,  1604. 

9.  Alice  Lunt,  of  Rainsforth,  County  of  Lancaster,  widow.  Will 
(dated  July  16th,  1616.  Proved  April  9th,  1648.  Desires  to  be  buried 
(111  the  Church  at  Prescot.     Legacies  to  several  persons. 

10.  Anthony  Lunt.  Will  dated  July  22d,  1617.  Proved  July  28th, 
L161T.     Desires  to  be  buried  in  the  Church  of  St.  Oswold,  in  Chester, 

where  his  last  wife  was  buried.  Names  brothers  Humphrey  and 
Richard^;  nephews  Anthony,  John  and  Richard  Lnnt ;  sister  Elizabeth 
Banks.     Appoints  bis  brothers  Humphrey  and  Nicholas  Executors. 

11.  Edward  Lunt,  of  Aughton,  County  of  Lancaster.  Now  wife 
Jeiuset.  Eldest  brother  William,  Brother  Henry.  Youngest  brother 
Thomas.  Sister  Catherine  and  her  daughter  Jane.  Will  dated  Dec. 
nth,  1629.     Proved  Aug.  Hth,  1632. 

12.  Hugh  Lunt,  of  Babington,  Will  proved  Nov.  4th,  1648. 
Wife  Hannah  and  son  Henry,  Executors. 

[Note. — All  persons  of  the  name  of  Lunt,  in  this  country,  so  far  as 
known,  are  descended  from  Henry  Lunt,  who  was  one  of  the  original 
hitlers  of  Newbury,  Essex  County,  Mass.,  in  the  year  1635.  His 
^vill,  recorded  at  Ipswich,  is  dated  in  1662,  and  provides  well,  as 
Sivage  (Gen.  Diet.)  says,  for  his  widow  and  seven  children.     The 

low  afterwards  married  Joseph  Hills,  Speaker  of  the  House  of 
IvLpresentatives. 

The  name  of  Lunt  is  of  Scandinavian  origin.  In  Denmark  it  is  well 
Vf^jwn,  and  is  spelled  Lundt.     It  seems  likely  that  it  is  derived  from 

no  of  the  early  Danish  invaders,  or  incursionists  into  England. 
Uoai  of  the  Christian  names  of  the  legatees  mentioned  in  the  will  of 
Humphrey  Lunt  (No.  7),  and  some  of  them  not  very  common,  as,  for 
imtMUce,  Paul,  Andrew,  Richard  ami  Nicholas,  have  been  borne  by 
descendants  of  Henry  Lunt,  of  Newbury.  The  sum  of  40».  **  to  the 
poor  of  Liverpool  ^'  marks  a  not  uncommon  bequest  of  the  period.  In 
tlieyear  1639,  Burton,  author  of  the  *' Anatomy  of  Melancholy,"  left 
40#.,  by  will,  to  "the  poor  of  Higliam."  In  1687,- the  date  of  Hum- 
phrey Lout's  will,  Liverpool  had  about  three  thousand  inhabitauts.] 


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Poem  on  the  Fall  of  JVilton  Mmting  House. 


\IM 


THE  FALL  OF  THE  WILTON  (N.  H.)  MEETING  HOUSE. 

Mr.  Editor, — I  hand  you  the  accompanying  Poem,  composed  on  ti 
memorable  and  lamentable  event,  which  happened  in  the  town  of  Wil- 
ton, in  the  State  of  New  Hampshire.     I  need  not  recount  the  histoi; 
of  the  affair,  as  the  Poem  records  it  with  a  minuteness  fully  adequ 
to  the  time  and  occasion. 

It  may  be  proper  to  state,  that  Wilton  was  settled  in  1739;  that 
one  hundred  years  thereafter  a  celebration  was  held  there,  on  which 
occasion  the  Rev*  Ephraim  P^abopy  delivered  au  able  and  valuable 
Mstorical  discourse,  which  was  printed  the  same  year.  The  reverend 
author  alludes  to  this  Focirit  and  in  tlie  Appendix  to  his  discourse 
gives  a  part  of  it ;  but  the  whole  having  fallen  into  my  hands,  on  an 
examination  of  it  I  thought  it  would  be  worth  preserving  bj  printing 
it  entire  in  the  pages  of  the  Register.  I  therefore  submit  it  to  you, 
hoping  you  will  take  the  same  view  of  it.  The  copy  I  send  you  id 
the  same  from  which  Mr.  Peabody  made  his  extract.  He  would 
doubtless  have  inserted  the  whole  of  it,  but  from  a  fear  of  too  madi 
Bwelling  the  size  of  his  work.  O. 

Ski.nza»  composed  on  the  occasion  of  (he  fall  of  Wilton  Meeting  Houx, 
Sept,  ItJif  in3.      Composed  by  Nathaniel  Allek. 


1  Attention  give,  and  you  sliJill  hesx 

A  nieliiBcholy  ttiemCf 
Of  niLvh  an  fnstanre  aa  there  U 
But  very  seldom  tieeu. 

2  In  seventeen  hiindretl  fevonty^throep 

Sept<*mlK'r,  >><ivenrh  diiy, 

At  Wilton,  did  Almi^'Uty  God 

His  axigoT  tliere  display. 

3  Of  men  a  great  collection  met, 

A  moctitighmis5«  to  raise ; 
Therein  to  »peak  God'a  Holy  word^ 
And  for  to  sing  Hia  pmiW!- 

4  God  did  their  labor  prosper^  in 

The  en;etii>n  of  this  frame  r 

Until  it  wan  almost  complete, 

And  joyfnil  they  bcomie. 

5  Tliey  tho't  the  worst  was  past  and  f  onC| 

And  they  i^ixv,-  Iwdd  imd  ^^riivt^; 
Poor  soniH !  how  little  did  they  think 
They  were  bo  near  iheir  graiVe. 

6  Ail  on  a  sudden  hroke  a  iM^ant 
And  kt  down  rifty  three, 

Fall  twenty >»»cv<*n  fe«t  they  fell, 
A  fiho<ckiDg  sight  to  see. 

7  Mnfh  timber  with  those  men  did  Cull, 
And  ed^ed  tuols  likewise ; 

All  in  a  heap  together  lay, 
With  hitt«r  shiieka  and  crios* 

8  Twonld  pierce  the  hardest  heart  to  bear 
The  Bighs  aad  bitter  groims 

Of  those  that  lu  that  ruin  lay 
With  wounds  and  hrokcn  bones. 

9  Some  lay  with  broken  shoulder  bones, 
And  i>ome  with  broken  iirmtif 
Others  with  broken  legs  and  thigbs, 
And  divers  other  harma. 


10  Many  Uiy  bleeding  on  the  grotind, 
All  liathed  in  crim^son  gore, 
Crying  dear  Je^ns,  mighty  to  saTC, 
Thy  mercy  wc  Implore, 

11  Heart  piercing  sight  for  to  behold. 
Which  ejinsed  many  *  90h 
To  sec  thuse  poor  dUtrdised  men 
Lie  weitcrlDg  in  thch^  blood, 

12  Otie  In  an  instants  time  w«s  killed, 
m»  tool  bus  t'>ok  itf*  flight 
To  nglon^  of  Eternal  dftj, 
Or  ever  Ufitiug  nighL 

13  *Two  more  in  a  fbw  mlnates  fpaoe 
Tiiey  bid  thij  world  ftdien ; 
Who  aro  rejected  of  their  God, 
Or  with  his  ehoe^eo  few. 

14  Two  marc  in  a  »hort  time  did  pasi 
Thro'  deaihii  dark  sbadr  Tide, 
Who  now  are  in  the  realiiia  of  day, 
Orihe  Infernal  Hell, 

15  But  wc  miifit  hope  their  prodoua  iOoU 
Are  with  their  Saviour  dear. 
Reaping  the  fruits,  the  blessed  fraltJ 
Of  iuitlilhl  senantfl  here. 

16  And  if  this  t>c  their  happy  i 
Glory  to  God  be  given  i 
0  Blc8sed  day!  oh  happy  fall, 
Which  sent  their  »ouliJ  to  Heavvn. 

17  Whik  their  dear  friend*  are  bowod  t 
With  Morrow  tor  their  sakes, 
Tlicy  mouniini;  go  until!  their  hoduti 
Are  ready  for  to  breaJc. 

18  Clilldrcn  of  Fathers  arc  bereft, 
They  mourn  Like  UttJo  lamb« 
\Vh  ui  thty  have  !>ecn  eqg^god  At  play 
And  lost  i^ight  of  UK'ir  dams. 

ir,QftbiilDirAi 


^ 


I8«8*]  Pom  on  the  Fall  of  Wilton  Meeting  House. 


235 


19  Wklfyvrs  wcftr  gsrmetits  of  sAckcIotb, 
Tbeir  grkf  U  very  great, 
They  moaruing  go  like  Tartle  doTCi 
When  the  J  have  lo«t  tfaeir  mute. 
ID  Fitbm  Ibr  their  d«cc&sed  sofM 
Go  monmifig  all  the  day ; 
Bat  blesMd  be  the  name  of  Ood« 
That  gfree  and  takes  awny, 
;i  Mothers  for  their  deiir  children  ftre 
rrow  bowed  down, 
Iren  tbM  their  l>odiefl  boft 
... .  „   ,v  made  meat  far  wonos. 
22  Broili«i»  and  sisters  followed  bavo 
The  corpic  unto  the  grave, 

i  i\  long,  a  la.st  fAruwell, 
k  of  them  their  leave* 
.    Ar,ii  now  whoever  reads  these  Unci 
A  lid  medltatei  tbeieon, 
1     Ir  TiCAfU  will  break  if  they  be  not 
Uian  any  etone. 
HT  well  that  moarafbl  weoam 
ALi  iiicliiticbolly  day. 
In  which  tlic  almighty  sent  grim  death 
Td  tnatch  their  souls  away 
15  Into  the  Etcnuil  unseen  world 
To  spend  Eternity, 
With  unoppressed  fidelity, 
Or  boandlws  Misery* 
\  JUoording  as  their  works  hare  been 
In  the  vioyanl  of  the  Lord, 
Sothey  reee^e  of  God  tbdir  Jud^o 
A  tight  And  JuBt  reward. 
tto  let  OS  some  improrement  make, 
iUid'lo  ourselves  apply 
This  awfhl  PpoTidence  of  God, 
Thit  comet  to  ne  so  nigh. 

A7FLICATX0N. 

[  H  We*f«  seen  anr  fellows  called  awny 
bio  EBerniCy, 
Whicti  la  a  certidn  evidence 
Of  our  mortaUtr. 
^lHytliisweyeeand  certain  1M 
*    es  imcertain  are, 

i^  let  all  both  gr^at  and  smjitl 
liien  death  prepare. 
\  If  For  11  Ood*s  call  we  all  mu^t  bow 
When  death  shall  strike  the  blow. 
We  moat  appear  at  his  command, 
Whether  prepwed  or  no. 


31  For  when  Orlm  death  with  ghastly  eye 

iShuU  in  our  faces  stare, 

And  en  mm  Otis  us  for  to  appear 

At  Ood'g  tribunal  Bar, 
13  We  mtiBt  submit,  we  ain't  withstand 

The  messenger  of  Death, 

We  TiiULt^t  with  cold  and  drem liling  lips 

Rectlgn  our  ritiij  breath 

33  And  Launch  Into  the  eternal  World^ 
Aud  meet  omnipotence ; 

To  heai  our  doom  pninonnced,  and  to 
Ilcccive  our  recompcnce, 

34  But  if  our  deeds  have  evil  been 
We  shall  receive  this  doom, 
Depart  from  me,  I  know  yon  not, 
For  yoo  did  me  di^jwn. 

S0  Down,  Down  into  a  deep  Abyss 
or  woe  !iud  MiH-ry, 
Otir  soiiLs  iirt"  iKjund  there  to  reinaiQ 
Throughout  Eternity. 

36  Ai  angry  Qod  a  pourlog  oat 

The  vials  of  his  wrath 

And  indignation  upon  ns^ 

Wtiidi  is  the  second  death, 
S7  Therefore  as  we  must  all  Ik?  Judged 

According  as  we  have  done, 

'Th  highly  needful  for  Uh  nil 

The  Christian  raie  to  rmu 
88  Put  on  breflut  plfttem  of  Rjj.'hteouBnc«s, 

And  take  the  shield  uf  Fiiith, 

The  Riiirit  ^itrivcs  for  to  direct 

Us  in  the  niiiTow  patb. 

39  Let  as  Ik?  making  y>cace  with  God, 
Wbilc  we  hnve  Hie  smd  brciith, 
So  that  we  muy  ptejiurcd  he, 

To  iiiett  a  sodden  Denth, 

40  And  l>e  thereby  tmn elated  flrom 
Tljis  world  of  iliwry 

Into  a  world  of  Jovand  Bliss, 
To  dwell  with  Godi  on  Idgh, 

41  To  drink  of  the  pure  streams  of  joy 
That  flow  at  (Jocrs  right  hand, 
And  to  enjoy  hi»  beavunly  love 
Forever  witlioat  end. 

42  And  if  this  be  our  happy  case, 
When  we  this  life  shall  eni^l, 
God  grant  of  bis  fntinlte  gr»ice 
T  hroQgb  J  esus  €liri£t.    Amen. 


Tfte  Author  of  tbis  Poem  hm  often  heart!  "old  CoBar/'  who  was 

.fcimerly  the  slave  of  Col,  Kid*ler,  relate  the  etorj^  of  the  fall  of  the 

t^une  at  Wilton.     He  said  that  he  and  many  others  were  standing  in 

k  circle  round  a  toolatto  man  who  waa  playitig  tricks  of  legerdemaiQ, 

nd  one  of  which  was  dancing  on  the  edge  of  a  Imwl,  which  by  some 

Went  be  broke.     He  instantly  left  the  buHinesB,  told  the  spectatorB 

it  wa«  the  firgt  he  ever  broke,  and  that  there  would  be  bloody 

rk  there  soon.     The  wordB  were  hardly  out  of  his  month  before  the 

fell — and  all  was  for  a  moment  still  :  then  was  succeeded  by  a 

that  rang  in  his  ears  for  years  after.     This  story  he  related 

1  great  feeling,  almost  of  horror. 


m 


T}ie  HuicJdmom  of  Salem. 


237 


extant  about  1640,  it  was  represented  by  Barnard  Hutchinson,  of 
Cowlam^  in  the  county  of  York,  and^  as  he  mu«t  have  been  then  ad- 
Taoced  io  Ufe,  it  is  certain  that  we  may  now  (1867)  trace  the  family 
back  through  a  period  embracing'  more  than  six  centuries. 

The  authority  for  the  first  six  descents  rests  with  Sir  Henry  St. 
,fleofge,  Garter  King  of  Arms,  who  sometime  before  his  death  (which 
bccurred  in  1644)  prepared  a  pedigree  of  the  family,  which,  with  sub* 
%ftquent  additions,  remained  in  the  possession  of  the  successive  heirs 
until  the  present  century,  and  was  printed  in  the  quarto  edition  of  tho 
Life  of  Col.  John  Hutchinson,  published  in  1806.     So  far  as  the  pre- 
sent writer  has  been  able  to  investigate  that  pedigree,  he  has  found  it 
ttrictly  accurate,  and  it  is  therefore  adopted  without  hesitation. 
The  descents,  numerically  stated,  are  as  follow: — 
I.     Barxaro  HuTcrnvsoN,  of  Cowlarn,  in  the  County  of  York,  Esq., 
was  living  in  the  year  1282.     (Cowl am  is  a  very  small  parish  in  the 
East  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  the  present  population  of  which  does  not 
exceed  fifty  souls,  and  which  in  1809  numbered  only  seventeen.     As, 
^■ven  as  early  as  1282,  Barnard  Ilutchineon  was  denuminatcd  Esquire 
lor  *•  Armiger*- ),  and  described  as  of  that  place,  there  can  be  scarcely 
1  doubt  that  he  was  at  that  time  the  proprietor  of  tho   entire  parish, 
bich  contains  an  area  of  2,036  acres,   and  that  the  population  was 
omposed  solely  of  his  own  family  and  retainers.)     His  wife  is  only 
ascribed  as  the  daughter  of  John   Boyvill,   Esq.     This  name  is  that 
if  one  of  the  best  and  oldest  families  of  Yorkshire.     They  had  issue  : 

1.  John  (of  whom  hereafter). 

2.  Robert,  whose  wile  was  of  the  family  of  Newcomen,  of  Saltfleet- 
by,  in  the  county  of  Lincoln,  one  of  the  most  ancient  and  re- 
spectable famtlie^of  that  county. 

3.  Mary,  who  married  William  Sutton,  described  in  the  St.  George 
pedigree  as  of  *'  Wassenbroughe.^'  As  there  is  no  place  of 
this  name  in  Yorkshire,  I  have  no  doubt  it  means  Washing- 
borough,  a  small  town  a  few  miles  from  tho  city  of  Lincoln, 
and  the  ancient  seat  of  the  Suttons. 

It  is  fair  to  presnmo  that  by  these  last  two  matches  t#ie 

Hutchinson s  were  introduced  into  Lincolnshire,  where  they 

afterwards  became  very  numerous. 

n.    JoR?r  HcTTCHiNsoN  (probably  the  eldest  son  and  heir  of  Barnard, 

md  also  of  Cowlam,  although  St   George  omitted  to  slate  either  fact 

Einhia  pedigree).     He  married  Edith,  daughter  of  William  Woiildbie, 

MVouldbie.     1  have  searched  the  oldest  Gazetteers  in  vain  for  this 

ijUce.     It  was  douhllesa  the  name  of  a  manor,  or  lordship,  that  has 

ng  since  lost  its  identity.     Its  locality  may  have  been  in  Yorkshire, 

It  the  orthography  more  closely  resembles  that  of  Lincolnshire. 

Ijlbmily  was  doubtless  a  good  one,  as  no  one  but  a  landed  proprie- 

juld  have  styled  himself,  or  been  called,  VYouldbie  of  Wouldbie, 

Hetr  issue  were— 

1,  James  (of  whom  hereafter). 

2.  Barbara,  who  married  Lewis  Ashton,  of  Spalding,  Esq.  There 
is  no  place  of  this  name  in  Yurkshire,  and  tins  doul>tleBS  was 
Spalding  in  Lincolnshire,  where  the  Ash  tons  remained  until 
at  least  as  late  as  the  end  of  tho  10th  century,  and  one  always 
described  in  the  Parish  Registers  as  *•  Esq^uircs''  or  '*  Gea- 
tlemen." 

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Tht  HiUclnhmmB  of  Salem, 


3.  Julia,  who  married  AUyne  Bruxbie  of  Shobie,  Esquire.    "Sh 

bie"  was  also  probably  the  Dame  of  a  manor,  whose  localxt 
it  is  impossible  to  identify  at  the  present  day. 

4.  Marg^aret,  who  married  William  Champemowne,  Esq.     Cham- 

pernowne  ia  almost  purely  a  Devonshire  name,  and  it  is  pro- 
bable that  through  this  match  the  Hutchinsons  were  intro^ 
diiced  into  that  county. 

III,  James  UtTCBiNsox,  of  Cowlam,  only  son  and  heir  of  John, 
He  married  Ursula,  daughter  of  Mr.  Gregory,  of  Nafferton,  in  the 
county  of  York,  a  place  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  Cowlam.  The 
absence  of  the  christian  name  of  her  father  ia  somewhat  redeemed  by 
the  prefix  ''  Mr.'-  which  in  those  days,  although  usually  indicating  a 
rank  just  below  that  described  by  the  words  "  Esquire/'  or  **  Gently 
man/'  was  never  applied  to  one  beneath  the  standiDg  of  a  Yeoo 
The  issue  of  this  marriage  were — 

1.  I7i7iiam  (of  whom  hereafter). 

2.  Joha,  distinctly  named  as  the  secoDd  sou,  who  married  a  ( 

ter  of  John  Conyers,  Esq. 

3.  Barbara,  who  married  John  Hathome,  of  "  Cransweke,"  Esq. ' 

This  place  was  doubtless  Crauswick,  only  a  few  miles  from 
Cowtam. 

4.  A  second  daughter,  whose  christian  name  ia  not  mentions 

who  married  Joho  Ocam,  Esq. 

5.  Eleanor,  who  married  Thomas  Brown,  Esq. 

IV,  William  IIutcbinsox,  of  Cowlam*  Esq.,  eldest  son  and  heir  ( 
James.     He  married  Anne,  daughter  of  William  Bennet,  of  Thecklejjl 
Esq.     This  place  is  probably  that  now  called  Thackley,  in  the  West 
Hiding  of  Yorkshire.    Their  issao  were — 

1.  *l/t//iC??M/  (of  whom  hereafter). 

2.  Oliver,  who  married  a  daughter  of  John  Tindall,  Esq. 

3.  Mary^  who  married  Jervas  Abtoste  (probably  Abtofte), 

4.  Alice,  who  mxirried  William  English. 
Y.     Anthony  JIuTcmNsoN,  of  Cowlam,  Esq.,  eldest  son  and  heir ' 

William,     lie  had   two  wives.     Ilis  first  was  Judith,   daughter 
Thomas  Crosland,  Esq.,  by  whom  he  apparently  had  no  isaue,     IIll 
second  wife  was  Isabel,  daughter  of  Robert  Harvie  (or  liame  Esq.]! 
by  whom  he  had  issue  as  follows — 

L  William. 

2 .  Tlvjin  OS  (  0  f  who  m  here  aft  er ) . 

8.  John. 

4,  Richard  (supposed  by  St,  Georg^e  to  have  gone  to  Ireland), 

6.  I^eonards. 
6.  Edmond. 
t.  Francis, 
8.  Andrew, 

Before  proceeding  with  the  line  of  descent  of  the  family  whose! 
tory  we  are  immediately  pursuing,  and  which  ia  through  Thomas, 
second  son  of  Anthony  last  named,  it  will  be  well  to  trace  briefly 
subsequent  history  of  the  direct  line,  through  William,  last  name 
the  eldest  son  and  heir  of  Anthony,  who  succeeded  to  Cowlam.  Ac- 
cording to  St,  George,  he  married  Bridget,  daughter  of  William  Cake, 
of  West  Harlton,  Esq.,  and  had  issue  three  daughters,  viz.  :  Ist,  Gri- 
ztWt  who  married  John  Keeps,  Esq, ;  2d,  Joyce,  who  married  Thomas 


S8.] 


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239 


ed  ;  and  3d,  Isabel,  who  married  Thomas  Cooke.  lie  had  alpo  a  6on 
WUliam,  who  Bucceeded  to  Cowlam,  aud  married  Atin,  daughter  of 
Henry  Lay  borne,  by  whom  he  had  issue  two  daughters,  the  eldest  of 
whom  married  Juhn  Eplethwatt  (?  Applcthwait),  and  the  youngest 
Richard  Garret ;  also  a  son,  William  Hutchinson,  who  married  a  daiifrh- 
ler  of  Mr,  Dal  ton,  of  Kirby-over-Carr,  in  the  coiiety  of  York.  This 
last  William  is  described  bj  St.  George  as  of  Wykcham  Abbey,  in 
tiie  county  of  York.  The  St.  George  pedigree  ends  here,  and  leaves 
us  to  suppose  that  this  William  was  the  founder  of  the  Wykeliam 
Abbey  branch  of  the  family.  This  presumption  I  think  there  is  good 
le^on  to  doubt. 

The  absence  of  dates  in  the  St.  George  pedigree  deterioratea 
greatly  from  its  value,  hut  this  want  is  relieved  to  a  great  extent  by 
the  dates  which  I  have  been  able  to  affix  to  the  corresponding  genera- 
tions in  other  branches  of  the  family* 

On  the  4th  of  June,  1581,  according  to  the  record  at  the  IIerald*s 
College,  there  was  a  confirmation  of  Arms  to  "  Edward  Ilochinson,  of 
Wyckham  in  the  couiitie  of  York,  Esquire,  sonne  and  lieire  of  Richard 
Hochinson.'^  This  stjfficiently  establishes  the  parentage  of  Edward 
Halchinson,  whose  father  was,  I  suspect,  the  Richard  Hutchinson, 
8on  of  Anthony  last  named,  whom  St.  George  supposes  to  have  gone 
to  Ireland.  All  the  pedigrees  of  the  Wjkeham  branch  commence 
with  this  Edward  Hutchinson,  and  if  his  father  Richard  is  raeiitioned, 
lis  name  only  is  given.  It  is  Mr,  therefore,  to  presume  that  Edward 
the  first  proprietor,  either  by  purchase  or  otherwise,  of  the 
Tykeham  Abbey  estate,  and  that  oo  his  accession  thereto  he  took 
Bcasion  to  have  the  ancient  arms  of  the  family  confirmed  to  him. 
The  fact  that  this  was  a  conjirmafionf  and  not  a  grant,  of  arms,  of 
proves  that  the  arms  had  been  borne  by  the  family  frum  time 
3oria],  and  tlms  places  it  among  the  oldest  Heraldic  fumiliea 
I  Yorkshire  and  the  Kingdom,  The  ann.s  thus  confirmed  were  those 
muc^  and  still  borne  by  the  direct  descendants  of  the  Yorkshire  line, 

kd  it  18  scarcely  necessary  to  add,  tliat  those  who  cannot  show  such 
scent  have  no  right  whatever  to  bear  them. 

An  engraving  and  description  of  the  arms  are  prefixed  to  this  article. 
L  Betuming  to  the  branch  in  which  we  are  immediately  interested, 
■le  next  in  descent  was — 

BTvi.  Thohas  HuTcmNsoXp  Esquire,  who  was  the  second  son  of 
■Lntbony  by  his  second  wife  Isabel,  He  became  by  porchase,  some- 
pSme  in  the  reign  of  Henry  VML,  proprietor  of  the  principal  portion 
of  the  township  of  Owthorpe,  in  tho  county  of  Nottingham,  the  re- 
LHaioing  portion  of  which,  with  other  lordships  and  manors  in  the  same 
Irtcinity,  afterwards  came  into  the  possession  of  his  descendants.  He 
bwned  also  a  considcrabte  ei^tate  at  Crop  well  Butler,  a  few  miles 
Earthward,  and  another  at  Colston  Bassett,  a  few  miles  eastward  from 
i>rpe.  He  appears  also  to  have  had  property  at  Tollerton,  and 
Idington,  both  in  the  vicinity  of,  and  westward  from  Owthorpe. 
he  hardship  of  Owthorpe  alone  contained  1600  acres  of  land, 
[  Although  in  the  St.  George  pedigree  this  Thomas  is  described  as 
^  Oirthorpe,  his  actual  residence,  and  that  of  the  three  succeeding 
tierations,  was  at  Cropwell  Butler.  It  was  Sir  Thomas  Hutchinson, 
he  fourth  in  direct  descent,  who  first  built  and  occu[)ied  the  mansion 
;  Owthorpe,  of  which,  as  well  as  of  that  at  Cropwell  Butler,  do  trace 
^muins  at  the  present  day. 


S40 


The  HuUkinsms  of  Salem. 


[Julj, 


Unfortunately,  the  Parish  Reg-isters  of  CrnpweU  Butler  prior  to  tlie 
year  16Si  were  long  since  destroyed.     These  of  Owtborpc  are  ala 
misBiD^  prior  to  the  year  1131.     No  facta  in  reference  to  the  famil 
can  therefore  he  obtained  from  these  sources,  and  the  chief  am liorilie 
from  which  the  particulars  in  this  statement  are  drawn,  arc  Thoroton's 
History  of  Nottinj^Iiamshire,  the  Lite  of  Col.  John  Hutchinson  hj\ 
widow ^  and  the  wills  of  some  members  of  the  family. 

This  Thomas  Hntcliinson  is  said  hy  St.  George  to  have  married  til 
daughter  and  heir  of  Mr,  Drax,  of  Kinoulton  in  the  county  of  Nc 
tirigbam.  This  name  should  undoubtedly  be  Drake,  that  of  a  goo 
family  in  Kinoulton,  although  not  proprietors  of  the  lordship, 
precise  dates  of  their  deaths  cimtiot  he  ascertained,  as  1  have  been 
unable  to  discover  the  will  of  either.  It  is  certain,  however,  that  he 
was  living  as  late  as  the  9th  of  October,  1550,  on  wdnch  day  he  proved 
the  will  of  his  son  William.  This  will  is  dated  on  the  llth  of  thepr 
ceding  June,  and  from  the  fact  thai  the  testator  does  not  mention 
mother  in  it,  it  is  probable  that  slie  was  then  dead. 

The  issue  of  this  marriage  were  as  follows : 
L   William, 

2.  John. 

3.  Lawrence  (of  whom  hereafter). 
The  St.  George  pedigree  mentions  only  the  first  two  of  these  chj 

dren,  but  I  have  discovered  abundant  evidence  to  establish  the  identit; 
of  the  third.     The  will  of  the  father,  if  in  existence,  or  the  Paris 
Registers  of  Crop  well  Butler,  would  have  doubtless  at  once  establia 
ed  the  fact,  but  the  other  testimony  is  direct  and  ample.    The  omissic 
by  St,  George  is  not  extraordinary,  as  his  chief  object  was  to  trace 
the  descent  of  the  direct  representatives  living  in  his  time,  viz.,  fro 
the  eldest  son,     lie  only  mentions  the  name  of  the  second  son,  witj 
that  of  his  wife,  while  I  have  been  able  to  follow  that  branch  to  i| 
exliuctiun.     It  is  not  strange,  therefore,  that  he  omitted  the  third  so 
altogether,  and  it  is  quite  probable  that  there  was  even  a  fourth 
named  Robert, 

As,  in  my  opinion,  the  descendants  of  this  third  son  are  now  til 
only  living  representatives  of  this  ancient  family,  it  will   be  well, 
fore  proceeding  with  their  history,  to  follow  out  and  finally  dispose « 
the  two  elder  branches. 

The  oldest   son,  William  nutchinson,   married  a  daughter  of 
Watson,  of  Ilareby  in  the  county  of  Nottingham.     He  died  in  the  ye^ 
1550,  having  made  his  will  on  the  llth  of  Jtine  in  that  year,  whia 
was  proved  at  York  on  the  9th  of  October  following.     In  this  will  ^ 
describes  himself  as  of  Owthorpe,  w^here  he  probably  resided  on  sod 
portion  of  the  family  estate.    He  directs  that  he  shall  be  buried  in 
€hancel  of  Owthorpe,  which  sufliciontly  establishes  his  identity,  as 
right  to  burial  in  that  part  of  the  church,  at  that  time,  belonged  only  I 
tlie  proprietors  of  the  lordship  and  the  incumbents  of  tlie  parish.     Tli 
only  actual  relationship  he  mentions  is  that  of  his  father,  whom 
calls  Thomas  Hutchinson,  and  whom  he  appoints  his  executor, 
eides  a  few  bequests  to  the  church  and  to  tlie  poor  of  Ow^thorpe.  Crop-^ 
well,  Colston  Bassett,    Kinoulton,   &c.»  he  only  leaves   legticies   to 
Lawrence  Hutchinson,  to  Robert  Hutchinson's  wife  and  children,  and 
to  Edmond  Drake's  children,  the  two  former  being  probably  his  hto^ 
thersi  and  the  latter  a  near  relative  of  bis  mother.    He  commends  I  ^ 


88.] 


The  Hutchinsom  of  Salem, 


HI 


Ife  and  chitdren  to  the  care  of  his  father     It  is  evident  that  he  died 
;a  comparatively  early  age,  as  his  two  brothers  survived  hhn,  on© 
and  the  other  36  years.     It  is  clear  also  that  his  widow  remarried, 
hd  was  livitjg  with  her  second  Imsbaod  m  1570,  as  will  appear  from 
the  will  of  her  son  Thomas,   hereafter  mentioned  ;   but  I   have  been 
unable  to  ascertain  the  name  of  her  second  hnsband  or  the  date  of  her 
death.     Her  children,  by  William  Hutchinson,  were  one  son  and  three 
d&aghters.     The  eldest  daughter,  Jane,  married  Thomas  Ellis,  Esq.,  of 
Wyham  in   the  county  of  Lincoln,  aiid   a  descendant  of  theirs  was 
created  a  Baronet  in  1660,  but  the  title  became  estinct  in  the  third 
generation,  1742.     The  second  datij^jiter,  IsabeL  married  Mr.  Smithy 
of  the  Monks,  near  the  city  of  Lincoln.     The  third  daughter,  Elizabeth, 
mvried  Mr.  Bonny  Eaton,  of  Greasby  Castle,  in  the  county  of  Xot- 
li&gham,  and  was  still  living  in  the  year  1599.     The  only  son  and  heir 
W&8  Thomas  Hutchinson,  who  succeeded  to  the  Owthorpe  estates  on 
tbe  death  of  his  grandf)ither.     He  married,  first,  Jane,   daughter  of 
Sir  George  Pierpoint,  by  whom  he  had  no  issue  ;  and  secondly,  Eleanor, 
daughter  of  Sir  George  Zouch,  of  Cod  nor  in  the  county  of  Derby  (by 
I  big  second  wife  Helen  Lane).     By  her  he  had  issue  one  son   and  one 
I  daughter     The  latter,  Dorothy,  married  Ji>hn  Warren  (or  Warring), 
£>q,  of  East  well  in  the  county  of  Leicester,   and  had  issue.     They 
^ve:e  both  living  in  1509»     Thomas  Hutchinson  made  his  will  on  the 
■pUi  of  Nov,,  15t0,  in  which  he  describes  himself  as  a  "  Gentleman," 
H^d  of  Owthorpe.     He  also  directs  to  be  buried  in  the  Chancel  of 
Brtborpe.     His  identification  is  perfect,  as  he  mentions  his  mpther, 
Bi  sister  Isabel,  his  brother-in-law  Thomas  Ellis,  his  uncle  Robert 
^ttflon  (hid  mother's  brother),  his  uncle  John  Ilutchijison  (and  his 
Kq  Thomas),  &c.  &c.     Btit  what  is  most  important,  he  also  mentions 
Us  •'  Uncle  Lawrence  Hutchinson/'     As  all  the  otljer  relationships  he 
^ntions  are  distinctly  defined,  and  abundantly  corroborated  by  other 
Btimony,  it  is  clear  that  he  could  have  meant  by  his  **  Uncle  Law- 
WBce  Hutchinson,"  no  other  tlian  his  father's  brother.     This  will  was 
proved  at  York,  on  tlie  12th  of  June,  1511,  by  his  widow  Eleanor,  of 
whom  I  have  been  unable  to  ascertain  an3'thing  further,  but  she  evi- 
dently died  before  1597,  as  she  is  not  mentioned  in  her  son's  will 
(kted  in  that  year.     This  only  son  and  heir,  also  named  Thomas,  was 
i  minor  at  his  father's  death.     He  subsequently  married  Jane,  daugh- 
ter and  co-heir  of  Henry  SacheverelK  Esq,,  of  RatclitFe-pn-Sonr,  in  the 
eoanty  of  Nottingham,  by  his  wife  Jane,  daughter  of  Gemmn  Ireton, 
Wfi^*     (It  is  related  by  Mrs.  Lucy  Hutchinson,  that  her  brother  Henry 
Bfchcverell,  Esq.,  %vho  succeeded  to  the  estate  of  Ratclitle-on-Sour, 
left  it  to  her  son  Sir  Thomas   lintchinson,   thus  cutting  off  his  only 
lighter  who  had  displeased  him  by  her  marriage.     Mrt?.  Hutchinson 
that  Sir  Thomas  Hutchinson,  however,   generotisly  shared  the 
|il^«t  with  his  cousin,)     They  had  also  only  two  children,  a  son 
.  a  daughter.     The  latter,  Jane,   married,   1st,    Francis  Grantham, 
I'aon  of  Sir  Thomas  Grantham,  of  the  Black  Moncks,  near  the  city 
liucoln,  and  had  issue,  but  survived  him  and  remarried  a  Mr.  Poul- 
Her  father,  Thomas  Hutchinson,  made  his  will   on  tlie  14th  of 
c>ber,  1597,  but  lived  till  the  20th  of  August,  1599.  when  he  added 
rcodicil.     His  wife  Jane  was  dead  at  the  earlier  date,  as  he  directs 
lo  he  buried  near  her  and  his  ancestors  in   the  Chancel  of  Owthorpe. 
Bt  aUu  describes  himself  as  uf  Owthorpe,  and  "  Esquire.*'     He  leaves 


843 


The  Hutckinton$  of  Salem. 


[Ju 


hid  various  eetates  in  the  towna  hitherto  mentioned  to  trustees  (oi 
of  whom  is  his  uncle  Thomas  Ellis),  to  the  ut?e  of  his  children  durii 
their  minority.     He  mentions  his  sister  Dorothy,  his  aunt  Jane  Ellii 
his  aunt  Eaton,  and  his  cousins  George  and  Thomas,  sons  of  his  great 
Tinde  John  Hutchinson.     In  the  codicil  he  tpuqueaths  £200  to  Mrs. 
Catherine  Rogers,  whom  it  had  been,  and  still  was  his  purpose  to 
marry.     He  must  have  died  shortly  after,  as  his  will  was  proved  at 
York  on  the   iJth  of  October  following.     He  was  succeeded  by  his 
only  son   and  heir,   Thomas,  who  was  born  about  the  year  1588, 
After  arriving  at  his  majority  he  built  the  mansion  at  Owthorpc,  and 
was  the  first  to  take  up  his  residence  there  as  the  head  of  the  famili 
though  other  members  of  it  had  probably  resided  there  before  hii 
and  it  was  customary  for  all  of  them  to  describe  themselves  as  of  thi 
place,   which   was   the   most  considerable  possession  of  the  family, 
He  received  the  honor  of  knighthood  from  King  Cliarles  I,     He  un 
ried  two  wives,  and  had  issue  by  each.     His  first  wife  was  Margai 
daughter  of  Sir  John  Byron i  Kt.,  of  Newstead  in  the  county  of  Not- 
tingham, by  his  wife  Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Fit^wiiliams* 
a  famous  Elizabethan  knight.     She  died  about  September,   1619.  ia 
her  2Gth  year,  and  was  buried  at  Owthorpe,  leaving  two  sons,  John 
and  George  ;  according  to  Mrs.  Lucy  Hutchinson,   an  elder  son  bad 
died  10  childhood.     On  the  17 th  of  December,  lliSl,  Sir  Thomas  wi 
again  marriedi  at  St.  Mary^s  Church,  in  the  city  of  Nottingham, 
Catharine,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Stanhope,  of  Elvaston  in  the  coaat 
of  Derby,  by  his  second  wife  Catharine,  daughter  of  Thomas  Treut 
ham,  Esq.,  of  Rochester  Priory  in  the  county  of  Stafford.     She  wi 
therefore  half  sister  to  Philip  Stanhope,  lirst  Earl  of  Chesterfiekl.    B] 
her  Sir  Thomas  Hutchinson  had  one  son  and  two  daughters,  viz.,  Chai 
Stanhope  and  Isabella.     Sir  Thomas  was  a  Royalist,  and  a  member 
the  Parliament  of  1 043.     The  course  of  his  two  elder  sons,  which  was 
direct  opposition  to  his  oivn,  so  preyed  upon  his  mind  that  his  deat 
was  hastened  thereby,  and  he  died  at  London,  while  Parh'ameutwi 
in  session,  on  the  I8th   of  August,  in  that  year,  at  the   age  of  6* 
He  was  buried  under  the  Communion  Table,  in   the  Church  of  St 
Paul's,  Co  vent  Garden.     By  his  w^U,  made  only  the  day  before  hi 
death,  and  which  consists  of  only  half  a  dozen  lines,  he  disinheril 
his  two  elder  sons,  and   gave  all  his  possessions  to  his  second  wil 
and  her  issue.     She  survived  him  more  than  half  a  century,  most 
which  time  she  passed  at  the  city  of  Nottingham,  living  there  in  great 
splendor,  and  finally  died  in  the  year  1*394,  having  reached  the  extra- 
ordinary age  of  102  years.     She  was  buried  by  the  side  of  her  hi 
band,  in  the  Church  of  St.  Paufs,  Covent  Garden. 

The  eldest  surviving  son  of  Sir  Thomas,  who  afterwards  b< 
the  famous  Colonel  John  Hutchinson,  was  baptized  at  St.   Mary'^ 
Church,  in  the  city  of  Nottingham,  on  the   18th  of  September,   IBlf 
His  widow  and  biographer  gives  the  date  rjf  his  birth,  which  she  ah 
«ay8  took  place  at  Nottingham  in  September,   1616  ;  but  the  Pai" 
Register  of  St,  Mary's  distinctly  contains  the  record  of  his  baptii 
a  year  earlier.      He  was  married  at  St.  Amlrew's,  Holborn  (London] 
on  the  3d  of  July,  1638,  to  Lucy,  second  daughter  of  Sir  Allen  A] 
ley,  Lieutenant  of  the  Tower  of  London  (by  his  third  wife,  Lady  Lm 
jroungest  danghter  of  Sir  John  St,  John,  of  Lidiard  Tregoze   in  tJ 
iCouiitj  of  Wilts),  who  was  born  in  the  Tower  on  the  2Dth  of  January, 


rhe  Hutchinsons  of  Salem. 


1619-20.     The  history  of  Col.  John  Ilutchinson,  and  the  character  of 

^liis  wife  through  her  biography  of  her  hiiBband,  are  so  well  known 

that  I  need  nut  dwell  upon  them,     lie  finally  ended  his  illustrious 

■'Career  as  a  Government  prisoner,  at  Sajidown  Castle,  on  the  coast  of 

iKent,  on  the  11th  of  September,  IGGl,  and  his  remains  were  conveyed 

to  Owthorpe^  where  they  were  buried.     The  period  of  his  wife-s  death 

is  unknown.     Her  family  has  long  been  extinct  in  the  direct  line,  but 

I  merged  into  the  noble  one  of  Bathurst,  who  adopted  the  name  of  Aps- 

ley  lis  their  second  title. 

CoL  Joho  Hutcbinson  left  four  sons  and  four  daughters,  viz.  : 
Tbmnas  and  Edward  (twins),  Lucius,  John,  Barbara,  Lucy,  filargaret 
ftod  Alice  (or  Adeliza).  There  was  also  an  earlier  son  Joliii,  who 
Wft8  born  on  the  6th  of  September,  1641,  atid  buried  at  St.  Mary's, 
Nottingham,  on  the  28th  of  AuguBt,  1047  ;  and  aleo  an  eldest  daugb- 
tcT,  [yoru  in  1642,  who  died  in  Nottingham  Castle  in  her  4th  year. 
Of  the  above,  Edward,  Lucius  and  the  four  daughters,  all  died  with- 
out is^ue.  Mrs.  Hutchinson  speaka  of  her  daughter  Orgill,  and  it  is 
probable  that  one  of  the  four  married  a  person  of  that  name.  The 
fild(?3t  son  Thomas,  who  (with  bis  twin  brother  Edward)  was  born  at 
Enfield  Chase,  in  the  county  of  Middlesex,  on  the  3d  of  September, 
1639,  married  Jane,  daugfiter  of  Sir  Alexander  Ratclifii?,  who,  with 
juj  oaly  infant  child,  died  about  a  year  after  her  marriage,  arrd  her 
liueband  remained  a  widower  till  his  death.  The  youngest  son,  John, 
also  roarned,  and  had  two  sons,  both  of  whom  mysteriously  disap- 
peared, one  of  whom  is  said  to  have  sailed  fur  Eussia,  in  command  of 
A  ship  of  ivar  presented  by  Queen  Anne  to  the  Czar  Peter,  and  to  have 
beea  lost  at  sea  ;  while  the  other  is  traditionally  Baid  to  have  emigrat- 
*  ed  to  the  West  Indies  or  America,  where  he  also  perished.  At  all 
^m  eveuts,  the  direct  line  in  descent  from  Sir  Thomas  Uutcbinson  waa 
^■loog  since  extinct, 

H  The  second  son  of  Sir  Thomas  by  his  first  wife,  viz.,  George  Hutch- 
^inaon,  followed  the  fortunes  of  Ins  elder  brother  John,  and  like  him 
waa  a  Colonel  in  the  army  arrayed  against  the  Government,  and  also 
like  hina  was  dieinberited*  He  married  Barbara  Apaley,  a  sister  of 
^Mrs,  Lucy  Hutchinson  (}m  brother^s  wife),  and  had  two  children,  one 
of  whom  was  buried  at  St.  Peter^M,  Nottinghani,  on  the  22d  of  Decem- 
ber, 1645.  The  other,  named  Allan,  was  baptized  at  St,  Peter's,  Not- 
itingham,  on  the  9th  of  May,  1647,  and  died  at  an  early  age.  Their 
I  mother  survived  her  hnsband,  and  died  in  1(j94,  at  the  age  of  i5  years, 
and  thus  this  branch  became  extinct. 

Of  the  three  children  of  Sir  Thomas  nutchinson  by  his  second  wife 
Lady  Catharine  Stanhope,  the  eldest  daughter  was  baptized  at  St, 
Mary*8»  Nattingham,  on  the  3d  of  May,  Hio4,  and  evidently  died  un- 
married, Isabella,  the  second  daughter,  wat^*  l»aptized  at  St.  Mary's 
00  the  9th  of  September,  i(>35,  and  married  there  the  30th  of  June, 
1656,  to  Charles  Cotton,  Esq.,  of  Berisford  in  the  county  of  Derby. 
The  line  was  continued  by  Charles  llutcbinfion,  the  youngest  child 
and  only  surviving  son  of  Sir  Thomas,  who  was  baptized  at  St.  Mary's, 
Kottingham,  on  the  15th  of  June,  163T.  He  was  sometime  of  Wib 
lodghby  on  the  Wo!ds,  in  the  county  of  Nuttiugbam,  but  finally  of 
Owthorpe.  He  married  Isabella,  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  Sir  Fran- 
^Ctii  Boteler,  of  Haliield-Woodhall,  in  the  county  of  Hertford,  Knight. 
Uo  died  on  the  Hd  of  November,  169^,     She  survived  him  many  years^ 


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ftfid  died  m  her  &2d  year,  on  the  28th  of  October,  1T28 ;  both  were 

buried  at  Owthorpe.     They  had  issue  seven  Bona  and  two  daughters. 
Of  these,  Charles,  Francis,  Thomafl,  Hoteler,  Stanhope,  Francis  (2d^ 
and   Isabella,    all   died  without  issue,  and  several  of  them  in  the 
father- a  life  time.     EHziibeth,  who  survived  her  father,  married,  fir 
John,  Lord  Kennedy,  eldest  son  of  the  Earl  of  CaBsiUa,  and  secondh 
Jahn  Hamilton,  Earl  of  Rugleo.    The  youngest  son  and  eventual  hei^ 
was  Julius  Hutchinsun,  Esq.,   of  Owthorpe  and  Woodhall   (having 
inherited  the  latter  manor  through  his  mother).     He  married  Betty 
daughter  of  Col.  Wm.  Norton,  of  Wellow  in  Hampshire,  by  his 
Elizabeth,  daughter  and  co-heir  of  Sir  Thomas  Norton,  of  Covent 
Baronet.     They  were  both  buried  at  Owthorpe,  he  on  the   10th 
March,  1738,  and  she  on  the  2d  of  March,  1752.     Their  issue  was  at 
follows : — Boteler,  who  was  a  Colonel  of  Marines  in  1745,  and  died  a 
bachelor ;    Charles,    who    married   Anne   Hanson,  but  died  without 
issue  ;  Julms,  who  was  a  Fellow  of  New  College,  Oxford,  and  diedj 
unmarried  the  6th  of  December,  1T58,  aged  41  ;  Elizabeth  and  Luciti 
both  dead  before  1718  :  Isabella,  who  married  Richard  Norton,  EsqJ 
of  Ixworth   Abbey  in  the  coenty  of  Suffolk  ;   Thomas,  who  marrie" 
Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  Walter  Wrottcsley,  Baronet,  of  Wrottesley  iifl 
the  county  of  Stafford,  and  had  issue  Thomas,  Julius,  and  two  daugh- 
ters, who  all  died  without  issue  in  their  father's  lifetime  ;  and  Nortoo, 
who  continued  the  line.     He  was  a  Captain  in  the  East  India  Com- 
pany's service,  and  died  in  1781,     He  had  two  wives  :   the  first  was 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Doctor  Peter  Waldo,  by  whom  he  had  an  only 
son,  Julius,  of  whom  hereafter.     His  second  wife  was  Judith  Scharoo, 
whom  he  married  in  1764,  at  Madras,  in  the  East  Indies.     By  hec  be 
had  two  sons  and  three  daughters,  viz.  :  Thomas,  who  was  Vicar  < 
Sabridgworth,  Hertford&hiro,  in  1818  ;   Norton,  who  was  bnritfd  i 
Layer- Breton  in  the  county  of  Essex  ;  Cassandra,  who  married  Geor^ 
Marshall,  of  Charing  in  the  county  of  Kent ;    Clarissa,   who   marrie 
Walter  Hill,  of  Ross  in  the  county  Herford  ;  and  Isabella,  who  mw- 
ried  G.  Wolfe,  Esq.,  of  Battersea  in  the  county  of  Surrey.     The  two 
sons  by  the  second  wife  died  without  issue,  and  the  line  was  continued 
by  the  eldest  son  Julius,  abovementioiied,  who  was  sometime  a  Cap- 
tain in  the  East  India  Company's  service,  but  afterwards    became 
a  clergyman,  and  had  the  living  of  La^^er-Breton,  Essex,  where 
died  and  was  buried.     He  inherited  the  family  estates  fron  his  uncK 
Thomas,  and  in  17D2  sold  the  manor  of  Woodhall  to  the  Marquis 
Salisbury.     The  estate  of  Owthorpo  had  previously  passed  from 
possession  of  the  family.     By  his  wife  Frances  he  had  four  sons  an 
seven  daughters,  viz.  :  Julius,  who  was  baptized  at  Ware,   in  Her 
furdfthire,  on  the  7th  of  June,  1780  ;    Henry,  who  was  baptized  i 
HatBeld,  in  the  same  county,  on  the  15th  of  December,  1784  ;  Charle 
who  was  buried  at  Hatfield  on  the   1st  of  August.   1786  ;    anothfl 
Charles,  who  was  born  at  Sabuse  near  Amiens  in  Picardy,  on  the  15| 
of  February,  1780,  and  baptized  at  Hatfield  on  the  24th  of  Noveml 
1790  ;  Frances  ;  Cassandra  i  Mary  Ann  ;  Elizabeth  ;  Emma,  baptize 
at  Hatfield,  on  the  3d  of  April,  1792  ;  Henrietta  Mary  Clarissa,  bap- 
tized at  Hatfield,  on  the  Ist  of  August,  1793;  and  Julia. 

It  is  believed  that  all  the  sons  died  without  issue,  and  thus  the  dir 
line  from  Thomas  Hutchinson  of  Owthorpe   (2d  son  of  Anthony  and 
Isabel  of  Cowlam),  through  William,  bis  eldest  son,  became  extinct. 


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245 


is  probable  that  there  are  descendants  through  the  female  line  still 
liTing,  but  the  name  on  the  male  line  han  disappeared. 

We  now  return  to  the  second  son  of  ( VL)  Thomas  Hutchinson,  of  Ow- 
thorpe,  by  his  wife  nee  Drake,     This  was  John  Hutcliinson,  of  Bass- 
ford,  near  Nottingham,  where  he  held  the  manor  of  Algarthorp,  pur- 
chased and  presented  to  him  by  his  father.    He  married  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  a  Mr.  Chamberlain,  of  whom  I  have  been  able  to  learn  nothing 
further,     John  Hutchinaon  was  buried  at  St,  Mary^s,  Nottingham^  on 
the  23d  of  June,  1586,    His  wife  survived  him  many  years,  and,  dying 
at  an  advanced  age,  was  buried  at  the  same  place  on  the  2d  of  Janu- 
ary ^  1629—30.     They  had  iasue  two  sons  and  two  daughters.    Thomas, 
the  younger  son,  died  at  Alexandretta,  in  Syria,  where  he  was  either 
in  business,  or  attached  to  the  English  Consulate.     Hie  will  is  dated 
I  the  16th  of  July,  1607,  and  waa  proved  in  London  on  the  following 
larch.     He  left  no  issue,     A  daughter  was  buried  at  St.   Mary's, 
ttingbam,  as  appears  by  her  mother^a  will.     The  other  daughter, 
married  a  Mr,  Woolhouse,  and  was  living  in   1607,   with  six 
bildren.     The  eldest  son,  George  Hutchinson,  was  married  at  South- 
jell  in  the  county  of  Nottingham,  on  the  9th  of  June,   1601,  to  Mrs. 
atherine  Russell  (called  EowseU  in  the  Parish  Register,  and  described 
I  a  Gentlewoman).     They  both  died  in  the  same  year,  while  residing 
h  the  city  of  Nottingham.     He  died  the  30th   of  March,  and  was 
btiried  at  St»  Mary's,  in  that  city,  on  the  let  of  April,  1635,  and  she 
Was  buried  at  the  same  place  on  the  folio wiog  14th  of  Novenaber,     A 
Dnumeotal  inscription  preserved  by  Thoroton,  but  not  now  extant, 
res  h]8  age  as  59  years  and  3  months.     They  bad  issue  one  son  and 
r*e  daughters,  all  of  whom  were  baptized  at  Southwell,  in  the  coun- 
'  of  Nottingham,  viz. :  John,  on  the  22d  of  April,  1602  ;  Mary,  on  the 
)th  of  October,    1603  ;    Anne,   on   the    14th  of  Jnly,    1005  ;    and 
Karherine,  on  the  29th  of  June,  1608.     Uf  Mary  and   Katherine   I 

kre   been   able   to   learn    nothing    further.      Anne   married   a   Mr, 
Im   Stanton  before   1630,   and   both   were  living  in  1635.      John 
Hutchinson,   the   only   son,   was    married   at   Basford   on   t!ie  25th 
of  September,   1B20,   to  Susanna  Jerjison.     He  was  then  only  about 
IB  years  and  6  months  old,  and  1  suspect  that  the  marriage  was  an 
Jpfcrtunate  one.     Mrs.  Lucy  Hutchinson  epeaks  of  the  "  unworthy 
^^DCb  "  of  the  family  at  Basford,  and  must  have  alluded  to  this  John, 
Hwhom  she  was  a  contemporary.     They  had  no  issue.     His  wife  was 
Bried  at  St.  Peter's  in  the  city  of  Nottingham,  on  the  20th  of  May,. 
TO65,     He  survived  her^  and  was  buried  at  the  same  place  on  the  9tli 
of  May.  1677.     By  his  will  ho  directed  the  Basford  estate  to  be  sold, 
and  the  produce  thereof  to  be  given  to  strangers.     This  would  indi- 
cate that  his  own  immediate  relations  were  all  dead,  or  else  that  there 
were  no  friendly  relations  between  them.     At  all  events,  at  his  death, 
the  line   through   the   second   son   of  Thomas   Hutchinson    of  Ow* 
tiiorpe  (2d  son  of  Anthony  and  iRabel  of  Oowlam)  became  extinct. 
R«tnming  now   to   the  line   of   descent  of  the  present  family  of 
^Dtchinson,  the  next  in  succession  was 

I^VII.     LiwRKKCR  IIcTceiNsoN,   who    was  a  younger,  and   probably 

third  eon  of  Thomas  Hutchinson,  Esq.,  of  Owthorpe,  by  his  wifo 

Drake.     His  identity  would  be   sufficiently   established  by  the 

^t  that  Thomas  Hutchinson,  son  of  William,  the  eldest  son  of  Thomas 

fOwthorpe,  distinctly  names  him  as  his  uncle,  in  precisely  the  same 


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The  Hutchimoni  of  Salem* 


manner  that  lio  names  his  father's  other  brother,  John*  as  well  4 
brother  of  his  mother's.  The  connection  is  also  confirmed  bj  tbeJ 
that  his  own  sod,  in  his  will,  calls  the  then  living  Thomas  Ilutcbn 
of  Owthorpe  his  cousin,  exactly  as  he  calls  others  cousins  kn 
otherwise  to  have  borne  that  relation.  Lawrence  Hutchinson  resij 
at  least  at  the  time  of  his  death,  at  Tollerton  (formerly  called  TiJ 
ton),  a  town  midivay  between  Owthorpe  and  the  city  of  Nottingij 
about  four  miles  frum  each.  His  wife's  name  was  Isabel,  who  r 
living  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  in  the  year  li 
bis  will  was  dated  on  the  2l8t  of  July,  and  proved  (at  York) 
9th  of  October  in  that  year.     They  had  issue  ; 

1.  Robert, 

2.  Thomas  (of  whom  hereafter). 

3.  Agnes. 

4.  Richard. 

5.  William, 
They  were  all  living  at  their  father's  death,  and  are  mention 

this  order  in  hie  will.     It  is  therefore  probable  that 

VII L  Thomas  Hutcbinson  was  their  second  son.  lie  resid( 
the  city  of  Newark,  in  the  county  of  Nnttingliam,  The  Parish 
ters  of  Newark  now  in  existence  do  not  commence  until  the 
1600,  80  that  no  ii)formation  can  be  derived  from  that  source;  biit» 
the  fact  that  in  bis  will  he  directs  to  be  buried  in  the  church, 
leaves  what  was  then  a  considerable  legacy  to  the  poor  of  the  pi 
it  may  be  taken  for  granted  that  be  was  a  person  in  good  cii 
stances.  lie  died  in  the  year  1598,  his  will  being  proved  on  the 
of  May  in  that  year,  and  dated  the  preceding  1st  of  March.  H{ 
pointed  as  supervisors  of  his  will,  his  *•  cousin,"  Mr.  Thomas 
inson,  of  Owthorpe,  *'  Gentleman,"  and  bis  cowsin  "  Mr.  Ti 
Ellis,  of  Gray's  Inn,  London,"  thus  establishing  his  connection 
the  elder  branch  of  the  family.  The  name  of  his  wife  I  havi 
been  able  to  ascertain,  but  she  evidently  died  before  him.  Their 
were^ — 

1.  William,  who  died  during  his  father's  life-time.     He  had  I 

married,  and  had  children,  but,  from  his  father's  will,  j 
doubtful  if  any  of  them  were  living  at  its  date. 

2.  Thomas  (of  whom  hereafter), 

3.  Joan. 
IX,     Thomas  HuTcmNSON,  only  surviving  son  and  heir  of  Tin 

of  Newark.  He  inherited  his  father's  property  at  Newark,  but  rei 

bis  residence  to  Arnold,  near  the  city  of  Nottingham,  somewh 

tween  the  years  1601  and  1605,    His  wifc^s  name  was  Alice,  and  s! 

vived  her  husband.     He  was  buried  at  Arnold,  on  the  I7th  of  A 

1618  ;  having  made  his  will  on  the  previo^is  4th  of  March.     la 

names  all  his  children,  and  leaves  them  moderate  legacies.    Most . 

children  were  doubtless  bom  at  Newark,  before  his  removal  to  Alj 

and  before  the  date  when  the  Parish  Registers  of  that  place  j 

mence.     From  the  manner  in  which  they  are  mentioned  in  hisl 

and  from  other  evidence,  it  is  probable  that  their  births  occun^ 

the  following  order :  .       .  ^ 

1.  Jolin,  who  was  his  father's  executor,  and  proved  his  will 

was  therefore  of  full  age  at  that  date.    He  was  also  of  At 

and  had  two  wives.    Bj  the  first  one,  named  Ano^  wU 


The  HutcJiinsons  of  Salem, 


24T 


buried  at  Arnold  on  the  2d  of  September,  1627,  he  had  one 
Bon  and  two  daughters,  all  baptized  at  Arnold,  viz,  r  Francis, 
on  the  17th  of  November,  1620  ;  Mary,  on  the  3d  of  November, 
1622 ;  and  Isabel,  on  the  8th  of  May,  1625.  On  the  6th  of  May, 
1628,  he  married,  2dly,  Jane  Melford,  who  lived  but  little  more 
thao  ayear,,aiid  was  buried  at  Arnold  on  the  8th  of  July,  1629. 
By  her  be  bad  one  eon/Gervase  (or  Jarvis),  who  was  baptized 
on  the  3d  of  July,  1629,  and  waa  buried  there  on  the  15th  of 
March,  1647. 

2,  Isabel,  who  was  Imng  at  her  father's  death,  and  then  the  wife 
of  Adam  Barker, 

3,  Humphrey,  living  in  1618,  and  of  full  age. 
4*  Elizabeth,  also  living  at  her  father's  death,  and  of  full  age, 

5.  Eobert,  who  was  baptized  at  Newark  on  the  6th  of  September, 
1601.  He  was  also  of  Arnold-  By  bis  wife  Margaret,  who 
survived  hiui,  he  bad  an  only  daughter,  Joan,  who  was  bap- 
tized at  Arnold  on  the  23d  of  March,  1628,  and  he  was  buried 
there  on  the  following  25th  of  April.  The  witnesses  to  his 
will,  which  was  made  only  two  days  before  his  death,  were 
his  brother  John,  and  Alice  Hutchinson,  doubtless  the  wife 
of  his  brother  Richard. 

6.  Eiclmrd  (of  whom  hereafter), 

7.  Thomas,  who  was  baptized  at  Arnold  on  tho  16th  of  June,  1605. 
According  to  their  father's  will,  neither  of  the  three  last  named 

was  of  age  at  its  date  in  1618 ;  and  as  we  have  the  dates  of  bap- 
of  both  Robert  and  Thomas,  between  which  there  was  a  period 
[ess  than  four  years,  it  is  clear  that 

^.    Richard  Hutchinson*,  the  fourth  eon  and  sixth  child  of  Thomas  and 
«»  was  born  about  1602  or  1603.     Ilia  baptism  is  not  recorded  in 
Parfeh  Registers  either  at  Newark  or  at  Arnold,  and  probably 
:  place  elsewhere,  after  his  parenta  had  qiiitted  the  former  pluce, 
1  before  they  finally  settled  at  the  latter,     Accident  may  some  day 
eal  the  exact  spot,  but  any  search  fur  the  record  would  be  useless. 
was  married  at  Cotgrave  in  the  county  of  Notting-ham,  on  the  7th 
of  December,   1627,  to  Alice  Bob  worth.      This   name   does  not 
ID  occur  in   tho  Cotgrave  Register  a,  but  the  family  of  Bos  worth 
ded  at  that  time  at  Southwell,  in  the  same  county.     She  was  pro- 
ly  the  daughter  of  Mr.  Joseph  Bosworth,  who  was  in  some  way 
Dectcd  with  the  celebrated  collegiate  church  of  Southwell,  other- 
e  known  as  the  Cathedral  Church  of  Nottinghamshire.     This  pre- 
iptioQ  is  strengthened  by  the  fact  that  her  first  son  was  named 
eph,  a  new  christian  name  in  the  Htitchinson  family,  and  doubtless 
fpted   in  honor   of  her  father.     In  about  the  year  1636,  Richard 
"  "nson,  who  appears  to  have  resided  at  North  Muskhani  in  the 
of  Nottingham,  emigrated  to  New  England  with  his  family, 
iettled  in  the  town  of  SalecOi  then  in  the  Colony  and  now  in  the 
t€  of  3Iassachu8ett8. 

at  confirms  the  presumption  that  Richard  was  born  in  1602,  and 
gees  it  to  a  certainty,  is  his  deposition,   taken  in  court  in  June, 
on  file  in  the  County  Court's  office,  of  Salem,  Mass.,  viz.:  June, 
Jromwell  versus  Ruck — **  The   testimony  of  Richard    Ilutch- 
bsoD,  aged  about  fifty  eagght.'*     The  earliest  mention  made  of  him 
Ibuud  in  the  Town  Records  of  Salem,  Mass.,  in  1636,  about  a  year 


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after  his  arrival  ia  the  Colony,  when  the  town  of  Salera  made  him  a 
grant  of  land  ;  and  in  1637,  '*  It  is  ordered  that  Richard  Hatchiusoo 
shall  have  twenty  acres  more  than  the  grant  already  mentioned  in  the 
book  of  calculations,  provided  he  will  set  up  a  plough  ;  "  and  it  is 
saserted  that  at  that  time  there  were  but  37  ploughs  in  the  entire 
colony.  I  a  1654,  he  had  another  parcel  of  land  granted  him,  and  in 
1660  »till  another.  This  land»  according  to  the  deeds,  was  situated 
in  the  vicinity  of  *'  Hathorn's  Hill/*  Beaver  Dam  brook,  now  called 
Beaver  brook,  which  runs  through  Middleton  into  the  Ipswich  river. 
His  first  wife  Alice  Bosworth,  whom  he  married  in  Eogland,  was  a 
member  of  the  1st  Church  of  Dan  vers  in  1636,  and  Eichard  joined  in 
1647,  under  the  administration  of  the  Rev.  Francis  Higginson.  AJI 
of  his  children,  seven  in  nuuiber,  were  by  his  first  wife,  four  of  whom 
were  born  in  England.  The  date  of  Alice's  death  has  not  been  a8ce^ 
tained.  His  second  wife  was  Susannah,  widow  of  Samuel  Archer, 
He  married  her  in  October,  1668  ;  she  died  the  26th  of  November,  1674. 
He  married,  thirdly,  Sarah,  widow  of  James  Standish,  of  whose  estata 
Richard  was  appointed  administrator,  April  1,  1679.  Richard's  will 
was  dated  Jannary  19,  1679,  and  proved  September  26,  1682. 
was  consequently  80  years  of  age  at  his  decease.  He  mentions  in  1 
will  his  children  Joseph,  Abigail,  Hannah  ;  his  grandchildrea 
thiah  Hutchinson  and  Sarah  Iladlock  ;  and  his  sons-in-law  Antbo 
Ashby,  Daniel  Boardraan,  Natlianicl  Putnam,  Thomas  Hale  and  Jamei 
Had  lock  ;  and  "  lastly,  I  make  my  son  Joseph  Hidchimonf  sole  execo 
to  this  my  last  will  and  testament,  enjoy niog  him,  his  heirs 
fii^fi,  to  pay  all  mj  debts  and  legacies,  and  doe  freely  give  unt 
his  heirs  or  assigns,  Peler^  my  servant,  and  all  the  use  of  my  estali 
both  movable  and  imovable.  This  is  my  last  will  and  testament  ma' 
by  me  this  19*^  day  of  January  in  y*  year  of  our  Lord  1679/' 
children  liy  his  first  wife  Alice  Bos  worth,  born  in  England  before 
emigration,  were  as  follows  : 

L  Alice,  baptized  at  North  Muskhara  in  the  county  of  Notting 

ham,  on  the  27th  of  Sept.,  162S,  and  buried  there  in  the  aan 

year. 

2.  Elizabeth,  baptized  at  Arnold  (her  grandfather's  residence), 

the  cJOth  of  August,  1629*  She  was  a  member  of  the  Fir 
Church  in  Danvers,  and  married  Nathaniel  Putnam,  deaco 
of  said  church,  and  a  man  of  much  influence  in  the  char 
and  town.     She  died  in  Danvers,  June  24,  1688-9. 

3.  Mary,  baptized  at  North  Miiskhani,  on  the  28th  of  Dec.  1631 

She  was  married  26th  of  May,  1657,  to  Thomas  Hale  of  Nei 
bury,  Mass.,  and  died  October  22,  1688, 

4.  Rebecca,  born  in  England  about  1C32,     She  marned  Mr.  Jan 

Hadlock,  of  Salem,  Mass.,  May,  1658, 

5.  Jo8ep/i  (of  whom  hereafter). 
It  is  uncertain  whether  the  last  two  children  were  born  and  bapt 

ed  at  North  Muskham,  or  at  some  other  place  where  their  parent 
may  have  temporarily  resided  previous  to  their  emigration  to  New 
England.  The  Parish  Registers  of  North  Muskham,  prior  to  the  year 
1700,  are  not  in  existence,  and  the  dates  already  given  were  obtained 
from  the  Transcripts  iu  the  Bishop's  Registry  at  York.  These  Trail* 
scripts  are  also  very  imperfect,  and  those  for  the  years  1631  to  1686 
are  missing  entirely.    The  probability  i&,  however,   that  these  two 


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childn;n  were  also  born  and  baptized  at  North  Mtiskham.  Richard 
nd  Alice  IlatchinBon,  after  their  arrival  ia  New  England,  had  three 
Bther  chitdreQf  viz. : 

d.  Abigail^  baptized  25th  of  December,  1636,  at  Salem,  Mass,    She 

subsequently  married  Mn  Anthony  A^hby,  of  Salem. 
T*  Hannah,  baptized  at  Salem^  on  the  20th  June,  16^9.     She  was 
afterwards  married,  oo  the  12th  of  April,  161j2,  to  Mr.  Daniel 
Boardman,  of  Ipawich,  Mass. 
8.  John,  born  May,  1643.    lie  married ,  July,  1612,  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Rebecca  Putnam,  by  whom  he  had  a  daugh- 
ter, subsequently  married  to  Mr,  Whipple,     The  Inventory 
of  John's  estate  was  taken  August  2d,  1676. 
The  direct  American  line  was  continued  by 
XI,     Joseph  Hutcbtnson,  only  surviving  son  of  Richard  Hutchinson 
by  his  first  wife  Alice  Bosworth.     lie  was  born  in  England,  probably 
»t  North  Miiskham  in  the  county  of  Nottingham,  in  the  year  1633, 
cording  to  his  deposition  taken  in  court,  JuiiOi  1660,  aged  27,  and 
t  emigrated  with  his  father  to  New  England.     He  settled  upon  a 
*  portion  of  his  father's  estatOi  which  was  conveyed  to  him  by  deed  of 
gift  daring  his  father's  lifetime,  viz*,  March  16,  1666.     It  appears  that « 
"be  bmd  also  a  grant  of  land  from  the  town  of  Salem.     Ho  gave  to  his 
i  Joaephi  on  the  1st  of  July,  1703,  54  acres  of  upland  on  the  west 
ride  of  Ipswich  river,  near  Cromwell's  meadow  ;  and  on  the  3d  of  May, 
^16d4rt  he  gave  his  son  John  50  acres  of  land.     In  1673,  he  was  one  of 
the  Committee  for  building  a  parsonage  at  Danvers,  and  he  gave  the 
laod  whereon  the  building  was  erected.     Ho  was  one  of  the  signers 
of  a  petition,  oflered  to  the  General  Court  on  the  20th  of  February, 
1689,  to  the  efiect  that  Salem  might  become  a  town  by  itself,  for  at  that 
time  it  was  merely  "  Salem  village."     He  had  two  wives  ;  the  name 
of  the  first  has  not  been  preserved,  but  by  ber  he  had  five  children, 
the  lirst  four  of  whom  were   all  baptized  together  on  the  26th  of 
tMarch,  1666,  viz.: 

1.  Abigail,  baptized  at  1st  Church  Sept.  26^  1666,  died  young. 

2.  Bethiah,       ''         "  '*  "       **      "         "     1690. 

3.  Joseph  (of  whom  hereafter). 

4.  John,  baptized  at  Ist  Church  Sept.  25,  1666,  married  Mary 
Oouls,  on  the  7th  of  May,  1694,  died  in  1746. 

5.  Benjamin,  baptized  at  let  Church  Sept.  26,  1666  ;  he  married, 
first,  Jane  Phillips,  May  7,  1699  ;  she  died  in  1711.  He  mar- 
ried, secondly,  Abigail  Foster,  June  26,  1714-15.  Benjamin 
became  the  adopted  son  of  Nathaniel  IngersoU,  Esq.,  of 
Danvers. 

Joseph  married,  secondly,  Lydia,  widow  of  Mr.  Joseph  Small,  28 
Pebraary,  1678.     Her  maiden  name  was  Buxton,  and  she  was  admit- 
fted  into  the  1st  Church  at  Danvers,  April  27,  1690.     By  her  he  had 
E  cbildren,  viz.  : 
6-  Abigail,  born  January  14,  1679. 

7.  Richard,  born  May  10,  1681.  He  lived  in  Danvers  till  1738, 
when  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Maine,  where  a  largo 
number  of  his  descendants  are  still  living.  In  1720,  he  sold 
his  estate  to  James  Buxton.  He  married  Eachel  Bunce, 
February  16,  1714. 

8.  Samuel,  born  October  9,  1682,  died  single. 
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r/ie  Hutchintoni  of  Salem. 


iMj, 


daogb* 
straMttJ 


0.  Ambrose,  bom  Jipe  4,  1684.    He  was  married  to  Batb,  daogb* 

ter  of  Joseph  uDd  Lydia  Lcacb*     Letters  of  admiQistrac' 
were  granted  to  liia  widow  Ruth  and  son  George,  Sept 
26,  1757. 

10,  Lydia,  bom  Sept.  13,  1685 ;  sb©  was  married  to  George,  son 

of  Samuel  and  Mary  Nourse,  the  29th  of  April,  170^. 

11.  Robert,  born  Nov,  3,  1687,    He  married,  first,  Elizabeth,  daagh- 

ter  of  Jonathan  and  Lydia  Putnam,  on  the  27th  of  December, 
1711;  secondly,  on  the  6th  of  June,  1717,  Sarah  FtttnacQ, 
probably  his  first  wife's  sister. 

Joseph  Hutchinson,  the  father  of  these  eleven  children,  left  no  ' 
nor  has  any  settlement  of  his  estate  as  yet  been  found  whereby  1 
data  of  his  death  can  be  ascertained. 

He  was  succeeded  by 

XIL    JosKFH  HiricHiNsoN;  his  eldest  eon  and  third  child  by  hie  fin 
wifoi  who  was  baptized  with  his  two  elder  sisters  and  younger  brotl 
John,  on  the  26th  of  September,  1666,  in  the  Ist  Church  of  Danven 
He  was  received  into  tbo  church  on  the  4th  of  February,   1700, 
the  19th  of  August,  1731,  be  was  chosen  a  delegate  with  others 
attend  a  Church  Convention  at  Lynn,  to  dismiss  Sir.  Nathaniel  Sp« 
hawk,  and  again  on  the  lOtb  of  January,  1732-3,  for  the  ordination  ( 
the  Eev.  John  Warren.     He  was  also  one  of  the  Financial  Coramitt< 
of  the  above  named  church.     He  resided  on  a  portion  of  the  est«t( 
given  to  him  during  his  father's  lifetime.     His  will  was  proved  on  1 
3d  of  June,  1751.     He  had  two  wives.    By  his  first  wife  Elizabetl 
whose  surname  has  not  been  preserved,  but  who  died  21  Becembel| 
1700,  aged  36,  he  had  issue  as  follows  : 

1.  Joseph  (of  whom  hereafter), 

2.  Kuth,  born  February  26,  1691,  living  in  1766,      She  marne 

Feb.  19,  1713,  Josiah,  eon  of  John  and  Hannah  Putnam. 
S.  Bethiah,  born  December  24,  1693,  who  married  Mr.  Benjamil 
Putnam  (son  of  Benjamin  and  Sarah),  June  9,  1715,  and  di« 
on  the  9tb  of  December,  1726. 

4.  Ebcnezer,  born  February  20,  1605,  and  died  unmarried. 

5.  Elizabeth,  born  February  22,  1696,  **      "    Feb.   IS,  1702. 

6.  Flisha,  born  March   U,  1697,  "       "     March  1,  1701. 

7.  Jasper,  born  January  31,  1C98,  "       '*     February  16,  170b 

8.  Elisha  {2d),  born  December  21, 1700,     He  was  married  Jan.  12, 

1727,  to  Ginger,  daughter  of  Israel  and  Sarah  Porter, 
died  in  1728,  and  left  an  only  son  Israel,  who  was  bapti 
Nov.  12,  1727,  at  Danvers,  Mass.  In  1757.  he  joined] 
ecouting  party  under  Captain  Israel  Herrick,  and  erplor 
that  part  of  the  country,  now  included  io  the  State  of  Main 
In  the  following  year,  he  was  appointed  Lieutenant  in  Capt« 
Andrew  Fuller's  company,  and  fought  at  Lake  George  and 
Ticonderoga ;  in  1759,  he  commanded  a  provincial  company, 
and  was  with  General  Wolfe  when  he  scaled  the  heighta  of 
Abraham,  and  routed  the  French  troops  under  Montcalm. 
When  the  news  of  the  battle  of  Lexington  reached  Danvers, 
he  hastened  to  the  scene  of  action,  at  the  head  of  a  company 
of  60  Minute  Men,  and  meeting  the  enemy  on  their  re- 
treat, ho  engaged  them.  He  immediately  after  received  a_ 
lientenaiit  Coloners  commission  in  Colonel  Mansfield's 


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ment,  and  shortly  afterwards  was  made  a  Colonel,  which  com- 
mission he  held  during  the  war  of  Independence,  During'  the 
same  year  he  enlisted  832  men.  He  was  at  the  siege  of  Bos- 
ton, and  on  the  evacnation  of  that  town  by  the  enemy,  he 
occupied  Fort  Hill.  He  remained  there  and  at  Dorchester 
Heights  until  October,  when  he  was  ordered  to  New  York. 
He  afterwards  commanded  Forts  Lee  and  Washington.  He 
crossed  the  Delaware  with  Washington  in  his  retreat  through 
New  Jersey.  On  his  return  honie^  at  the  conclusion  of  the 
war,  he  was  elected  to  the  State  Legislature,  which  office 
with  that  of  Councillor  he  filled  ibr  21  yeai^.  He  had  two 
wives  :  by  his  iirst  wife,  Anne  Cue,  of  Wen  ham,  whom  he 
married  in  Decemher,  1747,  he  had  issue  three  daughters^ 
mud  a  son  Elisha ;  this  son  died  unmarried.  He  married, 
secondly,  Mehi table,  widow  of  Archilaun  Putnam,  whose  maid- 
en name  has  not  been  ascertained  ;  by  her  he  liad  a  son  Israel^ 
torn  6  September,  17G0»  who  married  December  15,  1785, 
Susannah,  daugliter  of  William  and  Abigail  Traek,  of  Beverly, 
by  whom  he  had  three  daughters  and  a  son,  the  latter  dying 
without  issue.  By  his  second  wife,  Eunice  Putnam,  whom  he 
married  July  18,  1795,  he  had  a  son  Elisha,  horn  Sej)t.,  1799, 
who  married,  June  10,  1823,  Hannah^  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Sarah  Morrison,  of  Newburyport.  He  resides  in  Haver- 
hill, Mass.  (1858),  and  had  issue  six  children,  viz.,  four  daugh- 
ters and  two  sons  ;  the  younger  son  died  an  infant  in  1836, 
and  the  elder,  William  Augustus,  who  was  born  10th  Nov., 
1825,  niarrietl  Feb.  7,  1856,  Mary  Esther,  dauj;,diter  of  John 
and  Mehitable  Eraoryj  of  Newburyport,  by  whom  in  the  latter 
part  of  1858  ho  had  then  no  issue.  Israel,  William  Augustus's 
^^  grandfather,  died  4th  January,  1837,  and  his  father.  Colonel 
^■b    Israel,  died  15th  March,  181 L 

HKph  Hutchinson   married,   secondly,  on  the  30th  of  January, 

Bl,  Rebecca  Knight,  of  Topsfield,  by  whom  he  had  issue  a  daugh- 

,  viz.  : 

9.  Elizabeth,  baptized  April  19,  1701,  who  married  Benj.  Buxton. 

"he  aaid  Joseph  Hutchinson  (2d)  died  in  the  month  of  May,  1751, 
succeeded  by  his  eldest  son  and  child,  by  his  first  wife,  viz. 


nil.  Joseph  Hutchinson  (3d),  who  was  born  on  the  27 tb  January, 
\9,  He  was  of  Danvers  and  Middleton,  Mass.,  and  paid  taxes  at 
latter  place  as  early  as  1754.  lie  married  on  the  19th  of  January, 
1^20,  Mrs.  Abigail  Goodale,  widow,  nee  Elliot:  his  will  was  proved 
It  June,  1781  ;  he  died  at  a  great  age,  having  had  issue  as  follows  : 
1.  Joseph  (of  whom  hereafter). 

Euth,  baptized  at  Danvers,  April  29,  1722.     She  married,  15th 
December,  1741,  Stephen,  son  of  Francis  Eliiot,  and  died  the 
3l8t  August,  1826,  aged  104  years. 
Abner,  baptized  at  Danvers.  Sept.   6,   1724 :   removed  to  Am- 
herst. New  ITampshire,  in  1758,  where  be  died  Sept.  12, 1796. 
Ho  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Elisha  Phelps. 
Josiab,  baptized  at   Danvers,  July  10,  1726;  died  at  Middle- 
ton  in  March,  1782.     He  married,  December  8,  1748,  Sarah 
Dean. 
](,  Sarah,  baptized  at  Danvers,  March  31,  172S,  died  yonng. 


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6.  Elizabeth,  baptized  at  Danrers,  Sept.  26,  ITBl ;  married.  Tth^ 
April,  lt52,  to  Stephen  NicIioIb,  and  died  April  27.  1S22. 

T*  John^  baptized   May    15,    1737,  died    1830*      He   married  on 
the  12th  September,  1766,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Abraham  aod 

-     Ruth  Goodell. 

XIV.  Joseph  HuTCiiiNsox  (4  th),  eldest  son  of  Joseph  HutchtDBon  and 
Abigail  Goodale,  nee  Elliot,  was  baptized  in  let  Church  at  Danvere, 
in  company  with  his  sister  Ruth,  on  the  29th  of  April,  1T22.  He  re- 
Bided  at  Middleton,  Mass.,  where  he  died  in  the  month  of  April,  1797. 
He  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  David  and  Rebecca  Richardson,  for 
his  first  wife,  by  whom  he  had  issue  as  follows  : 

1.  Elizabeth,   baptized  at  Middlt-ton  February  4,  1747,  who  wiB^ 

married  to  Ebenezcr  Goodale. 

2.  Han  nail,  baptized  at  Middle  ton  February  6,  1749,  died  179 

She  married,  December  26, 1765,  Andrew,  son  of  Stephen  i 
Ruth  Elliot. 
8.  Elisha,  born  at  Middleton   the  6th  of  December,   175L 
married,  on  the  lOth  of  November,  1772,  Sarah,  daughter  i 
AmoB  and  Mary  Buxton,  of  Danvers,  removed  to  NewHao 
shire,  and  died  at  Amherst.  12th  of  October,  180D. 

4.  Mary,  born  April  10,  1754,  who  married  Samuel,  son  of  Geofj 

and  Abigail  Small,  1st  July,  1776. 

5.  Joseph  (of  whom  hereaflerl. 

XV.  Joseph  Hotchtksom  (5th),  the  second  son  and  youngest  ch 
of  Joseph  and  Ilannah  Ilutchinson,  was  born  in  Middleton  on  the  S 
of  August,  1757,  where  he  died  December  7,  1810.  He  had  t« 
wives.  The  first  was  Hannah,  daughter  of  Archelaus  and  nanil 
Fuller,  whom  ho  married  on  the  2d  of  November,  1798,  and  by  who 
he  had  four  children,  viz.  : 

1.  Elijah,  born  in  Middleton  February  8,  1781,  where  he  died  Se 

tember  9,  1818,  having  married  on  the  3d  of  February,  1808 
Nancy,  daughter  of  Simon  and  Elizabeth  Mudge,  by  who 
he  had  three  children,  viz.  :  two  daughters,  and  a  son  Siraa 
who  was  born   October  22,  1808,  and  died  on  the  27th  at 
August,  1816. 

2 .  Josep h  ( o f  w  h o m  h ereafte r ) . 

3.  Archelaus,  born  in  Middleton  February  28,  1784,  where  he  dii 

June  5,  1825,  having  married  Eliza,  daughter  of  Abijah  an 
Irene  Hutchinson,  on  the  8th  of  June,  1818,  by  whom  he  I 
a  daughter,  and  a  son  Archelaus-Eustis. 

4.  Levi,   born  in  Middleton  May  13,  1786,  where  he  died  Ma 

10,  1844,  having  married  Betsey,  daughter  of  Benjamin  aa 
Ilannah  Rtissell,  May  5,  1811,  by  whom  he  had  issue  as 
lows,  viz,  :  George  Putnam,  born  October  12,  1812;  Samn 
born  6th  November,  1814  ;  Benjamiu  Russell,  born  Oct.  l| 
1816,  and  died  Oct.  13,  1850  ;  Simon,  boni  August  17.  181 
and  died  July  12,  1845,  unmarried  ;    Levi  Russell,  bom 
ccmber  9,  1820  ;  and  Alvon*Elijah,  born  January  22,  1826. 
The  said  Joseph  Hutchinson  married,  secondly,  Rebecca  Gc 
widow,  nL*e  New  hall,  by  whom  he  had  issue  as  foJlows.  viz.  : 

5.  Rebecca,  bom  September  21,  1797,  who  died  August  27,  1€ 

She  married  March   13,   1818,   Amos  King,  of  DanversJ 
whom  she  had  one  daughter  Rebecca,  born  July  20,  1820. 


The  Hutchinsons  of  Sal 


Sarab,  born  April  5,  1199,  who  died  July  4,  IS  16. 
Benjamin,  born  May  T,  1802.  He  married,  December  4,  1826» 
Martha- Abigail,  daughter  of  Amos  and  Abigail  King,  by 
whom  he  bad  issue  as  follows  :  Uleavea-King,  born  2\st  Oct.^ 
182 T  ;  Susan-Elizabeth,  born  2d  February,  1829 ;  Rebecca- 
Newhall,  boni  9th  October,  1831  ;  Edwin-Augustus,  born 
January  1,  1834  ;  Benjamin-Franklin,  bom  January  It*,  1836; 
William-Henry,  born  7th  March,  1838  ;  Martha- Maria,  bora 
December  10,  1840  ;  Amos-King,  born  December  T,  1843  ;  and 
Frank-Dudley,  born  March  14,  1848. 

JosEpa  HuTCHixsoN  (0th),  son  of  Joseph  and  Hannah,  was  bora 

!  MtddletOQp   Mass.,  the   18th   of  March,  1782.     He  had  al&o  two 

Tee.     By  the  first,  viz.,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth 

tis,  to  whom  he  was  married  on  the  28th  of  June,  1807,  he  had 

•children,  viz. ; 

L  Hiram  (of  whom  hereafter), 

2.  Joseph,  7  th  of  the  name  in  succession,  who  was  born  in  An  gust, 

1810,  and  died  in  April,  1825,  without  issue. 

3.  Elisha  Putnam »  born  the  9th  of  August,  1813.  who  married  on 

the  14th  of  May,  1836,  Ruth  Louisa,  daughter  of  Joseplj  and 
Sarah  Richardson,      By  this  marriage  he  has  the  fullowiog 
children,  viz.  : 
A*  Joseph-Curtis,  who  was   born  July  27 j 


B.  Walter-Derby, 

C.  Ezra-Almon, 

D,  Ann-Amelia^ 

E,  Jnlia-Louisa, 
r.  Ella-Putnam, 
G.   Elisha- Morton, 
H,  Susan-White, 

Charles-Snmner, 


1837, 
1840. 
1842. 

1844. 
1846. 


Feb.  2, 
May  22, 
June  6, 
Sept.  4, 
Awg.  31,  1848. 
Dec.  14,  1850. 
Mar,  30,  1853. 
April  24, 1856. 


i>  Mary,  who  was  born  the  14th  of  Febniary,  IS  12,  was  married 
to  her  coosin  George  Putnam  Ilutchinson  (son  of  Levi )|  June 
21,  1841,  and  has  four  children,  viz.  ; 

A.  GeorgO'lIcnry,   who  was  born  May  23,   1842. 

B.  Myron-Kiisseil,      "       "         '*    April  14,  1844. 

C.  Mary-Elizabetb,     "       '*         "    April   3,  1846. 

D.  Hiram-Luf berry,   "       "         *'    April  15,  1840. 
Joseph    Hutchinson   married,  secondly,  Rhoda   Mclntire,  on  the 

of  June,  1820,  by  whom  he  had,  viz. : 
5,  Sarah,  who  was  born  15  February,  1821.     She  married  Horatio 

Perry,  of  Danvers, 
I^oseph  Hutchinson  died  at  Midd!etoii,  Mass.,  the  10th  of  May, 
12,  aged  60  years. 

"[YIL     HiRAM  HuTcmxsoN,  r4dcst  son  of  Joseph,  by  his  first  wife 

,  Curtis,  was  born  at  Middleton,  Mass.,  on  the  lOlh  of  November, 

He  was  married,  on  the  5th  of  July,  1831,  to  Mary-Ann,  only 

Dgbter  of  Abraham  and  Elizabeth  Lufberry,  of  New  Jersey.     In 

IW3,  be  went  to  France,  and  became  extensively  engaged  in  manu- 

iMstming  pursuits,     lie  established  two  large  manufactories  there, 

le  ftt  Mannheim,  Grand  Duchy  of  Baden,  for  the  mantifacture 

ia  Rubber  goods  ;  these  factories  were  the  first  of  any  impor- 

irtpd  in  Europe,  and  they  employed  in  the  neighborhood  o(  one 
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The  Hutchinions  of  Salem. 


[Julj, 


thousand  work  people.    He  now  resides  (1867),  in  New  York  citj^ 

He  has  the  following  children,  viz. :  ^~ 

1.  ^k-anrfer  (of  whom  hereafter)*  _ 

2.  Abraliam-Luf berry,  born  at  New  Orleans,  November  24,  T854; 

died  July  10,  1835,  in  the  Gulf  of  Mexico. 

3.  Sarah-Eliaabeth,  who  was  bom  at  New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey, 

19th  June,  1836,  and  married,  the  8lh  of  December,  1864.  to 
the  Kight  Reverend  Horatio  Southgate,  for  many  years  BiBhop 
of  Constantinople, 

4»  Mary-Frances,  who  was  bom  the  Ist  of  December,  1837,  at 
New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey*  She  married,  first,  on  the 
nth  of  November,  1862,  Caplain  W.  L.  Gwin,  of  the  United 
States  Navy,  who  was  killed  on  the  3d  of  January,  1863, 
while  bombarding  the  fortifications  of  Haine8*8  Bltifl^, : 
Vicksburg,  in  the  State  of  Mississippi,  with  the  Iron 
"  Benton."  She  was  married,  secondly,  on  the  15th  Aug 
1864,  to  Henry  P.  Moorhouse,  Esq. 

6,  John-Gardner,  born  the  5th  of  October,    1839 ;    died  the  Sd 
November,  1845,  and  was  buried  in  Mount  Pleasant  Cemeb 
ry,  Newark,  N.  J. 

6.  Charlotte- Carter,  who  wag  born  the  29th  of  June»   1S41, 

died  the  following  Tth  of  September. 

7.  Hiram,  who  was  born  the  25th  of  August,  1843, 

8.  CharlcH- Louis-Richard,  who  was  born  the  1st  of  October,  185Jj 

at  Paris,  France. 
XVIII.  Alcander  IltTTCiTiNsoN,  cldest  son  and  child  of  Hiram  Hutch 
inson  and  Mary  Ann  Lufberry,  was  born  at  New  Brunswick,  New  J<!i 
Bey,  iu  the  United  States  of  America,  on  the  Slat  of  December,  W 
He  accompanied  his  father  to  France  in  1853.  He  married,  atChatilloo 
Bur-Loing  (Loiret)  France,  on  the  19th  of  January,  1858,  Heorietil 
Emma-Aimea  Torrens,  cldest  daughter*  and  co-heiress  of  Henri-Loui«i 
Count  do  Loyante,  dea  Bordes,  pres  Brconin-sar-Sauldre,  Chev,,  aui 
niece  of  the  Duchess  de  Muiitraorenc3'-Lrixembourg.  He  was  fo( 
sometime  Consul  for  the  United  States  of  America  at  Singaport 
Straits  Si?ttleraents.  He  now  (1867)  resides  at  Langlie,  pr^sT" 
targes,  Loiret,  and  has  four  children  : 

L  Rnnet^Caroline,  who  was  born  at  Langlie,  14th  Feb,,  1859. 

2.  Marianne-Grizelle,       "         **     *'         **         2d   May,   1860» 

3.  Barnard-Alcander- Richard  de  Loyante-Hutchinson,  who  was  I 

at  Belle vue,  pres  Nogent-sur-Veriiisson  (Loiret)  on  the  24 
of  September.  1862. 

4.  niram-Kmmiinuel-[Ienri-Dieudonn^  de  Loyante-Hutchinsoni ' 

was  bom  at  Langlie,  on  the  24th  of  July,  1866. 


•  Her  grnndfiither  the  Count  Anno-PbUippc  de  lioyntit^  wrts  one  of  Itiow  Freucli  ( 
who  mino  m  Ameriea,  an* I  holpe^l  iis  to  ^ahi  our  Infrei>evideTiec.    He  was  lieat.  Colo. 
ArtiUcry  muJ  InsjK-etor  GchiltiiI  of  Uie  Fortifi^itioiis  of  Vii^inia,  and  member  of  ibc  < 
of  Ciiidnnatos,  ami  remuiinecj  in  Ameriai  from  1778  till  the  tloKc  of  the  war.    He  left  1 
order  of  CiTicluiiatua  to  \\h  son,  who  has  transmitted  it,  In  dcfualt  of  male  issnc,  to  his  i 
tn-law  Alcnnder  Hutchiu^n. 


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Hlls 

Fbeasons  for  the  regulation  of  the  use  op  coat, 
armor  in  the  united  states,  including  a  flan 

FOR  TAXING  THE  EMPLOYMENT  OF  SUCH  INSIGNIA. 
[ComiiimikAted  by  W,  H.  Whjtmobb,  A*M*] 

Thk  proposal  of  Hon«  John  W.  Chauler  in  the  Hoaae  of  Repreeenta* 
LiiTes,  to  levy  a  tax  upou  armorial  bearings,  has  brought  the  t^^nbject  of 
I  their  use  to  a  practical  cousideratton.  li  the  United  States  can  derivo 
•ay  considerable  revenue  from  this  source,  it  is  a  matter  wortliy  the 
Berious  consideration  of  the  Committee  on  Ways  and  MeaoB,  to  which 
the  resulutioQ  was  referred.  If  it  be  poBsiblc  at  the  Bame  time  to 
remove  from  the  national  character  a  reproach  to  which  it  has  been 
hitherto  Jiabtej  the  opportunity  ougbt  not  to  be  neglected. 

It  woald  seem  possible  to  accompliBh  both  these  rcBults  in  a  very 
brief  time  aod  at  the  expense  of  very  little  official  machinery  ;  and 
we  will  attempt  to  point  out  one  way,  not  claiming,  of  course^  that 
it  \%  the  only  mode. 

A  Hiraple  enactment,  that  any  one  who  uses  a  coat-of-arms  shall 
pfty  an  annual  tax  therefor,  if  couched  in  the  same  terms  as  that  im- 
{waing  the  tax  on  carriages,  yachts,  watches  and  a  lew  other  specihed 
luxuries,  seems  defective,  inasmuch  as  these  are  welUkuown  articlea 
of  merchandize.  The  use  of  armorial  bearings  approaches  in  it»  na- 
ture more  closely  to  the  employment  of  a  profession  or  business.  A 
fflwj  might  obtain  a  license  empowering  him  tor  one  yeiir  to  u»c  such 
coat-armor  as  he  pleased,  in  the  same  way  that  he  now  receives  per- 
aisiiion  to  pursue  his  ordinary  business  as  a  merchant  or  in  any  pror 
feasion.  Yet  the  law  wili  not  grant  a  license  to  carry  on  any  business 
which  in  the  opinion  of  Congress  is  injurious  to  the  interests  ol  the 
people.  It  may  be  added  that  such  a  license  seems  to  be  a  recugni- 
ttun  by  Congress  that  the  business  or  prolession  is  one  worthy  oi  its 
protection.  In  the  list  of  trades  or  occupations  which  now  require  a 
liceikBe  are  a  few  which  many  people  held  to  be  morally  wrong,  yet 
ilia  not  disputed  that  the  majority  of  Congress  holds  a  diflerent  view, 
tod  the  licensees  are  protected  in  their  respective  employments, 
S<)DQe  object  to  the  manufacture  of  spirituous  liquors,  others  to  the 
minaging  of  theatres,  to  vending  lottery  tickets,  or  to  dealing  in 
tobacco ;  yet  the  fact  that  these  avocations  are  licensed  removes  them 
from  the  class  of  illegal  or  prohibited  pursuits* 

It  would  also  be  clearly  unjust  for  the  government  to  extort  a  tax 
even  from  the  vanity  of  willing  dupes,  if  it  gave  no  fair  equivalent 
therefor.  As  titles  of  nobility  are  pruhibited  in  the  United  StuteSi  no 
tax  Clin  be  levied  upon  the  possessors  of  them  ;  and  it  wuuld  be  nulair 
and  absurd  to  propose  a  tax  on  these  purely  lictitious  titles  which 
various  societies  confer  on  their  members.  Not  to  cite  titles  optn  to 
verbal  criticism,  the  Free  Masons  beetuw  the  title  of  Knight  upon 
certain  of  their  fraternity,  and  there  can  be  no  question  that  such  is 
the  name  of  a  recognized  order  of  nobility.  In  that  it  lacks  the  offi- 
cial recognition  of  government,  however,  this  hunor  is  defective  iu 
,  its  easential  point.    Every  man  knows  that  a  Knight  is  such  only  so 


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The  Frajmcd  Tax  on  Coati  of  Armi* 


far  and  so  long  as  hia  associates  choose  to  give  him  the  name. 
would  be  harsh  and  unjust,  however,  for  governmeot  to  single  oK 
such  nomioal  Knights,  and  make  them  pay  for  their  fictitious  titles 
abandon  their  social  organization. 

The  use  of  coat-armor,  however,  is  not  prohibited  by  ^he  Consti- 
tution, and  yet,  from  8ume  unwritten  prohibition,  it  has  never  been 
officially  allowed.  Why  should  a  man  be  obliged  to  pay  an  annual 
tax  for  the  use  of  a  certain  device  or  combination  of  figures  armnged 
in  a  certain  way,  rather  than  for  the  use  of  a  monogram  or  a  non* 
heraldic  device  f  The  answer  is,  of  course,  that  in  nearly  ail  the 
civilized  countries  €f(  Europe  the^e  few  marks  and  combinations  have 
a  certain  meaning  and  value,  aod  that  every  government  which  recog- 
nizes their  use  is  bound  to  asiient  to  the  general  agreement  as  to  their 
meaning. 

We  laugh  at  Soiilouque  and  hig  sable  peerage,  his  Dukes  of  Mar- 
malade and  Marquises  ot  Lemonade,  because  we  acknowledge  a  stand- 
ard in  the  peerage  of  Great  Britain,  France  or  Prussia.  Is  it  not  pos- 
sible that  our  foreign  friends?  will  laugh  at  a  government  which  give* 
John  Smith  a  license  to  display  the  coat-armor  of  the  Dake  of  No^ 
folk,  the  Earl  of  Derby,  of  Prince  Metternich  or  Count  fiismarck  f 
Can  any  one  deny  that  the  government  which  collects  a  tax  from  the 
impostur  has  assumed  the  greater  portion  of  the  disgrace? 

At  this  point  indeed  it  might  well  be  said  that  the  wisest  course  for 
Congress  to  adopt  would  be  to  ignore  the  subject ;  and  whatever  suta. 
af  money  might  be  thus  collected,  to  refuse  to  entertain  the  subje 
in  any  way.    It  is  not  olcari  however,  that  there  is  no  alternative  ;  an 
U  this  use  of  coat-armor  be  a  privilege  lor  %vhich  the   public 
cheerfuriy  pay,  we  cannot  afford  to  neglect  this  source  of  revenue. 

One  thing  is  evident ;  every  where  in  our  cities  the  assumption 
coat-armor  is  daily  growing  more  frequent.  We  can  no  more  avoid 
the  imputation  of  being  delinquents  in  this  respect,  than  we  can  repel 
the  criticisms  formerly  justly  made  on  our  national  peculiarities, 
is  useless  for  our  goveniment  to  treat  tlie  matter  as  beneath  its  notic  _ 
for  the  suhgect  of  the  costumes  of  its  representatives  abroad  has  been 
acted  upon  by  Congress.  It  is  certainly  the  wisest  plan  for  our 
government  to  take,  to  prohibit  the  use  or  to  insist  upon  proper 
reguliAtions,  Either  method  is  sensible  and  easy,  though  we  confess! 
preference  for  the  latter  course. 

There  seems  indeed  to  be  one  sensible  and  dignified  course 
action  which  Congress  can  adopt,  to  which  no  exception  can  be  take 
abroad,  and  wbicti  iuvulvos  no  additional  machinery  for  the  collectio 
of  the  tax.  This  is  to  put  the  use  of  armorial  insignia  on  the  same 
basis  as  trade-marks  or  copyrights.  Let  it  be  enacted  briefly  tbat  as 
the  use  of  certaiti  devices  is  common  in  civilized  countries  to  denote. 
certain  facts,  and  such  use  is  restricted  by  certain  well-known  rulcB, 
this  guvernment  prohibils  the  use  of  armorial  devices  except  on  the 
ful lowing  conditions.  First,  thiit  by  the  payment  of  an  annual  license 
fee  ol  ten  dollars,  any  one  may  be  entitled  to  use  such  armorial  bear^ 
ings  as  he  may  have  registered  at  the  United  States  District  Cou<" 
in  the  district  in  which  he  is  taxed  ;  and  that  any  one  making  use  i 
any  such  insignia  on  any  article  without  license,  shall  pay  a  fine  ( 
five  hundred  dollars,  except  where  such  insignia  had  been  engraved  < 


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painted  on  some  article  of  the  nature  of  a  monument  or  heirloom  and 
nu  personal  use  was  made  of  the  same. 

Secondly,  that  every  one  iatenditig  to  obtain  such  a  license  should 
file  in  the  District  Court  a  statement  of  the  armorial  iuwiguia  he  wishes 
to  adopt*  and  should  pay  therefor  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars.  In  case  he 
wtabed  to  show  that  such  armorial  arms  were  hia  by  inheritance,  the 
proofs  should  be  cited  in  his  statemeot,  and  verified  by  the  oath  of  the 
applicant,  and  such  statements  should  always  be  accessible  to  the 
poblic  for  inspection  and  publication. 

Thirdly,  that  every  coat-of-arms  thus  licensed  should  be  the  excla- 
Ilive  property  of  the  applicant  and  his  deBcendacits/  according  to  the 
Jea  of  EngMsli  heraldry,  and  any  infringment  on  his  exclusive  right 
[tbould  be  properly  punished. 

I  Fourthly,  that  every  such  coat-of-arma  osed  under  the  license  should 
[li&ve  an  indispensable  portion  of  it|  the  date  of  the  year  in  which  the 
lippUcation  was  filed,  or  the  date  at  which,  as  the  applicant  claimed, 
I  it  was  used  by  some  paternal  ancestor.  The  ^se  of  a  false  date  in  the 
I  claim  should  be  punished  by  a  heavy  fine. 

In  this  way  the  government  wo  old  Bimply  take  the  position*  that 

i  sdmittitig  the  feeling  which  would  prompt  a  family  to  possess  some 

peculiar  insignia  for  its  exclusive  use,  it  would  agree  to  defend  the 

trwncr  in  his  property,  only  insisting  that  the  truth  was  told  as  to  the 

mode  of  acquiring  it. 

Every  one  who  has  studied  the  science  of  heraldry  will  agree  that 

this  proviso  of  the  date  is  perfectly  in  accordance  with  "the  rules,  and 

i  entiiely  feasible.     The  figures  may  be  placed  on  a  scroll  beneath  or 

beside  the  shield,  or  on  any  suitable  portion  of  the  field  ;  the  only 

hdiflpensable  requisite  should  be  that  they  were  plainly  set  forth. 

In  fact  this  system  would  be  entirely  in  accordance  with  our  politi- 
cal institutions.  Certainly  we  do  not  desire  to  prevent  any  man  from 
distinguishing  himself,  nor  his  children  from  cherishing  a  proper  pride 
in  bis  acts.  Moreover  any  system  wUich  will  tend  to  strengthen  the 
hmily  tie  among  kindred,  widely  scattered  as  families  will  become 
tbroughout  this  immense  country,  must  be  a  bond  of  union  and  an  aid 
in  preserving  an  identity  of  interest. 

To  induce  persons  to  adopt  this  system  and  thus  to  make  it  a  source 
of  revenue,  we  have  provided  that  any  man  may  take  his  earliest  date 
at  which  it  can  be  proved  any  of  his  paternal  ancestors  used  coat-of- 
annor.  The  fact  of  the  use  will  remain  any  way,  and  by  registering 
it  and  recognizing  it,  we  offer  a  sufficient  inducement  perhaps  to  have 
the  Cushion  established, 

At  all  events  the  point  will  be  simple.  If  any  man  has  a  coat-of- 
1I1II8  painted  on  the  panels  of  his  coach,  lot  him  be  told  at  once  that 
""  I  may  continue  to  use  it,  but  the  government  insists  that  he  shall 
FlUa  add  the  date  of  the  acquisition  of  the  property.  If  he  be  honest 
ia  hia  assertion  that  he  values  it  only  as  an  ornament  or  as  a  personal 
,  device,  he  will  agree  to  let  the  date  of  1868  stand  as  a  part  of  it.  If 
[it  be  an  heirloom^  he  will  he  glad  to  put  the  earlier  date  which  will 
llbow  the  fact,  and  it  can  injure  no  one  to  have  it  known.  The  only 
[loalcontent  will  be  the  man  who  has  hoped  that  in  the  lack  of  all 
[ralea  and  authority,  his  assumed  coat  has  been  believed  to  be  an 
Ibbentance. 

Lastly,  we  would  propose  that  any  officer  of  the  army  or  navy  who 


TJa  Fropoicd  Tax  cm  Coais  of  Arms. 


[J*iln 


liaa  been  promoted  for  special  gallantry  in  the  field  or  for  great  abfli^A 
In  the  dia charge  of  his  duties,  ghall  hav^e  the  right  to  gubstitute  for  tl^^ 
datCi  tbe  name  of  the  battle  in  which  be  won  his  promotioD,  and  shall 
not  be  obliged  to  pay  the  registration  fee.     We  should  doubtless  in 
this  way  meet  the  want  which  has  been  bo  strongly  felt,  of  some 
mode  by  which  a  meritorious  officer  could  be  rewarded.     Crosso^^ 
ribands,  medals  and  other  decorations  have  been  but  seldom  employ^H 
by  our  government,  bat  here  the  use  of  such  a  reward  may  be  easily^ 
made  a  part  of  an  important  system. 

The  whole  plan,  in  fact,  would  allow  of  those  gradations  which 
would  meet  the  requirements  of  every  class.  Government  would 
have  the  merit  on  the  one  hand  of  suppressing  that  ridiculous  aping  of 
foreign  heraldry  now  prevalent,  and  would  substitute  a  mode  simple 
and  republican.  To  the  man  of  wealth  it  would  o0er  an  iDheritance 
for  his  children,  founded  on  a  truth  ;  to  the  man  conscious  of  a  di«-  ij 
tinguished  ancestry,  a  recognition  of  the  fact ;  and  to  the  man  who 
had  risked  his  life  for  his  country,  an  acknowledgment  of  his  ser-  ' 
vices,  the  more  to  be  prized  since  it  could  always  be  bomo  without 
ostentation.  J 

If  all  these  inducements  should  fail  to  render  the  use  of  coat>armor 
popular,  then  surely  it  is  tirae  to  prohibit  it  entirely »     As  it  stands  it     ' 
IS  but  a  mockery,  and  nothing  but  the  breath  of  authority  can  give  it     | 
life*     If  it  be  declined  after  being  proflered  on  such  honest  and  intel-     I 
ligiMe  grounds  as  those  we  have  named,  let  us  have  no  more  of  it, 
and  let  the  law  destroy  it. 

We  incline,  however,  to  the  belief  that  it  would  prove  a  financiJ 
success,  siuce  it  is  well  known  that  theBO  insignia  are  of  prime  im- 
portance in  many  forma  of  decoration.  Let  us  have  an  honest  and 
manly  system  of  American  heraldry,  and  we  do  not  fear  that  the  num- 
ber of  applicants  will  be  too  insignilic^^nt. 


NoTS.^ — Memorandum  of  the  planberein  proposed  : 

1.— The  use  of  coat-armor  shall  be  prohibited  to  all  but  those  wh 
pay  an  annual  tax. 

2. — The  description  of  the  arms  shall  be  filed  in  the  District  Conr 
and  a  fee  of  at  least  fifty  dollars  paid  therefor  ;   the  record  bein 
always  open  for  inspection.     Ofliccrs  now  or  formerly  in  the  milit 
or  naval  service  of  the  United  States  to  be  allowed  to  record  their  ara 
without  paying  such  fee ;  and  in  the  case  of  an  officer  deceased, ! 
children  should  be  allowed  the  privilege  of  entering  arms  in 
father's  name. 

3. — The  date  of  entry  at  the  Court  is  in  all  cases  to  decide  the  o^ 
ership»  if  two  persons  have  entered  the  same  arms,  unless  one  pa 
prove  inheritance,  in  which  case  he  shall  have  the  exclusive  rig 
In  all  cases  the  persoTi  dispossessed  may  amend  his  first  description, 
and  thus  obtain  a  new  coat-of-arms  without  further  charge. 

4. — The  date  of  tho  year  when  the  arms  were  assumed,  to  bej 
necessary  part  of  them,  except  that  the  date  of  an  inherited  *shie 
may  be  used  instead  j  or  by  an  officer  of  the  United  States,  the  na 
of  any  battle,  &c. 

5.— These  provisions  to  apply  only  to  personal  use,  and  not  to  ref  ^ 
to  existing  monuments  or  records. 


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1 6. — After  the  record  at  the  Ooiirtp  the  ri^ht  shall  remain  although 
ttae  is  made.    The  tax  10  to  he  ooly  for  such  years  sl8  personal  use 
\  itiiended. 

[7. — In  all  cases  where  persons  have  paintings  of  arms,  or  engraved 
ite  or  seals,  they  must  take  out  a  Uceuse  annually,  though  they 
not  die  a  desciiption  nor  alter  the  existing  shields  by  adding  the 


MILTON  (MASS.)  CnURCn  RECOEDS.— 1678— 1754. 
[Tiiiiiscribed  for  the  Register  by  William  Blax£  Tuabx.] 

[We  have  had,  for  a  short  time,  the  loan  of  the  ori^nal  volume  of 
burch  Records,  in  the  band* writings  of  Revds.  Peter  Thacherp  John 
Iiylor,  Nathaniel  Robbins.  On  a  blank  page.  Rev.  Joseph  McKean, 
10  B  accessor  of  the  Rev.  Mr,  Rob  bins,  makes  the  following  state- 
lent  :— 

**  Fragment  of  Ch:  Records,— Handed  to  me  [^Ja«e]  by  Edward  H. 
lohbins,  Esq^,  September  3,  1798,  which  he  said  were  all  that  could 
E  found  among  his  late  Rev^  Father*s  papers.  I  afterwards  went, 
ith  my  friend  Nathaniel  J,  Robbins,  and  looked  in  a  trunk  of  his 
ither's  ;  but  obtained  no  additions  to  this  collection. 
MUion,  September  2o,  1798.  Joseph  McEean." 

See  the  article — Funeral  Sermons  on  Milton  Ministers,  Register^ 
oL  XX,  pp,  315—318. 

The  present  number  of  the  Regi'ster  con  tain  a  all  the  admissions  to 

0  Cburch  (251).  given  in  this  volumCi  during  the  pastorate  of  Mr. 

'•The  Rev**  M\  Peter  Thacher  (after  above  40  years  emi- 

rvice  in  the  Ministerial  office  in  the  Town  of  Milton)  died  on 

IT*  of  Dec,  1727.     Blessed  are  the  dead  y*  die  in  the  Lord."     T.] 

Covenant  Entred  into  by  y*  Brethren  of  Milton  w"*  y"  Chh,  was 

gathered,  April  24,  1678.     Dorchesten 

whose  names  are  subscribed^  being  called  of  God  to  Joine  our  seines 

in  Chh.  communion,  from  our  hearts  acknowledgtng  our  owne 

worthynesse,  of  such  a  priviledge,  or  of  y*  Least  of  God's  mercys, 

id  likewise  acknowledging  our  owne  disability,  to  keep  Covenant 

God,  or  to  performe  any  spiritoall  duty  w*'  hee  calleth  us  unto, 

y*  Lord  Jesus  doe  inable  thereunto  by  his  spirit  dwelling  in  us, 

y*  name  of  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord,  and  in  trust  aud  confidence  of 

grace  assisting  na  :  Freely  Covonant  and  bind  our  seines,  so- 

ly ,  in  y'  presence  of  God  hims.  his  holy  Angclls,  and  all  his  servants 

present,  y*  wee  will  by  his  Grace  assisting,  Indeavour  constantly 

►  walk  together  as  a  right  ordered  Congregation  of  Christ,  according 

1  y*  holy  rules  of  a  Church  body,  rightly  Established,  soe  farre  as 

doe  already  know  it  to  be  our  duty  ;  or  shall  further  vnderstand 

,  of  God ^8  holy  word ;  Promising  first  and  aboue  all  to  give  up 

lues  and  our  ofspring  unto  y"*  Lordi  God,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy 

,  y^  only  true  and  liueing  God  and  to  Cleaue  unto  him  as  our 

and  only  Good,  and  imto  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  as  our  on^  Sa- 


260 


Miiion  Church  Records, 


George  Lion, 
James  Tucker, 
Ephraira  Tucker, 
Mauassah  TuckeL 


viour;  our  Prophet,  Preist  and  King,  our  spirit uall  head  and  Husband ; 
and  for  y*  furthering  of  us  to  Keep  y*  blessed  Communion  with  God 
and  his  Son  Jesus  Christ  and  to  grow  up  more  fully  herein,  wee  doe 
likewise  promise,  by  his  Grace  Assisting  us  to  Endeavour  tJie  EtstoHi^ 
ing  amongst  ouraelues  of  all  his  holy  Ordinances  w*"  hee  hath  appointed  for 
his  Chh.  here  on  Earth,  and  to  Obseruc  ail  and  Every  of  y%  in  such  sort  aa 
shall  be  most  agreeable  unto  his  will ;  Opposeing  unto  y*  utmost  of  our 
Chh.  power  y*  Contrary*  And  lastly  wee  doe  hereby  Covenant  and 
promise  to  further  unto  y*  utmost  of  our  power  y*  best  spirit  uall  good 
of  such  other  and  of  all  and  Every  One  y'  may  become  members  of  y* 
CoDgregation  by  mutual!  Instruction,  reprehension,  Exhortatipn,  Coi»- 
Bolation,  and  spirituall  watchfulluesse  over  one  another  for  good;  aod 
to  be  subject  in  and  for  y'  Lord  to  all  y*  Administrations  and  Censttres 
of  y*  Cbh.  8oe  far  as  y*  same  ebal!  be  guides  according  to  y*  Rules  of 
God*8  most  holy  word  iu  a  way  of  order  peace  and  vnion  ;  with  all 
promising  to  walk  orderly  in  a  way  of  fellowsbipe  aod  Communion  with 
all  y*  Chs  of  Christ  among  us  according  to  Rule,  y'  y*  Lord  may  * 
one  and  his  name  one  in  all  y"  Chhs. 

This  Covenant  wee  doe  by  solemne  act  of  Chh,  CoDfederation  Enti 
into,  with  full  purpose  of  heart  (as  y*"  Lord  shall  help  us)  to  keep  i 
forever,  and  wbere  wee  shall  faile  y^  to  waite  upon  our  Lord  Jeso 
for  healiu;];-  and  pardon  for  his  Names  sake. 

Anthony  Newton,  George  Sumner, 

Robert  Tucker,  Thomas  Holman, 

William  Blacke,  Ebenezer  Clap, 

Thomas  Swifl,  Edward  Blacke, 

Rev.  Peter  Thacher's  Answer  to  the  Church  and  congregation  in 
Milton,  Mays,  lt)81. 

Dearly  Beloved  in  our  Lord  Jesus  Cbrist, 

Y*  serious  and  solemn  consideration  of  y*  all-wise  disposeing  i 
leading  band  of  Divine  providence  both  of  yo'^selves  and  of  me,  in 
spect  of  your  first  kind  invitation  of  me  unto  y*  work  of  y*  mtnist 
In  order  unto  settlement  with  you  and  taking  office  amongst  y"°,  hf\ 
which  and  y^  advice  of  y',  y*  most  judicious  and  discerning  I  was  '^ 
B waded  ro  far  to  comply  with  all  as  to  remove  myself  and  my  familj 
to  this  place  y*  so  I  might  y"  more  clearly  dtsorn  and  faithfully  follow^ 
divine  guidance  and  direction  in  my  future  settlement  amongst  you  or 
remove  from  y"^  according  as  God  should  unite  y*  harts  of  y*  chh.  and 
congregation  unto  mo  and  mine  and  ours  unto  y""  or  other  wise  di§* 
pose,  and  God  havifjg  in  his  infinite  goodness  given  me  much  Experi- 
ence of  your  undeserved  love  kindness  and  afl'ection  of  y*  Chh.  aa^ 
Congregation  to  mee  and  mine,  not  only  in  your  readiness  to  doe  f<f 
mee  as  occasion  hath  presented,  but  in  your  obligeing  gratitude  pc 
mised  and  in  your  unanimous,  frequent  and  afiTectionate  calls  untoi 
tlement  with  y""  and  office  engagement  amongst  yo'^  which  unmerit 
and  unexpected  tho  much  desired  unanimous  affection  hath,  do 
and  (cod tinning)  I  hope  will  ranch  engage  oblige  and  endear  mine 
your  selves.  Y'  Consideration  of  alt  these  things  and  many  more 
which  1  might  but  shall  not  mention,  calling  aloud  upon  me  for  more 
y"*  ordinary  preponderation,  due  consultation,  fervent  supplication 
and  spedy  resolution  with  finall  determination,  I  have  diligently 
weighed  and  preponderated,  seriously  consulted  with  others  Earnestly 
and  extraordinary  stiplicated  both  pubUq'ly,  privately  and  secreetly 


1868.] 


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iTine  guidance  and  conduct^  and  do  therefore  resolve  and  determine 

mbmission  to  divine  soveraignty  and  in  intire  dependance  upon 

fiSciency  for  assiatance  and  acceptance)  Notwithstanding  my 

feep  wnworthynees  of  my  great  unGttnesa  for,  my  too  mnch  backward- 
ness unto  and  my  great  disco nragem^  in  work  of  the  miriistry  not 
only  in  respect  of  y*  great  duty  and  difficulty  of  y*  work  in  it  self 
considered,  but  Especially  in  y**  place  in  respect  ofthoae  Laraementahle 
animosity es  and  division b  which  have  been  in  y'  place  w^''  bath  occa- 
sioned your  unsettlement  untill  now  w*^  y*  Lord  for  his  own  name  sake 
pardon  and  prevent  for  y"  future.  I  say  Notwithfitanding  y'  j-'et  I 
reaolve  and  determine  to  give  my  self  up  unto  y*  work  of  j"  Lord  in 
y*  ministry  among  your  selves  (believing  God  calls  me  there  unto)  on 
y*  Conditions. 

1,  So  long  you  continuo  one  amongst  your  selves  and  forme,  all 
dne  means  being  nsed  or  tendred  for  hearing  In  case  of  diflerance. 

2,  So  long  as  I  may  enjoy  y*  liberty  of  my  judgment  according  to 
scripture  rule. 

3,  So  long  as  you  shall  subject  your  selves  and  yours  to  y*  Ordi- 
nances and  officers  of  y'  chh, 

4,  So  long  as  I  may  follow  my  atuddys  without  distraction  ;  and 
provide  for  my  self  and  family  according  to  y*  riiles  of  Ood?s  word  bo 
long  as  you  shall  give  me  scripture  encouragementSi  &c.  1  shall  en- 
deavour to  give  my  selfe  up  unto  y*  work  of  y*  Lord  unto  w^  God 
and  your  selves  are  calling  of  me  begin  g  your  pray  era  for  me  that  I 
may  come  unto  you  in  y*  fullness  of  y-  blessings  of  y*  Goapcll  of  peace, 
and  y*  all  y*  mioiateriall  assisting  grace  may  be  from  time  to  time 
granted  to  me,  whereby  I  maybe  helped  thro- my  whole  ministeriall  work 
unto  God's  glory  to  y*  converaion  edification  and  Eternall  salvation  of 
your  soules,  and  unto  my  own  peace  comfort,  and  tranquillity  and 
y*  best  good  of  my  family  w^  the  Lord  grant  fur  bis  own  name  sake 
auplitng  all  our  needs  according  to  y*  richea  of  his  glory  by  Ghriat, 
unta  whome  be  honour  and  glory  in  y*  chh.  forever  more.     AcueD. 

From  a  volume  of  Mr,  Tbacher's  diary  I  find  that  the  above  was 
read  by  himself  to  the  ah  :  and  congregation  [they  having  before 
renewed  their  call]  after  the  exercises  on  Sabbath,  May  8,  168 L  [The 
ibove  is  in  the  hand  writing  of  Joseph  McKean.] 

Members  admitted  into  full  Communion  In  y*Chh.  of  Milton. 

24  April,  1681 .  Peter  Thacher,  by  a  Letter  of  dismission  from  y* 
third  Chb.  in  Boston,  was  admitted. 

Jane*  1,  168  L  Peter  Thacher  [thd  unworthy]  was  ordained  Pas- 
tor of  y*Chh.  of  Milton. 

July  17,  1861.     Father  Vose  was  Rec*  to  full  communion. 

Aug.  28,  168 L  Sister  Sumner  wife  to  George  Sumner,  Sister  Lion, 
Sister  Clap,  wife  to  Ehenezer  Clap,  sister  Tucker,  wife  to  Bro. 
James  Tucker,  were  admitted  into  full  Oom'union,  by  vertue  of  a 
Letter  of  dismission  from  Dorchester  Chh. 

Oct.  2,  168L  My  Dear  wife,  Theodora  Thacher,  wag  admitted  into 
full  communion,  makeing  a  relation.  Sister  Newton,  Sister  Holman, 
fiister  Swift,  sister  Salieburyp  sister  Vose  wife  to  Edward  Toae,  were 

•  Hu;  'iat^  U  viTQmoasly  given  Sept^nifcr^  in  tlic  Register,  Vol  xx»  p.  316, 


Vol,  XXII. 


23 


Milton  Church  Recordi, 


[Jdj, 


aty*  same  time  admitted,  bj  vertue  of  a  letter  of  diwDigdioQ  from  Dor- 
chester Chh.  to  y*  Chh. 

Nov.  20,  1681.  Deacon  Roger  Sumner  aad  his  wife,  Jamea  Ather- 
ton  Seni**'  and  his  wife, 

Feb.  5,  168L  Samuel  Pitcher,  Good  wife  Craine  Seni**,  Goodwife 
GouUver  Sem'^  m".  Wads  worth  and  y"  children  consenting  to  it 
were  admitted  with  y™  by  vertue  of  a  letter  of  dismissioD  from  Brain- 
try  Chh.  ;  and  sister  Horton  by  y*  same  letter  was  rec^  March  6^  1681-2. 

June  4,  1682.     Abigaile  Kinsley*  wife  to  John  Kinsley. 

Au^.  20,  1682,  Bro.  T.  Swift  and  Bro.  Roger  Sumner  were  both 
orddued  at  y*  same  time  Deacons  in  the  Chh.  of  Milton,  by  P.  T.  y* 
Pastor  y*^^  of 

June  18,  1682.     Dorathy  Daniel,  wife  to  John  D. ;   Bro.  Hought 
and  his  wife  ;  John  Lewis, 

Oct,  22,  1682.     Elizabeth  Dike,    and  Waitstill  Tucker,  wife 
£ro.  Manaasah  T. 

Aug.  12,  1683,     Rebecca  Fenno  Seni"^. 

July  L   1683.    Henry  Craine  Seni**',  rec^  w*  was  y*  first  time] 
went  abroad  after  my  great  gicknesse. 

April  20,  1684.     Samuel  Joanes  and  Mary  his  wife- 

Ang^  24,  1684.     Goodwife  Glover. 

Sep*.  6,  1685.     Mary  SuraDer,  Daughter  to  Bro.  George  S< 

June  13,  1686.     Sister  Elizabeth  Tucker^  by  vertue  of  a  letter  \ 
dismieeion  from  Waymuuth, 

May  22,  1687,     Maij,  wife  to  Jonathan  Badcock. 

July  3,  168T.     Anna  Craine. 

Aug.   21^   1681.      Samuel  Triscot,  Hannah    Gouliver,    Sc 
Blacke. 

1687*     Dec.  25.     Ebenezer  Wadsworth  and  bis  wife,  Nat 
Wales,  Patience  Hoi  man,  Margeret  Reeding. 

Nov.  25,  1688.     Elizabeth  Daniel,  dan.  to  J,  D. 

Jan.  12,  1688.     Hannah  Badcock,  wife  to  Samuel  Bacock. 

Feb.    10.      Martha   Mooree,    Brother  Ezra  Clap,   Sister  Wait- 
Tose,  y*  wife  of  Left"*  Vose,  by  vcrtuo  of  a  letter  of  dismission  ffc 
Dorchester  Chh.,  and  Mary  Pitcher  with  y"  rest  of  bro.  Claps  childrenij 
and  Henry  Voae  and  Thomas  Vose  and  her  dan.  Elizabeth  Crain 
were  propounded  to  y*  Chh.  as  desiring  to  Enter  into  covenant  witl 
and  come  vnder  y  watch  of  y"  Chh.,  and  were  rec**  with  y**  parents  bJ 
a  Chh.  Vote.     Mary  Ellen,  wife  to  D.  E,  admitted »     Experience  CUpf] 
wife  to  Bro:  Ezra  Clap,  and  Abigail  bis  Dan.  were  rec*  at  y*  i 
time. 

1689.     March  10.     Ruth  Newton,  wife  to  Ephriam  N. 
*'       3.      Hannah  Badcock,  wfe  to  Benj.  B. 
April  28.     PreiBcee  Standtowne,  wife  to  Old  Goodman  S. 
Aug^  4.     Johannah  Badcock,  wife  to  Captaine  Badcock, 

1689-90.     March  9,     Mary  Gouliver,  wife  to  Jonathan  Gouliven 

1691.  June  28,     Anthony  Couliver,  Seargant  Henry  Yoae«  Ml 
Crehore,  Experience  Sumner  and  Elizabeth  Vose. 

1691-2.     Jan.  10,     Elnar,  f  wife  of  Anthony  CulliTer. 

Feb.  21.    Benjamine  Craine.   March  6.   John  Wads  war' 

1692.  April  3.     Nathaniel  Blake.     June  19.     Mary  Rider. 
July  24.     Mary  Pitcher,  y'  wife  of  Nat.  Pitcher. 
Augs*  14.    Abigael  Hutson,  wife  of  Bro.  John  Ilutson* 


Itofi  ChftTch  R^ofd 


lew.    Not.  12. 


16M. 


April  29. 
May  6. 


Matthias  PufTer.     1693-4,     March  18.     M".  Re- 
becca Miller, 
Thank  fill  I  Lion,  y*  wife  of  George  Lion. 

May   13.      Susannah 


M".    Elizabeth   Gregory. 
Ford  Seni"', 
July  15.     Widdow  Mary  Dennis  and  Alee  Man, 
*'    22.     M**.  Susannah  Badcock,  wife  to  M'.  Enoch  Bad- 
cock, 
HH.     Aug.  6.     Abigail  Davie,  wife  to  T.  D. 

Sept.  3.     Stephen  Craine  and  Mary  hie  wife. 
At  y*  8ame  time  Hannah  Dennis,  Marcy  and  Margaret  desireing  to 
're  up  y™s.  to  y*  Lord  and  to  y*  watch  and  discipline  of  y*  Chh.  lay- 
D^  hold  on  y*  Mothers  Covenant  were  by  a  Tote  of  y*  Chh.  owned 
an  children  of  y*  Chh.  and  Boe  baptized.     An  Dennis  was  baptized  on 
ber  mother's  account  (being  in  adult). 
1095*     March  3 L     Mary  HeuBhur  (wife  of  Neighbour  Daniel  Hen- 
ahur  Seni'*'). 
■  April  28.     Mary  Crane,  y"  wife  of  Ebenezar  Crane. 
May  12.     John  GauHey  and  Elizabeth  his  wife* 
July  Richard  Smith  ;  and  was  baptized. 

1695-6.     Jan.  19,     Moees  and  hiB  wife  Hannah  Belcher. 

Feb.  23.     Nathaniel  Badcock.     1696.     May  24,     Walter 
Mooree. 
Ang.  2.     Peter  and  Jane  Lion  ;   by  a  Letter  of  Dismission 

from  Dorchester. 
Sept.  13.     Hannah  Badcock,  wife  to  Bro.  Nat,  Badcock. 
109T.     ApriL     Experience  Tucker,  y"  dan.  of  Bro,  James  Tncker. 
May  30.    Rebecca  Tucker,  y*  dau.  of  Bro.  James  T. 
July  18.     George  Sumner  Joni"'^  and  An  his  wife. 
Feb.  13,     Cousen,  M'.  Peter  Thacher. 
169S.     March  21.    John  Trot  and  Mehi table  his  wife. 
Dec,  4,     Nathaneel  Vose  and  Mary  his  wife. 
Jan,  8.     M',  Sam.  Nilcs.     1699,     April  2.     Caleb  Badcock. 
1699.     Nov,  5.     Samuel  Webb. 

Dec,  24.    Elizabeth  Wadsworth*  wife  of  John  Wads  worth. 
ItOO.     July  14,    Joseph  and  Rachell  Bent,  and  Hannah   Gulliver 
y«'wife  of  Nat.  Gul. 
July  21.    Ebenezar  Sumner,  son  to  Deacon  Roger  Sumner. 
Ang.  IL    Eh'zabeth   Frissel,     1TI>0-1.     Feb,   2.     Daughter 
Theodora. 
nOl.     March  23*     Son   Oxenbridge,   dau,    Elizabeth,  Mercy  and 
Mary  Badcock. 
June  22.     Elizabeth  Bailey. 

1702.  Aug»  9.  Edward  Black  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  Timothy 
Brehore  and  Ruth  his  wife,  William  Sumner  and  Ester  his  wife,  Joseph 
Swetiandy  Jane  Hauton  and  Sarah  Vose  ;  Sab*  after  y*  Afternoon 
sermon. 

Sept.  20.     Sarah  Tucker,  y*  dau.  of  Bro.  James  Tucker, 

1T02-3.     March  7.     Elizabeth  Crane,  dau.  of  Bro,  Ste|)hen  Craine. 

1703,  May  23.  James  and  Ebenezar  y*  sons  of  Bro,  James  Tucker, 
and  Kbeneziury*  eon  of  Bro.  Manaasah  Tucker  ;  Sab,  after  y'  Afternoon 

Not*  21.    Lieutenant  Gulliver. 


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[Julj, 


1*103-4.     Feb.  6.     My  Son  Peter  Thach*',  Sim,  Langley,  Martll| 
Vose^  Mary  Feild  ;  Sab.  after  y*  Aftemoon  sermon, 

March  19.    Robert  Feild,  Abigail  Glover  and  Snsanna  Pitcher. 

1705.  March  25.     Nathaneel  Badcock, 

1706.  April  7.     Capt.  Thomaa  Vose  ;  Sarah  Tose,  y*  wife  of  John 

Vose.  a 

1706-7,     Feb.  16.     Joseph  Dean.     March  16.     John  Spencer.       V 

1707.  May  4.  Joseph  Billings  ;  Jane  Tucker,  wife  to  Kbenezer 
Tucker ;  Tburaae  Els  and  Mary  his  wife,  and  Peg  my  Indian  servant, 
(tho  now  a  free  woman),  was  admitted  into  full  com'union  with  tbis 
Chh.  July  20,  1707.  M'.  Nathaneel  Pitcher,  Sept,  7,  1707.  Edward 
Adams,  October  12,  1707. 

Jemima  Tucker,  wife  to  Bro:  Eben:  Tucker,  Feb.  15,  1707. 

Rachel  Adams,  wife  of  Edward  Adams,  Feb.  22.  1707-8. 

Elizabeth  Sum  iter,  Befijamioe's  wife,  June  6,  1708. 

Sarah  Tucker,  wife  to  Brother  James  Tucker  Juoi*^,  23  :  2:  1710* 

Eebacca  and  Sarah  Tnscot,  y*  daughters  of  Bro.  John  Triscoti 
June  4,  1710. 

M".  Haunah  Beel,  Sept.  3,  1710. 

Feb.  4,  ITIO'H.     M".  Elizabeth  Ilersy  wife  to  M^  Hersy  ;  by  vi*' 
tue  of  a  letter  of  dismission  from  Hiogham  Chh.  ^M 

Jan,  20,  1711-12.     Ruhamah  Billiugs  wife  to  Joseph  BilliDgs.       V 

May  31,  1713.     Beujamine  Crehore.     July  12,  1713.     Sarah  Die Jc- 
erman. 

1713.  Aug,  23.     M".  Elizabeth  Gulliver. 
Oct.  4.     M^  Samuel  Tucker  and  his  wife. 
Oct.  11.     Mary,  dan.  of  M'.  Ebeuezer  Wadaworth. 

1714.  April  4.     M'.    Samnel   Wadsworth,   M\    Timothy    Crehof 
Jnni*""  and  his  wife,  neighbour  George  Talbut  and  his  wife,    M',  Neh^' 
miah  Clap  and  Abigail  Wads  worth,  M'  J.  W.  dau.  ^m 

April  11.     Sarah  Triscot,  dau.  to  Bro.  Sam.Triecot,  ^| 

May  2.     Elizabeth  Jordon.     1714-15.     Jan,  9.     M",  Mary  Fenno. 


1715,     June 


I  fall 


Ang,  7. 
Oct,  30. 

1716.     April  8. 
Dec.  30,  1716, 


Son  Thomas  Thacher.     He  is  176  members 

communion  admitted  by  myself. 
M'.  Recompence  W. ;  Sept.  18,  M",  Sarah  his  wife. 
M".  Elizabeth  Badcock  wife  to  M'.  William  Bad- 
cock. 
M^  Preserved  Lion  and  M".  Johannah  his  wife. 
M'.  John   Dickerman   Seni""^  and  M",   Sarah,  his 
wife  ;  by  virtue  of  a  letter  of  Dismission  from  y*  Chh.  of  Reading; 
and   Jernsha   Yose,    M^    Nathaneel    Vose's    Daughter  was  y*  game 
time  rec"^  into  full  communion  with  Chh. 
1716-17,     March  24.     Thankfull  Weeks. 

1717.  April  28.     Ezra  Glap  Juni''^  and  Waitstill  his  wife. 
May  5,     Sarah  Picber,  M'.  Nat.  Piehers  Daughter. 

June  9,     M^  Ralph  Shcpard  and  his  wife  and  Anne  Wilb- 

erton, 
July  21,    M™.  Susanna  Glover.    Sept,  I.    Elizabeth  Hersej. 
Jan.  6.     M^  Manasseh  and  M*"".  Hannah  Tucker  bis  wife. 
1717-18.     Jan.  12.     M^  John  Holman. 

March  23.     M'.  Stephen  Tucker  and  wife,  and  M'*.  Sarah 
Badcock,  M'.  John  Badcocks  wife. 

1718.  April  6.     Mary  Yose,  relict  to  M'.  W.  V, 


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M" 


May  18.     M'.  John  Daniel  Jiini^^ 
Nov,  2.     M".  Sarah  Billings,  widow. 

Aug.  10.     M^  Thomas  Vose  and  M".  Hannah  Vose  his  wife. 
Itl8-19.     March  1.    Eheneisur  Warrin  and  Thaiikfull  Trott. 
1  ild.     Dec.  27.     Hannah  Crane,  dau.  of  M'.  Stephen  Craoe. 
1719-^20.     Feb.  28.     M'.  William  Rawson  Juni^^ 
1720.     June  12.     Hannah  Pitcher,  M^  Nat.  Pichers  Daughter. 
July  17.     MT.  Edward  Belcher  and  M".  Mary  his  wife  : 
Waitstill  Henshaw  and  Mehittable  Trot. 
Nov,  20.     Sarah  Badcock,  dati.  of  M^  Nathaneel  Badcock 
Seni^^ 
mO-2L    Jan.  8.     M".  Lidea  Clap,  M^  Nebemiah  Clap's  wife. 

Sept,  10.     Abigail  Davie. 
1721.    Jan.  14.     W.  Stephen  Bad  lam  and  his  wife,  and  Mehetabel 
and  Adh  Billings. 
Abigail  Billing. 
M".  Elizabeth  Peirce  and  her  dau.  Miriam  Peiroe* 
M'*.  Mary  Billings.     1723.    April  21.    M".  Sarah 
Woody. 
Oct.  13.     Elizabeth  Sumner,  M^  Ebenezar  Suinners  Dau. 
Sept.  6.     M^  John  Pitcher  and  his  wife. 
Oct*  25.     Hagar,  my  negro  woman. 
Jan.  10.     Miriam  Yose. 

Jan,  17,     Elizabeth  Wadsworth  and  Hannali  Billings. 
Feb.  28.     S^  Billings  [viz.  Isaac]. 
S'  Wade  worth. 

M".  Rebecca  Miller  Junior. 
M"  Mary  Billings  ( Capt.  John  Billings  his  consort). 
M^,  Mary  Tucker  {M'.  Epbraim^s  wile). 
M'^.  Grace  Wada worth. 
M^'.  Tabitha  Crane. 


n2l-2.     Feb.  25. 
n22.    Aug.  12, 
Sept.  23, 


1124. 


n24^5. 


im. 


JI25-6. 


Aug.  8. 
Sept.  26. 
Nov.  6. 
Dec.  IL 

Jan.  23. 

Jan,  30. 


im. 


to 


Ang.  14.     M''.  Ruth  Everenden  Juni*", 
Dec.  18.     M'.    Ezra  Clap  and  bis  wife  were  dlBmifised 
'Ohh.  of  Middlebnrough  by  y*  vote  of  y*  Cbh.  of  Milton. 
1726-7.     Feb.  12.     M'.  Samuel  Kinsley  wa.«5  admitted. 
1727.     April  23.     M".  Elizabeth  Trescot  (M^  John  Trescots  dan.). 
May  7.    M'.  Nathanael  Vobb  Jufii'*'^  and  M".  Rachel  his  wife. 
i.Ji*#  Jeremiah  Belcher,  M'.  Israel   Kearsy  and  M".  Abigail  llearsy 
tWife,    M'.  Benjamin   Wadsworth   and   M^,  Haunah  Black,  were 
ftied  into  full  com  Pinion,  July  23  ^   1727, 
Sept.   3.    M^.  Abigail  Vose  (wife  to  M'.  R.  V.). 
1727.      Nov.   26.      M'.   Georg  Sumner  Juni'^'  and  M**.    Susamia 
i  wife. 


I  Octo.   1682.    The  Chh.  voted  y*  y^  were  willing  I  should,  and 

w^.  strengthen  my  hands  in  calling  y*  children  of  y"  Chh.  unto  an  ac- 
Ofwnt  concerning  y*"  profiting  vnder  y*  moans  of  grace  and  acquaint 
iBj»eIfe  with  y*  state  of  y"  sanies. 
Jane  26,  1698.  Y'  Chh.  voted  to  admitte  Mary  Pnffer  (y*  wife  of 
Puffer)  to  baptisme,  aud  to  take  her  vuder  y*  watch  and  disci* 
ne  ofy  Chh. 

'July  3,  1698.     Y*  Chh.  voted  to  admitte  Mary  Atherton  to  baptismo, 
id  to  take  her  vnder  y*  watch  and  discipline  of  y*  Chh. 
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[J 


July  IT,  1698.     Y*  Ghh.  voted  to  Admitte  Sam:  Oullirer  Juni^ 
baptisHie,  and  to  take  him  vnder  y*  watch  aud  Diecipline  ot  y*  Chh. 

July  31,  1698.     Ephraim  Tucker  was  chosen  Deacon. 

May  7,  1699.      L«iu"*  George  Sumner  choeen  Deacon. 

Aug.  14,  1698.  The  Chh.  voted  to  admitte  Sarah  Charity  and  Nao- 
mi Jordon  to  baptisrae  and  to  y*  watch  and  discipline  of  y*  Chh. 

April  9,  1699.  Abigail  y*  Daughter  of  Diua  Toroson  wae  by  a 
Ghh.  Yote  admitted  to  baptisme  and  to  y*  watch  and  dincipliue  of  y* 
Chh,  of  Milton. 

July  30,  1699.  Leiut*"*  George  Sumner  and  Bro.  Ephraim  Tucker 
were  Ordained  Deacons  in  this  Chh.  of  Milton.     My  text  1  Tim.  3: 18. 

Nov,  It),  n06.  M".  Holman  y'  wife  of  M^  John  Holman  owned 
y*  Covenant  and  gaue  up  hcrselfe  aod  seed  to  y'  watch  and  discipline 
ofy*  Chh.  in  Milton. 

Jan.  12^  1706.      Ruhamah  Billing  y*  wife  of  Joseph  Billingg  owue 
y*  Covenant,  &c. 

Sept  20,  1713.  M^  William  Bad  cock,  -  owned  y*  Covenant,  fte*| 
and  had  his  child  baptized. 

July  18.  17 U.  Y"  Chh.  voted  to  admitte  Hannah  Holman  (HP.l 
Samuel  Holmang  Daughter)  to  baptisme,  and  took  her  vnder  y*  watch] 
and  discipline  of  y*  Chh.,  atid  bo  she  was  baptized  y*  same  day.  j 

Sep  .  18,  1715.     John  Gulliver  laid  hold  on  y*  Covenant  aud  gao*J 
up  hi  ma.  to  y*  watch  and  discipline,  and  was  baptized  by  y*  vote  i 
y'Ohh.  Sep'.  11,  1715. 


A  record  of  Some  of  ye  Acis  of  a  Council  of  Tico  Churches  (i?i?», . 
Chester  and  Milton) f  (hat  Sate  at  Newport  and  Conipton, 

1700.  Forasmuch   as  with  y*  heart  man  beleineth  i]Dt(r| 

Righteoosnesse  and  with  y* mouth  confession  and  taking  hold  of  Go 
Covenant  are  unto  Salvation  ;   We  confesse,  Professe,  and  Avouch  j 
Lord  Jehovah,  Father,  Sou  and  Holy  Ghost  to  be  our  God,  and; 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  y*  Great  Immanuel,  to  be  our  Prophet,  Priest,  Kinj 
and  Saviour  ;  and  We  humbly  giue  up  our  selues,  and  all  ours,  to  l 
taught,  Justifyed,  Ruled,  Sanctifyed  and  Saued  by  Ilim,   and   By  bil 
Grace  ;  we  promise,  as  Ilee  shall  Enable  Us,  To  Lone  y*  Lord  our  Go' 
with  all  our  hearts,  To  Gleaue  to  Him,  Trust  in  Him,  Fear  Him,  Obey  bi 
Command  me  nts,  and  to  Observe  all  his  Ordiuauces  whereof  we  are 
present  Capable,  and  as  we  sbull  be  Capable  ;  waiting  on  Him  fori 
spirit  and  Looking  to  Uira,  Whereinsoeuor  we  shall  fail,  and  fall  shorl 
for  Pardon  aud  Healing  for  His  Names  Sake.     Amen. 

On  27  Oct.,  Um,     Divina  Gratia. 

At  Newport  These  laid  hold  on  y*  Covenant  and  were  Baptized,  vis  J 
Capt.  Nath.  Coddington,  Esq,,  m".  Joanne   Bright  man,   m".  Rel 
Pocock,  m".  Sarah  Creek,  m".  Hannah  Clark^  Sarah  Timberlake, 
Jane  DilL 

Others  laid  hold  on  y*  Covenant  who  had  been  formerly  Baptiz 
viz.  :  M^  Calender  and  his  wife,  M'.  Richard  Clark,  m".  Mumfor 
Iff*.  Mage  wick,  Elizabeth  Caparon,  Susannah  Willet.  M'.  Warkmi 
and  m".  Cuggeahel  only  renewed  Covenant.  The  children  that  we 
Baptisied  were,  Patience,  Thomas,  Free  gift,  Sarah,  Elis  :  Willia 
Mary  and  NathaneeU  children  of  M',  Freegift  Cogshel :  Abigail,  Elii 
beth,  Mercy,  Mary  and   William,  children  of  M'.  Magewick ;  Jol 


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287 


ftnd  Mar^ret  Caparon  ;  Sosannah  and  Aljce  Willet ;  Mary  Wark- 
man ;  Steven  Mumford ;  JonatiiaD,  Alice  aad  Hatmah,  childreji  of 
M'.  Richard  Clark. 

On  Nov.  3,  nOO.  Divina  Gratia,  At  Compton,  There  Laid  hold 
on  y*  Covenant  and  were  Baptized  these  y'  follow,  viz,  :  Lt.  John 
Wood,  M',  Edward  Richmond  and  hia  wife  and  daughter  Abigaile  ; 
M'.  Silvester  Richmond  ;  M\  John  Palmer  and  bis  wife  ;  iP.  Joseph 
Church's  wife;  Joseph  and  Martha  Seatury ;  Nathanaei  House; 
Mercy  Ronse. 

Others  y*  Laid  hold  on  y*  Covenant  Were  Mr.  Fobes  and  his  wife ; 
Mr.  Samuel  Crandolla  wife  ;  Mr.  John  Church  ;  Mr,  Samuel  Gray's 
rife  ;  the  wife  of  Nathaneel  Series  ;  the  wife  of  James  Bennet, 

The  Children  y**  Baptized  were,  Elisabeth,  Constant,  Mercy  and 
■Mary  Fobes  ;  John,  Mary,  Sarah,   Deborah,   Margaret,  Abigail  and 

'Kibeth  Woods  ;  Thomas  and  Edward  Grays  \  Edward,  Anne,  Eliza- 

eth,  Ame,  Bcnjamine  and  Mary  Richmonds  ;  Joseph,  Nathan,  Alice, 
Deborah  and  Elisabeth,  chUdren  of  Joseph  Church  ;  Elizabeth  daugh- 
kerof  John  Church  ;  John,  Sarah,  Elisalieth,  Edward,  Job,  Aaron,  and 
llnoe  Palmers ;  Jonathan,  Hai;nah,  Simon,  Ebenezer,  John,  Joseph 
I  tod  Benjamin  Da  wen  ;  Benjamin,  Icbabod,  Sarah,  Rebecca,  Elisha, 
[Bliickmans  ;   Abigail  and  Sarah   Hilliard ;    David  and  Grace   Wood- 

iorths }  Sam:  and  MTary  Crandolls  \  John  and  Sarah  Searles. 


flETTER  FROM  BR.  FRANKLIN  TO  CAPT,  THOS.  BRADFORD. 

[Commaiilaited  bj  Jouic  JoBDiUfi  Jr.,  Etvq.,  of  Fbilaclt'lphia.] 

Wedneaday  P.  Jf„  May  Wh. 
Dsjir  Sir, — I  have  just  now  been  urged  to  apply  to  you  in  behalf  of 
Stranger  who  is  suppos'd  to  have  spuken  some  disrespectful  words 
your  Company,  as  he  is  told  they  are  exceedingly  exasperated 
■nst  him,  lie  declares,  that  the  Words  ascribed  to  him  are  much 
Unrepresented,  and  that  if  he  had  an  opportunity,  of  giving  yon  a 
e  Account  of  them,  you  would  be  satisfy 'd  they  were  merely  jocu- 
without  the  least  Intention  of  otTending  you  or  any  of  your  Corps, 
I  do  not  presurue  to  have  any  influence  with  yon  intitling  me  to 
liftte  in  any  Affair  that  concerns  you,  I  otdy  beg  leave  to  mention  > 
he  is  a  Clergyman  of  the  Church  of  England,  and  some  pains 
lately  been  taken  in  England  to  represent  the  Colonies  as  inimical 
that  Church.  1  hope  you  and  the  Company  wi!l  on  Enquiry  find  that 
Offence  is  not  so  great  as  to  require  such  Marka  of  Resentment  a« 
\y  be  misconstrued  there,  and  deemed  the  Effects  of  Enmity  to  the 
lergy ;  because  at  this  jnucture,  it  might  create  n a  some  powerful 
emies,  increase  their  number  and  diminish  that  of  our  Friends. 
Be  fto  good  as  to  excuse  my  giving  you  this  Trouble  and  believe 
to  be  with  sincere  Esteem,  Dear  Sir, 

Your  most  obedient  humb'  Herv^*. 
Oapi,  Bradford*  B.  Fkankun. 

}  Tbl«  letter  has  never  before  been  publishetl.    Capfain  (ThonwN)  Bradford  w>i5  an  eiui- 
tffiilter*  editor,  and  puhHf: her,  and  Buec-eeded  Fmiikliii  a»  printer  to  the  CondneiitJil 
in  1763.    He  mod  nt  PljiladclpJiia  in  Mnv,  iJiiH,  iiged  M  yejirs.    He  was  n  brother 
Bradford,  Attorney  Oeoeral  of  tlie  United  States  during  a  portion  of  Wasliing- 


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LETTteU*  FKOM   DR.  BENJA>n>J  PHANKLIN  TO  TUB 

GEORGE   WHITEFIELD. 

[From  the  SoarrY's   Files.] 

New  York,  July  2,  ITdd. 

Dear  Sir, — I  received  your  Favonr  of  the  24***  of  February  vn\ 
great  Pleas  tire,  as  it  ieform'd  me  of  your  Welfare,  and  express'd  y< 
continu'd  Regard  for  me.     I  thank  you  for  the  Pamphlet  you  encloB' 
to  me.     As  we  had  just  observM  a  Provincial  Fast  on  the  Same  Occ«r' 
eion,  I  thought  it  very  seasonable  to  be  pnblieh'd  in  Pcosilvania,  aBcl 
accordingl}'  reprinted  it  immediately. 

You  mention  your  frequent  Wish  that  you  were  a  Chaplain  to  aa 
American  Army.  I  sometimes  wish,  that  you  and  I  were  jointly  em- 
ploy *d  by  the  Crown,  to  settle  a  Colony  on  the  Ohio.  I  imagine  we 
could  do  it  effectually,  and  without  putting  the  Nation  to  much  Ex- 
pence.  Bat  I  fear  we  shall  never  be  call'd  upon  for  such  a  Service. 
What  a  glorious  Thing  it  would  be,  to  settle  in. that  fine  Country  a 
large  strong  Body  of  Religious  and  Industrious  People  1  what  a  Secu- 
rity  to  the  other  Colonics  ;  and  Advantage  to  Britain,  by  Increasing  Iier 
People,  Territory,  Strength  and  Commerce.  Might  it  not  greatly  facili- 
tate the  Introduction  of  pure  Keligiou  among  the  Heathen,  if  we  could, 
by  such  a  Colony,  show  them  a  better  Sample  of  Christians  than  they 
Commonly  see  in  our  Indian  Traders,  the  moat  vicious  and  abandoned 
Wretches  of  our  Nation  ? — Life,  like  a  dramatic  Piece  should  notooly 
be  conducted  with  Regularity,  but  methinks  it  should  finish  handsome- 
ly. Being  now  in  the  last  Act,  I  begin  to  cast  about  for  something  fit 
to  end  with.— Or  if  mine  be  more  properly  coniparM  to  an  Epigram, « 
some  of  its  few  Lines  are  but  barely  tolei*able,  I  am  very  desirous  of 
concluding  with  a  bright  Point. — In  such  an  Enterprise  I  could  spend 
the  Remainder  of  Life  with  Pleasure,  and  i  firmly  believe  God  would 
bless  us  with  Success,  if  we  undertook  it  with  a  sincere  Regard  tohi« 
Honour,  the  Service  of  our  gracious  King  and  (which  is  the  same 
thing)  the  Publick  Good. 

I  thank  you  cordially  for  your  generous  Benefaction  to  the  Gernwui 
Schools,  They  go  on  pretty  well,  and  will  do  better  when  Mr.  Smitb, 
who  has  at  present  the  principal  Care  of  them,  shall  learn  to  mind 
Party* Writing  and  Party- Politicks  less,  and  his  proper  BuBiness  more; 
which  I  hope  time  will  bring  about. 

I  thank  you  for  yoBr  guod  Wishes  and  Prayera,  and  am  with  the 
greatest  Esteem  and  Affection,  Dear  Sir^ 

Your  most  obedient 

My  best  respects  to   |  humble  servant, 

Airs.  Whitefield.     j  B.  Franelik, 

•  Tlifsvpry  fnterestiog  letter  has,  we  think,  never  before  appeared  in  print— it  if  not  10 
bo  found  in  the  Wririnfffl  of  Frank  Hn,  eiiited  by  Dr.  Spnrkfl,   Oar  copy  wns  tjikti]  Tr\nn  ;»  fic 
PiTiiile  of  the  origSoal  which  was  preflxtd  to  *'  A  Lecttire  on  the  Life  of  Dr. 
the  Rev.  Utigh  McNcile,  A.M.,  as  delivered  bv  him  nt  the  Liverp<xil  Royal   ^ 
on  Wcdiiesriay  evernri^%  lltii  Nov»,  1&44,*'    TKe  original  lower  was  at  that  t, 
flion  of  the  Rev.  0r,  Raffles,  of  Liverpool, 


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A  Discourse  concerning  Paper  Money,  more  partica- 
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New  England,     pp.  64.     London,  1739. 

Inquiry  into  the  uses  of  Money,  Bills  of  Credit,  Old 
Tenor,  &c.     Boston,  1740. 

A  Discourse  concerning  the  Currency  of  the  British 
Plantations  in  America,  especially  with  regard  to 
their  Paper  Currency,  more  particularly  in  Relation 
to  the  Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay^  io  New 
England,     pp.  47,     Boston,  1740. 

Concerning  a  Late  Combination  in  the  Province  of 
the  Massachusetts  Bay,  to  impose  a  private  Cuf^ 
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A  Call  from  Death  to  Life,  being  an  account  of  the 
Bufferings  of  Marmaduke  Stevenson,  William  Rob- 
insoQ,  and  Mary  Dyer,  in  New  England,  in  the  year 
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A  Letter  to  a  Member  of  the  Honorable  House  of 
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Observations  on  the  Scheme  for  £60,000  in  Bille  of  a 
New  Tenour,     Boston,  1738. 

A  Discourse  concerning  the  Currencies  of  the  British 
Plantations  in  America,  especially  with  regard  to 
their  Paper  Money,  more  particularly  in  relation  to 
the  Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay.    Boston,  1740, 

Postscript  to  a  Discourse  concerning  the  Currencies  of 
the  British  Plantations  in  America.   [Boston]  1740, 

An  Inquiry  into  the  nature  and  uses  of  Money,  mora 
especially  of  the  Bills  of  Public  Credit,  Old  Tenor, 
&c,     Boston,  1740, 

A  Letter  relating  to  a  medium  of  Trade  in  the  Prov- 
ince of  the  Massachusetts  Bay,  &c,    Boston,  1740. 

A  Letter  from  a  Country  Gentleman  at  Boston  to  his 
Friends  in  the  Country.     Boston,  1740. 

A  Brief  account  of  the  Rise,  Progress,  and  present 


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MASSAcarsETTs,    A  Letter  to ^  Merchant  in  London ,  concerning 

late  combmatioo  in  the  Prorince  of  Maetacfat 
Bay,  in  New  England,  to  impose  or  force  a  PriTati 
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'*  A  Letter  to  the  MerchaDi  in  London,  to  whom  is  di- 

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•*  A  Letter  from  a  Gentleman  in  Boston  to  Mr.  George 

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"  A  Conference  held  at  the  Fort  at  St,  George's,  Anj 

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"  Narrative  of  Mischief  done  by  the  French  and  Indii 
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'*  State  of  Religion  in  New  England.     An  accotmt  i 

the  Antinomianst  Familists,  &c.  Charles  Channel 
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"  A  Letter  from  a  Gentleman  in  Boston,  to  his  firieii 

in  Connecticat,  on  Paper  Currency,    pp.  14*    Bo 
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*•  The  Testimony  of  a  number  of  New  England  llin 

t^re,  met  at  Boston,  Sept,  25, 1745.    List  of  na 
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"  Letter  to  the  Freeholders  and  other  Inhabitaota 

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"  Eeaay  on   God^s   Wonder- Working  Providence  for 

New  England.    Satnnel  Niles.   New  London,  1747, 

"  Address  to  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Province  of  Massa- 

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the  late  illegal  and  unwarranted  attack  on  their 
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"  Massachusetts  in  Agony;   or,  Important  Hints  to 

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**  Some  Observations  relating  to  the  Present  Circum- 

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*'  Journal  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Commissioners  ap- 

pointed to  treat  with  the  Several  Tribes  of  Eastern 
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'*  Summary  of  the  First  Planting,  Progressive  Improve- 

men  Is,  and  present  State  of  the  British  Settlementa 
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A  Journal  of  the  Proceedings  at  Two  Conferences  at 
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The  Crisis  ;  Relating  to  the  Jlassachiisetts  Excise 
Bill  to  raifie  money  to  prosecute  the  French  War. 
pp.  16.     Boston,  1754. 

Historical  Memoirs  relating  to  Oie  Housatnnnuk  In- 
dians.   Samuel  Hopkins.     Boston,  1753. 

ITarrative  of  the  defeat  of  the  French  Army  at  Lake 
George  by  the  New  England  Troops.   Boston,  1 7  55. 

The  Conduct  of  Maj.  General  Shirley,  Commander  of 
the  Forces  in  North  America,  pp.  IBl.  London, 
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Ad  Ilistorical  Narrative  of  tlie  Wars  in  New  England, 
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An  Essay  concerning  Silver  and  Paper  Currency, 
more  especially  with  regard  to  the  British  Colonies 
in  New  England.     Boston.    N.  B. 

Consideration  on  lowering  the  Value  of  Gold  Coins 
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History  of  the  Wars  in  New  England  with  the  In- 
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A  Vindication  of  the  Conduct  of  the  House  of  Re- 
presentatives of  the  Province  of  Massachusetts 
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A  Letter  from  a  gentleman  in  Halifax  to  bis  fiiend 
in  Rhode  Island.     [Martin  Howard.]     1764. 

A  Vindication  of  the  British  Colonies  against  the 
Aspersions  of  the  Halifax  Gentleman  in  his  Letter 
to  a  Rhode  Island  Friend.  [James  Otis.]  pp.  82. 
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A  Defence  of  the  Letter  from  a  gentleman  at  Halifax 
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Brief  Remarks  on  the  Defence  of  the  Halifax  libel  on 
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*IhG  Conduct  of  the  late  Administration  examined, 
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The  Rights  of  the  Britisb  Colonies,  Asserted  and 
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Journal  of  the  Proceeding  of  the  Commissioners  ap- 
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The  American  Traveller ;  or,  Observations  on  the 
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View  of  the  History  of  the  Colony  of  Massachus 
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Proceedings  of  the  Council,  and  House  of  Represent 
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An  Appeal  to  the  World ;  or  a  Vindication  of  th 
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Anecdotes  of  Early  Local  History.  Edward  Everett, 
See  ''Orations  and  Speeches,"  Vol.  XL  Boston, 
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History  of  'Sew  England,  with  particular  reference  to 
the  denomination  called  Baptists.  Isaac  Backus, 
Vol.  1.     pp.  544,  15.     Boston,  1777. 

Church-History  of  New  England,  from  1690  to  1784  ; 
including  a  View  of  the  American  War.  Isaac 
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in 


BUliographij  of  Matsachutettu 


[Mj, 


MAseACHUSRTTs.  HiBtory  of  tho  Baptists  in  Kew  England^  1604 — 1804. 
leaae  Backus.  Edited  by  C.  G.  Sommers.  Phila- 
delphia, 1839, 

•*  Novanglus,  and  Massacbusettcneis,  or  Political  Es- 

say s^  published  in  1774  and  1775.  John  Adams, 
and  Jonathan  Scwall.*     pp.  312,     Boston,  1819. 

*'  See  Detail  of  the  several    engagements,   positions, 

and  movementa  of  the  Royal  and  American  Armies 
during  tho  yeara  1775  and  1776  ;  with  an  accurate 
account  of  the  Blockade  of  Boston.  Wm.  Gmrter, 
London,,  1785. 

**  See  *'  A  History  of  the  War  in  America,  during  the 

command  of  Sir  William  Howe.  With  an  Appen- 
di:X|  &;c/*     Joseph  Galloway.     Philadelphia,  1787. 

**  See  "  Revolutionary  Services  of  General  Wm.  Hull,*' 

James  Freeman  Clarke,  pp.  48*2 »    New  York,  1848* 

**  Debates,  Resolution?,  and  other  proceedings  of  the 

Convention,  Jan.  9  to  Feb,  7,  1788.  for  ratifying 
the  Federal  Cniistitution.  Boston,  1788.  Beprint- 
cd  1808  and  1866. 

'*  Thoughts  upon  the  poh'tical  situation  of  the  United 

States  of  America,  in  which  that  of  Massachusetts 
18  more  particularly  considered,  &c.  Isaiali 
Thomas,     pp.  209.     Worcester. 

**  See  *'  Annals  of  the  American  Revolation."    Jedidiah 

Morse,  pp.  400,  and  Appendix,  pp.  50,  Hart- 
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**  See  **  Field  Book  of  the  Revolution.''    Benson  J. 

Lossing.     2  Vols.     New  York,  1855. 

■'  See    "A   History    of   the    American    Revolution.'* 

[Benjamin  Guild.]     pp.  202.     Boston,  1832. 

•'  Massachusetts    State   Papers,   from  1765  to  1775 

Alden  Bradford.     Boatun,  1818. 

"  Eccleeiastical  History  of  New  England  between  174 

and  1840.     George  Burgess.     Boston,  1847. 

•'  Ecclesiastical    Histury   of    New   England,      2  Volf 

Joseph  B.  Felt.     Boston,  1855. 

"  Who   was   the   First   Governor  of  MasBachasettfll 

Joseph  B.  Felt.     pp.  17.     Boston,  1853. 

"  See  *'  A  Military  Journal  during  the  American  Re 

lutioiiar}^  War.'*    James  Tlracher.    pp.  603. 
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tion  Edition.     Hartford,  1862. 

"  See  "Hiatory  of  the  American  Revolution.*'     Fa 

Allen.     2  Vols.     Baltimore.  1819. 

"  See  "History  of  tho  Rise,  Progress  and  Termination 

of  the  American  Revobition."     Mrs,  Mercy  Wa 
ren.     3  Vols.     Boston,  1805. 

"  See  ''History  of  the  United  States."     George  Ba 

croft.     9  Vols.     Boston,  1834--1866. 


•  Daniel  Leonard,  not  Jonathan  Sewall,  was  the  ntttbor  of  '^MnMachiiieltiniifc.'* 
<'New  England  Historical  and  Oenealoglcftl  Register,"  Vol.  xrili.,  pp.  2dl  and  851 


Sit 


4868.] 


Narragansett  Grantees. 


sn 


NARRAGANSETT  GRANTEES. 

[CommBiilcated  bj*  Cyuus  Woobmajt,  Efq,,  of  Cambridge  J 

Iif  Vol.  xv\,  of  the  Register  may  be  found  lists  of  part  of  the 
Griintees  of  the  seven  townnbips,  granted  by  the  General  Court  "  to 
the  officers  and  soldiers  %vho  were  in  the  Narragansett  war,  or  to  their 
I  lawful  representatives/' 

One  of  the  townships  80  granted  was  called  Narragansett  No.  1, 
mow  Buxton,  Maine,  and  like  tlie  other  towns  was  granted  to  120 
persons. 

The  records  of  the  Proprietors  of  that  town  are  now  before  me.  It 
seems  that  the  township  was  laid  out  at  different  times  into  four  series 
I  of  lots,  called  the  First,  Second,  Third  and  Fourth  Divisions. 

John  Ilobson,  Sam'l  Chase,  James  Chute  and  Philemon  Dane, 
under  date  of  November  17,  It 35,  report  that  they  had  laid  out  the 
First  Division,  consisting  of  123  lots. 

In  addition  to  the  120  lots  for  the  Grantees  or  their  representatives, 
the  law  refjuired  the  Proprietors  to  "lay  out  a  lot  for  the  first  settled 
minister,  one  for  the  ministry  and  one  for  the  school  in  each  of  the 
eaid  townships/' 

A  meeting  of  the  Proprietors  was  held  on  the  said  17th  of  Novem- 
ber, 1735,  and  under  that  date  is  recorded  the  drawing  of  the  lots  of 
the  First  Division,  which  were  afterwards  commonly  called  "  Home 
Lots  '*  by  the  settlers.  There  is  nothing,  except  in  a  few  instances, 
to  show  to  what  towns  the  Grantees  belonged. 

It  is,  however,  generally  apparent  from  the  records  that  most  if  not 
all  of  them  were  from  Newbury,  Ipswich,  Salisbury,  Ameabuiy, 
Hampton,  Greenland,  Berwick,  Rowley,  Haverhill  and  Methuen. 

Below  follows  a  literal  copy  from  the  record.  I  have  carefully  en- 
dearored  to  preserve  the  original  spelling, 

Cambridge,  Mass.,  Dec,  5,  1867. 


A  Maing  of  Lots  known  by  the  Letter  A, 

Ho, 

Richard  A  all  in,  1. 

James  Gorge^  2. 

Daniel  Sumersby,*  3, 

William  Elsley,  4. 
his  father  Solomon  Sheapard,  5, 

Cap^  Sarn'l  Brocklebank,  6, 

his  father  Daniel  Tenney,  7. 

his  father  John  Leigh  ton, f  8. 


Samuel  Allin      draws  on  the  Right  of 

Francis  George  **  *' 

iKathanael  Clark  "  " 

Oap\  William  Elaley  "  " 

Solomon  Sheapard  "  *' 

Stephen  Mighill  "  .  *' 

Daniel  Tenney  '*  ** 

I  John  Leighton  "  *' 


A  Eaing  of  Lots  known  hj  tfte  Letter  B. 
CapV  Thomas  Walingford  and  the  Reverend  James  Pike  on  y'l 
Right  of  Nicolas  Tarbot,  J 

*  la  the  Moond  drawing  spoiled  Snmcrslxv 

t     •  "  "  "       Laiton,  And  afterwards  Latoo* 

Vol.  XXn.  24^^ 


^ 


218 


Narragmtaetl  Grantea. 


[Sr 


Samuel  Teney 
Cap*,  Thomas  Sanford 
Cap*.  John  Greenleaf,  Jiinr, 
Stephen  Emerey,  3d,  and  1 
Richard  Dale  ) 

Isaac  Appletoti 
Nathan  Simonds 
John  Brown 
Thomas  Gellins 
John  Hob  son 
Bartholomew  Pearson 
John  Hobson 


S4 

on  the  Right  of  Thomas  Tenny,  2, 

''      Cap\  Daniel  Ring.*  3, 

**     Cap*,  Stephen  Greenleaf,  L 


ti 

Sam1  Pore/t 

5. 

(I 

Edmond  Brown^J 

6. 

11 

John  WilliamB, 

r 

ti 

Benjamin  Newman, 

8. 

ti 

Calib  Richardson, 

9. 

It 

Thomas  Brown, 

10, 

t* 

Benjamin  ParBon,§ 

11. 

It 

John  Woodin, 

i 

Jonathan  Fellows 
Jonathan  PVlIows 
Thomas  BartUt,  Jn"' 
Solomon  Lakeman 
John  Plumer 

John  Harvey 

Richard  Stimson 
Benjamin  Rolins  and  ) 
Ehenexer  WatBon       J 
James  Fuller 
Samuel  Pore 
Daniel  Adams 


A  Raing  of  Lots  known  hj  (he  Letter  0, 


on  the  Right  of  John  Andrews, 
'*      John  Herin,|| 


I 


Nicolas  Cheaney  and  Joseph  Hale  on  the  Right  of  John  Asa, 
[No  name  against  13.]  J | 


Thomas  Rogers,  3, 

Robert  Down,^  4* 

his  Great  Grandfather,  )  ,. 

Joseph  Plumer,**       { 
his  father  John  Harvey,    6. 
his  father  Georg  Stimson,  7. 

Nicolas  Rolins,  8. 

his  father  James  fuller,     9. 

nenereyPore,ftlO. 

Simon  Adams,  11. 
\% 
13. 


Jonathan  Low 
Philemon  Dane 
William  Foster 
John  Fowle 
Joshua  Jackson 
Stephen  Emerson 
Philip  fowler 
Nathanael  Clark 


on  the  Right  of  Thomas  Low,  14. 

•'  *'  hisfather  Philemon  Dane, 15* 

"  '^  John  Jackson,  16, 

"  *'  Ezekiel  Woodard,  IT. 

"  "  his  father  Calib  Jackson, : 

**  '*  Amos  Gody, 

"  "  Richard  Jacobs, 

**  '*  Jonathan  Clark,  21. 

23. 


Cap*.  John  Greenleaf,  Jun'  for  Moses  Durell,§§ 
Colonel  Joseph  Gerrish  on  the  Right  of  Moses  Little, 
Samuel  Ilerimon  and  I  „  u      j^hti  Spafford. 

Richard  Thurston        )  '^ 


•  In  the  tbirxl  drawiog  speUcd  Rlnge, 
t      **      tliini      **  "        PcKir, 

X  This  line  fa  thb  and  tlic  w^cond  clm^sings  is  erased  (except  the  nnmlver),  and  In  tbc  I 
and  second  dmwingi*  Eiiotli  Titcorrili  draws  on  ibc  riglit  of  Edmuad  Brown. 

I  In  the  »€Cond  dmwing  is  fii>cUcd  Pearson. 
*i  H  •(         .i        M      Herrin. 

'♦  "  »*         "        •*     Dowuh. 

♦•    M  «  •*         «        <*      Plunimer. 

u  u         u        t*     Poor. 

There  i*  no  name  o^inrt  Lot  13.    It  waa  pcrh«pii  tbc  one  Teft  for  the  School. 
In  the  i*efond  and  fonrtb  dmwhigs*  this  is  spelled  Durt'li,  and  in  the  third  Durtl. 
the'recurd  of  the  fiwt  drawing  the  two  final  letter*  look  more  iikf  a  long  and  *hurt  *, 
double  L 


.11' 


1868.] 


Narragantett  Grantees. 


279 


John  Bartlet,  Jan,,   on  the 

Right  of  Zacheriah  Davis, 

Ko. 

26. 

James  Godfrey 

ti 

tt 

Henry  Kimbal, 

26. 

for  the  ministry, 

2T. 

for  the  minister, 

lof 

28. 

A  Bain^ 

Lots  known  by  (he  Letter  D, 

Samnel  Chase          on 

the 

Right  of  his  father  Moses  Chase, 

1. 

Daniel  Thnrston 

tt 

tt 

his  father  Daniel  Thurston, 

2. 

Isaac  Appleton,  Jnn'. 

ti 

tt 

Major  Samuel  Appleton, 

3. 

Thomas  Bartlet,  Jun'. 

n 

tt 

Thomas  Wait, 

4. 

The  Reverend  Jedediah  Jewett  on  1 

the  Right  of  John  Brown,  ) 
(Haverhill),                      f 

6. 

John  Powle,  Jun'.     on  the 

Right  of  Joseph  Brown, 

6. 

Benjamin  Morril 

n 

William  Allin, 

T. 

Jonathan  Fellows 

tt 

his  father  Isaac  Fellows, 

8. 

Richard  Dole 

n 

William  Browo, 

9. 

Samuel  Hovey 

tt 

Caleb  Kimbal, 

10. 

Israel  Read 

tt 

John  Boynton, 

11. 

Samuel  Ingals 

tt 

his  Gr.  father  Samuel  Ingals, 

12. 

William  Cross 

tt 

his  father  George  Cross, 

13. 

Benjamin  Woodman 

tt 

Francis  Young, 

14. 

James  Chute 

tt 

Gershom  Brown, 

15. 

Joseph  Fellows 

tt 

his  father  Joseph  Fellows, 

16. 

Timothy  Curriour 

tt 

his  father  Richard  Currior,* 

IT. 

M'.  Francis  Sawyer 

tt 

his  father  William  Sawyer, 

18. 

Joseph  Kinsman 

tt 

his  father  Robert  Kinsman, 

19. 

John  gaius 

tt 

Samuel  Taylor, 

20. 

Benjamin  Pearson 

tt 

Jonathan  Verey, 

21. 

Dea"*  Samuel  Moody 

tt 

Benjamin  Verey, 

22. 

John  Newmarch 

tt 

his  father  Zacheas  Newmarch,  23. 

John  Brown 

tt 

his  father  John  Brown, 

24. 

Jonathan  Easmon 

tt 

Thomas  Easmon, f 

26. 

Joseph  Pike 

tt 

Thomas  Smith, 

26. 

Solomon  Oiddins 

tt 

his  father  John  Giddins, 

2T. 

'Emerson  Cogswell 

tt 

9  of 

Edward  Cogswell, 

28. 

A  Bain 

Lot8  known  by  (he  Letter  E. 

Enoch  Titcomb          on  the 

Right  of  Edmund  Brown, 

1. 

John  Hobson 

tt 

tt 

his  father  John  Hobson, 

2. 

Joseph  Gerish,  Esq. 

tt 

tt 

Jabes  Mu8gro,J 

3. 

Isaac  Appleton 

tt 

tt 

Nicholas  Richardson, 

4. 

Nathan  Simons 

it 

tt 

Daniel  Lad 

6. 

Joseph  Coffin 

ti 

tt 

Nathanael  Keene, 

6. 

Stephen  Emerson 

tt 

tt 

his  father  Nathanael  Emerson,  7. 

Epbraim  Dow 

tt 

tt 

his  father  Thomas  Dow, 

8. 

Mr.  Joseph  Parker 

tt 

tt 

Daniel  Ruff, 

9. 

John  Baker 

tt 

tt 

his  grandfather  John  Baker^ 

10. 

*  In  the  second  drawing  spelled  Cnrrier. 
t     "      third        "  "       Eastman. 

X     "        «  "  "      MusgroYe. 


^m 

NarraganscU  Grantees,                             l^^^T^m 

^^H        Samuel  Mugrig 

on  the  Right  of  Samuel  Hutchinsoo, 

IL 

^^H        Alexander  Lov€l 

John  Lovel, 

12. 

^^H        John  Harvey 

Samuel  Hadley, 

13. 

^^H         John  Oorser 

Samuel  Hill, 

14, 

^^H        Samuel  Walker 

Lt.  Jonathan  Mooere,* 

15, 

^^H        John  Sadler 

Abial  Sadler, 

10, 

^^H        M^  Aquila  Jewett 

Samuel  Kneeland, 

17. 

^H        Moses  Mitchel 

William  Knowlton, 

18. 

^^H        JohE  Hohaon 

Joseph  Ro80» 

1&.      , 

^^B         Eichard  Swan 

his  father  Robert  Swan, 

20M 

^^m        John  Fowie,  Junr. 

Edward  Colcut.t 

his  father  Seth  Storer, 

2m 

^H         Seth  Storer 

22S 

^^H        John  Denison 

his  father  John  Dcnison, 

23^ 

^^H        Mary  Mitchel 

his  father  John  Mitchel, 

24. 

^^H        Jonathan  Pickard 

his  grandfather  John  Pickard 

'1^ 

^^H        Crisp  Bradbury 

Richard  Swan, 

^^H        Timothy  Palmer 

hie  father  Thomas  Palmer, 

^^H        Thomas  Burnom| 
^^V                               A  Ratng  of 

his  father  James  Burnom.J 

129. 

1 

Lots  known  btj  the  Letter  F. 

^^H        Stephen  Ilidden 

on  the  Right  o 

f  Richard  Brier, 

M 

^^H        John  Emerey 

his  father  Jonathan  Emerey, 

M 

^^H        Stephen  Smith 

Fetor  Emous, 

^ 

^^H         Henry  Bod  well 

4. 

^^H         William  Boynton 

his  father  Joshua  Boynton, 

6. 

^^1         Ghrietifor  Bartlet 

"     "  Chris tofor  Bartlet, 

6. 

^^H        Ephraim  FitB§ 

Samuell  Par6e,|| 

T. 

^^H         John  Brown  and 
^^H         John  Gains 

Thomas  Sparks, 

8. 

^^H         Ebenezer  Smith 

Christifor  Kenistone^Tf 

9. 

^^H        Jonathan  Davis 

his  father  John  Davis, 

10, 

^^H        Samuel  Stickney 

his  father  John  Stickney, 

1L_| 

^H        John  Martin 

^^V                              A  Maing  of 

his  father  John  Martin, 

itm 

Lots  known  by  the  Letter  0. 

^H        M',  Israel  Read 

on  the  Right  of  Daniel  Rolf, 

^^H 

^^H         Nathariael  Potter 

it 

Edmond  Potter, 

^H 

^^H         Dea"  Joseph  Kingsbury 

Thomas  Kingsbury, 

^H 

^^H         Gershom  Fraizer 

it 

Hugh  Qallaway, 

1^1 

^^H        John  CroBeey 

it 

Cornelious  Davis, 

i^l 

^^H         M'.  Jonathan  Jewett    " 

his  father  Joseph  Jewett, 

^^H 

^^H         Timothy  Sheapard 

tt 

his  gr.  father  John  Sheapard 

« 

^^H         Francis  Pickard 

fl 

Samuel  Kneeland, 

-M 

^^^H            «  In  thfi  second  drawing  Bpelled  Moem* 

""^ 

^^^^^H 

(1 

CaleuL 

^^H 

^^^^^H 

the  first  j(i  »peUcd  Btmaom  and  th«  second  Bamam. 

^H 

^^H            t      *'        third 

ipcUcil 

Fitta. 

^_^^H 

^^^^H 

it 

Peiire, 

^^^^H 

^^^^H          ^ 

it 

KMBtQH* 

, 

1 

1868.] 


Company  Roll — Revolutionary  War. 


281 


BOLL  OF  CAPT.  NATHANIEL  WEBB'S  CO.,  IN  THE  FOURTH 
CONNECTICUT  REGIMENT—REVOLUTIONARY  WAR— COL. 
JOHN  DURKEE,  COMMANDING. 

[CoBDonimicBted  by  Mr.  Ledyabd  Bill,  of  New  York.] 

The  following  list  of  names  is  from  Captain  Nathaniel  Webb's 
Company  Roll  Book  of  the  Revolution. 

This  company  formed  a  part  of  the  4th  Connecticut  Regiment,  com- 
manded by  Colonel  John  Durkbb  (1YY9),  and  will  prove  of  interest  to 
both  the  antiquary  and  historian. 

This  old  manuscript  volume  is  somewhat  defaced  and  mutilated, 
and  doubtless  the  roster  given  below  is  incomplete. 

Captain  Webb's  Orderly  Book  and  other  papers  are  in  my  posses- 
sion, and  portions  of  these  may  at  a  future  time  be  furnished  for 
publication. 

Names. 
Solomon  Lathrop,  Sergt. 
Solomon  Tracy,        " 
Elijah  Spafford,         " 
Richard  Penhallow,  Corp. 
Jos**  Johnson,  '* 

Benaj^  Geer,  " 

Jed**  Richards,  Drummer, 
Paul  Davison,  Fi/er, 
Stephen  Bennett, 
Abner  Backus, 
Jeremiah  Capron, 
Roswell  Crocker, 
Solomon  Douglass, 
Elias  Dimick, 
John  Fraim, 
Frederick  Fanning, 
Elij**  Knight, 
Nathan  Lester, 
Samuel  Lathrop, 
Darius  Orcutt, 
Robert  Patterson, 
Ebenezer  Perigo, 

William  Perigo, 

Benjamin  Ripley, 

Francis  Shallsiss, 

Nathan  Smith, 

Samuel  Thompson, 
^Levi  Wentworth, 
idon  Howard, 
n^Herrington, 
Waldon, 
hy  Green, 
^  Allen, 


Age. 

Trade. 

AVhere  bom. 

20 

Farmer, 

Norwich, 

Ct. 

20 

Shoemaker, 

Windham, 

tt 

22 

Ship  Joiner, 

ft 

tt 

30 

Farmer, 

Norwich, 

tt 

24 

Shoemaker, 

Windham, 

tt 

21 

n 

Coventry, 

tt 

16 

Farmer, 

New  London, 

tt 

16 

tt 

Ashford, 

tt 

19 

n 

Plainfield, 

tt 

16 

a 

Windham, 

tt 

17 

14 

Norwich, 

tt 

21 

n 

ft 

tt 

19 

It 

New  Londouj 

tt 

19 

It 

Ashford, 

tt 

20 

ti 

Windham, 

tt 

19 

tt 

Norwich, 

tt 

20 

Blacksmith, 

ft 

tt 

19 

Farmer, 

Canterbury, 

tt 

18 

It 

Norwich, 

tt 

18 

tt 

Windham, 

tt 

41 

tt 

Ireland. 

19 

tt 

Norwich, 

ct. 

26 

tt 

tt 

tt 

16 

tt 

Windham, 

tt 

24 

Joiner, 

England. 

16 

Fanner, 

Norwich, 

ct. 

18 

tt 

Canterbury, 

tt 

19 

tt 

Norwich, 

tt 

26 

tt 

Massachusetts. 

25 

tt 

Windham, 

ct. 

18 

it 

Tolland, 

tt 

16 

tt 

Killingly, 

tt 

19 

tt 

Union, 

tt 

282  Laticaster  Men  lost^t  the  Reduction  of  MontreaL         [Julj^ 


Names. 
Samuel  Taylor, 
Jasper  Marshi 
Henry  McNeal, 
John  Perf^o, 
Prentice  Peri  go, 
Darius  Bottom, 
Aeael  Ilotchkifis, 
Kichard  Robmson, 
Leonard  Perkins, 
James  Bell, 
Roger  Iliintington, 
Perum  Ripley, 
Natliau  Kennedy, 
Thomas  Dean, 
Solomon  Lord, 
Nathaniel  Alien, 
John  Hough, 
Joseph  Miller, 
Benj.  Wood  worth, 
Charles  Justin, 
Moaes  Gates, 
David  Wheler, 
William  Bakcn 
Charles  Waterman, 
Andrew  Ely, 
Earriss  Jooea. 


Age. 

Tr»de. 

Where  born. 

18 

Cord  Wiuder, 

Dudley,            ( 

20 

Wheelwright, 

Uxbridge,         " 

18 

Farmer, 

Union.              *^ 

16 

It 

Norwich,          '^ 

17 

H 

t%                 ti 

19 

« 

it                            i4 

30 

It 

Waterbury,      '< 

IT 

(1 

Windham,        *^ 

n 

« 

Canterbury,      *^ 

27 

Surgeon, 

New  Castle,  Em 

21 

Farmer, 

Norwich,           C 

IT 

Cord  Winder, 

Duxbnry,  Mass. 

IT 

Parmer, 

WiudhsLm,         Ol 

28 

/* 

It                          u 

40 

Cord  Winder, 

Colchester,        " 

18 

Smith, 

Pomfret,            '* 

22 

Wheelwright, 

Norwich,           '< 

17 

Farmer, 

Winilham,         '* 

51 

It 

Lebanon,           '• 

26 

tt 

Canterbury,      ** 

23 

a 

N.  Hartford,     '^ 

23 

tt 

Plainfield, 

27 

Smith, 

New  London,  '* 

18 

Farmer, 

Gloucester,  R.  I 

MEN  OP  LANCASTER  LOST   AT  THE  REDUCTION  OF 
MONTREAL. 

Appendix  to  a  Sermon  preached  at  the   West  Parish  in   Lane 
[Mass.],  Oclober  9t  1760,  on  the  General  Thanksgiving  for  the 
duclion  of  Montreal  and  (he  total  Conquest  of  Canada,   do,  by  Jo 
Mellen,  Pastor  of  the  Second  Church. 

Nam&b  of  thk  Meh   Lost  out   op   ims  Parish   [Lakcasteb, 

SINCE  1755. 

Samuel  Fairbanks,  WiUiam  Fairbanks,  Isaac  Kendal,  Ithamar  Bo 
net,  Hezckiah  Whitcorab,  John  Whitcomb^  Jacob  Glazier,  Simon  Ke 
dal,  John  Farrar,  Jeremiah  Dickenson,   William  Brabrook,  £bene2 
Bigelow,  Jacob  Smith,  Jonathan  Geary,  Philip  Geno,  Reuben  Walker^ 
Stephen  Kendal,  George  Bush,  Joseph  Stewart. 

The  four  first  were  slain  in  the  morning  Action,  at  Lake  George, 
Sept,  B,  1755.  All  the  Rest,  I  think,  were  lost  by  Sickness  abroad, 
or  Indisposition  they  brought  home  with  them  from  the  Camp  ;  ex- 
cept the  last,  who  was  drowned,  this  Year,  in  Lake  Champlain  ;  and 
Brabrook,  of  whom  we  


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SKETCH  OF  THE  LIFE  OP  HON.  ROBERT  HOOPEB. 

[Commtinicated  by  Jom?  H.  Sheppaeb,  A»M.] 


rTHE  Hon,  Robert  Hoopek,  one  of  our  erainent  Boston  merchants, 
who  died  in  Boston  March  6,  1868,  aged  1*1 1  was  born  at  Marble- 
bead,  Nov.  16,  1790.  He  wag  the  son  of  Captain  Robert  and  Mary 
(Glover)  Hooper,  and  grandson  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Ingalls)  Hooper, 
families  who  resided  in  Marblehead,  atUuent,  and  highly  esteemed  by 
tb^tr  fellow  citizens  for  their  public  spirit  and  benevolence. 

Marblehead  ia  a  rough  peninsula,  projecting  into  the  bay,  with 
craggy  Bhores,  and  a  narrow  harbor  a  mile  and  a  half  in  lengthy  fi*^ 
half  a  mile  wide.     It  was  once  a  part  of  Salem,  and  was  incorpor  _^ 
in  1649.     From  its  peculiar  adaptation  to  fisheries  and  commei    ' 
though  very  limited  in  territory,  this  place  was  famous  for  the  harlj 
I  hood  and  daring  enterprise  of  its  citizens  on  the  deep  at  an  earl 
period  of  our  colonial  history.     It  has  been  distinguished  for  mod 
than  two  hundred  years  as  a  nursery  of  seamen,  and  in  the  Revolution 
wa«  the  cradle  of  tije  American  navy.     It  was  naturally  a  wilderness 
af  rock,  with  here  and  there  a  green  valley  or  glade,  juet  fitted  for  a 
little  garden,  where  the  mariner  perched  hia  pretty  neat  on  the  adjacent 
cliff.     No  herds  nor  i^ocks  ranged  on  this  barren  place.     A  Marble- 
headman  ploughed  only  the  deep  for  his  living  j  his  pasture  lay  afar 
off  on  the  Banks  of  Newfoundland,  and   his   harvest  whitened  the 
I  shores  with  their  wide  spread  fish-flakes.     Even  at  this  day,  with  its 
,  clusters  of  antique  dwellings  and  rough  trapesian  streets,  this  sea- 
I  port  has  a  very  old  look,  like  some  ancient  towns  in  England.     But 
[in  this  secluded  spot,  where  stood  the  dilapidated  fortress  of  Fort  Sew- 
all,  several  eminent  men,  merchants,  mariners  and  lawyers,  as  well  as 
noble  defenders  of  our  country,  were  born  and  educated.     Elbridge 
I  Gerry,  one  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  Samuel 
So  wall,  late  Chief  Justice  of  the  S.J.  Court  of  Massachusetts,  and  the 
Hod.  Azor  Orne,  originated  here;    and  likewise  Gen.  John  Glover, 
[Capt.  James  Mugfbrd,  and  Com.  Samuel  Tuckefi  began  to  build  their 
f  &me  on  this  Rock. 

1q  the  Revolution,  Marblehead  stood  pre-eminent  above  all  the  sea* 
I  ^ort«  ou  the  American  coast  in  her  sacrifices  and  patriotism.     She 
gave  the  first  aid  to  Washington,  when  he  was  laying  the  foundation 
of  our  Navy,  since  so  powerful  and  glorious,     From  her  shores  were 
fitted  out  the  first  cruisers,  which  he  emplo3^ed  in  resisting  the  depre- 
dations on  our  commerce  by  the  enemy.     The  important  service  which 
tiiey  rendered,  and  the  names  of  their  brave  commanders,  have  been 
nauch  neglected  by  historians,  and  have  become  almost  forgotten 
[Overshadowing  greatness  of  our  Republic.     If  Plymouth  was 
tie  of  the  founders  of  our  political  and  religious  institotions, 
ehead  may  justly  be  called  the  birth  place  of  our  infant  navy. 
le  idea  may  be  formed  of  the  sacrifices  and  suflerings  of  this 
ttiwn   in  the  war,  from  the  facts  that  in  1772  she  possessed 
ruan  1*2,000  tons  of  shipping,  and  "  at  the  peace  her  tonnage 
ily  1509/^  and  there  were  then  4i8  widows  and  966  fatherlesfl 


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children.*     The  population  and  tonnage  of  MarbleHead  are  now 
counted  by  thousands,  and  many  elegant  mansions  adorn  the  place* 
Mary  Hooper,  the  mother  of  Robert,  was  the  daughter  of  Gen.  Jo] 
Glover  and  Hannah  Gale  his  wife*     Gen.  Glover  was  born  in  Salem 
Nov,  5,  1732,  and  died  Jan.  30.  ITDt.     He  was  a  distinguished  officer 
in  the  American  Revolution.     He  was  chosen  Colonel  of  the  Marble- 
bead  regiment  of  militia,   a  body  of  1000  men,  well  equipped,  which 
entered  the  service  of  their  country,  and  was  known  in  several  battl 
as  the  Fourteenth  CoxnyENTAL  Regiment,  who  acquitted  themselv 
with  great  honor.     CoL  Glover  had  been  the  owner  of  a  number  of  ves- 
sels, which  were  armed  and  fitted  out  as  privateers.     By  his  agency 
the  brave  Capt.  John  Manley  was  appointed  to  the  command  of  the 
<*chooner  Lee,  which  did  such  signal  service  in  the  war ;   by  bis  en- 
"*'®^*^ement  the  gallant  Capt.  James  Mugford — our  first  naval  mar- 
^^ti  the  war  of  the  Revolation— went  out  in  the  Franklin,  4  gu 
Tljyrsuit  of  the  brig  Hope,  a  British  transport Jn  Boston  harbor, 
Siy  17,   1776,  captured  her  with  her  cargo  of  1600  barrels  of 
Wder,  so  much  needed  and  so  timely  in  Washington's  army ; 
4,  was  under  his  auspices  that  Commodore  Samuel  Tucker  boj_ 
orilltant  career  on  the  ocean.     It  is  well  to  refresh  our  minds  in 
peculiar  times  with  the  memory  of  the  great  and  noble  heroes  o! 
Revolution,  for  some  of  them  have  already  become  strangers  to 
politicians  of  the  day, 

CoL  Glover  belonged  to  a  brave  family.  In  17T3,  when  the  smi 
pox  was  raging  In  the  country,  a  hospital  for  inoculation  by  their 
and  influence  was  erected  on  Cat  island,  in  Salem  harbor.  There 
much  opposition,  and  violence  was  threatened  by  a  mob ;  when  his 
brother  Jonathan  Glover — a  man  of  courage  and  decision  of  character 
— **  stationed  a  loaded  cannon  in  the  hall  of  his  house,  and  decUred 
he  was  ready  to  receive  the  rioters.^'  This  put  an  end  to  all 
tempts  to  interfere  with  the  Hospital. 

He  marched  with  his  regiment  to  New  York,  and  took  an  acti^ 
part  in  the  retreat  from  Long  Island,  and  also  in  the  evacuation  of  N( 
York,  September  15,  1776.     lie  was  with  General  Sullivan's  brigi 
at  the  battle  of  White  Plains,  in  which  he  and  his  brave  regiment 
tinguished  themselves.     So  important  were  his  military  services 
on  the  21 8 1  of  February,  1777,  he  was  appointed  Brigadier  Oenerj 
With  bis  brigade  he  was  stationed  on  the  right  wing  of  the  Ameri 
army,  when  General  Burgoyne  was  defeated.    On  the  10th  of  Octo' 
be  discovered  through  a  deserter  that  the  enemy  had  taken  a  stro 
position  under  cover  of  the  woods,  of  which  he  warned  General  Ga 
by  an  aidde-camp,  and  thereby  in  withdrawing  from  an  attack,  sav( 
bis  brigadef  from  destruction.     On  the  17th  of  October  Burgoyne  s 
rendered,  and  General  Gloi-er  was  assigned  to  guard  the  prisoners,  67* 
in  number,  and  conduct  them  to  Cambridge.     This  order  he  cxeon 
with  clemency  and  ability. 

He  was  with  tlie  army  when  it  crossed  the  Delaware,     On 
evening  of  the  25th  of  December,  IT 70,  Washington  called  a  coum 
of  oMcers,  representing  his  plan  and  the  difficulties  of  carrying  it  into 


m 


•  A  Memoir  of  General  John  GloYer»  of  Marblehead,  bj  William  P,  Uphom. 
Alao,  Report  on  American  FishcrioSi  by  iK^rcnxo  Sabiae. 
f  XJplmm,  p.  31. 


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execution ;  when  Col.  Glover  addressed  him  in  these  few  resolute  and 
warm-hearted  words :  **  You  need  not  be  troubled  about  that,  General, 
my  boys  can  manage  it.'*  And  they  took  the  lead  aud  the  battle  was 
won.  The  success  of  this  daring  deed  of  Waehington,  like  a  suddeti 
illumination  on  a  dark  aud  Btoruiy  coast,  amidst  surrounding  break- 
ers^ revealed  safety  to  the  desponding,  and  changed  the  whole  aspect 
of  the  contest. 

General  Knox,  chief  of  artillery  at  the  battle  of  Trenton,  when  he 
was  afterwards  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Legislature  spoke  thus 
of  the  brave  men  of  Marblehead. 

'*  I  wish  the  members  of  this  body  knew  the  people  of  Marblehead 
as  well  as  I  do — ^I  could  wish  that  they  had  stood  on  the  banks  of  the 
Delaware  river  in  1716,  in  that  bitter  night,  when  the  Commander  in 
Chief  had  drawn  up  his  little  array  to  cross  it,  and  had  seen  the  pow- 
erful current  bearing  onward  the  floating  masses  of  ice,  which  tlvteat- 
etied  destruction  to  whosoever  should  venture  upou  its  bosom.  I 
wish  that  when  this  occurrence  threatened  to  defeat  the  entciT:)riae, 
they  could  have  heard  that  distinguished  warrior  demand,  '  Who  will 
Itod  usonf  and  seen  the  men  of  Marblehead,  and  Marblehead  alone, 
|jtand  forward  to  lead  the  array  along  the  perilous  path  to  unfading 
[lories  and  honors  in  the  achievements  of  Trenton.  There,  sir,  went 
(fishermen  of  Marblehead,  alike  at  home  upon  land  or  water,  alike 
ent,  patriotic  and  noflincbing,  whenever  they  unfurled  the  flag  of 
'  country/' — Report  on  Fislieries,  Lorenzo  Sabine,  202. 
Gen.  Glover  **  was  a  member  of  the  Court  which  tried  Major  Andre 
I  the  29th  of  September,  1780,  and  was  oflicer  of  the  day  when  An- 
'  was  executed.^'  lie  shod  tears  at  the  execution. 
Prora  constant  exposure,  and  the  seventy  of  his  trials  in  various 
apaigns  and  battles,  the  health  of  General  Glover  at  last  failed  him. 
I  his  letter  of  May  5,  1178,  to  General  Washington,  he  remarks  : — 
'When  1  entered  the  service  in  1775,  I  had  as  good  a  constitution  as 
ny  man  of  my  age;  but  it^s  now  broken  and  shattered  to  pieces." 
I  another  letter.  May  4,  nS2,  he  informs  Washington  of  his  sufier- 
dgs  ;  **  I  have  not  slept,"  says  he,  "  two  hours  upon  an  average  in 
:  for  these  four  years  past,  and  very  often  after  severe  fatigue  I  do 
ot  sleep  a  wink  for  two  or  three  nights  together."  On  the  22d  of 
Illy,  1T82,  he  was  placed  on  half  pay  by  Congress,  "  on  account  of 
;  ill  health/'  and  he  returned  home. 

Snch  was  one  of  the  ancestors  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch — Gen. 

John  Glover,  of  Marblehead — a  favorite  of  Washington,  and  one  of 

r  noblest  actors  in  the  drama  of  the  Revolution.     Tbe  author  trusts 

.  it  needs  no  apology  in  a  sketch  of  this  kind,  that  be  has  dwelt  so 

Qg  on  the  character  and  exploits  of  a  patriot  who  did  so  much  for 

f  country  in  her  darkest  days,  and  to  whom  Mr.  Hooper  was  so 

early  related. 

Robert  Hooper  was  prepared  for  college  at  AtkinsQU  Academy, 

Hampshire,  one  of  the  oldest  seminaries  in  tluit  State,  and  plea- 

atly  situated  in  Atkinson,  which  lies  in  view  of  tbe  Monadnoc,  and  is 

Vabte  for  its  floating  island.     At  that  time  it  was  under  the  care 

[»ptor  Vose,  a  gentleman  of  high  reputation  as  a  scholar  and  a 

Her.     He  boarded  in  the  fliraily  of  the  Rev.  Stephen  Peabody,  the 

;  settled  minister  in  Atkinson  ;  a  sketch  of  whose  life,  written  by 

duel  Gil  man,  D.D.j  was  published  in  the  Christian  Examiner  in 

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1847.  Under  such  excellent  influcncea  be  began  his  academical 
career.  Contemporary  with  him  at  this  school  were  Col.  William 
Kent,  of  Concord,  and  the  Rev.  Mr,  Gil  man  above  named,  late  of 
Charleston,  South  Carolina, 

He  entered  Harvard  Cnivcraity.  and  was  graduated  in  1811.  His 
class  was  eminent  for  talcntSj  and  many  of  them  in  after  life  reached 
great  distinction.  In  that  class  was  seen  toiling  at  his  book  the  late 
eloquent  Edward  Everett,  and  there  were  his  classmates,  Nathaniel 
L.  Frothingham,  D.D.,  Charles  P,  Curtis,  Ebenezer  Lane,  of  Ohio,  and 
Edward  Reynolds,  M.D,,  of  Boston,  most  of  whom  are  no  more, 
After  he  bid  adieu  to  his  Alma  Mater,  Mr,  Hooper  commenced 
study  of  the  Law,  under  tbo  tuition  of  the  Hon,  Ralph  H.  French 
Salem,  and  was  qiialiticd  for  admission  to  the  Bar,  when  he  conclu 
to  follow  the  mercantile  profession,  which  he  commenced  at  Marble- 
head,  Under  the  patronage  and  iniluence  of  his  father,  who  was 
largely  engaged  in  commerce,  he  soon  became  a  prosperous  ship- 
owner. 

In  October,  1816,  he  married  Miss  Caroline  Latham,  an  English 
lady,  bom  in  London,  who  was  then  residing  in  Roxbary.  where  the 
marriage  was  solemnized  by  the  Rev.  EUphalet  Porter,  D^D.,  of  that 
place. 

About  the  year  1820,  Mr,  Hooper  went  out  to  Batavia  as  master  of 
the  ship  Ganges,  having  previously  made  two  or  three  voyages  to 
foreign  ports  as  supercargo  ;  in  which  capacity  he  qualified  himself 
to  take  command  of  a  mercliantman.  He  visited  several  cities  in 
Europe,  and  established  a  valuable  correspondence  with  banking-houses 
abroad  while  pursuing  his  travels.  On  bis  return  he  resumed  his 
business,  which  he  carried  on  in  Marblehead  for  several  years,  and  in 
1825  or  '2G  was  chosen  President  of  the  Marblehead  Marine  Insurauce 
Company.  In  1831,  he  was  elected  a  Senator  of  Massachusetts 
the  Coiuity  of  Essex, 

Mr,  Hooper  removed  with  his  family  from  Marblehead  to  Boat 
about  the  year  1835,  and  iu  1840  was  chosen  one  of  the  representativ 
of  Boston,  in  the  Legislature  of  Massachusetts.  He  occupied  a  stoi 
on  Commercial  wharf,  iintil  his  retirement  from  mercantile  business 
which  he  had  been  fortunate  and  success fuL  He  was  chosen  treasu 
of  the  Great  Falls  Manufacturing  Company,  N.  H.,  in  1853,  and 
signed  this  office  in  1857.  For  twenty  years  he  was  President  of  the 
Old  Boston  Bank  (now  the  Old  Boston  National  Bank),  and  in  1832  he 
was  elected  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital ; 
afterwards,  iu  1842,  chairman  of  that  board  ;  and  in  1853  its  Freaid 
an  office  which  he  held  till  his  retirement  from  active  life  in  I 
service  of  thirty  years,  honorable  to  himself  and  advantageous  to 
important  institution. 

His  residence  was  at  So.  51  Mount  Vernon  Street,  from  the  tii 
of  his  settlement  in  Boston  until  his  death.  Mr.  Hooper  was  mu 
respected  by  the  community  for  his  scrupulous,  unbending  integri 
and  endeared  to  his  friends  by  his  courteous  and  unassuming  addrei 
H©  was  a  man  of  fine  personal  appearance  ;  tall  in  stature,  dignified  in 
demeanor,  of  pleasing  countenance  and  in  manner  sedate  and  delibera- 
tive. There  was  nothing  trilling  or  thoughtless  in  his  conversation  ; 
but  he  was  always  cheerful,  and  the  temperament  of  his  miod  oalm 
and  uniform* 


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He  left  three  children  at  his  decease :  Caroline  L.  Thacher,  widow 
of  Samuel  C.  ThacUer.  of  BoBton,  Esq.,  deceased  ;  Mary  Glover,  wife 
of  Richard  Lewis,  of  England  ;  and  Robert  Hooper,  merchant  of  this 
citv.  Two  of  his  sons  died  at  mature  age,  viz. :  John,  born  Jan.  25, 
1S31,  and  deceased  Feb.  *t,  1866,  having  been  elected  a  member  of 
our  Society  in  1863  ;  and  Henry  Oxnard,  born  October  20,  1834,  and 
died  October  29,  1859. 

t  Mr.  Hooper  was  clioeen  a  member  of  the  New  England  nistoric- 
Genealogical  Society,  Jannary,  1868,  a  short  time  before  his  decease. 
In  bira  we  lose  an  honored  member,  and  a  man  of  great  public  spirit. 
To  the  worth  of  a  gentleman  so  much  beloved  and  esteemed,  and  a 
merchant  of  such  high  rank,  no  remarks  could  he  made  by  the  autlior 
more  appropriate  than  we  iind  in  the  vote  passed  by  the  Massaclm- 
aetts  General  Hospital,  on  tho  death  of  their  President.  Ho  is  there 
described  as  a  man  **  of  uncommon  individtiality  of  character  and  man- 
ner— of  sitiguhvr  probily  of  mind  and  independence  of  thought — of 
large  and  cultivated  capacity  :— faithful  and  sagacious  in  all  his  trusts, 
most  honorable  in  the  conduct  of  aiairs  and  a^ectiouate  and  tender  iu 
his  social  relatioos/' 


Mr.  Hooper's  Genealogy. 

The  antbor  is  indebted  to  the  interesting  "  Memoir  of  General  John 
Glover,  of  Marblehead,  by  William  P.  Upham,"  for  several  facts  in 
this  sketch,  as  also  in  the  genealogy  of  the  Hooper  family  on  the  ma- 
ternal side,  from  John  Glover/  m.  156D,  and  great  grandfather  of  John 
Glover.* 

Children  of  John*  and  Hannah  (Gale)  Glover: 
L  John,*  b.  March  23,  lt56  ;  m.  Fanny  Lee.     2.  Hannah,*  b.  May 
15,  1757  :  d,  in  infancy.     3.  Daniel,*  b.  April  8,  1759  j   d.  in  infancy, 
4.  Hannah/  b,  April  19,  1761  ;  m.   Richard  CowelL     5.    Samuel,*  b. 
Bee.  19,  1762;  m.  Martha  Boden.     6.  Jonas/  b.   April   I,   1764;    m. 
Sally  Peirce.     7,  Tabitha/ b.  Dec.  8,  1765;    m.  William  Brooks.     8. 
Susannah/  b.   March  28,   1767  ;  m.  Capt,  Nicholson  Broughton,     9, 
Uby/  b.  Jan.  8,  1769  ;  d.  April  14,  1850  ;  m.  Dec.  11,  1788,  Robert 
loopER,  who  was  b,  Feb.  3,  1166.     10.  Sarah,*  b.  Feb.  10,  1771 ;  m, 
aoel  Lewis.     11.  Jonathan/  b.  May  9,  1773. 
Oliildren  of  Mary*  and  Robert  Hooper  : 


Caroline  Latham  ;  d. 
d.  Sept,  14,  1793.  3. 
William/  b.   Dec.   1, 


1.  Robctt/  b.  Nov.  16,  1790  ;  m.  Oct.,  1816, 

larch   5,   1868,     2.    John/  b.  July  4.  1792  , 

John/  b.  Feb.  4,  1794  :  d.  April  8,  1851.      4. 

1795  ;  d.  March  9,  1828.     5.  Mary/  b.  June  11,  1797.     6.  Nathamel/ 
Jan.   5,   1799  ;    d.  Julv  3,  180L     7.  Susan/  b.  Oct.  19,  1800.     8. 
fHenrv/ b.  July  3,  1802.    V  Nathaniel/ b.  Aug.   25,    1804;    d.  Nov. 
[21,  1805.     10.^    Nathaniel/  b.  Sept.  30,  1806  ;  d.  Sept.  3,   1859.     11. 
JSamucl/  b.   May  14,   1808  ;  d.  Oct.  18,  1843.     12.  Hannah,*  h.  June 
1810.     13.  Benjamin  Franklin,*  b.  April  6, 1814  ;  d.  March  G,  1842. 
Children  of  Robert*  and  Caroline  Hooper:  • 

L  Caroline,^  widow  of  Samuel  0.  Thacher.  deceased.    2.  Mary  Gin- 
wife  of  Richard  Lewis,  merchant.   3.  Robert  Hooper/ of  Bf^ston, 
Brchant.     4.  John/  b.  Jan.  25,  1831  ;    d.   Feb.  7,  1806.     5.  Henry 
)xjiard,'  b.  Oct,  20,  1834  ;  d.  Oct.  29,  1859. 


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THE  PUFFER  FAMILY, 

[Comraanicated  hj  William  S.  Appleton,  A.M.] 

I  HAVE  lately  been  making  some  attempt  to  form  a  gi?nealoj 
of  this  family,  to  whicb  little  uttention  has  ever  yet  been  paid 
may  be  said  that  the  family  has  deserved  no  more,  never  having  bei 
of  any  importance  or  prominence ;  this,  however,  is  an  arg^iment  whi 
the  true  genealogist  rejects  with  ficoni,  believiog  that  every  one  whi 
has  lived  has  thereby  earned  a  right  to  have  hia  pedigree  recorded  at 
length.  My  own  interest  in  this  family  is  caused  by  the  fact  of  de- 
scent from  the  iirst  of  tlie  name. 

24  February,  1640,  the  town  of  Boston  granted  to  George  Po 
land  for  five  heads,  that  is  twenty  acres,  at  Mount  Wollaston  af 
wards  Braintree.  Of  him  nothing  more  is  known,  but  the  faniily 
continued  under  the  name  of  Puller  by  two  persons,  who  may  co: 
dently  be  called  his  sons  ;  and  the  widow  Puffer,  who  died  at  Brain* 
tree  12  February,  161*1,  was  undoubtedly  his  relict.  Mary  Puffer^ 
**  an  aged  woman,''  who  died  at  the  same  place  22  July,  1700, 
perhaps  more  likely  to  have  been  his  daughter  than  the  widow  of 
eldest  son. 

(1 )  James'  Puffer,  probably  oldest  son  of  George,  bom  about  1624, 
married  at  Braintree,  14  February,  lti56,  Mary  Swalden,  and  had: 

Richard,^  b,  14  March,  1657.     (3) 

Martha,  ="  b.  28  December,  1658. 

Mary,^  b.  12  January,  1660. 

James,*  b.  5  May,  1663.     (4) 

Ruth,'  b.  25  January,  166"?,  d.  29  January,  1667. 

Rachel,^  b.  25  January,  1667  ;  m.  7  January*,  1695,  Eleazer  Isgate, 

of  Braintree. 
Jabez,^  h.  4  February,  1672.     (5) 
He  died  at  Braintree  25  July,  1692,  aged  about  68. 

(2)  Mathias*  Puffer,  probably  second  eon  of  George,  married 
Braintree  12  March,  1662,  Rachel  Farnsworth^  and  bad  ; 

Joseph,*  b.  at  Braintree  in  March,  1663  ;   probably  died  young. 

John,*  h.  at  Braintree  10  October,  1665.     (6) 

James,*  b.  at  Mendoo  4  June,  1668.     (7) 

Jonathan,*  b, 

Esther,*  m.  2  June,  1607,  William  Snraner  of  Milton. 
After  the  death  of  bis  first  wife,  lie  married  secondly,  11  Februai 
1677|  Abigail,  daughter  of  Richard  Everett  of  Dedhani,  and  had  : 

Benjamin,*  b.  in  1678  ;  bapt.  at  Braintree,  probably  died  vounj 

Eleazer,*  b.  about  1683.     (B) 

Abigail,*  m.  25  March,  1708,  William  Crane  of  Dorchester, 

After  the  death  of  his  second  wife,  he  married  thirdly,  at 
14  May,  1697,  Mary  Crehore,  probably  widow  of  Teague,  of 
In  1662  he  received  an  allotraent  of  land  at  Mendon.  where  be  liv 
few  years,  but  returned  to  Braintree,  and  afterwards  moved  to  D' 
Chester,  where  he  belonged  at  the  time  of  his  third  marriage,     Foi 
shillings  and  sixpence  of  the  Dorchester  rate  of  1684  went  to  pi  _ 
"  Malhiua  Puffer  for  an  woulfes  head.'^     12  November,  1693,  he  was 


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admitted  to  the  Church  of  Milton,  but  in  every  other  respect  he  seems 
to  have  preserved  his  connection  with  Dorchester,  where  he  was  Sur- 
veyor of  Highways,  1702,  and  Tythingman,  1105.  He  died  there 
9  May,  Hit,  and  in  his  will,  written  23  April.  1714,  he  says 
he  had  lived  to  old  age.  and  distributes  among  his  chihlren  lands 
in  Dorchester,  MiJton.  and  Dedham,  near  Wrentham.  I  presume  he 
lived  in  that  part  of  Dorchester  which  is  now  Stoughton, 

(3)  Richard  Puffer  married  at  Dorchester,  23  March,  1681,  Euth, 
daughter  of  Richard  Everett  of  Dedham,  and  had  : 

Mary,^  m,  26  December,  1705,  Ralph  Day  of  Wrentham, 
Ruth,*  m.  12  December^  1700,  John  Day  of  Wrentham. 
William,*  b.  in  1687,  bapt.  at  Braiotree  ;  m.  25  May,  1710,  Eliza- 
beth Guild  of  Wrentham. 
Richard,*  b.  at  Wrentham  It  July,  168G  ;  n^.U  July,  1719,  Anna 

Hanes  of  Wrentham. 
Rachel,*  m.  H  June,  1722,  Edward  Gay  of  Wrentham. 
Sarah,*  b, 

— ,  a  son,  who  d.  Bameless,  16  January,  1698. 

!He  died  before  21  February,  1724,  when  his  son   William  was  ap- 
HDted  to  administer  on  his  estate  :  both  were  then  called  of  Wren- 
%m.     Id  1727,  Ruth,  widow  of  Richard,  was  about  74  years  old, 

(4)  James  Puffer  married  at  Brain  tree,  25  September,  1690,  Mary 
li«  of  Dedham,  and  had  : 

Jaraeg.*  b.  7  November,  1692,  d,  17  November,  1692, 
Jamefl/  b.  5  November,  1694, 
Joseph.*  b.  5  February.  1697,  d.  4  October,  1699, 
Mary.*  b,  7  August,  1699. 
Joseph,*  b.  2  April,  1702. 
Ebenezer,*  b.  in  1705. 
He  moved  to  Sudbury,  where  he  died  11  November,  1749,  aged  86  ; 
bis  widow  died  29  December,  175!,  a^ed  80. 

(5)  Jabez  Puffer  married  at  Braiiftree,  3  December,  1702,  Mary 
Glazier,  and  had  : 

Martha,*  b.  18  October,  1703. 
Jabez,*  b,  in  1705. 
Samuel*  b.  12  October,  1707, 

Jonathan,*  b.  2  November,  1709  ;  d,  9  November,  1709, 
Jonathan,*  b.  22  October,  1711. 
Of  him  1  know  nothing  further. 

(6)  John  Puffer  married  at  Dorchester,  It  December,  1695,  Mary 
"  ilbrook  of  Roxburv,  and  had  : 

Ichn,*  b.  6  October,  1698,     (9) 
iriam,*  b,  14  Adjust,  1702;    m.  11  January,   1720,  Benjamin 
Wiate  of  Dorchester. 

i,ry,*  b,   3   November,   1706  ;    m.  at  Boston  26  January,  1726, 
J^^nmuel  Belcher, 

^uved  in  that  part  of  Dorchester,  which  in  1726  was  incorporated 
iStoughton.     His  wife  died  at  Newport,  R.  1.,  16  April,  17ij6,  aged 

»i.nd  he  died  at  Stoughtoii  10  January,  1751. 
[(T)      James   Puffer   married   at   Dorchester,    17    December,    1695, 
Trigailt  daughter  of  Ephraim  Newton  of  Milton,  and  liad  : 

Abij^iiil.*  b.  20  November,  1696;  m,  3  March,  1718,  Edward  Wiate 
of  Dorchester. 
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Esther/ b.  29  May,  1699  j  m.  25  March,  1719,  Richard  Bayly 

of  Dorchester. 
R«th/b.  U  March,  1704;  m.  11  March,  1724,  Edward  Downs 

of  Dorchester, 
narinah/  b.  9  November,  1709  ;  m.  at  Stoogh too,  9  January,  1728, 
Isaac  Fenno  of  Stoughton  ;  died  30  July,  1731. 
He  died  before  18  November,  1718,  when  his  w^idow  was  appointed 
to  admiDister  on  his  estate. 

(8)  Eleazer  Pufler   married  at  Dorchester,   27   November,   1713,. 
Elizabeth  Talbot,  and  had :  '  ^ 

Elizabeth/  b.  24  August,  1714  ;  m,  3  Aagust,  1748,  Samuel  Rou- 

son  of  Stoughton. 
Mathias,*  b.  5  Febniary,  1716  ;  m.  7  April,  1743,  Rebecca  Tucker 

of  Stoughton. 
Beujamin,*  b.  in  1718,  bapt.  at  Milton. 
Janles/  b.  26  February.  1723. 
Dorothy/  b.  in  1120,  bapt.  at  Milton. 
Lazarus/ b.  1  June,  1729. 
lie  lived  in  tbatpmtof  Dorchester,  which  in  1726  was  incorpora 
aB  Stoughton,  and  the  births  of  some  of  bis  children  are  there  recori 
ed.     He  died  there  11  January,  1747,  aged  64. 

(9)  John  Putfer  married  at  Boston,   14  December,  1725,  Abigail 
Vose  of  Dorchester,  and  had  : 

Hannah,*  b,  15  October,  1726;  married,  29  November,  1744,  Elijah 
Baker  of  Stoughton. 

Seth,*  b.  11  March,  1731  ;  m.  5  June,  1755,  Patience  Tolman  of 
Stoughton. 

Sarah,*  b.  20  May,  1733;    m.   1  February,  1764,  Samuel  Went 
worth  of  Stoughton. 

John/b.  13  April,  1735. 

Abel/b.  27  March,  1737. 

Abigail/  b.  26  April,  1T39. 

Joseph/ b.  29  May,  1741. 

Bathsheba/  h,  15  November,  1745. 
He  died  at  Staughton,  21  February,  1765. 
According  to  the  Church  Records  of  Dorchester,  and  the  records  of 
Wrcutham,  as  printed  in  the  Register,  iv.,   84,  William  Puffer  mar- 
ried Ruth,  daughter  of  Joseph  Farnsworth  of  Dorchester,  and  had 
William,  born  at  Wrentham,  17  July,  1686.     1  know  nothing  more  o^H 
him,  and  am  half  inclined  to  think  that  he  only  exists  by  a  confusion^ 
of  Matthias  and   Richard.       According  to  the  records  of  deaths  in 
Wren t ham  (Register,  iii.,  32),  ThDmas  PuflTcr  of  Providence  died  at 
Wrentiiiim  It  July,  1702  ;  who  he  was  I  know  not,  nor  do  1  feel  sure 
what  Mary  Puffer  married  Philip  Blackaler,  at  Boston,  26  Novemberj^ 
1700,  but  this  may  have  been  the  daughter  of  James.     According  t^H 
the  will  of  Thomas  Tolman  (Register,  xiv.,  259),  there  was  a  Josia^* 
PuSer  itj  Milton  in  1711  ;  this  I  am  sure  is  a  mistake  for  Mattliitts,  as 
he  and  lu's  sons  John  and  James  are  the  o?ily  ones  of  the  name  on  tht^H 
rate-li.st  of  Milton  for  that  year.     I  shall  be  grateful  to  any  one  wh^H 
will  add  to  this  imperfect  account  of  a  family,  in  which  1  feel  th^^ 
interest  of  kinship,  and  find  the  pleasure  of  novelty  in  the  research. 


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THOMAS  PAINE  OF  EASTHAM  AND  POSTERITY. 

[Communicated  by  Mr.  JoaiAH  P/line,  HarwicU,  Mass.] 
CooUoued  from  pa^  101. 

JosHTiA^  Paine r  son  of  Thomas'  and  Haenah  of  Truro,  marriod 
firat  wife  Kebecca  Sparrow,  dan,  of  Capt.  Jonathan,  Jr.,  of 
am,  Oct.  20,  1T20.  She  dying  Sept,  15,  1736,  he  ag-aiu  married 
«. cousin  Constance,*  widow  of  William  Baker  of  Canterbury,  Jan.  6, 
He  was  a  blacksmith  and  farmer.  He  removed  from  Truro  to 
bnterbnry  after  1720,  and  from  thence  to  Amenia,  Duchess  Co.,  N,  Y., 
rhere  be  died  about  1774.  Children  of  Joshua*  Paine  were:  (132) 
Toshna,*  born  in  Tmro,  Sept.  H,  1721,  a  scbool  teacher  ;  died  Dec.  12, 
763.  (133)  Ruth,"  born  in  Truro,  April  22,  1723,  died  April  3,  1740, 
134)  Abigail,*  born  March  10,  1725,  went  to  sea  in  1745,  and  was 
ever  heard  of  after.  (135)  Elijah,*  born  March  10, 1725  (gem.),  died 
lov.  7,  1744.  (136)  Sparrow,*  born  August  4,  1720,  died  Nov.  15, 
,^34.  (137)  Benajah,*  born  Oct.  10,  1728,  went  to  sea  in  1745  and 
ever  returned.  (138)  Ephraim,*  bom  Aug.  19,  1730,  married  for  his 
rst  wife  Elizabeth  Harris  of  Amenia,  N,  Y.  She  died  Jan.  1,  1766; 
>r  2d  wife  he  married  Mary  Thompson.  She  died  Dec.  7,  1806.  He 
ied  Aug.  10,  1786.  lie  was  a  noted  man.  He  was  a  State  Senator 
ndan  Assemblyman,  Judge  and  Physician.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Provincial  Congress  from  Duchesa  County  in  1775.     (139)  Rebecca,* 

|0m  June  19,   1732,  married  Dyer.     (140)    lehabod*   Sparrow, 

^^^  Sept.  10,  1736,  at  Canterbury,  mar.  Jane  Covit,  dan.  of  Seth,  of 
^Hless  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  1,  1761,  died  at  Shaftsbury,  Bennington  Co., 
IJt,,  Dec.  28,  1765,  in  the  30th  year  of  his  age.     He  %vas  a  physician. 
He  received  a  classical  education.     Hia  son   lehabod®  Sparrow,  born 
in  Sbaftibory,  Vt,,  Dec.  27.  1765,  mar.  Maiy  Dixon  of  Amenia,  N.Y., 
«ad  finally  settled  at  Plattsbnrg,  died  June  24,  1807*     His  son,  Lem- 
uel Covil*  Paine,  M.D.,  born  in  Shaftabury,  Yt.,  Nov.  9,  1787,  still 
iorvives,  and  resides  in  Albion,  Orleans  Co,,  N.  Y.,  where  he  has  been 
amoet  skilful  physician  for  many  years,     (141)  Barnabas,*  born  Nov, 
^t  n37,  married  Martha  Iloldridge,  April  15,  1760  ;  she  dyiiag  Dec. 
^p  ItTS,  he  married  2d,   Mary  Burrowg,  Sept.  1,  1770  ;  she  died  Sept. 
20, 1829.     He  died  June  6,  1822.     lie  was  a  physician,  and  settled  in 
^menia.     Much  relating  to  his  branch  of  the  Paine  family  he  gathered 
ii^his  day,  and  left  in  manuscript.     (142)  Abigail,*  born  Aug.  1,  1739, 
^^etlAug.  1,  1730.     (143)  Uriah,*  burn  June  5,  1741,  died  July  19, 
1U9.    (144)    Moses,*  born  April  2,  1744,  died  July  24,  1740.     (145) 
Pbebe,*  born  Oct.  21,  1746,  mar.  1st,  Seth  Covil;  2d,  Samuel  Monroe; 
H   William   Bently,  by    whom   she  was  murdered,  Oct.  15,   1799, 
(146)   Anna,*  born  Sept.  23.  1748,  died  Jan.  8,  1749, 

35,  Barnabas^  Paine,  Esq.,  of  Truro,  eon  of  Thomas*  and  Hannah 
cf  that  place,  was  a  man  of  distinction  in  Truro,  He  married  Mary 
fuiTington  June  25,  1724,  and  died  at  Truro,  May  25,  1763,  in  his  63d 
year.  His  wife  Mary  died  Dec.  22,  1763,  in  the  62d  year  of  her  age. 
Much  relating  to  the  ancestral  head  of  the  family,  waa,  it  is  said,  by 
'him  transmitted  to  his  nephew.  Dr.  Barnabas*  Paine  of  Amenia.  N.  Y. 
flie  children  were ;   (147)   Elizabeth,*  born  Aug.  ll,   1725,  married 


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[Joly, 


Ambrose  Snow,  April  2,  lT4r.  died  before  1168,  (148)  Barnabag,* 
bora  Sept*  24,  1127,  married  Hannah  Vickery,  died  Dec.  10,  1767,  at 
Portsmouth  Harbor,  "  old  England/'  "being  carried  there  by  John 
Stott,    commander  of  a  mannDf-war    schooner   called  the  Gibralt 

Prixe."     (149)   Mercy,*  born  April  11,  1729,  married Rich,  die 

in  1768.     (150)    Mary,*  born  Jan,  28,  1731''2,  mar.  Samuel  Lombar 
Nov.  9,  175L  died  Oct.  4,  1758,  aged  26.     (151)   Joshua,*  born  Aug 

8,  1734,  died  July  5,  1735.  (152)  Ruth/  born  April  23, 1736,  marrie 
Ebenezer  Rich.  Oct.  20,  1764.  (153)  Phebe/  born  June  25,  173« 
married Higgins.     (154)  Jcnisha,*  born  July  11,  1740,  diedNoi 

9,  1740.     (155)    Jemima/  born  Feb.  5,  1742-3.     (156)  Joseph/  hot 

Feb.  20,  1744-5,  married  Rebecca ,  about  1766.     (167)  Hannah/ 

bora  Dec.  11,  1746. 

37.  Abraham*  Paine,  son  of  Eltaha,  of  Canterbury,  Conn.,  married 
Ruth  Adams,  Dec.  19,  1717.  Of  his  posterity  the  writer  is  not  inform- 
ed.    He  settled  probably  in  Canterbury. 

38.  Eliftha*  Paine,  son  of  Elisha  and  Rebecca  of  Canterbury,  married 
Mary  Johnson,  Sept.  25,  1720.     He  early  studied  the  law,  and  became 
the  most  talented  lawyer  in  Connecticut.     But  becoming  interested  i| 
religious  subjects,  he  abandoned  the  law,  and  etudied  for  the  minis 
and  in  Dec.  1742,  appeared  for  examination  before  some  minister,  wh 
gave  him  necessary  encouragement.     But,  disliking  the  Say  brook  Pla 
form,  which  bad  the  general  oversight  of  all  the  Churches  in  Connect 
cut,  and  which  he  was  urged  to  subscribe  to,  he  lent  the  whole  foro  _ 
of  his  influence  against  it,,  and  forthwith  became  a  warm  advocate  of 
religious  freedom  in  the  Colony,  and  a  fearless,  outspoken  and  8ucces»» 
ful  itinerant  preacher.     He  soon  left  Canterbury,  and  went  to  Wc 
Stock  in  this  State,    Here  he  was  arrested  for  preaching  the  Gosp 
Feb.  19,  1742-3,  and  thrown  into  Worcester  Jail,  and  was  not  relea 
until  the  13th  of  May  following.     This  confinement  in  Worcester  Ja 
did  not  abate  his  zeal  or  discourage  hira  in  the  course  he  had  laid  ontj 
but  he  continued  to  preach  with  acceptance  in  many  of  the  tov 
adjacent.     In  Ju!y  following,  he  started  on  another  tour,  and  visit 
Providence,  Bristol,  Boston,  Cambridge,  and  as  far  northward  as  Dd 
stable  and  Lancaster,  and  returned  in  the  following  December,  having 
preached  during  his  absence  two  hundred   and  forty-four  sermona 
After  this  period,  he   returned  to  Windham,  Conn.,  and  here  wa 
thrown  into  prison  for  not  being  "■  a  settled  and  ordained  minister,"* 
and  preaching  without  authority.     But  his  imprisonment  was  sbortj 
his  persecutors  becoming  alarmed,  he  wan  released.     After  many  trifl" 
in  disseminating  the  plain  teachings  of  the  great  Nazarine,  he  finall]^ 
%vas  settled  at  Bridgoharaton,  L.  L,in  May,  1752,  where  he  continued 
to  preach  to  his  beloved  flock  until  fifteen  days  before  his  death,  which 
occurred  August  26,  1775.     Of  his  posterity  the  writer  has  not ' 
informed. 

40.     Rev.  Solomon*  Paine,  son  of  Elisha  and  Rebecca  of  CanterbuiyJ 
married  Sarah  Carver,  Nov,  2,  1720^1  t    she  dying  Aug.  9,  1739, 
married  2il,  Priscilla  Fitch.     He  was  a  distinguished  preacher  of  th 
**  separatist  "   denomination,  and  was  ordained  at  Canterbury,  Sept 

10,  1740,  and  died  there  Oct.  5,  1754.     His  wife  Priscilla  died  Mai 
31,  17-12.     Children  of  Rev    Solomon  Paine  were:    {15S)    SolomonS 
died  yuung.     (159)  Ruth,*  married  Elisha  Cleaveland.    (160)  Elisha^. 
married  Elizabeth  Cleaveland.     (161)  Icbabod,*  mar.  Hannah  Bosweti 


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aran.  16,  lUS.     (162)   David/  married  Lydia  Johnson,  April  5,  1759. 

(163)  By  second  wife,  Solomon/  married  Mary  Bacon;  June  8,  1766. 

(164)  Friscilla/     (164)  EliBha(?). 

45.  Joho*  Paine,  son  of  Elislia  and  Rebecca  of  Canterbury,  married 
S&rah  Charch.  lie  was  ordained  paelor  of  a  separate  chnrch  in  Keho- 
both  in  1748.  [Of  bim  further,  or  his  posterity,  is  not  known  to  thq 
writer.     Any  information  thankfully  received,] 

^46.  John*  Paine,  Jr.,  son  of  John^  and  Benint  Paine  of  Easthara, 
18  a  man  of  note  in  Eastham  in  his  day.  He  was  a  Representative 
)m  that  town  seven  years.  He  died  in  November,  ITTL  Of  his 
family  nothing  further  is  known  with  certainty.  No  known  descend- 
ants upon  the  Cape. 

48.  William*  Paine,  Esq.,  son  of  John'  and  Bennit  of  Eastham, 
married  Sarah  Bacon  of  Barnstable,  in  1727.  He  was  intended  Sept. 
2,  1727.  She  died,  says  her  grave-stone,  Jan.  16,  1743-4,  aged  36 
years.  He  died  at  Lonisburg  in  August,  1746.  He  was  a  Justice  of 
Peace,  and  was  commissioned  in  1737.  He  represcDted  Eastham  in 
the  General  Court  at  Boston,  in  1781,  1732,  1735,  1738,  1739,  1743, 
and  in  1744.  He  went  into  the  service,  and  died  at  Lotiisburg,  as 
above  stated,  but  whether  as  an  officer  or  private  is  not  known.  His 
brother,  Lt.  Theophilus,  who  was  with  him  in  service,  as  Lieuteoant, 
settled  his  estate  in  1747. 

His  children,  as  are  given  by  the  Eastham  Records,  were:  (165) 
Sarah/  born  Sept.  17.  1728  ;  (166)  Ruth/  born  March  23,  1730,  died 
Sept,  21,  1736.  (167)  Josiah/  born  June  20,  1732.  (168)  Jedida/ 
hani  May  13,  1734. 

163.  Lieut,  Tbeophilus*  Paine,  son  of  John^  and  Bennit  Paine,  mar- 
kd  Hannah  Bacon,  and  settled  io  that  part  of  Eastham  now  Orleans, 
He  was  in  the  French  war,  and  was  a  Lieutenant.  He  died  in  1755. 
His  wife  Hannah  settled  his  estate.  Her  Letters  bear  date  Sept.  2, 
1755.  Children  were:  (169)  Ruth,*  born  Feb.  3,  1737-8.  (170) 
ithaniel/ born  Feb.  3,  1787-8.  (171)  John/ from  July  20,  1789. 
^Y2)  Sarah/  (173)  Ruth/  (174)  Rebecca/  (175)  Hannah.* 
Jl.  Thomas*  Paine,  Esq.,  son  of  John  and  Alice  Paine  of  Eastham, 
led  for  his  first  wife,  Phebe,  dau.  of  Eleazar  Freeman  of  Eastham, 
Pan.  24,  1758.  She  died  Aug.  14,  1779;  aged  49  years.  For  his  sec- 
ond wife  he  married  widow  Sarah  S.  Mason  of  Mt.  Desert,  Me,, 
whither  he  had  removed  after  1781.  While  a  resident  at  Eastham  he 
wa«  a  prominent  man.  He  took  a  decided  stand  during  the  Revolu- 
tionary period,  and  represented  that  town  in  the  Legislature  in  1767, 
1770,  1780  and  in  178L  He  was  a  Justice,  receiving  his  appointment 
in  1776.  After  1781  he  removed  to  Mt.  Desert.  In  1802,  he  went  to 
Portland,  and  died  at  the  house  of  his  son,  Josiah  Paine,  Esq.  His 
widow  survived  bim  a  number  years.  His  children  by  his  two  wives, 
Phebe  and  Sarah,  were  :  (176)  James/  born  at  Eastham,  Bee.  17,  1759, 
married  Sally  Wiogate  of  Biddeford,  Me.,  in  1702,  became  a  physician, 
Bkd  died  at  Portland,  Feb.  14,  1822.  (177)  Josiah/  bom  at  Eastham, 
^rU  8,  1760  ;  married  Phebe  Stone,  Feb.  12,  1792,  settled  in  Maine, 
id  at  Portland,  Jan.  21,  1825.  He  was  f\ither  of  Judge  William 
kine  of  Portland,  lately  deceased.  (178)  Seth/  horn  Feb.  17,  1762; 
ed  Jan,  29,  1765,  aged  2  years,  11  months  and  12  days.  (179) 
jjoch/  born  at  Eastham,  Jan.  29,  1764,  died  unmarried,  at  Athens, 
April  19,  1815,     (180)  Seth,*  born  at  Eastham,  June  22,  1766, 


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died  nnmamed,  at  Charleston,  S.  C,  of  yellow  fever,  in  October,  18' 
where  he  had  settled  before  1792,  At  Ibis  place,  in  1T95,  he  es 
lished  the  City  Gazette,  the  first  daily  publighed  in  that  city.  (ISfl 
David,*  born  in  Eastham,  in  1768,  married  Phebe  Lindsey,  Jan.  30, 
1803;  she  died,  and  for  his  second  wife  m.  Anne  W.  Harding  of  Fort- 
land,  and  settled  at  Athens,  Fa.,  and  died  there  Sept.  6,  1851,  (182) 
Clement,*  born  in  Eastham,  August  11,  1769,  mar.  Anne  Woodbridge, 
July  20,  1806.  lie  was  a  printer.  For  many  years  resident  of  Athens, 
Fa.  Ho  died  at  Leroy,  Fa.,  March  1,  1849.  (183)  Fbebe,*  born  in 
Eastham,  Maj*eh  23,  IHl,  m.  David  McDougal  of  Buxton,  Me.,  Jan. 
29,  1703,  and  died  Feb,  16,  1839.  By  second  wife  Sarah  bad  :  (184 
Sarah,*  June  1,  1788,  married  William  Emery,  June  4,  1805.  (185 
Hannah,*  born  April  12,  1700,  man  Abel  Wilder,  a  house  carpenter, 
who  settled  in  Malone,  Franklin  Co.,  N.  Y.  (186)  Thomas,*  born  in 
Eden,  Me..  Sept.  22,  1793,  mar.  Olive  Hadley  of  Eden,  Au^.  24, 1819. 
72.  Thomas*  Faine,  son  of  James*  and  Bethia  Paine  of  Barnstable, 
was  born  April  9,  1694.  At  an  early  age  he  was  placed  tinder  R* 
Mr.  Russell  of  Barnstable,  for  preparation  for  college,  and  in  17 
at  the  age  of  19,  be  entered  Hansard.  He  applied  himself  to  the  col 
lege  studies,  and  manifested  great  taste  for  mathematics  and  astrono- 
my, and  studied  these  branches  much  beyond  the  college  course  of 
that  time.  To  such  an  extent  did  he  pursue  these  studies  that  in 
1718  and  in  1719,  he  published  Almanacs  in  his  own  name.  He  calcn* 
lated  the  great  eclipse  of  1806,  which  his  son,  Hon,  R.  T.  Paine,  foui 
to  have  been  exact.  Besides  these  studies  he  made  great  proficie 
in  the  study  of  Latin,  Greek,  Hebrew  and  French,  and  graduated 
July,  1717,  but  with  what  rank  is  not  known.  But  having  shown 
early  an  ev^ident  predilection  for  the  ministry,  in  August  following 
he  applied  himself  to  the  study  of  divinity  with  Rev.  Thcophilus  Bar* 
Hard  of  Andover,  After  completing  his  studies,  he  received  a  call  to 
settle  in  the  ministry  at  Weymouth.  This  call  ho  accepted,  and  on 
the  19th  of  August,  1719,  was  ordained.  Here  he  labored  until  ill 
health  obliged  him  to  withdraw  from  the  ministry,  and  on  the  5th  of 
November,  1830,  he  removed  to  Boston  ;  though  his  connection  with 
the  church  as  pastor  was  not  severed  until  April  15,  1734.  He  now 
entered  into  commercial  pursuits,  and  carried  on  trade  between  the 
Southern  Provinces,  West  Indies,  the  port  of  Halifax,  England, 
other  ports  in  foreign  countries,  and  soon  became  wealthy.  He 
was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  cannons  and  casting  shot, 
and  had  foundries  in  Abington  and  Bridgewater.  In  the  summer 
1749,  just  as  his  son,  Robert*  Treat,  had  graduated  at  Harvard,  by 
capture  of  some  of  his  vessels  and  the  disavStroiis  state  of  the  currency 
and  buBiness  his  affaire  became  involved,  and  his  property  was  swi 
away.  His  health  now  becoming  impaired,  he  made  a  voyage  to 
West  Indies,  and  upon  his  return  went  to  Halifax  to  reside.  Tornii 
his  attention  from  commercial  matters,  he  studied  law  and  prepai 
himself  to  practice,  but  the  state  of  his  health  was  such  that  he 
compelled  to  leave,  and  he  returned  to  the  residence  of  his  daughl 
Abigail  Qreonleaf,  at  Germantown,  in  Bralntree,  Mass.,  where  shoi 
afterwards  he  died,  May  30,  1757,  aged  €3,  and  was  buried  at  \V 
mouth.  "  He  was  a  man  of  great  talents,  learning,  industry 
piety."  He  was  but  once  married.  His  wife  was  Eunice  Treat, 
youngest  daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  Treat  of  Eastham,  to  whom  he 


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married  at  Boston,  April  21,  n21,  when  she  was  but  sixteen  years  of 
^age.  She  died  Oct.  IT,  1747,  in  her  43d  year.  By  her,  Rev.  Thomas 
"Paine  had:  (187)  Abig^iil,*  born  at  Weyinontli,  March  G,  1725,  married 
Foseph  Greenicaf.  Oct.  IT,  1740.  and  ^lied  Jan.  15,  1810,  aged  83, 
leavinjT^  Bvo  children.  (188)  Robert  Treat/ born  Oct.  9,  1727,  died 
let.  21,  1727-     (1811)  Thomas/  born  Jnly  a,  1729,  died  Aug.  19,  1730. 

iim)  Hon.  Robert  Treat,'  horn  in  Boston,  March  11,  1T3I,  mar.  Sally 
obb  of  Tan  n  ton,  dau.  of  Thomas  Cobb,  Kh^.,  in  IT  TO,  and  died  at 
Boston,  May  II,  1814.  His  wife  died  Jane  6,  1816,  aged  70-  He 
itudled  at  Boston  Latin  School,  and  graduated  at  Harvard  in  1749. 
^e  was  one  of  the  Signers  of  tlie  Declaration  of  Independence,  and  a 
Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court,  lie  had  eight  children.  Three  of  his 
|Sons  were  educated  at  Harvard  and  became  lawyers.  (191)  Eunice/ 
tiorn  May  11,  IT 33,  died  unmarried,  Fob.  1803. 

78.     Eben*  Paine,  son  of  Joseph'  and  Patience,  of  Harwich,  married 

Icbecca,  dau.  of  John  Mayo,  Ang.  12,  1714.     He  removed  to  Chat- 

[latn  after  IT 30.     Previous  to  this  period  he  resided  in  that  part  of 

larwich  now  Brewster,  upon  his  father^s  place.     He  died  at  Chatham, 

Lugust  1,  IT 62.     He  was  a  member  of  the  First  Church  in  Harwich, 

being  admitted  Sept.  17,  1717.     Ho  made  his  will.     His  children  were 

all  born  in  Harwich,  and  were  :    (192)  Patience*  (gem.),  born  Mareh 

29.  1715.      (102)  Josepl/  (gem.),  born  March  29,  1715,  mar.  Abigail 

jkXord  of  Chatham,  dauglitcr  of  Rev.  Joseph,  and  settled  in  that  place. 

T193J  Rebecca/  born  April  3,  1717,  mar.  Pan!  Crowell,  Jr.,  of  Chatham. 

[104)  Mary/  born  Oct,  3,  IT  19,  mar.  John  Rider  of  Chatham.     (195) 

annah/  born   April  5,  1721,  mar.  Reuben  Rider,  died  of  smallpox, 

aa.  1,  1766.     (19(3)  Ebenezer/  born  Nov.  1,  1725,  died  young.  {19T) 

lenezer/  born  Nov.  3,   1728,   mar.   Susanna  Hail  of  Yarmouth,  in 

[4749,  died  of  smallpox  in  176fi,  at  Chatham. 

80.  Joseph*  Paine,  son  of  Joseph^  and  Patience  Paine  of  Harwich, 
,ow  Brewster,  mar.  Hannah  lluckenB  of  Baru stable,  March  24,  1724. 

He  died,  says  gravc-stone,  June  26,  177  L  His  will  made  June  18, 
1770,  and  presented  July  9,  1771,  James  Paine,  Esq.,  Exr.  Children 
were  :  (198)  James,*  born  Jan.  29,  1720-1,  married  Patience  Crosby, 
Aug.  30,  1759,  was  a  noted  man  in  Harwich  in  his  day.  He  died  in 
'807.     (199)    Sarah,*  horn  Sept.    12,   1723,  died  unmarried  in  1770. 

200)  Samuel,*  born  June  26,  1726,  mar.  Sarah  Mayo,  Oct.  15,  1747. 

201)  Jonathan,*  born  Aug.  15,  1T29.  (202)  Joseph,*  born  Aug.  9, 
1731,  mar.  Betsey .  (203)  Hannah/  born  July  5,  1735,  mar.  Ed- 
ward Bangs,  Feb.  9, 1764,  died  Nov.,  1764,  aged  28.  (204)  Jonathan,* 
born  March  26,  1739,  mar.  Rebecca  Clark.  (205)  Lydia,*  bom  April 
16,  1741. 

81.  Richard*  Paine,  eon  of  Joseph^  and  Patience  Paine  of  Harwich, 
mar.  Phcbe  Myrick  of  Eastham,  Oct.  21,  1726,  and  went  to  Truro,  and 
from  thence  removed  to  Eastham,  His  children,  born  in  Truro  and 
Eastham,  were;  (206)  Pliebe,*  horn  April  28,  IT28.  (207)  Rebecca/ 
bom  April  18,  1730.  (208)  Bette,'  born  April  22,  1732.  (209)  Dor^ 
cas/ born  March  14,  IT 33^1.     (210)  Richard/  born  Aug.   14,  1T36, 

[went  to  Oorhara,  Me.,  and  w^as  a  blacksmith.  (211)  Joseph,*  born  in 
Kastliam,  April  21,  1741,  married  Phebe  Rich,  Jan.  20,  1767,  w^ent  to 
Standish,  Me.,  died  Oct.  13,  1827.  (212)  William,*  born  Sept.  30, 
1743,  married  and  went  to  Gorham,  Me.,  in  1770,  (213)  Thomas,* 
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Corhtjn —  Fuller — BttlJcloj, 


[July, 


LETTER  FROM  BENJ.  CORBTN  TO  THOMAS  FULLER. 

[From  the  Society's  Mss.  Files.] 

Xtian  ffretkd, — I  rcc"*  yours  for  w*^  1  give  you  thankes,  1  am  glad  \ 
licare  from  you.     And  I  Desire  to  simp  at  hi  xc  w*^  you  in  you''  p'^ticut 
sufieringa  iji  your  publick  troubloa  %v*^  w"**  Uod  hath  becne  pleased 
exorcise  you  ;  out  of  w*"**  he  hath  beone  pleased  to  Deliver  you 
raakeing"  you  couqucrors,  w*  wo  have  to  pasvse  throro  the  Lord  on 
know,  warrs  and  rumors  of  warra  are  at  this  day,     I  humbly  concoi^ 
this  yeare  may  be  a  Discovering  yeare :  w*  it  the  Designe  of  raisid 
forces  w**'  us  in  En^Haiul  (whether  to  Iielpe  the  Hollander  or  liot  Ac» 

I  conceive  allso  you'  safty  greater  than  ours.  The  Lord  helpe  yfl 
and  us  to  watch  and  pray  and  widely  observe  all  the  foot  ^teps  < 
God«  p'vidence  w'**  wili  certainly  issue  iii  the  Downfall  of  Anti  C^  w 
the  Advance  of  the  kingdom  of  Jesus  C  Amen,  As  to  you'  p'tic 
ler  concern  how  I  wonder  Hometime  you  have  not  sent  for  your 
especially  conMidertng  Bro.  Hob:  Allen  came  over.  You  may  remeu 
ber  I  have  spoken  fuHy  to  it  licretofore. 

As  to  rny  own  concerufl  my  wife  have  had  a  quartan  Ague  till 
winter  and  severall  of  my  children  have  been  sickly.     But  I  hope  tli^ 
may  all  recover.     Thus  w^**  hearty  salutations  from  my  wife  and 
selfe  to  you  and  you'  wife  and  children  and  Robert  Allin,*  I  rcmaiod 

Yo"^  Assured  fiVeind, 

Alburgh,  1  m:  14,  16Tt.  Ben:  Corbtit, 

T  pray  call  not  your  settlcm*  any  more  an  exciJe. 
Addressed, 

These  flfor  his  Lo:  ffre:  Tho:  fTuller  of  Dedham  in  New  England. 


LETTER  FROM  MARY  BULRLEY  TO  PETER  BULKLEY. 

[From  the  Society's  Mss.  Files.] 

Boston,  June  23,  1739. 
Beake  Son, — In  your  last  you  charge  us  with  neglect  in  not  wrig 
ing  to  you,  wee  have  writ  seuareall  letters  to  you  and  sent  a  box 
C racket's  to  you  tlie  box  wee  sent  in  Capt.  Fox,  wee  haue   rec^d 
good«  you  Sent  and  a  fine  negro  bo}"^  in  good  lielth  bee  is  not  Bold  i 
yet,  your  Father  ht'as  bin  ofered  ninety  tine  pounds  to  Stay  Sum  tin 
for  the  cash  he  refused  it,  if  you  bad  a  wife  and  was  setled  he  woulJ 
be  a  line  boy  for  your  one  yous  [for  your  own  use  J   which   I  shoull 
bee  glad  to  see,  he  is  such  a  pritty  boy  wee  are  all  fond  of  him,  w€ 
all  regois  to  heair  of  your  helth  and  wellliiir. 


•  Ho  is  named  hi  the  will  of  Rev.  John  AUin,  of  Dc^iUmm  (cL  1671),  Suffolk  Will«, 
i!.  p.  139.    His  niinie  first  rtpix^nrs  on  the  records  of  Deilham  in  .\ugii«t^  I6»i3»  and  h«  i 
MmiCicd  into  lite  Chmcti  there  In  lii73.    What  rclatioa  was  Ro^H;it  to  Eer.  Johi;  f 


[] 


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poor  tinhapey  Edward  heaa  bin  gon  aboue  a  month  and  Mr,  pres- 
cott  Stud  hifl  fdnd  to  geat  him  off— poor  Freley.  again  you  weair  80 
gt>od  as  to  Show  your  consarn  for  John,  we  eair  in  hopes  to  geat 
him  to  Mr.  bards  and  if  wee  can  I  shall  recken  it  a  great  fauour  to 
haue  BO  good  a  plaae,  he  has  head  the  offer  of  a  marchant  and  refused, 
he  chouses  a  traid.  Dear  Son  wee  would  adore  the  God  that  heaa 
incliQed  and  maid  you  a  Joseph  to  us  and  our  Benjamin,  with  the 
rest.  I  am  glad  yon  haue  carcyed  a  present  to  Mr.  Bulkley.  I  am 
afraid  your  father  will  not  wright  to  him^  you  must  escus  it  if  yon 
can^  it  16  not  in  our  nature  to  ingage  aney  thing  in  that  way.  I  hope 
you  will  uisit  him.  In  your  last  you  told  mee  if  any  goods  wair 
wanting  you  could  serve  us  and  if  you  haue  any  money  to  Spair  I 
would  menstion  a  few  things,  your  Ship  is  verey  forward,  your 
father  is  there  once  or  twise  enery  week.  I  hope  you  will  make  all 
the  wealth  thats  posabel^  your  sister  and  brothers  loue  and  ^ — 
you  and  pat  leys  duty  and  peters  he  is  a  cleuer  boy — the  meesels  is  in 

town  and  poor  betey  heas  not  had childi  which  is  uery 

dangrus  indeed — no  more,  but  earnestly  beg  that  you  may  injoy  the 

presance  an  blessing  all  ways  around  you  alL 

Your  most  Louing  and  affectnato  Mother; 

Maky  Bulkley, 

What  I  haue  writ  for  I  would  not 
haue  you  put  your  self  the  least  out 
of  your  way,  by  no  meens  be  sure. 
hannahs  loue  to  you. 

To  Mr.  Peter  Bulkley. 

_To  be  left  with  Messrs.  Lane  &  Smithers,  Mercta. 
H  id  Bristol.    London. 


CHURCH  RECORDS  OP  NEWTNGTON,  N.  H. 


[CommuTiictttcd  by  Chables  W.  TtTTi.E.  A.M.,  of  Boston.] 
CoDtinued  from  p&g>e  I  £9. 

We  commence  publication  of  the  names  of  persona  baptized,  and 
persons  admitted  to  the  Church  of  Newington,  by  the  Rev.  Joseph 
Adams,  during  lii«  niinifitry.  The  names  are  copied,  without  variation, 
from  the  Church  Record  referred  to  on  pa^e  23  of  this  volume.  The 
first  page  of  the  manuscript  record  is  printed  entire.  The  other  pages 
are  abridged,  the  substance  only  being  g-iven.  In  this  abridgment^ 
ow.  cov.  for  "  owned  the  covenant,"  ch.  for  "  ehildren/'  bap,  for 
"baptism/'  and  dan,  for  "daughter,'' 


A.  D. 
1715, 


Oct.  26.  Waa  a  fast  keept  at  Newington  and  a  Church  Gather- 
ed ;  Ciuif^isting  uf  i>  men^s,  viz. :  John  Downing, 
Thorn fjs  Row  :  Be.  Bickftird  :  John  Dam,  Richard 
Downing,  formerly  members  of  Dover  Church, 
and  John  fabyan  ;  j«thn  Downing,  Jun.,  Hatevil 
Nutter  and  Muaea  Dume  taken  in  to  full  coMmu- 
nion. 
Vol.  XXIL  M 


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Church  Records  of  KewingUm,  N.  H. 


[July. 


The  Kev*d  Mr.  Joseph  Adams  was  ordained  pastor 

of  said  Church. 
John  Bickford  son  to  Jethro  Bickford,  was  baptised 

by  said  Pastor. 
Was  ye  first  Sacrament  yt  Ever  was  Celebrated  at 
Newington. 
"      22.    Frances  VV^aUon,  daughter  to  George  and  Frances 
Walton  was  haptised  :  also,  Abagail  Dam^  daugh* 
ter,  Moses  and  Abagail  Dam  was  baptised, 
Mar.  11.     Deborah  Crocket  was  baptised  and  admitted  to  full 
Communion  in  ye  dmrch. 
*'      IS.     Was  Sacrament  day. 
April  29.     Mahitable  FabiQ,  daughter  to  John  and  Ma.  Pabin 

waa  baptised. 
May    6.     Elizabeth  Tompson  daughter  to  Samuel  and  Elizabeth 
Toinpson  was  baptised. 

June  10.    John  Scales  sou  to  Mathew  and Scales  was 

baptised. 
'*     24.     John  Walker  son  to  Johri  Walker  was  baptised. 

'*     28.     Miller  was  admitted  to  fall  Commonion. 

Mary  Fabyan  wife  to  John  Fabyan  was  admitted! 
full  Communion. 


[Here  ends  the 
Sept.  30. 

Oct,     1. 

Dec.    9. 

im.     April  28. 

May    5. 


May  25. 

Sept  15. 


ins.     Jan.    5. 


Feb.  14, 
April  la. 


June  1, 

July  13. 

'^     27. 

Sept.22. 

Nov.   2. 


Nov.  22. 

mo.     April  5. 

May  24. 

June  14. 


first  page  of  the  Manuscript  Record.] 

John,  Sarah,  Mary,  Hannah,  Elizabeth,  and  J( 

children  of  John  and  Sarah  Decker,  bap. 

Elizabeth  dau.  to  Alcxanrler  and  Jane  Hodgdon 

Hannah  dati.  to  John  and  Mary  Hunting  bap. 

Susannah  dau.  to  Jethro  and  Hannah  Bickford  bap. 

John  son  to   Moses  and  Abagail  Dam  bap.:   aldo, 

Mary  dau.  to  John   and   Elizabeth   Knight;  alflO^ 

Mary  dau.  to  Jonathan  and  Elizabeth  Dow. 

—  Gray  dan.  to  James  and  Tarn  son  Gray  was  bap. 

William,  Samuel  and  Abagail,  child,  of  Samuel  and 

Abagail    Hunting   bap,  ;    also,   Abagail   dau.  to 

Hatevil  and  Leah  Nutter. 

Setb  Ring  ow,  cov.  and  bap. 

Joseph  son  to  Seth  and  Elizabeth  King  bap, 

Benjamin  son  to  Seth  and  Elizabeth  Ring  bap. 

Eliaa  Smith  of  Kittcry  bap. 

Sarah  dun.  to  Nicholas  and  Martha  Shapleigh 

at  iviitery, 
Bethia  dau.  to  WilF  and  Sarah  Furbar  bap. 
Sarah  dau.  to  Zebulon  and  Abagail  Dam  bap. 
Richard  son  to  JoIhi  and  Elizabeth  Downing  bap. 
Jane  Dam  wife  of  John  Dam  bnp, 
George  son   to  Samnel  and   Abigail  Hunting  bap^ 

John  son  to  John  and  Mary  II nn ting  bap. 
George  stm  to  James  and  Tamsin  Gray  bap. 
WilF  Furbur  sen.  bap   and  ad,  to  full  com. 
Briget  dan.  to  Jethro  and  Hannah  Bickford  bap. 
Grace  Hoite  ow.  tiie  cov.  and  was  bap.  ;  also»  Ah 
Dorothy,  Israel,  John,  Abiehog  and  FranceB, 
children  bap. 


itaM 


Church  Records  of  Nadnglon,  N.  H. 


299 


Sept 

.26 

Oct. 

4 

Nov. 

15. 

i< 

22. 

*< 

2ft. 

Dec. 

13. 

It 

20. 

Jan. 

24. 

May  13. 

Juue  26. 

Aug. 

1. 

ft 

14. 

Dec. 

11. 

Jan. 

23. 

Feb. 

28. 

n 

Mar. 

12. 

April 

30. 

Joae  16. 

Aug.  22.     Phinehas   and  Eliezar  eons  to   Elicazar  and   Ann 
Cole  ma  ti  bap. 

Joseph  son  to  John  and  Elizabeth  Dam  bap. 
David  fiOD  to  JoIhi  and  Sunili  Decker  bap. 
William  son  to  Henry  and  Sarah  Leavers  bap, 

Joseph  son  to  Andrew  Reed  bap. 

Elizabeth  dan.  to  Hatevil  and  Leah  Nntter  bap. 

Jane  dau.  to  Seth  and  Elizabeth  Ring;  bap. 

Eliphalel  son  to  Moses  and  Abag^ail  Dan*  bap. 

Daniel  »on  to  John  and  Elizabeth  Kniglit  bap. 

Thomas  son  to  Thomas  and  Deborah  Lay  ton  bap. 

Charity  WaHingford  ow.  eov.  and  bap.  ;   Patience 
llodgdon  ow.  cov.  and  was  bap.;  also,  her  children. 

Jernsha  dan.  to  William  and  Sarah  Furbur  bap. 

Mr.  Nichulas  Shapley  ow.  cov.  and  bap. 

Solomon  son  to  Samuel  and  Abagail  lluntry  bap. 

Tam«in  dan.  to  John  and  Hannah  lluntry  bap. 

Elizabeth  wife  of  James  Webber  ow.  cov.  and  had 
child  bap.  William. 

Hanmdidan.  to  Jonathan  and  Elizabeth  Downing  bap. 

Kichard  son  to  Jethro  and  Hannah  liickford  bap. 

John  son  to  Ilatevil  and  Leah  Nutter  bap. 

Mary  dau.  to  Eliezar  and  Ann  Coleman  bap. 

Benjamin  Bickford  ow.  cov.  and  bap.^  and  his  eon 
Samuel  bap.  • 

Aug.    6.     Samuel  Rawlins  ow.  cov.  and  bad  bis'child  baptised 

Hannah. 
Sept.   3,     Elizabeth  dan.  to  Samuel  and  Mary  Hill  was  bap* 
**  Sarane!  son  to  Samuel  and  Mary  Hill  was  bap. 

"  Briget  dan.  to  John  and  Elizabeth  Knight. 

Oct»  22.     Elizabeth  dan.  to  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Adams  bap. 
and  dyed  Feb.  U,  1721-2. 

^fary  dau.  to  Seth  and  Elizabeth  Ring  bap* 

Elizabeth  Adams  wife  of  Joseph  Adams  admitted  to 
full  communion  in  our  Church. 

Allice  dan.  to  Jonathan  and  Elizabeth  Downing  bap. 

Eliazar  Coleman  was  admitted  to  full  com. 

Seth  King  was  admitted  to  full  com. 

Solomon  son  to  Moses  and  Abagail  Dam  bap, 

Sarah  dau.  to  Benj.  and  Mary  Bickford  bap. 

Joseph  eon  to  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Adams  bap. 

Abagail  dau.  to  J^jhn  and  Sarah  Decker  bap. 

Joshua  son  to  Joseph  and  Sarah  Downing  bap. 

Thomas  Row.  Jun.  and  wife  Rachel  ow.  cov.  and  bap, 

Clement  Meservey  and  wife  Elizabeth  ow.  cov.  and 
were  bap. ;  and  she  was  at  the  same  tin^e  admit- 
ted into  ye  Church  iiR  a  member  in  full  eomniunion. 

Aliec  dan.  to  John  and  Elizabeth  Knight  bap. 

Elizabeth  dau,  to  Sam'l  and  Sarali  Huntris  bap. 

dependence  son  to  Jetbro  and  Hannah  Bickford  bap. 

Francis  Walton  was  admitted  to  full  com. 
"      **       Mary  dau.  to  John  and  Mary  Huntris  bap. 
June    2.     Hannah  dau.  to  Thomas  Adams  F  bap. 


B.     Feb. 

4. 

1        Mar, 

11. 

k 

'       Apri 

115. 

1         ^' 

22. 

tt 

ii 

May 

P2. 

te.    Jan. 

20. 

Feb. 

3. 

n 

10. 

tt 

24. 

Mar. 

10. 

t( 

ao. 

Ik       Apri 

7. 

1 

u. 

P        •' 

21. 

300 


Church  Records  of  Newington,  N*  H, 


[Julji 


Sept.    V. 
*i     21, 

Oct.  30. 
Nov.  3. 
Dec.    L 


Dec.    8. 

"     10. 

"    22. 

Dec.  29. 

1724.     Jaa.  19. 


April  30. 

June  18. 
July  26. 
Aug.  16. 

Sept  20. 


Oct, 


Oct.    18 

tt 

Not     1. 

H 

II 

Dec.     6. 

"       12. 

725. 

Jan.  27* 

"     31, 

Feb.  28. 

Mar.  U. 

April  4. 


John  son  to  Samuel  and  Alice  Kowlins,  bap. 

Mar  J  dau,  to  Thomas  and  Rachel  Row  bap. 
Abiier  son  and  Keturah  dau.  to  Zebulon  and  Al 

gail  Dam  bap. 
James  son  to  James  and  Tarn  si  n  Gray  bap. 
Jethro  Bickford  and  wife  admitted  to  full  cora. 
Elizabeth  dau.  to  Ilatevil  and  Leah  Nutter  bap. 
Alexander  son  to  Joseph  and  Patience  Hodgdou  bap. 
Elizabeth  Ring  was  admitted  to  full  com. 
Wiirm  Witham  seo,  and  Mary  his  wife  ow.  cov. 

and  bap. 
Thomas  Q^int  bap.  on  his  granfather  Row's  account. 
Richard  Furbor  ow.  cov.  and  had  ch.  bap.  Francis. 
Abagail  dau.  to  Benj.  and  Deborah  Bickford. 
William  Witham  and  Peter  Witham  ow.  cov.  and  bap. 
Elizabeth  Knight  was  admitted  to  full  com. 
George,  Peter  and  Joseph,  children  to  Clement  and 

Elizabeth  Mesei-vey,  bap. 
John  Fabyen,    Deacon,  and  John  Downing,  Esq., 

were  chosen  Elders  of  the  Church  by  a  vote  of_ 

the  Bretheren. 
John,   Mary,  Sarah,  Phebe,  and  Patience,  cbildr 

of  John  and  Chanty  WalUngford,  were  baptized. 
Sarah  Iloit  ow.  cov.  and  bap. 
Paul  sou  to  — —  Patch  bap. 
Richard,  John,  Ebenezer,  Mary,  and  Jane  Pla 

and  Abagail  Walker  ow.  cov,  and  bap. 
Elizabeth  Carter  ow.  cov,  and  was  bap,  and 

ted  to  full  com. 
Rosemund  Nutter  was  admitted  to  full  com. 
Richard  Carter  and  Sarah  his  wife  ;  also,  Maiy  i 

Deborah  and  Sarah,  children,  bap. 
Jonathan,   Joseph,   and  Eunice,   children   to  Joi 

and  Eunice  Plaice  bap. 
Abraham  and  Abagail,  ch.  to  Ebcn'r  and  Jane  FU 

bap. 
Joseph  Walker  ow.  cov.  and  bap. 
John  son  to  John  and  Elizabeth  Dam  bap. 
Nelson  son  to  Jonathan  and  Elizabeth  Downing  bap. 
Joseph  son  to  Joseph  and  Abagail  Walker  bap. 
Alice  dau.  to  Samuel  and  Alice  Rawlins  bap. 
Thcophilus  son  to  Moses  and  Abagail  Damon  bap. 
Ilipworth  son  to  John  and  Mary  Huutris  bap. 
Mr.  William  Knight  of  Portsmouth  ow.  cov. 
Rosimund  Nutter  dau.  to  Mrs.  Ros'd  Nutter  bap. 
Richard  Dam  ow.  cov.  and  had  his  dau.  bap.  Marr. 
Mrs.  Coleman  ow.  cov.  and  was  bap.  and  ad.  to  fii 

com.  and  had  son  bap.  James. 
Richard  son  to  John  and  Ilannah  Carter  bap. 
John  Trick ey  and  Mary  his  wife  pw.  cov.  and 

and  admitted  to  full  com.    John,  Ephraim,  Mi 

Allicc  and  Sarah,  children  bap. 
Hannah  dau.  to  Elizabeth  and  Joseph  Adams  bap. 


Church  Records  of  Newingtanj  N,  H, 


301 


April  18, 


r        May 

9. 

1 

23. 

1 

«« 

i         June  27. 

L  ^°p'- 

1. 

VI. 
19. 

P        Oct. 

17. 

taS.    Jan. 

2. 

L         Feb. 

13. 

1 

27. 

I        Aplil 

10. 

1 

n. 

1         May 

1         May 

15. 

29. 

B 

^^  Jane  26. 

1        July 

3. 

Aug. 


19 


"     14. 
"    28. 

SeptlL 
it 

"     18. 
Oct   2. 
"      9. 

"     23. 

if          If 

^. 

Jan,    8. 

41 

Mar.  12. 

•  t            i« 

"       10 
April  IT 

41 

Vol 

May     8. 

Harry  a  negro  boy  Lap, 

T  bo  mas  Trie  key  and  Mary  his  wife  ow.  cov.  and 
bap.  Isaac,  Jonathan,  Sarah,  Abagail,  Elizabeth, 
and  Mary,  children  bap. 

Mehitabel  dau.  to  Thorn aa  and  Hannah  Aycr  bap. 

William  son  to  Thomas  and  Rachel  How  bap. 

Elizabeth  dan.  to  Jet  lira  and  Hannah  Bickford  bap. 

John  Wallingibrd  and  Charity  his  wife  were  admit- 
ted to  full  eonL  in  our  Church. 

Anna  Walker  ow.  cov.  and  had  her  dau.  bap.  Briget. 

Mary  Fur  bur  had  her  son bap. 

ilary  Coobroth  ow.  cov,  and  bap.  James,  Pitman, 
William,  Joseph  and  Benjamin^  sons,  and  Susan- 
nah and  Mehitabei,  dans,  bap, 

Benjamin  son  to  Benj.  and  Deborah  Bickford  bap. 

Josiah  son  to  Joshua  and  Susannah  Dowuing  bap. 
upon  his  ow.  cov, 

Joshua  Pickering  ow.  cov,  and  bap, 

Thomas  Row  and  wife  Rachel  admitted  to  full  com. 

Benj,  Downing  and  wife  Elizabeth  ow.  cov.  and  bad 
dan.  bap.  Allice. 

Jonathan  son  to  Richard  and  Eh*zabetli  Dam  bap, 

Joseph  son  to  Joshua  and  Deborah  Pickering  bap. 

Ann  dau.  to  Elicaser  and  Ann  Coleman  bap. 

Peter  son  to  John  and  ChUrity  Wallingford  bap. 

Jude  dau.  to  Sarah  Wit  ham  bap. 

Jane  dan.  to  Ebenezer  and  Jane  Rowe  ?  bap. 

Susanna  Downing  admitted  to  full  com. 

Patience  MouUon  ow.  cov.  and  bap. 

Abagail  IIoH  ow.  cov,  and  bap, 

Ebenezer  Plaice  admitted  to  ftdl  com. 

Elihia  son  to  John  and  Mary  Trick ey  bap. 

Elizabeth  dau.  to  John  and  Hannah  Carter  bap. 

Elnuthan  son  to  John  and  Elizabeth  Dam. 

Lydia  dau.  to  Samnel  and  Alice  Rowlins  bap. 

Ebenezer  son  to  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Adams  bap. 

Richard  sou  to  Sam- 1  and  Sarah  Nutter  bap. 

John  son  to  Benjamin  and  Lydia  Patch  bap. 

Rebecca  Aycr  admitted  to  full  com. 

Seth  and  Deliverance,  ch,  to  Edward  and  Deliver!- 
ance  Walker  bap. 

Nathaniel  Meservey  ow.  cov.  and  bap* 

Samuel  Walton  admitted  to  full  com. 

Abagail  Nutter  ow.  cov.  and  had  dau,  bap.  Ann. 

Elizabeth  dau.  to  Thomas  and  Rachel  Rowe  bap. 

George  son  to  MoscsDam, dea'"  and  wife  Abagl  bap. 

Samuel  son  to  Benj.  and  Elizabeth  Downing  bap. 

I^muel  son  to  Jethro  and  Hannah  Bickfurd  bap, 

John  Huntris  ow.  cov.  and  bap, 

Jonathan  son  to  John  and  Mary  Huntris  bap. 

Sarah  VVaterhouse  admitted  to  fnll  com. 

Setb  eon  to  Seth  and  Elizabeth  Ring  bap. 

Sarah  and  Deborah  Rawlins  ow.  cov.  and  bap, 
2d* 


305 


Rec.  Gtcfge  JVhmfidi, 


[Jdy, 


Jul  J    3. 
'*      10 


May     8.     Joseph  son  to  Joseph  and  Sarah  Rawlins  bap.        ■ 
"      22,     John  Ilodgdon  and  wife  Mary  ow.  cov.  and  bap.    ■ 
June    4.     Paul  son  to  Samuel  and  Abagail  Huntn's  bap. 
''      19.     Susanna  Downing  and  ElizabetU  Janvria  admitted 
to  full  com. 
**  Cbriatopher  Iluntris  and  wife  Maiy  ow,  cov.  and 

ehe  was  bap. 
**  Mary,  Mabitablee  and  Elizabeth  dau.  to  John  and 

Mary  Hogdon  bap. 
Sarah  and  Mary  dan.  to  John  and  Sarah  Eawlioa  bap. 
Jonathan  eon  to  Jonath.  and  Eliza^h  Downing  bap. 
Elizabeth  Richards  ow.  cor.  and  bap. 
Abagail,  Elizabeth  and  Esther  daus.  of  Benjamin 

and  Elizabeth  Bichards  bap. 
John  and  Patience  ch.  of  Joseph  and  PatieDce  Hog* 

don  bap. 
Joseph  Richards  &  wife  Elizabeth  ow.  cov.  and  bap, 
Benj"  SOD  to  Joseph  Richards  and  wife  Elizabeth  bap. 
Jane  llogdon  ow.  cov.  and  bap.  ■ 

Sarah  Dore  ow.  cov.  and  bap.  1 

Henry,  Elizabeth  and  Frances,  ch,  of  Phillip  ana 

Sarah  Dore  bap. 
Andrew  son  to  BenJ.  and  Deborah  Bickford  bap. 
*'       "      Mary  dau.  to  Edward  Walker  and  Deliverance  ba| 
**       "     Voiedhy  the  Church  that  not   only  Grand  parent 
might  have  their  Grandchildren  under  age  baptise 
on  th.  account,  but  may  also  th.  servants, 
Sept.    3.    Thomas  and  Abel  Pevey  were  bap.  on  th.  Grand-, 
father's  account. 
Abagail  wife  of  Samuel  Hnntria  adm.  to  full  com. 
John  Hoit  ow.  cov.  and  bap. 
Will-  Holden  had  child  bap.  Elizabeth. 
Edward  I  John«  Jacob  and  James,  also  Abagail 

Mary,  ch.  to  James  and  Deborah  Rawliua  bap. 
Abigail  Dam  admitted  to  full  com. 
Mary  Huntris  admitted  to  full  com. 
Sarah  Shack  ford  ow.  cov.  and  bap. 
Anna  Walker  rec' d  full  com. 


20. 


Nov.  26 


Dec.     3. 


Rev.  George  Whitefield,^ — ^The  following  reference  to  Rev.  Oeorg 
Whitefieldj  the  celebrated  preacher,  is  from  the  manuscript  record 
known  as  "  Master  Tate's  Record/'  now  in  the  posBession  of  Mr.  G. 
F.  Rollins,  of  Dover,  N.  U.  The  writer  of  the  record  was,  for  many 
years,  a  schoolmaster  in  Somereworth,  N.  H,  c.  w.  t. 

"  Memorandum  of  4  Sermons  preached  at  Somersworth  by  ye  Rev. 
George  Whitefield,  viz.i  2  on  March  ye  8, 1745.  Morning  Text,  9  Chap. 
St.  John,  part  of  35th  verae — Dosl  thou  Believe  on  ye  Son  of  Qod. 
Afternoon  Text,  12  Chap.  St.  Luke,  32  v.     Fear  not,  LMe  flock, 

**  2  Sermons  on  Sunday,  March  11,  1T45.     Morning  Text,  6  Chap. 
St.  Jno.  35  verse,  And  Jesus  said  unto  them  I  am  the  Bread  of  jLifs 
he  that  comelh  to  me  slmll  never  Hunger^  and  he  that  Belie veth  on  ' 
shall  never  Thirst.    Evening  Text,  1  Chap,  St.  Joo.  36  verse,  Beliold 
the  Lamb  of  OodJ' 


304 


77i€  Peine  Family, 


[Mf 


THE   PEIECE   FAMILY  OP  THE  OLD  COLONY 
[Cammanic8t«d  l>y  Oml  Ebjcnkeeh  W.  PstBOX.] 
OooUiHtad  from  pftg«  18&. 

George  Peircb*  (No.  54),  Ist  sod  of  Ensign  Isaac  (23)  and  wife 
Deliverance  Hulluway,  was  b.  Oct.  16^  1735,  and  m.  Sept.   14,  ITdT^j 
Sarah   (No.  87 J,  dau.  of  Shadrach  and  Abi^uil  (Jlogkins)   Peirce  _ 
George  d.  July  17 »  1774.     Sbtj  d.  April  20,  1778.     George  Peirce  and" 
wife  had  ;— 

(217)  George, f    m.  Cod  tent  Evans,  of  Berkley,  April  26,   1788 

(218)  Ilcrmon^  b.  Nov.  17,  1765  ;  m-  Rachel  Hoar.J  of  Middlebq 
rough/ March  25,  1787.  He  d.  Aug.  7,  1809;  ehc  d.  Nov.  9,  185' 
(Middleborou^^li  Town  Records  and  grave-s tones.) 

(21il)     Levi,  m.  Lucy  Peirce,  of  Middleborougn.     (Tradition.) 

(220)  Phebe,  m,  Isaac  Parris,  of  Middleborough,     (Tradition.) 

(221)  Abigail,  m,  John  IIoar,§  of  Middleborough  and  afterwai 
of  Pel li am. 

Eno3  P£IRck  (No.  66),  son  of  Ensign  Isaac  and  wife  Deliveran' 
was  b.  Sept.  30,  1739  (see  Record  in  family  bible  once  owned  by  h 
mother)  ;  m.  Ruth  Durfee,  perhaps  of  Freetown.     He  made  a  will 
1T90,  that  was  proved  in  Probate  Court  in  1T94.    He  d.  July  29,  1794] 
she  d.  Oct.  9*  1811.     Both  have  substantial  grave-stones  bearing  ii 
Bcriptions.     Enos  and  wife  Ruth  had  : — 

(222)  Oliver,||  b.  April  18,  1786  ;  d.  Ang.  17, 1860 ;  m.  three  times 
let,  Amy  Peirce,  of  Middleborough,  who  d.  Dec.  31,  1825;  m,  2C 
Oct.  7,  1827,  Polly  Hathaway,  of  Taunton,  who  d.  April  26,  1832, 
46  years;  m.  5d,  Annie  Peirce,  of  Middleborough.  who  d,   Feb.   12, 
1847,  aged  69.     (Sec  inscriptions  on  monument  in  Lakeville.) 

(223)  B^ithsheba,  m.  Zebulon  White,  of  Norton,  and  d.  Oct.  1811 
Ensign  David  pEiRCE^f  (No.  56),  son  of  Ensign  Isaac  ami  wife  Dc 

ve ranee,  was  b.  March  20,  1741  (see  Record  in  family  bible)  ;  m.  Jul; 
1,  1764,  Abigail  Hnthaway,  of  Freetown.**   (Freetown  Records,  Bo( 
2d,)     David  w^as  killed  by  the  fall  of  a  tree,  March  9,  1779,     Eu& 
David  and  wife  Abigail  had  : — 

(224)  Isaac,  b.  Jan.  13,  1765.     lie  m. Weston. 

♦  The  iloto  of  his  birth  may  be  seen  in  a  family  l>ililc,  ont'c  owned  bj  Dclircmiee  hit 
mother;  for  iJate  of  iknth,  s^ee  griive-BtotieA  in  Lakcvillo. 

t  He  served  lU  R.  I.  in  1781,  in  the  eompuny  of  Capt,  Henry  Pelroe  (Xo.  4»),  aoi!  in 
Rt'^nnnt  of  U.  Col.  Elienezer  White.  He  was  eommijtsionwl  Ensign  of  7th  comraay  to 
local  miiitia  in  MisMleTioruUiih,  Sept.  25,  179^,  His  vrife  Content  was  a  lUiu  otnobiai 
Evnns^  Jr.  and  wife  Ttmniiful  Pray. 

I  Siie  wtiH  11  diuigliter  of  Robert  Uoar  and  3d  wife  Rachel  Hosklns;  granddaughter  of 
Samnei  Hiuir  iiinl  wife  Riheeea  Peirce  (No,  17). 

if  John  H(Rir  served  at  R.  L  tn  An;^:.,  17HI,  under  Ctipt,  Ilenir  Peirce  (No.  49),  After 
tbc  war  Joim  Hoar  ru moved  to  Pelhani,  Ma.'^s.  He  wiis  a  son  ot  Robert  and  irife  Bachel ; 
grandi^fin  of  Samuel  Hoar  and  wife  Rcbt'c^.a  Peirce  (No.  17). 

II  A  man  of  rvs]n;LU\\i\\k\\  influeocc  and  wealth  ;  Jufitice  of  tlvc  Peace  for  Plymouth  OOv 
and  Rejirpr-L tUative  to  the  GiMienil  Court  at  Boston  in  1830,  He  received  of  hU  father  « 
walkiog  Ktart  that  had  1m  longed  to  Ensign  Isaac  (No.  23),  laaac  (No,  11),  and  Uaac  (No.  6), 
(State  Reetjrd  and  Tradition.) 

1!  Ensign  1st  foot  rompany  of  locfd  milida  tn  Freetown.    Performed  14  di^i  serrice  I 
R.  L,  Dec,  17'36»  und^r  Ciipt,  Benjamin  Reed,  of  Freetown. 
•♦  March  3,  1789,  the  widow  Abigail  Ijccamc  ihc  wife  of  Joshtta  Howknd. 


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The  Peirce  Family, 


305 


(225)  Deliverance,  b.  Feb.  12,  1767  ;  m.  Aug.  16,  1785,  John 
C,  Stephens. 

(226)  Deborah,  b.  Jan.  30,  1769  ;  m.  Nehemiah  Sherman,  of  Free- 
town»  Mav  11,  17B6. 

(227)  Eleazer,  b.  Nov.  12,  1774  ;  m.  Oct.  12,  1795,  Polly  Spooner,^ 
dftn.  of  Benjamin,  Jr.  and  Mary  Spooner;  of  Middleborougb, 

(228)  Jacob,  b.  April  22,  1777  ;  d.  July  3,  1778. 

(229)  Abigail,  b.  May  3,  1779  ;  m.  Lotber  Ashley,  of  M.  She  d. 
Jan,  27,  1846*  (Town  Records  of  Mid dlti borough,  and  grave-Btones 
in  Lakeville.) 

Silas  Feirce  (No.  67),  aon  of  Eneign  Isaac  and  wife  Deliverance, 
was  b.  July  26,  1744  (see  family  bible)  ;  m.  Oct.  31,  1T71,  Anna  Hath- 
away, of  Taunton,  Silas  d»  May  1,  1816.  He  served  9  days  at  R.  L 
in  1778,  in  Capt.  Amos  Waah burn's  company  of  militia  from  Middle- 
borough.  (See  Town  Records  of  Middleborough,  Records  in  office  of 
Secretary  of  State,  and  grave- stones  in  East  Freetown.)  Silas  and 
wife  Anna  had  ; — 

(230)  Hope,  b.  Feb.  2,  17^2  ;  m.  Simeon  Pierce,  of  Taunton.  She 
d.  May  6,  1857.  He  d.  Nov.  17,  1859.  He  was  of  the  Rhode  Island 
Family  of  Peircee,  bo  eaith  tradition.  (Town  Records  of  Middlebo- 
roagh,  and  grave-stones  near  Myrickville  in  East  Freetown.) 

(231)  David,  b.  Oct.  12,  1773;  m.  Lydia  Reed,  He  d.  April  7, 
1809. 

i2S2)  Lucy,  b.  March  31,  1776  ;  m.  Levi  Peirce,  of  Middleborough, 
233)  Annie,  b.  April  28,  17^8;  m.  Oliver  Peirce,  Esq.,  of  M, 
She  d.  Feb.  12,  1847.  He  d.  Aug.  17,  1860.  She  was  a  most  excel- 
lent woman,  as  the  writer  from  personal  knowledge  can  testify. 

(234)  George,  b.  Aug.  24,  1780  ;  m.  Eunice  Tinkham,  of  Roches- 
ter^ Mass,     She  d,  June  22,  1827,  aged  45  years. 

(235)  Mary,  b.  June  11,  1783  ;  m.  Sylvester  Ronnsevill,  of  Free- 
town. He  was  a  son  of  William  Rounsevill  and  wife  Rebecca  Hoar. 
Shed.  Dec.  23,1861. 

L     (236)     Isaac,  b,  Feb.  10,  1786;  m.  Deliverance  Sherman,  dan.  of 
^Nehemiah  Shemian  and  wife  Deborah  Peirce  (No.  226).     He  d.  in  1868. 
He  served  as  a  private  soldier  in  the  last  war  with  England. 

(237)  Judith,  b.  April  20,  1788  ;  m.  William  Ellis,  of  Rochester, 
Mass.     She  d.  in  May,  1861.     They  resided  in  Rochester,  Mass. 

(238)  Deliverance,  b.  March  4,  1790, 

I     (239)     Meletiab  H.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1792  ;  m.  Sally  Wliite,  of  Fairhaven. 
rHe  IS  believed  to  have  committed  suicide  ;  so  says  Mrs.  Eunice,  wife  of 

Job  Peirce,  Esq..  and  dau.  of  Wm,  Ellis  and  wife  Judith  (No.  237). 
LccT  Peirce  (No.  58),  dau,  of  Ensign  Isaacf  (No.   23)  and  wife 

Deliverance,  was  b.  May  28,  1755  (see  antique  family  bible)  ;  m.  Nov. 

30,  1775,  Capt,  Samuel  French,  Jr., J  a  leading  and  influential  man  in 

•  V  '"  -  ^—  riCT  wag  a  dflnffUter  of  Benj.  Spooiicr,  Jn  ami  wife  Mary  Peirce,  and  bom 
li*r«  granddniij^hter  of  Bciy,  Spooncr  rtinl  Zeniah  ]m  2<1  wife. 

t  '  "u  d  Ensl^  of  4th  comniiny  in  local  militia  of  MiddldKinitigh,  in  1762. 

*  UL^  iutlu  i,  whose  mime  was  also  Samuel  French,  vr^s  commiiwiianed  Cuptain  of  neom- 
iiftnr  of  rnilithi  in  Berkley  in  1762,  and  was  Ijom  in  1714,  \mng  a  mn  of  John  French,  Iwm 

ifa  lh6&.    John  JVencb  was  a  Selectoian  of  Berkley  1739  and   1740,  and  died  Sept.  0,  1764). 
»  Saxnnel  his  wn  wa»  A»BG»mT  of  Berkley  four  year?^  Town  Clerk  thirteen  y&ars.    He 
L  Am:.  21,  1775»  fVom  camp  ffever  contracted  wliile  visiting  the  son  Samuel,  Jr.  in  the 
riof  amiy.    Cnpt.  SamueU  Jr.  was  iH.rn  in  1752,  married  Lncy  Peirce  Nov.  30,  1775. 
[  Hk  wa#  Town  Clerk  5  year*,  Seleetiiian  3  yuars,  Assesdor  2  jGOrSj  Scliool  Committee  5  yc«X8, 
^  1  a  Trustee  of  the  mijibtcriai  luiid  of  Berkley. 


80ft 


37<e  Pelrce  Family. 


[Mr, 


He  d.  March  26,  1830,  in  hia  T9th 


VtMf 


Berkley.    She  d.  April  26,  1845. 
year.     Thcv  had  : — 

(240)  SamneK*  b.  Feb.  23,  Ull ;  m.  June  24,  1800,  Celia  Oram 
of  Berkley.     lied.   March  5.  1801.     She  d.   Dec.   6,   1842,   a-^ed 
years.     He  was  comraissioncd  Lieut,  of  militia  in  Berkley,  aud  pi 
moted  to  Captain  April  25,  1805. 

(241)  Caroline  M.,  b-  Auj^.  10,  1779;  m.  Apollos  Dean,  of  Free- 
town. She  d.  in  1864.  He  d.  in  18  .  They  resided  in  Freetown, 
and  near  the  Friend ^s  meeting"-hoii8e. 

(242)  Edmund,  b.  Nov.  30,  1784  ;  m.  Dec.  25,  1806.  Sally  Valei 
tine,  of  Fall  River  (then  Troy).  He  d.  May  8,  1859.  Was  a  De^ui 
Sheriff  m ail Y  years,  and  an  excellent  school  teacher. 

(243)  Laura,  b.  April  28,  1786  ;  d.  Jan.  18,  1787, 
EusHA  PEiBCEf  (No.  59),  son  of  ElishaJ  (No.  24)   and  wife  Mar;^ 

ret  Paine  :  m.  Susanna  — — ,     He  was  a  soldier  in  a  company  of  minu 
men  of  Midilloborough,  Capt.  Isaac  Woods.     They  had  one  son  nam 

(244)  Elisha  ?    1  cannot  learn  what  became  of  him. 

Abraham  Pkjrce§  (No.  60),  son  of  Elisha  (No.  24)  and  wife  Mar- 
garet;  ni.  Aug.  6,  1761,  Pnticilla  Reed.  She  bore  him  ten  chridreD^ 
and  d,  Oct.  25,  1780.     The  names  of  their  children  were  : — 

(245)  Simeon,  b.  Oct.  7,  1761  ;  m.  Lorana  Parris,  of  M.^  Jan. 
1786. 

(246)  Sabrey,  b.  July  11, 1763  ;  m.  Dea.  Moses  Parris,]!  of  M.  She 
d*  Noy.,  1823. 

(247)  Charlotte,  b.  March  30,  1765  ;  never  ra.  (Town  Records  of 
M.  and  Tradition.) 

(248)  Abuer,  b.  Jan.  23,  1769  ;  m.  Lorana  Spooner,  dan.  of  Benj. 
Spooner,  Jr.,  of  M.     She  d.  January,  1812* 

(249)  Lois,  b.  June  23,  1770  ;  m.  May  15,  1793,  Lieut.  Isaac  HoV 
loway,*[  of  M.     She  d.  March  3,  1842.     (Grave-stones.) 

(250)  Experience,  b.  Ang.  10,  1772  ;  m.  Oct.  9,  1788,  David  Pick- 
ens,  of  Middleborough.     (Town  Records  of  M.  and  Tradition.) 

(251)  Patience,  b.  July  20,  1774  ;  m,  in  1800,  Sampson  Parris, 
M.     He  was  a  very  ingenious  mechanic.     By  trade  a  house  carpen 
Great  ingenuity  in  mechanism  is  a  marked  trait  in  their  posterity. 

♦  He  was  Town  Clerk  of  Berkley  4  years,  Selectmfln  6  year?.  School  Committee  93 
Repreacntntive  TO  GcnenilCiMin  4  yeari*,  Semitor  3  ycai-s^  and  Delejratc  to  Confttit 
Convention  in  1853.    His^^on  Rtnlney  French  has  been  a  memlxr  of  Govenior'*  < 
Mayor  of  City  of  New  Bcdf(»rd.  and  member  of  Constitutional  Conveotion.  1853.    \ 
lA'jich,  a  grandson  of  Hon,  Sainutf,  has  twtct?  l»ecn  a  memlicr  of  Gencnil  Court,  Lico 
of  miliiiu,  and  ludiJ  nrarly  every  otHecof  the  town  In  vdO'.h  he  lives;  nrnking  ^lac  >uoi.    _  ^__ 
gcnerationri  in  which  tht^  family  has  h:id  men  cAlctilateil  to  Iwul  and  conduct  pnblic  afNn; 

t  Elisha  (No.  .^9),  June  h%  1775.  ^vi\^  in  Capt.  David  Cowdin's  t*orapany,  of  CoL  Wood- 
lrrid;ie'«  repmeut,  and  In  camp  at  ProstX'Ct  Hill.  (Sec  Rcconls  in  ottlce  of  Socrebiiy  of 
Sttitf,  BoHton,)  His  niei^»  ihe  wifv  of  Thomas  S.  Hathaway,  says  that  Elisha  Mckeacd  audi 
died  there;  ihnt  Ai>ndiam  her  father  visited  idin  in  }m  lagt"  sickness,  and  that  the  hofpilal 
wa*  til  ft  bam.    Siniic  htiid  owned  hy  lilm  in  LM-ikeviUe,  h  still  called  **  ElUha  Rock*.'* 

X  TmdiTion  infonoi*  thut  L^nae  Pcirt^e  (No,  11)  was  greatly  annoyml  l>y  tho  miirnaf^e  of 
Ms  son  Elis^ha  (No.  24)  with  Marpiret  Paine,  dunjzliter  of  John  Paine, "of  Freetown,  and 
grand ihiuuhtcr  of  Ralph  Piiine,  of  FrtetowTi,  and  fonnerly  of  R,  Island. 

i;  Ahrahain  (No.  (JO)  waji  rallL'd  Look-up  Ahmhamf  Iwcause  he  could  not  raise  the  nwet 
liiJ*  of  ln>  eyes  sufflcicntly  to  iitec  well,  mm  to  remedy  thi^  thi^w  biick  his  head.  His  nut 
wife  rriwilla  at  her  deccafe  Ict1t  ten  children,  the  youngest  only  four  days  old. 

H  Mttsi's  Pards  vras  deacon  of  the  Cnhinist  Ba^itist  church  in  M,,  now  Lnkrriftf. 

1   He  wtis  c-umtnit^Pioned  Lieutcnrmt  of  the  "th  comfwinv  of  hx**!!  militia  ii  " '  rrjucb 

(thiMt  railed  the  Iki  ih  W(Xid\s  Compiiny),  May  4,   18(ri,  Eikrinah  Peii  it  in 

ftUd  Freeman  Pcirce  Eii^il^'n.    Thhs  whj*  of  the  militia  Regiment  comnnindL  ,  ALt 

Waslibmu,  of  M.j  Potcr  Hour  Seti.  Mnjor,  and  Eolaud  LucCi  of  Bocht^^tuf ,  Jtui,  icl^)ur* 


I 


1868.] 


The  Peine  Family. 


307 


(252)  Elisliap  b.  June  28,  1^6;  m.  Sumn  .     (Town  Records 

of  JkiiddlcboroMgh  and  Freetown.) 

(253)  Abraham,  b.  July's,  1778  ;  m.  Mary  Ileyford,  of  M.  Slie 
d.  April  18,  1848. 

(254)  Priscilla,  b.  Oct.  21,  1780  ;  nj,  Inaac  Parria,  of  Middleboro', 
DOW  Lakeville.     (Town  Kecords  of  Mi ddlebo rough,  and  Tradition.) 

By  2d  wife,  Mary  Russell,  the  family  of  Abraham  (No,  60)  was 
increased  by  the  birth  of  six  more  children,  viz.  : 

(255)  Anson,  b.  Jan.  14,1786;  m.  June,  1S06,  Sally  nathaway, 
of  Taunton,     lie  d,  Ang,  12,  1866.     He  lived  and  died  on  the  farm  of 

[his  father  and  grandfather  in  Middleborongh,  now  Lakeville,  on  the 
county  road  leading  from  Taunton  to  New  Bedford* 

(256)  Rebecca/b.  March  9,  1788;  m.  James  Clark  (wheelwright), 
of  Freetown.  She  d.  Dec,  9,  1854,  They  resided  in  Freetown.  She 
w«a  buried  in  new  cemetery  near  lat  Christian  Chapel  in  Assonet,  and 
has  grave-t^tones  of  white  marble. 

(257)  Hannah,  b.  Nov.  28,  1790  ;  m.  Simoon  Raskins,  of  Free- 
town.    He  d.  March,  1850,  and  she  d.  March  21,  1868. 

(258)  Mahala,  b.  March,  1793  ;  m.  Samuel  Richmond,  of  Free- 
[town.  She  d.  June  18,  1850,  He  d,  not  long  after,  and  both  were 
I  buried  on  the  homestead  farm  of  Samuel  Richmond  m  Freetown. 

(259)  Mary,  b.  March  1,  1T116  ;  m.  June  2,  1816,  Thoma8  S.  Hath- 
I  ftWay>  of  Freetown.     They  reside  at  Assouet  Village,  Freetown. 

(260)  Margaret,  b.  Oct.  12,  1799  ;  m.  Aug.  4,  1847,  Abraham 
^Peirce,  of  East  Taunton. 

Mabcurkt  Peirce  (No,  61),  m,  Dec.  6,  1768,  Luke  Perkins,*  of 
[Freetown,  a  man  who,  if  the  testimony  of  his  wife  given  in  her  widow- 
lliood  ifi  to  be  taken,  was  destitute  of  natural  affeotion.  Children  of 
[Luke  Perkins  and  wife  Margaret  Peirce  t — 

(261)  Nathan,  b.  Aug.  13,  1770;  ra,  March,  1799,  Charlntte  Gis- 
Iby,  of  Middleborough.     IJc  d,  Nov.  3,  1850.     She  d.  March  22,  1861. 

(Testimony  of  Col,  Edward  G.  Perkins,  of  Middleborough,) 

(262)  Ira,  b.  111-.  Tradition  says  he  m.  Charlotte  A  Id  rich,  and 
I  that  he  enlisted  as  a  soldier  in  the  regular  army  in  or  about  the  time 

of  the  last  war  with  England. 

(263)  Rosina.f  b.  171-  ;  m.  Seth  Caswell,  of  Middleborough,  They 
I  resided  in  that  part  now  Lakeville, 

No  children  were  b,   of  Margaret  after  her  marriage  with  her  2d 
I  liusband  Joseph  Boothe,J  who  was  probably  descended  ifrom  Benjamin 
Boothe,  the  land  partner  of  Isaac  Peirce,  Jr.,  in  1T16. 


•  Luke  Perkins  U  snid  to  linve  been  ii  son  of  IffnatiuR  Perkins ;  nufl  T^atiiis,  If  the 
[  todpvinv  of  his  posterity  fs  tme,  lacked  iiuich  of  heiog  a  saint.    Luke  etLlistciJ^  ttn  n  tidier, 
■'  ^      '  irniy  in  the  war  of  rhe  Rcvn!nUoii»  to  M^ne  fight  montlis,  in  l77o.     He  was 
iiiTWiv  of  Capr,  SatmiflTnUh,^,  Jr.»  whkh  wtus  in  Col.  Timothy  Walker's 

jie^frtf  ft  wound  in  his  foot.    iRt'cordfi  at  State  House,  and  tertimony  of 

'~CW.  Perkins,) 

t  ' 'd  **  revival  '*  in  MiddiclM>mnijh,  Rosina  made  a  profession  of  religion,  and 

a  o  ion  of  her  sins ;  ont'  of  which  fbrvvcr  dts^rfpyeti  tljc  peace  of  one  of  the  nioiHt 

ttfi'  illee  in  Hi  at  lown,  and  hurried  the  father  of  it  in  pungent  grief  imd  inortifi- 

citi<  ive.    Persons  present  at  the  meeting  where  her  Riitoiindiiig  revelation  was 

►the  served  in  the  eompany  of  CafJt.  Levi  RoiinaeviIU  (ind  In  the  9th  rrgiment 
I  id  tii     _  iital  array,  on  duty  at   Roxl>tini\  in   177'5   fCoI.   Daniel  Brewer's  re^'iment), 

►  in  the  totiipany  of  Capt.  ASiai  Feiree  ruihed  for  the  defence  of  Bwton,  from  Aug.  6  to 
I  Kor.  29,  177<i  {Cv\.  Nicholas  Dike'**  regiincnt),  and  uk  a  Sergeant  in  Capt.  Henry  Peiroc'fl 
oompauy^  iiinc  duya  at  E.  I:*)and^  In  Aug,,  1761  (Lt,  Col  El>eucxcr  White's  regiuient)* 


308 


Tlte  Farce  Family. 


[July, 


Asenatli,  b,  IT —  ;  m.  Job  Thrasher,  of  Middleboroagl] 

Hope,  b,  17 — ;  m. Robbing,  of  do. 

Alfred,  b.  17 —  ;  m.  no  one,  d.  suddenly  and  was  thought  U> 


Bkbecca  Petrce  (No.  62),  dan.  of  Elieha  (No.  i4)  and  wife  Marga- 
ret Paine,  m.  July  26,  1764,  Thomas  Simmons,  of  Middleborough. 
Thomas  Simmons  and  wife  Rebecca  Peirce  had  : 

(264)  Abraham,  b.  17 — ;  m.  Lois  Peirce,  of  Middleborongh.  (Tra- 
dition.) 

(265) 

(266) 

have  been  poisoned.  Re  and  another  were  tending  a  coal  pit  in  the 
forest,  and  when  visited  were  found  dead  or  nearly  dead,  in  their 
cabin,  and  terribly  Bwollen.  (Testimony  of  Mrs,  Hathaway,  wife  of 
Thomas  S.  Hathaway,  of  Freetown.) 

Sylma  Peircr  (No.  63),  dan.  of  Elisha  (No,  24)  and  wife  Margaret 
Paine,  had  a  son  : 

(268)     Benjamin,*  who  was  always  called  Benj.  Chase  ;  m. 

Briggs,  of  Middleborough^  now  Lakeville.  Was  a  house  carpenter, 
and  was  master  builder  of  the  Pond  moeting-house,  so  called,  in  Lake- 
ville, erected  in  1796.  Commissioned  Lieot.  of  the  7th  company  of  the 
local  militia  of  Middleborongh,  Aug,  15>  1796;  removed  to  Assonet 
village  in  Freetown,  where  he  owned  a  house  oo  the  west  side  of  South 
main  street ;  sold  that,  and  removed  to  Newport,  R.  I.,  where  he  died. 
Bid  not  sustain  a  respectable  character  in  the  last  years  of  his  life, 
Sylvia  the  mother  finally  married  Samuel  Parri3,f  of  Middleborongh^ 
and  had  ; 

^269^     Humphrey,  m,  ■ 

(270)     Abigail,  never  married,  bnt  has  had  one  or  more  children. 

John  Nelson  (No.  73)  was  the  eldest  child  of  Lieut.  Thomas  Nd 
son  and   wife  Judith   Peirce   (No.   26),  and  was  b.  Oct.   25,  173 
His  grandfather  Thomas  Nelson  and  wife  Hope  Higgins,  were  tiie  fir 
to  embrace  the  tenets  of  the  Calvinist  Baptists  in  Middleborongh,  aud 
both  his  father  and  grandfather  were  decidedly  leading  people  in  their 
time,     John  learned  the  trade  of  a  black smilh,  and  in  or  about  1773 
was  commissioned  Lieut  of  the  4th  company  in  the  local   miliTi 
Middloborough  ;  receiving  that  appointment  of  course  froni   a  K 
Governor.     But  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  being  a  decided  Patriu^ 
ho  was  promoted  to  Major  of  the  4th  Eegiment  of  local  militia.  Mayf 
1776  ;  Lt  CoL  in  or  about  1779  ;  and  Colonel  July  I,  1781.     He  \ 
a  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  Plymouth   Co.,   and  was   liberal  in 
support  of  the  ministry  and  religious  enterprises.     He  died  Sept.il 
1803.     Hia  house  still  stands  io  Lakeville,  and  with  its  furniture 
probably  the  most  decent  in  appearance  in  Middleborongh  at  his  deati 

Thomas  Nelson  {No.  74),  son  of  Lieut.   Thomas  and  wife  Jud 
Peirce,  was  h,  Feb.  22,  1739.     lie  was  a  farmer,  and  resided  in 
part  of  Middleborough  now  Lakeville.     Three  of  his  sons  receii 
collcgiiite  education,  viz.,  Joh,  who  graduated  at  Brown  Dnivfl 

•  Cyrus  Nelson,  of  Lakeville,  my&  that  Benjamin  (No.  2$8)  wfts  n  member  of  the  ( 
Baptist  Charch  thiit  worshipped  in  the  **  Pond  mwtinp-iionsc/'and  fora  timemaintaivii 
zciil  \n  religion.  The  company  of  which  lie  wns  Lieut.  iMilonge^  to  the  -iih  irida 
which  Edwstrd  Spftrrow,  of  MiJdlcboroiigh,  WiW  Colonel,  Chirlcft  Stnncvant,  of  E«< 
Laeut.  Co  ton  el,  and  Abinl  Wit^hhurn»  of  Mkhllebonnigh^  Miijon  CoL  ChaHes  Stall 
of  Rorli''ster»  died  April  20»  1S16,  in  the  61st  yenr  of  his  age.  He  wa/i  comn]<»>innM€ 
of  the  4th  rei^fiiijcnt,  1st  hrifi.  Mi  div.  Miwsiichasott?  raiJitia,  Jan.  4,  17&7,  Abial  WuitM 
Lieut.  Culonol,  and  Peter  Hoar  Major, 

f  Samuel  Fan-is  sencd  iiine  days  in  Capt  Henry  Pehre'fi  company  In  R,  L,  Aug^  I7D* 


► 


1868.] 


The  Peirce  Famtbj. 


309 


became  a  lawyer,  settled  at  Castme  and  was  appointed  Judg"e  of 
Probate  for  Hancock  Co.  in  1804,  held  that  office  till  1836,  and  died 
July  2,  1850  ;  Dr.  Thomas,  of  Bristol,  H.  I.  ;  and  Rev.  Stephen  S.  Nel- 
Bon,  of  Bellingham  and  At  tie  bo  rough,  Mass. 

Abigail  Nelson  (No.  75),  dan.  of  Lieut.  Thomas  and  wife  Judith 
Force  Nelson,  waa  b.  July  1,  1742.  She  m.  Andrew  Cole,  of  M. 
They  left  no  children,  and  gave  their  property  for  religiouB  enterprises. 

Efktce  PcnicE  (No,  TT),  dan.  of  Elkanab  (No.  27),  b,  Oct.  25,  1743  ; 
m.  Dea.  Amos  NelBOO,  of  M.,  May  25,  1769 ;  she  d.  May  27,  1783. 
They  had  : 

I2Tn     Isaac,  m.  Abigail  Briggs,  of  Middleborough, 
212)     Betsey,  m.  Rev.  Ebenezer  Briggs,*  of  Middleborough. 
2T3)     Polly,  lived  single. 
(274;     Amos,  m.  — —  Sampson,  of  Falrhaven, 

Jakes  Peirce  (No,  78),  boh  of  Elkanah  Pierce  (No.  27)  and  wife 
Hannah  Eddy,  m.  Jan.  20.  1714,  Abigail  Smith,  of  Middleborough* 
He  was  a  *'  minute  man/*  and  promptly  responded  at  Lexington 
Alarm  and  performed  duty  in  the  company  of  Capt*  Isaac  Wood.  He 
was  a  Corporal  in  Capt.  Ahial  Peirce' a  company,  in  CoL  Dike's  regi- 
ment raised  for  defence  of  Boston  in  1776,  ami  was  commissioned 
Capt.  of  the  7th  company  of  local  militia  of  Middleborough,  July  It, 
1781.  He  was  liberal  in  support  of  religious  iustitntions,  and  a  lead- 
ing man  in  the  Calvioist  Baptist  Society  that  worshipped  in  the  Pond 
meeting-house,  so  called  ;  was  one  of  the  Selectmen  of  Middleborough 
in  1790  ;  sold  out  and  removed  to  New  York  State.  Capt.  Jamea  and 
frife  Abigail  had  : 

(275)     Elkanah,  b,  Oct.  23,  1774  ;  m.  Betsey  Howknd,  of  M.    Jle 

wa-  -sioned  May  20,  1799,  Lieut,  of  the  7th  companyi  in  local 

mil  I  idJleborough  j  promoted  to  Capt.  May  4,  1802,   Removed 

lark  State. 

;     Hannah,  b.  March  8, 1776  ;  m.  April  14. 1799,  Wm.  Rounse- 

?iil,  ol  Freetown,  son  of  Wm.  Ronnsevill  and  wife  Rebecca  Hoar, 

f277)  Freeman,  b.  Dec.  4, 1777  ;  m.  Jan.  5, 1800,  Tryphena  Peirce, 
of  Middleborough.  Commissioned  May  4,  1802,  Ensign  of  7lii  com- 
piny  in  local  militia  of  M.,  then  commanded  by  his  brother  Elkanah. 
Feirce.     Removed  to  New  York  State. 

r2TS)     James,  b.  Nov.  10,  1779  ;  m.  Mercy  Howland,  of . 

I     Betsey,  b.  June  23,  1782  ;  m.  Noble  Howland,  of ■. 

,«ov'>  Polly,  b.  Nov.  14,  1784;  m,  Abiatha  Kounsevill,  of  Free* 
iWn,  son  of  William  Rounsevill  and  wile  Rebecca  Hoar. 

•:^^^^  )     Eunice,  b.  Jan.  15,  1787  ;  m.  Nathaniel  Tobey,  of . 


|3M. 


Martin,  b. 
—  Pickens. 


Oct.  9,  1791  ;  m.  1st,  Bathsheba  Ilowland  j  m. 


Stephen,  b.  June  4,  1795. 

Abigail,  b.  July  25,  1798  ;  m. Swift. 


^iMvomiugr  a  preacher,  he  had  i»ccti  an  ofSccr  in  the  local  miliila  of  MfddlelMv 
•  commission etl  Lieut,  Juno  21,  170i>;  Capt.  Aug.  4,  1794;  CoL  Israel  Fear- 
,  and  afterwards  c:oimrirtnd(?d  by  CoL  Edward  Sparrow. 

rwfts  in  the  ttli  ri'^iiiiejit  f>f  local  militia,  Ihen  cotmnandod  by  Colonrl 
I  General)  Abial  Wii,^hbiiru,  of  Middletorou^jli  j  Peter  Hoar,  ot  M.,  wai  St?nJor 
rlaadLace,  of  Rochester,  Jauior  Major,  and  Cyrus  Keith,  of  Middleborough* 


fau  XXIL 


27 


810 


The  Fetrcc  Family. 


[Julj. 


Patience  Peirce  JNo.  19),  dau.  of  Elkanah  (No.  2t)  and  wife  Han 
Dah  Eddy,  was  b.  May  31,  1754,  and  m.  Sept.  16.  1773.  Seth  SpooDcr, 
Esq.   (son  of  the  distin fished  Revolutionary  Patriot,  IIod.  Walter 
Spooner),   of  Dartmouth.     Setli  Spoouer,  Esq.  and  wife   Patii 
Peirce  had : 

!2S5)     Noah,  b.  Oct.  23,  1774  ;  d.  May  28,  1776. 
286)     Charles,  b.  Jane  27.  1777  ;  d.  Feb.  9,  1779 
287)     Noah,  b.  March  5,  1779  ;  m.  Sept.  19,  1813,  Mary  Taber 
288)     Hannah,  b.  April  19,  1781  ;  d.  Sept.  26,  1793 
289)     Doritha,  b.  Aii^.  12.  1783  ;  m.  Oct.  20,  1805,  Isaiah  Taber. 
290)    Paul,  b.  June  12.  1786  ;  m.  let,  Sally  Grinnell,  of  New  Bod^ 
ford.     She  d.  Aug.  23,  1855,  and  he  m.  2d,  Susan  Bursley.    He 
a  dietinguished  physician,  and  died  July  18,  1862. 

(291)  Nathaniel,  b.  May  6,  1790  ;  m.  Sophia  ,  of  Fairhav* 

now  AcuBhnet.     He  d.  June  20,   1860.     He  was  a  lawyer,  and 
many  years  Judge  of  the  Police  Court  at  New  Bedford. 

Seth  Spoouer,  Esq.,  the  parent,  represented  New  Bedford  in  iha 
General  Court  at  Boston  eleven  years. 

Job  Pmaca  (No.  80).  son  of  Elkanah  (No.  27)  and  wife  Hannah  Ed- 
dy, m.  in  or  about  1785,  Betty  [Painf]  of  Freetown,  and  had : 

(292)  Ethan,  b.   Dec.  29,  1785  ;  m.  Dec.  i,  1817,  Fanny  Hoar,  of 
Middlebom'.     He  d.   Oct.   9,  1864.     He  was  commissioned  Jn 
1815,   Capt.  of  the  7tb  coropany*  in  the  local  militia  of  Mid 
rough  ;  Apolloa  Read  was  bis  Lieut.,  and  Elias  Parris,  Ensign. 
was  Representative  to  the  General  Court  in  1834  and  1835. 

(293)  Amy,  b.  Sept.  13,  1787  ;  m.  Oliver  Peirce,  Esq.,  of  M.    She 


alter    , 

1 

iber. 
Bod^ 

veijH 
I  fa?n 


Qoar,  of     , 


He  was  Eepresentativo  to 


d.  Dec'  31,  1825.     He  d.  Aug.  17,  1360. 
the  General  Court  in  1830. 

(294)  Enos,  b.  Feb.  11,  1789;  m.  May,  1817,  Lucy  Hoar,  of  M. 
She  d.  very  suddenly,  March  3,  1860.     She  was  b,  Nov.  9,  1795. 
resided  a  part  of  the  time  m  East  Taunton,  and  part  in  Marahfield^ 
died  in  1868. 

(295)  Job,  b.  Sept.  30,  1799;  m.  March  20,  1814,  Polly  Allen,  of 
M.     He  is  by  trade  a  house  carpeuter,  and  resides  in  Freetown. 

Job  the  parent  was  killed  by  accident,   and  Betty  then  m.   a  mi 
named  Grossman. 


The  Oldest  Person  Known.^ — A  colored  woman,  Mrs.  Flora  Stua 
of  Londonderry,  N.H. ,  the  Manchester  Amencan  says,  is  the  o!d« 
person  known  in  the  United  States.  She  was  born  in  Boston,  in  175 
and  consequently  is  twenty-six  years  older  than  the  Declaration  of  Ind 
pendence.  As  she  tells  the  story,  her  father  and  mother,  when  vM 
was  three  months  old,  came  into  the  possession  of  the  Simpson  family 
of  Wiudham,  N.  11.,  as  slaves,  and  remained  with  them  until  after  the 
abolition  of  slavery  in  that  State.  She  called  her  maiden  name  after 
that  of  her  master^s  family,  Simpson.  She  has  lived  in  Rockingham 
County,  in  the  towns  of  Windham,  Loudonderry  and  Caudia  from  lier 
childhood.  Long  ago  she  was  left  a  widow,  and  has  now  living 
Bona  and  a  daughter. 


•  This  comijany  was  in  the  rejBiiiment  of  Col.  AJiia!  Wa**hJ>tim ;  Levi  Peiroo  (No.  161)  i 
8eQlc>r  MfvoFj  Ep'hmlm  Ward  Jtinior  Miyor,  and  Cyrus  K^ith  Ad^JuUmt. 


1155T 


The  PrMe  Family. 


311 


ABRAHAM  PREBLE,  THE  COMMON   ANCESTOR  OF  ALL   OP 
TUE  NAME  IN  AMERICA. 

[Commnnicatcd  by  Capt  Geo.  Henrt  Pkeblb,  U.8.N.] 

Abraham  Preble  came  over  from 
England  with  the  "  Men  of  Kent/** 
and  settled,  somewhere  about  the 
year  1636,  in  Scituate,  Plymouth 
Colony.  Fuller,  in  his  "  Worthies 
of  Engl.-iod,  Rays,  **  Kent  hath  so 
carried  away  tlie  credit  in  all  ages 
for  man  hood»  that  the  leading  of 
the  iront  or  vanguard  in  formor 
times  hath  flimiily  and  abi^oltttdii 
belonged  to  tljem/*  Abraham  Pre- 
^^  ble  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers 
(  /^H  of  Scituato,  and  very  80on  after  hia 
arrival  was  married  to  Judith^  tho 
third  daughter  of  Elder  NaHianiel 
Tilden,  the  descendant  of  a  very 

ancient   family   in   the  County  of 

n*  '^■::i:i::T  :;;  :^Ef  '^^H      Kent.  England.     His   ancestry  is 

traced  in  Berry's  Couaty  Genealo- 
gies to  a  William  Tyldeii»  who  paid 
aid  for  lands  in  Kent  at  the  time  of 
f  making  the  Black  Prince  a  Knight, 
in  the  20th  year  of  Edward  lILf 
Thus,  by  father  and  mother,  the  de- 
scendants of  Abraham  Preble  may 
claim  to  rellectfbe  eulogy  of  Fuller. 
After  his  marriage,  Abraham  Preble  removed  to  York,  or  Gorgiana, 
Laa  it  was  then  called,  in  the  Province  of  Maine,  where,   in   1642,  he 
Ipurchased  a  tract  of  land  of  Edward  Godfrey.     In  the  deed  they  are 
rbotli  etyled  of  Agamenticus.     York  was  incorporated  as  a  city  by 
I  Gorges  ID  1641,  by  the  name  of  Agametiticua,  and  the  following  year 
the  Game  was  changed  to  Gorgiana,  This  was  the  first  city  government 
tstabllshcd  in  New  England,  and  Thomas  Gorges  was  appointed  the 


■  Mm  of  Kent."    To  be  so  called  was  con^iflorcd  a  disrinf^iishing  lioiior,  but  the  po- 
'M  "  a  Kentish  nwn,*'  for  KriUish  men  wth^  thicvefi. 

iiinicl  TiUIt'n,  ^m  of  JoK'pli  Tiltlca,  one  t>t'  tlie  nit  rchflnt  mWcnmrprs,  came 
^_  .j,r,.i  A...p;»ind  iibout  1628.  The  (ii>t  rccordt;  of  Stimnte  niate  to  his  i»nreha^e  of  hitid 
lligiT«ar  from  Hy,  McnriU,  mid  whirh  wa»  Ijoimded  in  pnrt  ^ly  land  already  oirn^  by  him. 
fPfin"^,  ftnwever,  have  rt'tiimed  tt«  Eiij?kiid,  for  in  Mtireh,  1634,  we  find  Nnrh'l  Tililefs ,  yeo- 
r»]t"n  In  Kent,  emlmrkitit?  at  SainhviLli,  «  |ni*JSfnwr  in  the  ?hip  Ilercide," 2O0 
icrly^  m;i?K'r,  w  irb  Lydi.i  Idfi  vvifi',  sfvt  n  eliildrvTi  and  pcvcn  sen-nnts.  Ho 
..  i  J.  sing  Elder  over  the  Iir.^t  €hm  lb  in  8rituat«'  the  Riinic  year.  He  died  1041, 
it^  wil^  dftU'd  M*iv  2%  ln^UKxiths  —  "Tn  I.yiliii  mv  nit'e  tlie  income  of  my  Mono 
t  villi  the  land*  in  lentlerden  in  Kent  in  whieli  Kic  liunJ  Ijirnbotli  now  dwells."  To 
li  a  double  portion,  tliat  U  a^  nineh  as  iKJtb  Tlioni;^*  imd  Stephen,  in  liind,  bonie, 
,  to  Sdtiwte  nnd  Murslitield,    To  I.ydiii  mu\  Stephen,  Ids  y«nnjfe%t  chiliIiH:'n,  '* »  toAin- 

)  until  21."    To  Judith  a  cett.    To  Miirv'  nnd  Snrah  10  ghillinKS  cueb.    He  was  clio 

t  pOTBOO  who  kept  boes  ta  the  Colony.    His  widow  married  Timothy  Hutbcrly,  Esq. 


812 


The  PrMe  Family. 


[J 


I 


1  Q^V, 

r  one   , 


first  Mayor  under  the  charter.    Abraham  Preble  soon  rose  info  con* 

Bideration,  and  was  early  appointed  Mayor  of  the  city,  an^l 

to  sustain  for  the  remainder  of  his  life  some  of  the  roost  i* 

and  honorable  offices  of  the  Province.     He  was  appointed  in  iWd 

of  the  CouDsellorfi  or  Assistant^  to  Sir  Ferdinando  G orgeats  govei 

ment,  and  continued  m  that  office  until  the  diBsoiutioii  of  that  gOTern- 

ment  in  1649. 

Under  tlie  succeeding  brief  sway  of  Edward  Godfrey  he  was  a 
menaber  of  the  General  Cowrt,  and  held  the  first  military  appointment 
with  t!ie  title  of  Major.  He  was  one  of  four  magistrates  holding  a 
General  Court  at  Saco,  Oct.  21,  1645,  of  which  Richard  Vines  was 
Deputy — which  ordered,  "  Whereas,  we  have  not  heard  of  late  from 
the  Hon.  Sir  Ferdinando  Gorges,  Knight,  lord  proprietor  for  this  pro- 
vince of  Mayne,  fur  a  full  establishment  of  Government  within  the 
said  Province  fur  our  peace  and  safety,  this  Slst  day  of  October,  1645, 
have  <.'ho8en  for  our  Deputy  Governor  Richard  Vines,  Esqr.  for  one 
whole  year,  and  also  order  yearly  to  choose  a  Deputy  Goveniuur, 
farther  order  that  in  case  the  said  Richard  Vines  Esq,  shall  depart 
country  before  the  year  be  expired,  Then  we  nominate  and  ch 
Ilenry  Joselm  Esq.  Deputy  Governor  in  bis  place  and  stead." 

He  was  one  of  the  Assistants  at  a  General  Court  held  at  Wells  by 
Henry  Joselin,  Esq.,  Deputy  Gov^r,  July  6,  1646,  which  outlawed  John 
Bonighton,  He  was  chosen  an  associate  Justice  of  the  County  in  1647, 
which  important  office  he  held  until  1650,  and  is  believed  to  have 
the  autlior  and  adviser  of  the  following  act  against  lying  ordered  tl 
year,  viz.  ;  *'  Wherefore  as  truth  in  words  as  well  as  in  actions 
requirc<l  of  all  men,  Specially  of  christians,  who  are  the  servants  of 
God  of  truth,  and  whereas  all  lying  is  contrary  to  truth,  and  sni 
sorts  of  lyes  are  oot  only  sinful  (as  all  lyes  are)  but  also  pernicious 
the  Ptiblic  weal,  and  injurious  to  particular  persons,  it  is  therafi 
ordered  by  this  court  and  authority  thereof,  That  every  person  of 
age  of  discretion  which  is  accounted  fourteen  years,  who  shall 
tingly  or  willingly  make  or  publish  any  lye  which  may  be  pomicioi 
to  the  public  weal  or  tending  the  damage  or  injury  of  any  particular 
persons,  or  with  intent  to  abuse  or  deceive,  the  persons  with  fall 
news  or  reports  and  the  same  bo  duly  proved  in  any  court,  or  (befo 
any  one  magistrate,  who  hath  hereby  power  granted  to  hear  and 
termine  all  offences  against  the  (this)  law.  Such  person  shall  be 
fined  for  the  first  offence  ten  sliillings,  or  if  the  party  be  unable 
pay  the  same,  then  to  be  set  in  the  stocks  so  long  as  the  Court 
magistrate  shall  appoint,  in  some  open  place  not  exceeding  two  hou 
For  the  second  offence  in  that  kind  whereof  any  shall  be  legally  C" 
victed,  the  sum  of  20s  lOd,  to  be  whipt  upon  the  naked  body  ni 
esceeditig  ten  stripes,  and  third  offence  that  way  40s  Od.  If 
party  bo  unable  to  pay,  then  to  have  IS^stripes,  and  if  any  shall  offei 
in  the  like  manner  and  kind  and  be  legally  convicted  thereof,  sa* 
person  shall  be  fined  ten  shillings  a  time  more  tlian  formerly,  or  if 
party  so  offending  be  unable  to  pay,  then  to  be  whipped  with  5  or 
more  stripes  than  formerly,  not  exceeding  foriii  at  any  time,  and  for 
all  snch  as  be  under  the  age  of  discretion,  that  shall  offend  in  lying  con- 
trary to  (these)  orders,  their  parents  or  roasters  shall  give  ihem  doe 
ccrreclion  in  the  presence  of  some  officer  if  any  magistrate  shM 


1868.] 


Tic  Pfe6/e  Family. 


313 


mppoint.     Provided  also  that  no  person  sliall  be  barred  of  hia  jaat 
word  of  slander,  or  otherwise  by  any  proceeding  npon  this  order.*' 

The  same  year,  1650,  be  took  an  active  part  in  the  petition  of  the 
Fishermen  of  the  Province,  relating  to  certain  of  their  rights.  When 
Afassachu setts  extended  her  jurisdiction  in  1652  over  the  western  part 
of  the  Province,  he  was  selected  with  the  right  trusty  Mr,  Edward  God- 
frey, Mr.  Edward  Johnson,  and  Mr.  Edward  Rish worth,  Commission- 
ers to  hold  County  Courts,  attend  to  the  execiition  of  justice,  coram is- 
doD  military  officers,  and  perform  the  other  services  of  a  responsible 
natare. 

On  the  29th  of  June.  1654.  he  was  chosen  and  sworn  as  Treasurer 
of  the  County,  and  continued  in  that  office  a  number  of  years*  He  was 
also  one  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  County  of  York  during  the  years 
1655,  '66,  '67,  '59,  and  '60,  Eis  Dame,  in  1656,  with  severity  other 
persons,  inhabitants  of  Saco,  Cape  Porpoifi.  Wells,  York  and  Kittery, 
appears  on  a  petition  to  Oliver  Cromwell,  praying  to  be  continued  un- 
der the  government  of  Massachusetts^  alleging  that  they  were  "  a  peo- 
ple few  in  number  and  those  not  competent  to  manage  w^elghty 
affairs,  our  w^eakness  occasioning  distraction,  our  paucity  division,  our 
meanness  contempt,"  March  9,  165S,  he  was  appointed  an  Associate 
m  Wells,  and  with  Joselyn,  Jordan,  Capt.  Nicolas  Shapleigh  and  Mr* 
ward  Rishworth.  was  invested  with  magistratical  power  throughout 
the  whole  County  of  Y'orkshire  for  the  year  ensuing,  and  until  others 
are  chosen.  The  General  Court  at  their  session  in  May,  1659,  appoint- 
ed him,  in  company  with  Capt.  Nicolas  Shapleigh,  Mr,  Edward 
Bisbworth  and  LicLit,  John  Saunders,  to  run  the  dividing  lines  of  Fal- 
juonth,  Saco  and  Scarborough.  The  tirst  Court  after  the  submission 
of  Fiilmouth  and  Scarborough,  of  which  we  have  any  record,  was 
•i  York,  July  4,  1659.  Mas>sachusetts  sent  two  of  her  magistrates 
to  preside  at  this  Court,  who  were  assisted  by  Major  Kicolas  Shap- 
leigh, Mr.  Abraham  Preble,  and  Mr.  Edw,  Rishworth,  '*  local  magis- 
.trates/'  Several  actions  were  entered  at  this  Court  hy  and  against 
fsons  living  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  County.  The  care  of  the 
orals  of  the  people  seems  to  have  been  under  their  cognizance,  as 
following  order  passed  at  this  Court  witnesseth,  viz.  :  *'  This 
rt  being  informed  that  the  inhabitants  of  F'almouth  are  at  present 
itute  of  any  public  means  for  their  edification  on  the  Lord's  day, 
by  reason  of  the  peoples  not  meeting  together  for  their  mutual 
furtherance  in  the  ways  of  God,  great  advantage  is  given  unto  the 
common  enemy  joining  wnth  the  corruption  of  such  as  have  no  delight 
to  sanctify  God^s  holy  rest,  the  neglect  whereof  being  an  inlet  to  all 
profaneness,  and  cannot  hut  be  provoking  1o  him  %vho  is  the  fountain 
i  our  peace  and  welfare:  for  the  prevention  whereof  these  are  there- 
to require  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  said  place  from  time  to  time,  ia 
le  or  more  convenient  place  .or  places,  to  meet  together  on  the  Lord's 
for  tlieir  mutual  edification  and  furtherance  in  the  knowledge  and 
of  the  Lord,  by  reading  of  God^s  word,  and  of  the  labors  of  well 
n  and  orthodox  divines,  singing  of  Psalmts  and  praying  together, 
such  other  ways  as  the  Lord  shall  cnatile  them  till  the  favor  of  God 
all  BO  far  smile  upon  them  as  to  give  them  better  and  more  public 
cans  of  their  edification."  In  September  of  the  same  year  a  Court 
Associates  was  held  at  Scarborough  by  Joselyn,  Shapleigh,  Robert 
irdan,  Rishworth  and  Abraham  Preble*  And  the  same  persons  were 
Vol.  XXIL  27* 


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The  Preble  Far! 


[July, 


atioually  chosen  ABeociatee  for  1660  and  ,^661.  The  following:  ootioa 
is  addressed  to  their  names  in  1660  :  "  ChoLUen  associates  by  the  voim 
qf  the  major  part  of  the  freemen  of  this  counM  for  the  year  ensuing." 

In  1662  he  was  again  chosen  to  the  sarae  o^ce  in  company  with 
Joselin,  Rishworth,  Geo.  Munjoy  and  Humphrey  ufcadbouru*    He  w^    , 
often  appointed  an   arbitrator  between  parties,   and   frequently,   b^l 
the  Court,  a  Commissioner  for  laying  out  lands  in  the  pn:>vince.       TH 

Closing  this  life  of  usefulness,  he  died  in  1663,  probably  about  the 
80th  of  March,  when  an  inventory  was  taken  of  his  estate.     At  • 
Court  held  at  York.  July  1,  1663,  letters  of  admiDistration  were  grai 
ed  to  Mrs,  Judith  Frehle.  his  widow,    (See  Abstract  of  Will,  anit, 
Ti,  p.  187»)    At  a  suhsequent  Court  it  was  ordered,  '*  For  the  more  eq' 
distribution  of  the  estate  of  Mr.   Abraham  Preble,  lately   deceai 
this  Court  doth  judge  meet  to  dispose  of  forty  pounds  to  his  eldest 
eon,  and  20 £  apiece  to  the  residue  of  his  children,  that  daughter  only 
excepted  which  is  married^  that  received  her  portion,  which  portions 
are  to  be  paid  to  the  sons  at  one  and  twenty  years  of  age,  and  to 
daughters  at  18  years  of  ago  or  at  the  time  of  the  marriage,  and 
remainder  of  the  said   estate  is  to  be  left  unto  the  relict,  or  widow 
the  said  Abraham  Preble,  out  only  of  which  part  the  debts  are  to  be  dis- 
charged, and  in  case  the  widow  do  marry,  her  husband  to  give  in  secn^ 
rity  for  the  payment  of  the  children's  portion  to  the  Court  of  Asaocl 
fttes,  and  for  the  better  dividing  of  this  estate  if  occasion  be  the  Com 
missioner  of  the  Town  of  York  have  power  to  dispose  thereof  as  ma; 
most  conduce  to  equity  and  peace  as  near  as  may  be  accorditig  to  * 
former  distribution," 

At  a  Court  held  at  York,  July  7,  1663,  Mrs.  Judith  Preble 
granted  *'  Letters  of  Administration  on  the  estate  of  Mr.  Abrah; 
Preble,  her  deceased  husband." 


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The  following  inventory  of  his  estate  was  taken  after  his  decease, 
and  is  to  be  found  on  the  York  County  Records,  at  Alfred,  Me. 

A  true  Inventory  of  the  estate  viz,  of  the  goods ,  Iw using  lands ^  cattle  an 
chatkls  taken  otU  aitd  appraiaed  bj^  a  true  valuation  according  to 
best  of  our  judgement  of  Mr,  Abraham  Preble  lately  deceased ,  by 
whose  names  are  here  underwiillen  this  ZOih  March,  1663* 

Imprimis,  £       s. 

His  wearing  apparel,  shoes  and  stockings,  at        ,        ,  5       7 

Bedding  and  bedsteads,  all  at 9     15 

A  cabbine  and  bedding  in  the  chamber,  ♦         ,         .  6 

Chests  and  other  small  things,       ,         ,         .         ,         ,  2 

2  pair  bandoliers,  1  warming  pan  and  an  old  Ian  thorn,  all  0 

^  sheet B»  one  sword  and  sliot  bag,  ,         .         ,         ,  2 

4  hogsheads,  one  tub,  and  a  trough,       .         .         .         ,  0 

4  sawB  and  several  working  tools,  ....  2 

4  scythes  and  tackling,  at 0 

One  small  wheel  and  six  bags 0 

Tuhs  and  small  things  in  the  Lean  to,     .         ,         •         .  1 

2  wheels*  one  cradle,  books,  pails,         ,         ,         .         .  2     10    (>0 

Tables,  chairs  and  stools  in  the  ioner  room,  2  old  brands, 

kellets  and  1  skillet. 0     15    00_ 

2  iron  pots,  1  kettle^  pot  hooks,  and  several  other  thinga^  2 


18680 


The  Preble  Family, 


315 


Pewtar  and  a  frying-pan, 

2  fire^lock  gans,  at         ......         . 

One  fiying-pan  and  a  hammer  at 

6  dishes  and  spoons,  one  white  porringer  and  2  platters. 
Beetle  rings,  i  wedges,  1  cheese  press,  &  other  iron  things, 

1  hair  cloth, 

I  2  trooghs,  1  grindstone,  and  other  things  in  the  bam,  , 

2  yokes,  1  chain,  copps  and  yoke  tire,  .        .        .        , 

1  cart,  1  pair  wheels,  2  sleds,        .         .         .        ,         . 

2  plows  with  the  irons,  2  pitchforks,      ,         ,         .         , 
In  ginger, •         .         ,         . 

1  canoe,  }  part  of  4  canoes ,         . 

I  For  his  dwelling  house  with  other  outhouses,  all  at 

Marshes,  fresh  and  salt,  at    .         ,         *         .         .         . 
A  small  piece  of  meadow  bought  of  Richard  Howell,    , 

2  lota,  being  40  acres,  lying  at  the  seaside,    , 
Another  lot  at  the  seaside,  exchanged  with  F.  Allcock, 
20  acres  land  next  llonry  Say  ward's, 
10     '*         *'     given  Mr,  Godfrey,  added  to  his  home  lots, 

1  parcel  of  wool,  20s.,  parcel  of  sheep,  6£,    . 

4  oxeo,  36£,  half  the  cattle,  aOs,  .         .         .         , 

2  yearlings  and  a  calf,  4£,  3  cows,  H£ 

5  steers,  1  heifer,  10£,  some  swine,  small  &  great,  5  12  00,  15 
1 18  bushels  barley  and  malt,  at        ♦         .         ,         . 

45  bushels  Indian  corn,  at     , 

7  •*       wheat  c  35s,,  8  bushels  peas,  328. 
,  1         "       of  oats,  58.,  pork  and  beef,  3£, 


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£289    01     00 

EnWABD   RlSHWORTH, 
ElCHARD    BaXKES, 

Thomas  Curtis, 

This  18  a  tnie  inventory  of  all  the  goods  and  lands  given  into  the 
I  Appraisers  by  Judith  Preble,  the  wife  of  Mr.  Abraham  Preble,  deceas- 
I  ed,  «I8  she  attests  upon  her  oath  to  the  best  of  her  koowledge.  Taken 
^  fcj  me  in  Court  this  12th  day  of  July,  1663. 

Enw'n  RfsHWORTH,  Rec.  Cor, 

It  will  be  noticed  in  this  inventory,  that  his  fresh  and  salt  marshes 

((£36),  are  valued  the  same  as  4  oxen  ;  that  18  bushels  of  raalt  and 

barley  are  coneidered  as  nearly  an  equivalent  to  a  20  acre  lot,  and  that 

3  cows  are  valued  at  £14,  while  hig   **  two  lots  of  40  acres,  lying  by 

^the  sea-side/'  are  only  valued  at  £15,  or  one  pound  more  than  the 

PTaluation  of  3  cow8» 


Children  of  Abraham  and  Judith  Prkble  :— 

1.  Abraham,  b,  1642;  m.  Hannah  Kelley,  1685  ;  d.  Oct.  14,  HOI, 
1643  ;  m,  Joseph  Carline,  March  28,  1659  :  d. . 


2.  Rachel,  b. 
B,  Joseph,  b. 
4*  Stephen,    b. 

5.  Nathaniel,  b. 

6,  John,         b. 


1648, 


m,  Rachel,  daughter  of  John  Main. 


S16 


T.  BeDJamio,  b. 
8.  Sarah,  b. 
0.  Mary,        b. 


Tfic  Preble  Family. 

— — :  m.  Mary ; 

;  m.  Henry  CoombB ; 


[July, 


March  25,  1732. 
Oct.  26,  1724 

unmarried. 


J 


The  Fr^le  Arms. 

Copies  of  the  Preble  Arms,  of  good  authenticity,  have  been  pre- 
Berved  in  the  families  descended   from  the   eldest  son  of  Abraham 
Preble.     One  of  these,  now  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  Geo.  B,  Prebl 
of  Preble  Islandi  in  Portsmouth  Harbor,  l)earB  the  following  heral< 
description : 

"lie  bearcth  gules,  on  a  pale  or,  between  four  lions'  heads  erassed, 
argent,  three  diamonds  sable,  by  the  name  of  Pekblb,  and  was  con- 
firmed by  William  Flower,  Norroy,  on  the  20th  of  October,  1585.  ani 
the  2Tth  year  of  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  to  George  Preble,  Ej 
of  the  City  of  York,  one  of  the  Queen's  Justices  of  the  Peace,  wi 
the  East  Hiding  of  the  County  of  York.  *  A  man  well  born,  ai 
descendant  of  worthy  progenitors/  " 

As  the  tract  of  land  which  Abraham  Preble  purchased  of  Ed 
Godfrey  in  1642,  was  called  Gorgiana,  and  in  the  deed  he  is  called 
of  Agamenticus,  which  was  afterwards  called  York,  a  name  it  still  sus- 
tains, it  may  have  been  so  called  through  the  influence  of  Abraham 
Preble,  and  in  commemoration  of  the  birth  place  of  his  ancestors  i 
England.* 

•  WirhiTi  the  limit?  of  the  present  t»wn  of  Yorkt  Maine,  tliero  is  a  hi»rh  hUl  of  three  sam- 
mils  aillod  Ai^uncntkus.  In  the  ne^irest  ilirctlioii  it  dwe  not  cxcet  1  '  -  '  ^  i^  *Il«;tanoe 
fn>Tn  the  ^cii  shore,  anili  is  n  noted  landmurk  for  wiilor-^.    Tlie  region  i  n  it?  inume- 

diato  viciMit\%  and  iK'tween  it  mvd  tlir  shores  ot  the  Atliintic,  was  Al-^  -r^\  by  the  In- 

diAns  as  AgiiincnricQ6.  A  portion  of  this  territory  Gorges  eroeted  iuk)  a  city  and  homjcdit 
ttfter  him^'lf,  *' Gor^atm,  This  cmbr}'0  city/wliose  streets,  or  rather  {ane«.  ncsar  the 
mouth  of  the  rivcr^  remain  to  this:  day,  extendeil  from  the  ^ca-shore  aloitg  the  lefl  bank  of 
the  river  to  n  sruall  i>mneh  or  stream  emjptying  into  it  alM3ut  thtt*;  miles  flrom  !Cs  mcmtb, 
cjilkd  huiimitire  StreJim,  85  it  h  auppoHxl/from  its  !»eing  the  iimita  of  the  jun^dirtion  of 
the  city  towards  the  interior.  Gorges  the  Lieut.  Governor's  hoa&e  stood  not  fir  from  tbo 
hanic  of  this  stream  near  its  mon^h,  on  a  broad.  Hat  point  of  laud  made  by  the  stream  and 
the  main  river. 

At  tht!  tiuic  the  authority  of  Gorges  was  put  an  end  to,  and  the  Prorlnoe  of 
cnmc  under  the  jurisdiction  of  Miii*saehusicttB,  a  certain  portion  of  territory  and  its  in 
ants  were  eonKtkuled  a  town  by  the  uamc  of  Yorii,  the  territorial  limits  of  which, 
ultimately  settled,  embraec  the  whole  of  the  oriffiuiil  Indian  Agamenticus,  and  a  part  of 
their  (hjunkH.  This  hill  was  on  object  of  tipecial  interest  to  the  Indians.  Upon  the  top 
of  it  lieii  buried  the  Indian  Amstle,  so  noted  in  hi*  diiy,  "  51.  Aspinqidd.*^  Ho  wa*  ntncty- 
four  years  ^Id  when  he  d  led »  May  1, 1682.  At  the  aife  of  forty -two  or  forty -three  he  wai 
converted  to  Chri.stianity,  and  spent  ftfty  years  of  his  life  in  prcuching  to  the  six:tT-«ix  dif- 
ferent nations  or  trilies  of  Indiana,  as  the  account  linn  it,  *'  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Califbr- 
nia  Sea."  The  Sachems  of  the  ditTerent  trit>cs  attendee!  hiis  funeral,  which  from  motlvci  of 
policy  was  conducted  with  a  pot^d  lical  of  pomp  and  ceremon  v.  In  honor  of  tht  cle«eiaed 
the  lTidi)Uit«  miule  a  ^ent  eoIleetioTi  of  many  m>rts  of  wild  anftOAb,  and  sacrilic^  tlicm  to 
the  dejMrted  iptrit    A  Hat  of  them  has  tjeen  pre  sen  ed,  viz. .  — 


mana 
ch,  ^" 


25  Bucki, 

67  Does, 
Z  Ermines, 

32  Btitlidoet, 
llOFeiTcti, 
832  Martin*. 


m  Bears, 

36  Moose. 

5W  Weasels^ 
40O  Otters, 
62<)  RarcootiB. 
112  Rattlesnakes, 


240  Wolves, 
82  Wdd  Cats, 
4S2  Foxes, 
e^JiO  Beavers, 
500  Fishes, 


3  Catamoefiia, 
900  Muiqtiftsliei^ 
d9  Wooddiacuu 
1500  Minks, 
38  PorcnptTiM, 


The  niimlicr  atnonnting  uy  6711 


This  liei  is  curiouB  as  ehowinjir  the  prcdwble  relative  iiropordoDS  in  which  these  fltitmaii 
aliounded  at  the  date  of  St,  AspinqnJ<r»  funeral. 
On  8t.  A«?pinquld'»  tombstone  \b  this  insedption  :— 

*^  Ftic5ent»  useful ;  ahsetit,  wanted ; 
Lived  deiired^  died  hin*entM," 
The  Fobstance  of  this  not*  is  taken  from  a  namphiet  aecoant  of  **  the  Preble  fiunftteil 
Portland/'  printed  for  private  eireuhition,  in  18d(i,  hv  the  Iftbe  Hon-  Judge  Wm.  PfCI  Pi 
a  descendant  of  AbrahMU  Preble  and  Hannah  Kelly* 


p 


I 


1868.] 


Addrm  of  Hm.  William.  H.  TvthUl. 


317 


I 


The  Tilden  Arms, 

JUDITH  Tilden,  the  common  aBCcstor  on  the  maternal  side  of  all  the 
Preblps  in  America,  was  descended  from  a  family  of  great  antiquity. 
Burke,  in  his  **  Landed  Gentry/'  under  the  head  of  "  Tylden  vf  Mil- 
9ted,-'  says : — 

'*  The  family  of  Tylden,  one  of  great  antiquity,  has  been  seated  in 
Kent  for  several  centuries.  Of  three  distinct  branches  into  which  it 
separated,  the  eldest  became  possessed  of  Mileted  in  that  County, 
The  second  removed  into  Sussex,  and  one  of  its  members  eraigratin^j 
founded  the  numerous  '  Tildens  of  America/  while  the  younger  branch 
settled  at  Ifield.  So  far  back  as  Edward  III.  we  find  William  Tylden 
paying  aid  for  lands  in  Kent,  when  Edward  the  Black  Prince  wao 
Knighted.  The  family  anciently  possessed  lands  in  the  Parishes  of 
Brenekly  Otterden,  Kennington  and  Tilmanstone.  Richard  Tylden, 
Esq.,  purchased  the  manor  and  advowson  of  Milsted,  Kent  Connty, 
from  John  Chute,  Esq.,  of  Belersden,  16th  Sept.,  9th  of  Charles  I/' 

Lieut.  Col.  Tylden »  of  the  Royal  Engineers,  who  died  of  cholera  in 
the  Crimea  (where  ho  was  serving  as  a  Brigadier  General  during  the 
war  with  Russia),  when  on  a  visit  to  this  country,  visited  the  father 
of  the  late  Charles  L,  Tilden,  Esq.,  of  Lowell,  and  traced  out  their 
common  ancestry.  On  his  return  to  England  he  sent  his  kinsmen  a 
drawing  of  the  family  arms,  which  are  : 

Amu. — Azure,  a  ealtire  ermine,  between  four  pheons  or, 
Crtsi. — A  battle  axe  erect  twined  with,  a  serpent  proper, 
MoOo.—'*  Truth  and  Liberty," 

The  Tyldens  of  Wye  Co..  Kent,  have  the  same  arms  with  a  broken 
Bpear  erect  or,  environed  by  a  green  snake  for  the  crest. 


ADDRESS   BY   THE    HON.    WILLIAM   H.   TUTHILL, 
TIPTON,  IOWA.* 


OP 


FaiiNDS  Aien  KiNsireN,^ — It  affords  me  much  pleasure  to  bo  enabled 
to  meet  with  you  all  at  this  pleasant  family  party,  in  which  I  see  many, 
whu  like  myself  have  journeyed  from  afar  to  receive  a  fraternal  wel- 
come from  rebitives  and  kindred  in  this  early  home  of  our  ancestors. 

We  now  constitute  a  family  gathenng^  of  the  inheritors  of  a  common 
blood  and  name,  enabling  us  to  draw  closer  the  ties  of  aflfection,  recall 
the  association  and  memories  of  former  years,  pay  the  proper  tribute  of 
respect  for  oar  venerated  ancestors,  and  join  in  a  song  of  thankfulnesa 
and  praise  to  our  Almighty  Father,  for  his  kindly  care  and  fostenngf 
protection  in  the  past,  with  a  humble  and  reverent  prayer  for  his  bless* 
ing  la  the  future.     Our  family  name  is  fonnd  in  early  Colonial  history. 


•  Thk  mddrefs,  which  hj  the  ilViemlEty  of  Jticitrc  Tutliill  wc  nrc  enabled  to  lay  before  our 
naJien,  wai  deliYcred  at  the  Faruilv  Mietln;;  of  tlie  descimdants  of  John  Tiitlilli,  one  of 
Ae  i>rigteal  lettler*  of  the  town  of  Sotitbold,  N.  Y.»  held  at  New-Suffolk,  L.  I.,  August  28tb, 

A  reference  to  the  pablished  proceedings  of  thiJ  mterestlng  mcctuig  wUl  be  found  la  oor 


318 


Addrm  of  Hon.  William  H.  TuthiU. 


[jQlj, 


amon^  the  Puritan  fathers  who  left  their  comfortable  English  hoine«» 
for  a  wild,  trackless,  Americao  wilderaesB,  to  enjoy  the  inestimabi 
privilege  of  Religious  Liberty  ;  and  who  by  the  aid  of  Divine  Pro 
dence  became  the  founders  of  a  mighty  Republic,  that  has  made  itsi 
one  of  the  greatest  Powers  among  the  nations  of  the  earth.  Not  qui 
two  centuries  and  a  half  have  passed  away,  since  the  first  em i gran 
landed  on  the  sterile  shores  of  New  England,  and  none  could  th 
have  anticipated  the  glorious  future  of  their  descendants*  And  y^ 
that  heroic  band  of  worthies  were  of  the  class  of  men  from  whi  _ 
great  nations  rise  :  Of  the  pure  Anglo-Saxon  race,  of  the  school  of 
Hampden  and  Milton,  they  Ixad  indeed  a  noble  ancestry ;  for,  in  the 
beautiful  language  of  William  S  to  ugh  ton  in  his  Election  sermon,  1C68, 
'*  God  sifted  a  whole  nation  that  he  might  send  choice  seed  into  the 
wilderness." 

The  suggestion  has  been  made,  that  I  should  at  this  time  give  yoi 
a  history  of  the  Tutbill  family.  It  was  doubtless  supposed  that  sn  ' 
an  undertaking  was  within  my  power,  the  supposition  perhaps  arisini 
from  the  fact  that  for  a  number  of  years  I  have  been  collecting  all  the 
accessible  information  within  my  reach,  relating  to  the  subject,  with 
the  intention  of  eventually  completing  a  veritable  History,  This  I 
have  found  an  arduous  task,  and,  1  regret  to  add,  not  altogether  suc- 
cessful, for  while  it  is  true  that  an  immense  mass  of  crude  and  undi- 
gested material  has  been  obtained,  it  is  mostly  in  disjointed  fragments, 
with  some  connecting  link  wanting  to  make  a  harmonious  whole.  But 
even  if  such  History  was  fully  and  successfully  completed,  it  wo 
be  impossible  within  the  limited  time  allowed  for  an  ordinary  addre 
to  give  a  detailed  account  of  the  family  and  its  connections  ;  so  I  sh 
confine  myself  to  a  brief  and  concise  atateraent  of  its  origin,  and 
mere  sketch  of  the  several  branches  in  England  and  Ireland,  with 
few  observations  relating  to  some  of  the  early  settlers  in  this  coun 
believing  that  a  glance  of  this  kind  over  the  history  of  former  genei 
tions,  dull  as  antiquarian  lore  is  generally  supposed  to  be,  will 
found  somewhat  interesting,  at  least  to  this  assembly, 

ToTmLL,  or  TiJtHTTx,  as  the  name  of  a  place,  is  fonud  in  various  loca- 
lities in  England,  some  of  the  places  thus  named  being  so  ancient  that 
even  the  derivation  of  the  word  has  not  been  fully  ascertained,  and  the 
most  learned  antiquarians  differ  widely  as  to  its  original  meaning  or 
signification.  Tot  or  Tut,  8a3"s  BSomefield,  *'  is  the  name  of  a  rivulet, 
and  gives  name  to  many  places,  thus  Tottenhill  and  Tutbury  in  S 
fordshire  ;  Tutwell  in  Warwickshire  ;  Tottington  in  Norfolk,  &c. 
upon  which  Lysons  remarks,  '*  the  meaning  of  Tot,  Tut,  or  Tote,  whi 
I  suppose  to  be  descriptive,  is  no  where  1  think  satisfactorily  define) 
it  occurs  in  the  names  of  many  places  besides  those  above  mentione 
as  Totehara  in  Essex  ;  Totham,  or  Toleham,  now  Tottenham,  in  Mid- 
dlesex ;  Tothele,  or  Totehall,  now  Tottenham  Court,  in  the  parish  of 
Pan  eras  ;  Totteridge,  &c."  Bedwell  derives  Totenham  from  the 
words  toten  and  ham,  the  first  of  which  he  says  "  signifies  to  proj 
with  a  long  end  or  corner  like  a  horn  i  *'  while  Baxter  says  thiit  tl 
words  Toteham  and  Totenham  are  from  the  Saxon  Deoiiholm  ai 
Deodanholm  ;  Deod  in  old  Saxon  meaning  both  popubis  and  ptLbli 
the  Gothic  Thioda  signifying  populus,  whence  a  King  was  call 
Tbiodai  or  publicus ;  the  ancient  German  word  Thiota,  and  the  model 


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Diet  are  idcnticali  and  mean  both  popidus  and  convenlus ;  and  so  the 
British  Tut  or  Tute,  and  the  Irish  Tuat. 

Tot-hills  occur  in  many  parts  of  England,  in  the  several  forms  of 
Tot,  Tut,  Toot,  Tote,  &c.;    one  of  them,  Tuthill,  near  Thetford,  in 
Noriblk   County,   has   been   so   called   from   the   time   of  the   mem- 
orable battle  between  King  Edward  the  Martyr,  and  the  Danes,  in 
871,  and  is  supposed  to  have  been  raised  by  the  Danes  over  the  bodies 
of  their  countrymen  who  were  slain  io  the  battle.     Peter  Cunningham^ 
in  describing  Tothill  Fields,  London,  saye,  '*  the  origin  of  Tothill  in 
this  instance  appears  to  be  that  given  in  an  aucient  lease,  which  par- 
[ticularizes  a  close,  called  the  Tootbilli    other  wise  the  Beacon  field. 
There  is  a  place  of  the  same  name  near  CoDrnarvon  Castle,  also  called 
the  Beacon  IlilL     It  is  probable  that  the  close  called  the  Toothill  was 
the  highest  level  in  the  immediate  viciuity  of  Westminster,  and  there- 
fore suitable  for  a  beacon/'    This  place  (Tothill  Fields,  Westminster) 
is  frequeutly  mentioned  by  the  old  writers.     Lamborde  says,  '*  by 
reason  of  its  largness  and  drye  ground,  it  hath  served  for  the  most 
part  to  decide  the  Wages  of  Battcil  in,  for  such  as  have  proceeded  by 
ordinary  award  in  law.    Our  Bokes,  41  Edward  IV.    (1367.)   9  Henry 
IV.  (1403),  and  2!  Ucnry  YI,  (U43)i  may  give  example  abumlantly." 
It  seems  to  have  been  used  for  various  purposes,  as  will  bo  seen  from 
the  following  extracts  relating  to  it — the  name,  it  will  be  observed,  is 
variously  spelled.     Hovedon  says,  '*  a  chaplain  to  Jeffrey  tharcheby- 
[Bhop  of  Yorke,  called  Raulf  Wigtofte,  which  in  the  tyme  of  Richard  I. 
1(1189  to  1195)  had  provyded  at  Rome  a  Gyrdle  and  a  Ringe  cunningly 
[intoxicated,  wberewith  he  ment  to  have  dispatched  Symon,  the  Dcane  of 
[York  and  others  ;  but  his  messenger  was  intercepted,  and  his  Girdle 
[and  Ringe  burned  at  this  Place  before  the  People/'     Slow  says,  "In 
ll^48  Henry  II L  devised  the  expediency  of  granting  a  fifteen  days 
[ftnjiaal  fair,  to  the  Abbot  of  WeHtminster,  to  be  held  at  Tuthill  or  Tot- 
ihiU  (now  Tothill  Fields),  strictly  commanding  Uiat  during  that  time 
trade  should  cease  within  the  City/*     In  the  "  Dictionarium  Anglia 
agraphicum  et  Historicum,"  it  is  recorded  that  '*  In  the  time  of 
;  Edward  L  (1272  to  1307),  the  Ryver  of  Thamise  swelled  so  farre 
'his  Boundes,  that  it  overflowed  at  Tothyll,  as  Matthew  of  West- 
er reporteth/'     "  In  1371  a  Fellow  was  taken  practisinge  with 
Ta  dead  Man's  Ileade,  and  brought  to  the  Barro  at  the  Kings  Bencho, 
jwheare  after  Abjuration  of  his  Arte,  his  trinckcts  were  taken  from 
tliim,  carried  to  Tothyl,  and  burned  before  his  face/'     It  appears  to 
I  have  been  possessed  as  a  Manor  in  the  reign  of  Henry  III.  by  John 
[Maaosel,  who  rose   to  the  dignity  of  Lord  Chancellor  of  England, 
[Here  he  entertained  the  King  and  his  Court  (1246),  the  company  being 
L80  numerous  that  they  were  accommodated  in  large  tents,  his  own 
being  too  smalU     In  1441,  says  the  Chronicle  of  London,  was  a 
btingatthe  Tothill,  between  two  thcfes,  a  pelour  and  a  defendant, 
the  pelour  hadde  the  field  and  victory  of  the  defendant  within 
three  strokes/'    Stou%  with  his  usual  minuteness  of  description,  gives 
I  an  account  of  a  *'  Wager  of  Battell  ^*  fought  there  on  the  I8(h  of  June, 
[  IMl,  calling  it  Tothill  Fields,      Whifelocke  says,  *'  The  Trained  Bands 
of  London,  Westminster,  &c.,  on  the  25  Aug.,   1651,   drew  out  into 
I  Tattle  Fields,  in  all  about  14,000.     The  Speaker  and  divers  members 
1  of  the  Parliament  went  there  to  see  them/'     This  "ancient  close" 
adjoins  W^estnunster  Abbey,  and  was  once  within  the  limits  of  the 


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Address  of  Han.  William  H.  TuikiU. 


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sanctuary  of  that  house,  and  comprisod  that  portion  of  land  between 
Tothiil  Street,  Pimlico,  and  the  river  Thames  \  this  a  somewhat  unci 
tain  boundary,  but  it  is  the  best  that  can  be  given,  for,  as  Jeri 
Bentham  said,  writing  in  177S  i  **  If  a  place  could  exiat,  of  which 
might  be  said  that  it  was  in  no  neighborhood,  it  would  be  Tot 
Fields/'  The  Tothiil  Street  referred  to,  sometimes  called  Tuthill 
Tuttle  Street,  is  thus  spoken  of  by  Stow  :  •'  From  the  entry  into  To 
hill  field,  the  Street  (Tuttle  Street)  is  called  Petty  France."  B<iU4ori 
describes  it  as  "  a  large  Street  in  VVestminster,  between  Petty  France, 
west,  and  the  Old  Gate  House,  east."  Pe/er  Otinnin^uim  says, 
*'  Such  is  Hattons  description,  but  the  Gate  Honse  has  long  been 
le\'el  with  the  ground,  and  Petty  France  baa  since  been  transferred 
into  York  Street.  Our  notions  have  also  changed  about  its  sise;  no 
one  would  now  call  it  "  a  large  street." 

TuTHiLL,  ToTHTLL,  or  ToTEHtLL,  and  its  various  modifications  (for  in 
olden  times  orthographical  certainty  was  but  little  regarded),  as  a 
patronymic  or  family  name,  can  in  England  be  traced  back  in  an  un- 
broken line  as  far  as  the  thirteenth  century  ;  but  if  the  old  Irish  histo- 
ries are  to  be  credited,  the  ancestry  of  the  Tuthills  is  still  more  ancien 
commencing,  as  they  aver,  in  the  dark  and  benighted  ages  prior  to 
Christian  era.     They  all  concur  in  stating  them  to  be  of  Milesian 
scent,  through  the  well  known  sept  or  tribe  of  0' Toole  (which  see 
to  be  but  a  variation  of  the  name),  and  that  their  territory  extended 
over  a  great  portion  of  the  beautiful  hills  and  valleys  in  what  is  now 
known  as  the  Counties  of  Wicklow  and  Kildare.     They  would  appear 
to  have  been  a  warlike  race,  for  when  Ireland  was  overrun  by  the 
English,  they  heroically  refused  to  submit  to  their  rule,   carrying  on 
for  many  years  an  unequal  contest  against  the  armed  hosts  of  a  tyran* 
nieal  invader.     Camden,  the  father  of  English  antiquaries,  says,  '*  The 
O'Tools  and  O'Birns  obstinately  withstand  all  law,  and  live  in  impi 
cable  enmity  with  the  English."     It  is  noteworthy  that  he  applies  tl 
name  O^Tool  and  O'To thill  indiscriminately  ;  for  in  again  speaking 
them  he  says,  "  In  1811,  Tassagard  and  Rathcante  were  invaded  b 
the  rapparies  ;  namely  the  O'Brinnes  and  O'Tothlies  the  day  after  St. 
John  Baptistry  nativity  ;  whereupon  in  the  autumn  soon  after,  a  great 
army  was  rait^ed  in  Leinster  to  defeat  them,  both  in  Glendelory  (Glen- 
dalough)  and  in  other  woody  places.'*     "  In  1331 »  O'Toole  the  chief- 
tain   of  I  mail,  at  the  head  of  a  numerous  band  plundered  the  castle 
and  dcmesTte  of  Talloght  (5|  miles  S.  W.  by  W.  from  Dublin),  slew  many 
of  the  Archbishop  of  Dublin's  people,  and  defeated  Sir  Philip  Bvitt  an ' 
a  body  of  Dublin  men  who  had  been  sent  against  him/'     **  In   139$j 
O'Byne  and  0' Toole  fought  a  battle  against  the  English,  in  whic 
Mortimer.   Earl  of  March,  and  a  vast  number  of  the  English,  we 
slain/'     McDermot  (the  annotator  of  the  **  Annals  of  Ireland  by  the 
Four  Masters  '')  says  **  the  territory  of  the  O'Tuathail's  or  0*Toole*3 
chieftains  of  Hy  Muireadhaigh,  or  liy  Murray,  was  quite  an  extensive 
domain,  in  the  western  part  of  Wickluw^  comprising  the  greater  por- 
tion of  the   present  baronies  of  Talbotstown  and  Shilelagh,  in  that 
county  I  and  extended  as  far  as  Almain,  now  the  hill  of  Allen,  in  the 
County  of  Kildare,  thus  containing  a  great  portion  of  the  baronies  of 
Naas,  Kilcuilen,  Kilkea  and  Moone,  and  Connell  in  that  county*     The 
O'Tooles  were  in  ancient  times  styled  princes  of  Imaile,  which  appean 
to  have  been  a  name  applied  to  their  territory,  and  is  still  retained  in  tbo^ 


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Glen  of  Imaile  in  Wicklow,  where  they  had  their  chief  resideoce ;  and 
thej  also  had  castles  in  Carnew,  Castle  Kevin,  Castledermot  and 
other  places.  They  took  their  name  from  Tuathal,  one  of  the  early 
kings  of  Ireland,  from  whom  they  derive  their  descent,  and  being  one 
of  the  head  families  of  Leinster,  of  the  same  race  as  the  McMurroghe, 
they  were  eligible  to  be  kinga  of  that  province.  The  celebrated  St. 
Laurence  O'Toole,  Archbishop  of  Dublin,  at  the  time  of  the  English 
invasion,  was  son  of  Mwrtogh  O^Toole,  Prince  of  Imaile  ;  and  many 
disting'uished  chiefs  of  the  name  are  mentioned  in  the  course  of  these 
annals.  They  maintained  their  rank,  iiud  held  large  possessions  down 
to  the  Elizabethian  and  Cromwellian  wars,  when  their  estates  were 
conEscated  ;  several  of  them  were  knighted  at  various  periodSj  and 
Sir  Charles  O^Toole,  an  officer  in  King  James's  array,  is  said  to  have 
been  the  person  who  killed  the  Dtike  Schoraberg  at  the  battle  of  the 
Boyne  ;  and  several  of  them  were  distiQguished  officers  m  the  Irish 
brigades  in  the  service  of  Franco  and  Spain.  The  O'Tooles  are  still 
numerous  in  the  counties  of  Wicklow,  Dublin  and  Kildare/' 

The  illustrious  prelate,  thus  referred  to  as  St.  Laurence  0 'Toole, 
and  whom  Camden  calls  Lanrenc  O'Thotbill,  is  quite  a  distinguished 
character  in  Irish  histoiy.  He  was  born  in  A,D,  1105.  Ilia  father, 
Murtogh  OTuathail  or  OTooIe,  was  the  Chieftain  of  lly  Miaay,  and 
hia  mother  a  daughter  of  the  kindred  tribe  of  0*Byrne.  Ilis  poases- 
aions  comprised  about  half  of  the  present  county  of  Kildare,  from 
which  he  was  dispossessed  by  the  English  invaders  and  driven  into  the 
laatnesses  of  Wicklow,  Laurence  became  so  celebrated  for  his  learn- 
ing and  piety,  that  when  he  had  attained  his  twenty-fifth  year,  be  was 
made  abbot  of  Glendalough,  and  upon  the  death  of  Gregory,  the  first 
archbishop  of  Dublin,  was  by  acclamation  seated  in  the  arcbiepiscopal 
chair,  in  which  he  continued  until  his  death  in  1180.  He  was  so  re- 
nowned for  his  sanctity,  that  in  1226  (forty-six  years  after  his  decease), 
be  was  canonized  by  Pope  Ilonorius  II L,  and  thus,  says  his  biogra- 
pher, "  a  scion  of  the  old  Celtic  race  was  placed  on  the  calendar  of 
Saints."  Lower,  in  bis  Patronymica  Brittanica,  says  that  the  "O'Tooles 
or  O'Tuoghalls  claim  an  ancient  Milesian  descent  from  Cathaor  More» 
King  of  Leinster,  of  the  Ileremonian  race,  ancestor  of  LaogaorCj  the 
first  Christian  monarch  of  Ireland,  contemporary  with  St.  Patrick.*' 

The  early  history  of  Ireland,  before  the  introdoction  of  Christianity, 
J8  somewhat  obscure  ',  but  according  to  Keating,  0' Flaherty  and  the 
old  annalists,  the  Milesians  were  originally  a  colony  from  Scythia,  near 
the  Eaxine  and  Caspian  seas»  now  called  the  Crimea.  The  Scythians, 
who  were  by  the  Human  writers  designated  Celto-Scythians,  were  the 
most  ancient  inhabitants  of  Europe  after  the  deluge,  and  were  dcscend- 
anta  of  Jap  bet.  They  formed  settlements  in  Spain,  and  Milcsios,  one 
of  their  race,  became  king.      Ileremon,  Ueber,  and  Ir,  the  sons  of 

ileeus^  came  to  Ireland  with  a  large  fleet  and  a  powerful  army,  and, 
after  a  sanguinary  battle,  became  masters  of  the  whole  country,  and 
according  to  Keating  gave  to  its  throne  171  kings,  the  most  of  whom 
(as  well  as  the  early  kings  of  Scotland)  were  descendants  of  the 
fleremonian  branch  of  this  ancient  race. 

One  of  the  most  renowned  of  these  Milesian  monarchs  was  Tuathal 

'eachtmar,  or  Tuathal  the  acceptable   (he  obtained  the  sobriquet  of 

'eachtmar,  the  welcome  or  acceptable,  from  his  being  the  deliverer 

bf  the  nation  from  the  tyrants  of  a  hated  oligarchy).      Tuathal  is 

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[July, 


celebrated  as  one  of  the  greatest  of  tlie  Irish  kings  for  his  wit»dom  ai] 
valor.  In  the  revolt  of  the  Firboigs  he  was  forced  to  fly  from  the  kiu| 
dom  to  North  Britain,  bnt  returned  A.D*  130,  and  after  fighting  85T 
ties  was  successful  in  recovering  the  crown.  During  his  reign,  whi<3 
lasted  thirty  years,  he  reformed  the  abuses  and  corruptions  that  hi 
prevailed  in  public  affairs,  and  introduced  in  Ireland  a  state  of  plent 
and  tranquillity  never  known  in  it  before,  Warner  naively  sajf 
'*  It  must  be  observed  that  until  this  reign,  few  or  none  of  the  ancieii 
Irish  would  submit  to  any  trade  or  manual  labor,  lest  they  shoo* 
degrade  their  origin,  or  bring  a  stain  upon  their  families :  but  whe 
they  saw  that  by  the  order  of  this  wise  monarch,  the  legislature  toe 
trade  and'  manufactures  under  their  special  care  and  management, 
many  of  the  Milesians  condescended  to  follow  some  employment  and 
to  make  themselves  good  for  something  besides  cutting  one  another's 
throats/'  This  good  king  was  slain  in  battle  by  an  usurper  whose 
name  is  given  as  Mai  or  Mail,  who  reigned  four  years,  when  Feidlim, 
the  son  of  Tyathal,  avenged  hia  father *8  death,  by  slaying  the  usurper 
and  regaining  the  crown,  Feidlim  was,  from  his  great  love  of  justice, 
fiurnamed  the  Legislator,  Ho  not  only  gave  excellent  examples  of 
equitable  government  in  his  own  private  conduct,  but  by  causing 
wise  and  wholesome  laws  to  be  enacted,  the  people  of  Ireland  became 
more  humane,  honest  and  contented  than  they  ever  were  before.  His 
just  and  useful  administration  continued  for  nine  years,  when  he 
died  a  natural  death  (a  somewhat  unusual  circumstance  in  those  tur- 
bulent days),  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Oathoire  More  or  Cathir 
tho  Great,  from  whose  youngest  son,  Fiacha  Barceanda,  the  O'Tooles 
claim  a  lineal  descent. 

The  connexion,  if  any,  between  the  Tothill  or  Tothill  family 
England  and  that  of  the  same  name  in  Ireland,  is  perhaps  at  this  tic 
unknown  ;  at  any  rate,  I  have  never  yet  been  able  to  obtain  any  docu-^ 
mentary  proof  that  our  English  ancestors  were  originally  from  Ireland, 
although  the  conjecture  is  a  plausible  one.  Tlie  celebrated  Edmund 
Spencer,  who  resided  a  short  time  in  Ireland,  and  who  in  1596  wrote 
hia  '*  View  of  the  state  of  Ireland,"  says  the  OTooles  are  so  call€ 
from  the  old  British  word  Tol,  i  e.  a  hill  country.  And  the  idea  of .  _ 
common  origin  has  some  support  from  the  descriptions  and  illustrations 
of  heraldry :  the  coat  of  arms  of  the  OTooles  of  Ireland  being  a 
lion  passant,  argent ;  the  Totyls  of  Wales,  a  lion  rampani,  sable  ;  the 
Tothills  of  Devonshire,  a  lion  passanl,  sable ;  the  Totehills  of  York- 
shire bearing  as  a  crest,  a  lion  slatanl,  gules ;  and  the  Tuthills  of  Cam- 
bridgeshire and  Norfolkshire  the  like  crest  of  a  Hon  statcmt  gules, 
ducally  crowned,  collared  and  lined,  on  Tho  lion,  one  of  the 
emblems  of  the  highest  nobility,  being  the  conspicuoua  bearing  of 
the  families,  would  indicate  a  common  descent. 

Nor  is  an  emigration  of  some  of  the  tribe  of  the  0*Tooles  to  Eng- 
land, after  the  confiBcation  of  their  estates,  at  all  improbable.  It  is 
well  known  that  during  the  days  of  Wallace  and  Bruce,  large  numbers 
of  the  native  Irish  acted  as  auxiliaries  to  the  English  in  the  wars 
between  that  nation  and  Scotland;  and  it  is  not  an  improbable  sur- 
mise that  many  of  them,  after  their  term  of  service  expired,  preferred  to 
remain  and  make  their  homes  in  England,  there  to  live  in  peace  and 
security,  instead  of  returning  to  their  native  country,  devastated  by 
civil  war  and  cursed  bj  diasensions,  anarchy  and  strife.     In  Bymcra 


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Pcederawill  be  fonnd  a  mandate  issued  to  David  0*Tothill  setting  forth 
that  the  king  (Edward  IL)  was  about  to  march  against  his  Scottish 
rebels,  and  requiring  of  him,  as  the  chief  of  bis  tribe,  the  attendance  of 
all  the  force  he  could  muster,  commanded  by  himself  in  person,  or 
by  some  nobleman  of  his  race* 

But  after  all,  it  is  of  little  importance  to  us  as  citizens  of  the  Great 
[Republic,  whether  or  not  we  have  auy  well-founded  claim  to  noble 
Wood  or  royal  descent  from  the  old  Milesian  monarchs  of  Irelaiid. 
Our  own  direct  ancestry  in  England  is  doubtless  ancient  enough  to 
satisfy  any  of  their  descendants  in  this  country,  unless  ih^y  should 
bare  a  genealogical  mania  more  intense  than  my  own,  which  I  may 
aay^  by  way  of  parenthesis,  is  entirely  unnecessary. 

We  have  an  accouut  in  one  of  the  old  English  chronicles,  that 
**  John  le  Ilarpnr  .  de  Wakefield  and  Eleanor  his  wife,  granted  to 
Thomas  dc  Tout  hill  an  annnul  rent  of  89.  which  the  said  Thomas  de 
Touthill  had  recovered  in  14th  Edward  II.  (1230),  from  William,  son 
of  Adam  del  Lee,  in  llohl  Linley,"  Old  Linley  is  a  part  of  ihe 
manor  of  Linley  in  the  paric^h  of  Halifax,  Yorkshire.  And  by  another 
deed,  "the  said  John  granted  to  the  said  Thomas  5s,  lid.  to  be 
received  of  all  bis  tenants  in  Hold  Linley,  with  wards,  reliefs  and 
escheats  ; ''  and  also,  that  '*  Isabel  Scott,  and  Alice  her  daughter, 
granted  lands  in  Rastnck  (Yorkshire),  to  John  de  Toothill  in  1287." 
The  same  John  de  ToothilFs  descendants  are  afterward  called  de 
Totehill.  Harleian  Mss.  No,  797  in  the  Briti*>h  Museum  (collections 
relating  to  Yorkshire),  refers  to  the  same  family,  and  says,  **  Robert 
tClarel  and  William  de  Kenerisforth  gave  to  Hugh  de  Tothill  and  Joan 
h\%  wife,  the  manor  of  Brigbouse  for  their  lives,  and  to  John  de 
Totehill  their  youngest  son,  after  their  decease,  dated  1349/' 

It  appears  from  these  ancient  records  that  they  held  lands  in  fee, 

both  in  Fixby  and  Rastrick.     The  manor  of  Toothill  is  described  as 

i**Manerium  de  Toothill,  in  villa  de   Rastrike,'*    under  the  date  of 

^**  Wadnesday  next  after  the  feast  of  the  Annunciation  of  the  Virgin 

Mary,  6  Edward  IlL  (1332),''  and  it  is  stated  that  **  Sir  William  de 

Beaumont  granted  to  Thomas  de  Totehill  and  William  his  son,  the 

moiety  of  the  town  of  Fekisby  (Fixby),  with  wards,  marriages,  &c/' 

In  Devonshire  we  find  that  "  John  GifFurd  held  Ackot  of  Alice  de  Tothill 

(>in  the  20th  Edward  L  (1292).'^^     In  Cambridgeshire  ^' Joan  Totehall 

^liad  a  manor  in  Swafi^ham    Prior  in   1408."      And  Blomefield  states 

[that  in  the  old  Charcli  at  Redenhall,  county  of  Norfolk,  an  inscription 

i»  Btill  in  existence,  that  **  In   146i  Richard  Totyl  or  Tuthill  was 

buried  in  this  churcb." 

Devonshirb  Branch. 
The  coat  of  arms  of  the  TothJlls  of  Devonshire  is  thus  deBcribed  ;— 
lAzure,  on  a  bend  argent  cotized  or^  a  lion  pasaant  sable.     Crest  on  a 
bill  vert,  a  dove  proper  bearing  an  olive  branch  vert,  fruited  or. 

Tbey  must  have  settled  in  Exeter  at  an  early  day  :  the  precise  peri- 
od 18  not  stated,  and  they  possessed  considerable  landed  property  at 
Feamore,  Bagtor  and  Duns  ford.  The  estate  at  Pearaore  had  been  in 
the  Cobham  family,  but  on  the  attainder  of  the  Duke  of  Suflblk,  it  fell 
Xo  the  Crown,  and  was  purchased  by  JelTry  TothilL  It  was  held  by 
him  and  his  descendants  until  Henry  Northleigh,  Esq.,  became  pos- 
^sessed  of  it  by  marriage  with  a  co^heiress  of  Tothill  in  1638, 

The  Tothilla  filled  various  Btatioiis  of  honor  and  trust  in  the  ancient 


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city  of  Exeter — the  records  showing  that  William  Totbill  was  bailiff 
Id  1628,  again  in  1548,  high  sheriff  in  1549,  and  lord  major  in  1552 j 
Jeffrey  Tothill.  recorder  in  1563  ;  Henry  Tothill,  high  sheriff 
1C24;  George  Tothill,  bailiff  in  1662,  again  in  1664,  lord  mayon 
1668,  and  again  in  16n\  lie  was  afterwards,  by  a  mandate  of  tl 
king,  made  one  of  the  board  of  aldermen  in  1687,  and  while  holdir 
that  office,  an  incident  is  related  of  him  which,  as  showing  a  stur 
spirit  of  independence  and  strength  of  character,  la  worthy  of  rel^ 
tion.  In  1668,  when  William,  Prince  of  Orange,  landed  at  Torbaj 
and  advanced  with  his  small  army  toward  Exeter,  where  he  had  bee 
informed  the  people  stood  ready  to  receive  him  with  acclamatioil 
of  joy,  he  was  preceded  by  one  of  his  officers,  accompanied  by  a  fe 
horsemen,  who  were  not  only  coldly  received  by  the  authorities,  bt 
the  captain  was  put  under  arrest,  and  confined  in  the  Guild*hall.  The 
next  day,  when  Lord  Mordaunt  and  Dr.  Burnet,  afterward  bishop  of 
Salisbury,  came  to  the  city  with  four  troops  of  horse,  and  arrived  at 
Westgate,  they  found  it  shut  against  them  ;  the  mayor  assigning  as  ! 
reason,  the  obligation  he  was  under  to  the  king  by  his  oatli.  Lor 
Mordaunt  ordered  the  porter  to  open  the  gate  on  pain  of  death,  anJ 
upon  his  refusal,  says  Jenkins  in  bis  hisfory  of  Exeter.  '*  George 
Tuthill,  Esq.,  one  of  the  aldermen,  opened  it  and  admitted  the  troops/' 
The  prince  had  hcen  given  to  understand  that  all  the  gentry  of  the 
West  would  join  bim  at  his  landing,  but  for  several  days  scarcely  any 
persons  of  note  came  in.  Of  the  magistrates  of  Exeter,  only  alder- 
man Tuthill  and  one  other  member  at  first  declared  in  his  favor.  It  is 
said  tliat  this  backwardness  on  the  part  of  the  nobility  and  gentry 
did  not  proceed  from  any  ill  feeling  against  the  prince,  but  rather 
from  a  dread  of  his  failure,  they  having  had  a  sad  experience  of  the 
sanguinary  disposition  of  the  king  and  his  ministers  from  the  recent 
outrages  and  atrocities  of  Kirk  and  Jeffreys,  This  appeared  so  ui^^ 
favorable  to  the  prince,  knowing  that  the  Protestants  were  largely  ^H 
the  ascendancy,  that  he  began  to  doubt  of  the  success  of  his  expedi^^ 
tion,  and  at  one  time  proposed  to  re-imbark  for  Holland.  But  the  firm- 
ness and  spirit  manifcBted  by  alderman  Tuthill  seemed  to  have  broke 
the  ice,  and  the  gentlemen  of  Devonshire  and  Somerset  began  to  con 
forward  in  great  numbers,  and  it  soon  became  evident  that  the  wholJ 
of  the  Protestant  community  of  England  were  in  his  favor,  Subs6Kl 
quently,  the  same  George  Tuthill,  who  was  largely  engaged  in  mer- 
cantile business,  met  with  very  heavy  losses  at  sea,  and  became  much 
reduced  in  circumstances,  which  coming  to  the  knowledge  of  the 
prince,  after  his  advancement  to  the  throne,  he  gratefully  awarde 
him  a  pension  of  £200  per  annum, 

Welsh  Brakch. 
We  have  but  little  information  relating  to  the  Tuthills  of  Walea 
aside  from  the  knowledge  that  two  of  that  branch  were  quite  note 
men  during  the  reigns    of    Elizabeth  and  James  1,      One  of  tliem' 
was  the  famous  old  printer  Richard  Tottell,   at  the  sign  of  the  S^r 
and  *  within  Temple  Bar,  London,  wliere  it  is  said  he  continued 
business  for  forty  3^ears,     How  it  would  gladden  the  heart  of  a  biblio 
grapher  to  be  enabled  to  procure  a  copy  uf  the  fir«t  edition  of  thi 
rare  old  work  published  by  him  1557,  entitled  "  TuttelPs  Miscellany,'* 
contaiiltag  songs  and  sonnets   of  the  Earl   of   Surry   and  Thomi 


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Wyatt ;  the  copy  io  the  Bodleian  librarj  beinp:  the  ooly  one  known 
to  be  in  existence*  Of  the  second  edition,  Collier  says  he  has  never 
Been  bat  three  copies,  one  of  which,  under  the  notion  that  it  waa  the 
first,  was  re-printcd  by  Bishop  Tercy,  Even  Dr.  Dibilin  never  saw 
more  than  a  copy  of  tlie  second  edition,  which  lie  also  called  the  first. 
Of  the  books  bearing  his  imprint,  of  which  it  is  said  there  are  78,  will 
be  found,  Tiisser's  ''  Hundred  good  points  of  Husbandry/'  1657  J 
Grafton's*'  Chronicles,"  16G4;  '*Diall  of  Princes  ;  "  "The  Accidence  of 
Armories  ; ''  •*  The  Concord  of  Armories  ;  '*  "  Art  of  Singing  ;  '*  Bald- 
win's **  Moral  Philosophy  ; ''  Tally's  *'  Offices  ;  "  **  Quintiue  Curtius/' 
&c. 

But  he  was  more  generally  known  as  a  publisher  of  law  books,  of 
which  I  have  a  number  in  my  collection  ;  among  them  a  eet  of  tha 
Year  Book$,  black  letter,  in  t  vols,  folio ;  the  first  vob  printed  in  1655, 
and  the  last  in  1075.  In  Dihdin's  Typographical  Antiquities  will  bo 
found  a  copy  of  a  license,  issued  on  the  12th  April,  7th  Edward  VL 
(1553),  authorizing  Richard  Tottdlle,  citizen,  stationer  and  printer  of 
London,  and  his  assigns,  to  imprint  for  the  space  of  seven  years,  all 
manner  of  books  of  the  temporal  law,  caHed  the  common  law.  And 
of  another  issued  to  him  on  the  12th  of  Jantiary*  1  Elizabeth  (1559), 
wherein  he  was  authorized  to  print  all  manner  of  books  touching  the 
common  law  of  England  during  his  life.  He  was,  as  Herbert  eayfl^ 
"  an  original  member  of  the  Stationers*  Company,"  collect^^r  of  the 
quarterages  in  1559,  under-warden  in  lofil,  upper-warden  in  1567, 
And  master  in  1578  and  1581,  Some  time  in  1589  he  retired  from 
active  business  and  removed  to  Pembrokeshire  ;  the  printing  depart- 
ment being  still  carried  on  by  one  of  his  sons,  until  1594,  after  which 
time  we  find  no  more  concerning  him, 

I  have  a  AIs.  copy  of  hit*  pedigree,  in  which  it  is  stated  that  his 
wife  was  Joan,  the  daughtt'r  uf  that  celelirated  antiquary,  Richard 
Grafton,  whose  chronicleB  of  England  reniuin  a  monument  of  untiring 
industry  and  profound  renearch.  The  pedigree  also  gives  the  names 
of  four  sons  and  seven  daughters,  of  whom  Wiliium,  the  eldest  son, 
jecAme  an  eminent  lawyer,  and  was  fur  a  number  of  years  one  of  the 
*'  six  clerks  of  Chancery."  He  compiled  une  of  tlie  earliest  reports  ' 
of  cases  in  Chancery  ever  published.  The  volnnio  is  known  among 
the  legal  profession  as  Totliiirs  Reports, 

He  was  repoted  to  be  very  w*ealthy,  and  purchased  a  beautiful  man- 
Bion  and  grounds  called  SnARDisi.OES,  sitTiated  about  a  mile  frum  Amers, 
ham,  in  Buckinghamshire,  where,  as  Lysons  says,  **  he  had  the  hono^ 
of  entertaining  the  Queen  m  one  of  her  proj^reseeB/' 

His  wife  was  Catherine,  the  daughter  of  Sir  John  Benham,  on^.  of 
the  barons  of  the  Exchequer,  and  their  daughter  Joan  was  man-jod 
to  Francis  Drake,  Est^.,  a  dewcendant  (*f  the  Drakes  of  Ashe,  a  wei|, 
known  Devonshire  family  ;  and  thus  SliardeltjeK  became  the  property 
of  the  Drake  family.  Mrs,  Juan  (Tothill)  Drake  enjoyed  the  friend- 
ship of  many  of  the  Puritan  ministers,  amoTjg  them  the  Rev,  Thomas 
Hooker,  afterwards  pastor  of  the  first  church  uf  llartftjrd.  Connecticut, 

An  interesting  biography  of  Mrs.  Joan  Drake  will  be  Ibnnd  in 
**  Burder*s  Memoirs  of  Eminently  Pious  Women.*' 

And  there  is  still  anuth^^r  uf  thf  name,  a  man  of  note  in  his  day, 
of  whom  we  ought  to  make  mention — Jeremiah  Tuthill,  the  Captain 
Tothill  80  often  referriHi  to  in  the  colonial   history  of  New  York,   aa 

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an  anti-lrCislerian.  He  was  one  of  the  energetic  and  enterprising^  En- 
glishmcD,  who,  foreaeeing  the  great  commercial  advantages  of  the 
Dutch  settlement  of  Niew  Netherlandts,  were  the  founders  of  that 
trade  and  commerce  that  has  enriched  New  York,  apd  made  it  the 
great  mercantile  and  fmancial  emporium  of  the  West.  Jeremiah  Tot- 
hill  came  over  from  England  prior  to  1086,  as  we  find  this  entry  of  his 
marriage  in  the  record  of  the  Dutch  church  : — "  May  3 let,  1686,  Jere- 
miah Tothill,  of  Englaad,  to  Jannekin  De  Kay,  of  New  York."  He 
Boon  became  one  of  the  leading  men  in  the  embryo  city,  and  when. 
Trinity  chnrch  was  established,  he  was  selected  as  one  of  the  vestry, 
lie  was  assistant  alderman  of  the  east  Ward  in  1696,  and  alderman 
of  the  same  Ward  in  1103,  4  and  5.  (See  Valentine^s  Corporation 
Manual,  in  which  bis  name  is  spelled  Tnthill.)  He  died  in  1705,  leav- 
ing to  his  wife  aud  children  some  valuable  property  in  Pearl  Street 
and  Maiden  Lane.  Only  two  sons  arc  meutiuned  in  his  wili»  Jere- 
miah and  Edward^  of  whom  we  have  no  farther  trace* 

YoRKsraRE  Branch, 

The  best  account  I  have  beeu  able  to  find  of  the  Yorkshire  branch 
of  the  family,  is  that  given  by  the  Rev,  John  Watson,  in  hia  history 
of  Halifax,  published  in  1775,  which,  as  it  is  a  brief  one,  1  have  trans* 
cjibed.  It  is  as  follows  :^TuoTeiLL  is  a  remarkable  round  copped 
hilK  which  attracts  the  eyes  of  every  one  travelling  between  Wake- 
Held  and  Eland.  It  is  a  natural  mounts  though  the  top  of  it  looks  as 
if  It  was  artificiaL  It  has  a  good  command  of  the  country,  and  liea 
at  a  moderate  distance  above  Castlc-IlilL  at  Rastrick,  and  is  a  muck 
more  elevated  situation.  Near  this  hill  lived  atiourishing  family,  who 
took  the  surname  of  Toothill  ;  the  first  of  whom  was  Richard  de  Toot* 
hill,  who  had  Thomas,  Matthew  and  Richard.  Matthew  had  lands  i 
the  graveship  of  Hipperholm,  in  1314,  and  was  witness  to  a  deed  i 
1337,  He  had  John,  who  lived  at  Silkeley,  who  had  Hugh  (a 
w^itness  to  deeds  in  1438)  and  John  de  Toothill  ;  Hugh  had  Thomas* 

Thomas,  eldest  son  of  the  first  Richard,  married  Modesta.    Thomas, 
ramed,  had   by   Modes ta,    William^   Hugh,  John,   and  three 

U  ""rvfi thill,   son  of  Thomas,  married  Sibil,  daughter  and 

}^   ^f'kisihy.     By  this  Sibil  he  had   Margaret,  his 

:icu^*rti,  vi?v»  feeing  in  her  minority  at  the  time   of  her 

waa  in  tht  custody  or  wardship  of  Earl  Warren  (Joha 

11,  Livrl  of  Sarrey). 

hirgaret  married  Richard  de  Thornhill,  in  the  time  of  Edward 
[\  dTid  carried  all  her  fiithcr's  estates  into  that  family,  where  they 
'  tiontinue  ;  and  is  said  to  have  had  the  lands  of  Isabtd,  relict  of 
Scott  and  her  daughters^  Now,  it  appears  from  severiil  deeds, 
;ibuut  1287,  this  Isabel  and  her  daugliters  granted  to  C3ne  John 
I  in  (hill,  certain  landi>^  in  Ha^trick,  called  Linlands.  His  name  la 
th'ii  in  the  above  pedigree,  and  it  is  no  further  certain  who  he  was, 
th<m  that  Thomas  was  his  heir,  and  that  hi 8  name  occurs  in  deeds 
)»t  Tore  and  after  1300.  Most  tjf  these  descents  are  proved  from  deeda 
'  longing  to  Thomas  Thornhill,  Esq,,  of  Fixhy,  in  which  William,  son 
hli  dp  ^  v*ick,  and  Elen  his  wife,  daughter  of  John  Scot,  wi 
„\liep  hrr  .sifter  grant  lands  to  Thomas  de  Toothill  for  his  life,  and  after 
kflk  dutftiiif  VI  William  son  of  said  ThomaSi  and  if  William  dies  with* 


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out  issue,  to  John  son  of  the  said  Thomas,  aod  for  default  of  isBue 
in  the  said  John,  to  all  his  sisters.  As  Hugh  is  not  toentioned  here, 
he  probably  was  dead,  hut  his  existence  is  proved  in  1331  by  a  deed, 
-wherein  Thomas  dt  Tothill  grants  to  William  deTotliill  and  bis  heirs, 
remainder  to  John,  brother  of  said  Wiltium,  remainder  to  Hugh, 
trotber  of  said  John,  remainder  to  the  sisters  of  said  llug-h. 

Arms  of  Toothill,  of  Toothill,  were  : — Or,  on  a  chevron  sable,  three 
crescents  argent ;  though,  as  I  remembcTi  the  field  is  argent  on  a 
monument  in  Eland  Church* 

To  show  the  little  attention  paid  to  uniformity  in  epelling,  I  note 
that  in  the  deeds  above  referred  to  by  Watson^  are  the  following 
variations  in  the  name  of  the  family : — Toothill,  TotehiU,  Tou thill, 
I      Toythill  and  TothilL 

B  Oahbrtdget^hire  Branch. 

^^LJDf  the  Cambridgeshire  branch ,  we  have  very  little  knowledge* 
^PSghiODS,  in  his  history  of  Cambridgeshire,  says,  the  manor  of  Totehill 
^^  or  Tote  hall,  in  the  parish  of  S  waff  ha  in  Prior,  was  so  called  from  an 

ancient  family  of    that  name^  and  is  supposed  to    have  passed  to 

co'heiresses  in  1439. 
I  The  coat  of  arms  of  the  family,  npon  a  monument  still  remaining 

■  In  one  of  the  churches  of  that  parish,  is : — Argent,  on  a  chevroo 
W  azure,  three  crescents  of  the  field, 

NORFOLKSHTRE    B  RANCH. 

The  Tutbills  of  county  Norfolk,  as  shown  by  a  pedigree  in  the 
College  of  Heralds,  London,  were  seated  at  Saxlinghara  (in  the  hun- 
dred of  Flenstede)^  about^ seven  miles  south  of  Norwich,  sometime  in 
the  fifteenth  century,  I  have  a  very  full  and  complete  genealogical 
table  of  the  descendants  of  John  Tuthill,  of  Saxlirigham,  whose  name 
first  appears  on  the  pedigree  referred  to,  together  with  antheiitjcated 
copies  of  the  wills  of  most  of  his  descen dents  down  to  1619.  This 
ancient  home  of  the  Tuthills  (Saxlingham)  would  seem  to  have 
been  sold,  or  passed  into  other  bands  through  the  intermarnage  of  ft 
female  heiress,  sometime  about  1585,  and  the  younger  branches  of  the 
fiUDily  removed  to  other  places ;  one  of  tbem  for  many  years  was 
Mated  at  the  beautiful  vilbi  of  Deigham  Lodge,  contiguous  to  Nor- 
wich, now  the  residence  of  Timothy  Steward,  Esq,,  who  married  the 
heiress  of  the  last  Tuthill  proprietor.  It  would  seem  that  the  landed 
property  of  the  Tutbills,  in  almost  every  instance,  had  reverted  to 
female  heirs,  and  thus  been  carried  out  of  the  family.  Another 
icioD  of  the  Tuthills  removed  to  Essex,  where  his  name  is  found  in 
the  herald's  visitation  of  that  county.  Another  made  Suffijlk  bia 
permanent  abiding  place. 

As  all  the  facts  and  circumstances  connected  with  the  emigration  of 
oar  ancestors  from  England,  point  to  his  descent  from  the  Norfolk- 
Bhire  Tuthills,  1  have  expended  much  time  and  labor  in  endeavoring 
to  obtain  the  evidence  necessary  to  establish  our  connexion  with  that 
family,  and  the  extracts  from  parish  registers,  and  copies  of  old 
willstliat  I  have  collected,  indicate  that  Ilenry  Tuthill,  the  second 
son  of  Henry  Tuthill,  of  Tharston,  emigrated  to  this  country  about 
1637,  and  settled  at  Hingham,  Mass.,  and  that  bis  brother  John,  then 
a  widower,  in  all  probabihty  accompanied  him,  but  after  remaining  a 


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few  years  returned  to  England^  and  having  married  a  eecond  wife 
settled  in  Weybread,  county  Suflblk ;  his  eldest  son  removed  to 
Balesworth  in  the  same  county,  and  his  descendaBt  in  the  fifth  gene* 
ration  was  the  eminent  physician,  Sir  George  L-Tuthill,  who  was 
for  many  years  attached  to  Bethlehem  and  Westminister  hospitals 
in  London*  He  was  the  associate  of  Sir  Henry  Dalford,  and  the  pef 
BOnal  friend  of  Coleridge  and  Charles  Lamb.  Dr*  Tuthill  was  muc" 
esteemed  as  a  lecturer  on  the  practice  of  physic,  and  at  one  time 
said  to  have  the  largest  class  ia  London,  but  his  practice  latterly  ha 
been  chiefly  confined  to  diseases  of  the  brain,  in  the  treatment  of  which, 
his  scientific  knowledge  and  skill  gave  him  a  high  reputation  in  the 
profession.  He  received  the  honor  of  knighthood  on  the  28th  of  April, 
1820,  and  died  in  April,  1836,  leaving  an  only  daughter. 

One  of  my  most  valued  correspondents,  Mrs,  Louisa  C.  Tuthill,  of 
Princeton,  New  Jersey^  the  charming  writer  of  so  many  popular  juven- 
ile works,  has  given  me  an  interesting  account  of  an  interview  be- 
tween her  husband  and  Sir  George,  which,  as  it  relates  to  the  family 
generally,  I  will  take  the  liberty  of  narrating  in  her  own  language. 

"My  hasband,  some  four  years  before  his  decease,  while  on  a  tonr 
to  Europe,  being  In  London,  in  May,  1821,  thought  he  would  make 
some  inquiries  relative  to  the  Tuthills,  and  for  that  purpose  called  on 
Sir  George  Tuthill,  then  residing  in  Soho  Square.  He  was  very  polite- 
ly received,  and  obtained  from  Sir  George  much  interesting  inform! 
lion  with  regard  to  the  family.  The  tradition  being  referred  to,  tba^_ 
the  American  Tu thills  originally  came  from  Hingham,  England,  Sir 
George  remarked — ■*•  The  same  family  as  my  own  ;  we  were  from  the 
city  of  Norwich,  and  our  ancestors  were  originally  from  llingham.' 
In  the  course  of  the  conversation,  family  tr^itfi  and  peculiarities  were, 
spoken  of,  among  others,  the  tendency  of  the  hair  to  become  grey  i 
a  comparatively  early  age,  and  Sir  George  referred  to  his  own  hat! 
which  was  almost  white,  although  but  little  over  forty  years  of  age,] 
The  peculiar  color  of  the  eyes,  so  universal  in  the  family,  was  men*^ 
tioned :  a  gray,  slightly  dashed  with  hazel,  which  was  at  once  corro- 
borated, somewhat  to  the  amusement  as  well  as  satisfaction  of  both, 
by  observing  that  their  own  eyes  were  exactly  alike.  Other  traits  and 
resemblances  were  referred  to,  and  discussed  by  Sir  George,  who  wag 
ardently  devoted  to  physiologicul  investigations,  and  he  expressed  the 
decided  conviction  that  our  branch  of  the  family  and  his  own  were 
from  the  same  parent  stem.  The  interview  was  a  very  pleasant  oue^^ 
but  circumstances  prevented  a  renewal  of  the  acqaaintance  thus  bap 
pily  formed.'' 

The  husband  of  Mrs.  Louisa  C.  Tuthill,  hnre  referred  to,  was  Cor- 
nelius TuthilU  a  son  of  lion.  Selah  Tuthill  nf  Orange  county,  who  was 
the  original  owner  and  founder  of  the  town  of  TuthilL  in  Ulster  county, 
and  who  was  afterwards  elected  a  member  of  Congress  from  Orang 
county,  but  died  September  7,  1821,  before  taking  his  seat,  Ci»| 
nelius,  his  son,  was  a  young-  man  of  great  promise.  He  projected 
edited  with  signal  ability,  for  some  two  years,  a  literary  periodical,  i 
New  Haven,  called  the  Microscope,  in  which  the  poet  Percival  w« 
first  introduced  to  the  American  public.  He  married  Miss  Louisa  ' 
Hoggins,  known  at  that  time  as  the  belle  of  New  Haven,  and  con 
tinued  to  reside  at  that  place  until  bis  decease,  in  1825,  at  the  early  i 
of  twenty-nine  years. 


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Address  of  Hon.  WiUiam  H.  Tuthill. 


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Ib  Parmer's  Genealogical  Register  of  the  firet  Bettlers  of  New  Eng- 
land^ and  in  Savage's  elaborate  amplification  of  the  same  work»  we 
find  onder  the  name  of  Tuthill,  Tultil,  or  Tultle,  eight  diflercnt  indi- 
Tiduals  who  come  under  the  deiiominatiori  of  first  settlers,  tiz*  : 

1  Henry,  of  Hingham.  5  John,  of  Dover. 

2  John,  of  Boston.  6  Richard,  of  Boston, 

3  John,  of  Ipswich.  7  Simon,  of  Ipawich. 

4  John,  of  Southold^n^-  8  William,  of  Jv^ew  ITaYen* 
Of  the  eight  thus  mentioned,  five  have  been  fully  identified  as  pas- 
sengers in  the  ship  Planter,  that  sailed  from  London  in  April,  1635, 
Tiz.  :  Richard,  of  Boston,  and  John,  his  son  ;  John,  of  Ipswich,  and 
Simon,  his  son  ;  and  William,  of  New  Haven*  Of  the  remaining  three, 
we  have  no  reliable  data  to  fix  the  time  of  their  arrival,  or  the  place 
at  which  they  landed » 

Richard,  of  Boston,  is  repeatedly  referred  to  in  the  old  records.  He 
appears  to  have  been  a  man  of  considerable  wealth  and  intluence*  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  on  the  3d  of  March,  1635-6,  and  in  1638  re- 
ceived a  large  allotment  of  land  at  Romney  Marsh  (now  Chelsea),  and 
in  the  same  year  purchased  '*  a  great  lot  of  49  acres"  in  that  place,  of 
Nicholas  Willys.  In  1639  he  was  one  of  the  petitioners  to  the  General 
Court  for  a  new  meeting-house.     He  died  May  8th,  1640, 

John,  of  Boston,  his  son  (born  1626),  married  Mary  Holj^oke,  Feb, 
lOlh,  164T,  and  the  Zechariah  Tuthill,  who  was  Lieutenant  of  Castle 
William,  in  Boston  Harbor,  and  one  of  the  founders  of  Brattle  Street 
church,  was  his  son  or  grandson.  Mary  Tuthill,  the  sister  of  Zecha- 
riah, was  married  to  Deacon  Thomas  Huhbart,  and  their  son.  Captain 
John  Hubbart,  was  the  father  of  Tothill  Hubbart,  postmaster  of 
Boston  in  nTO^n,  I  have  in  my  possession  a  bill  for  postage 
against  John  Hancock,  for  letters  delivered  from  July  5th,  1770,  to 
Janoary  let,  1771,  amounting  to  £3.  15b.  lid,  with  the  fine  bold  auto- 
graph  of  Tuthill  Hubbard  as  P.  M,  appended  to  it.  An  old  tomb- 
stone in  the  Granary  burying  ground  at  Boston,  erected  to  the  mem- 
ory of  Mary,  the  wife  of  John  Tuthill,  and  to  deacon  Thomas  Hub- 
bart, has  upon  it  the  coat  of  arms  of  the  Devonshire  family.  John, 
who  is  styled  of  Ipswich,  took  the  freemaii's  oath  March  13th,  1638-9, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  Artillery  Company  in  1643.  He  went  to 
Ireland  (it  is  said  on  business),  in  1653,  hie  wife  Joan,  during  his 
absence,  transacting  his  affairs  as  his  attorney.  He  died  in  Carrickfer- 
gus,  December  SOth,  1656. 

Simon,  his  eldest  son  (born  1631,  and  died  1692),  married  Joanna, 
the  daughter  of  Thomas  Burnham,  in  1669,  and  had  a  son  Simon,  who 
married  Mary  Rogers, 

John,  the  second  son  of  John  of  Ipswich  (born  1634),  was  also 
married,  but  beyond  the  fact  that  his  wife  was  named  Mary,  wo  have 
no  further  knowledge  of  him. 

William,  of  New  Haven,  first  settled  at  Charlestown,  and  afler  re- 
roaining  there  three  or  four  years*  went  in  the  company  of  the  Rev. 
John  Davenport  and  Theophilus  Eaton,  to  New  Haven,  where  hia 
name  appears  among  the  original  founders  of  that  place.  He  had  a 
large  family,  and  his  descendants  are  very  numerous.  From  the 
peculiarity  of  their  spelling  the  name  Tuttle,  they  have  been  distin- 
g-uiahed  from  the  descendants  of  John,  of  Southold,  who  have  resolutely 
adhered  to  the  orthography  of  their  English  ancestors.    A  number  of 


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emiTiGTit  divines  have  come  from  this  family,  amon^  them  the  celebrat- 
ed Jonathan  Edwards,    Rev,  Moses    Tuttle,  who  died  in  South old| 
October,  1785,  and  the  Rev.  Joseph  F.  Tuttle,  D.B,,  Prenident 
Wabash  College. 

John,  one  of  the  first  eeUlers  of  Dover,  New  Hampshire,  ai 
the  protest  in  1640,  against  the  project  of  Underhill  to  place  that 
under  the  jurisdiction  of  Massachusetts,  but  he  is  supposed  to  have 
come  to  New  Eng^land  at  an  earlier  date.  A  carefully  compiled  genealo- 
gical table  of  the  descendants  of  John,  of  Dover,  by  Charle«  W. 
Tuttle,  A.M.,  isio  the  New  England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Regis- 
ter, VoL  XXL,  No.  22,  April,  1867. 

Henry  of  Hingham,  as  stated  in  Daniel  Cushing's  Record  (see 
Drake's  Founders  of  New  England,  p.  82),  "came  out  of  Norfolk 
county  in  1637,  and,  with  Isaac  Wright,  settled  in  NewHingham." 
In  the  history  of  Hiugham  by  Lincoln,  the  only  mention  of  him  is  that 
"  he  came  over  in  1637,  and  had  a  grant  of  land  made  to  him/''  In 
the  old  records  of  the  town  of  Hinghani,  there  is  a  long  and  somewhat 
minute  description  of  the  tracts  of  land  allotted  to  him  :  the  entry  is 
headed,  *'  The  severall  parsells  of  land  and  meadow,  legally  given  nnto 
Hcnery  Ttittill,  by  the  Towno  of  Hingham,*'  and  particularizes  ;— 20 
acres  for  a  great  lot — i  acres  for  a  planting  lot — 5  acres  for  another 
planting  lot— 2  acres  in  one  place,  and  1  14  acres  in  another  place 
for  a  fresh  meadow — and  1  1-2  acres  of  salt  marsh — together  with^ 
acres  for  a  house  lot,  '*  butting  upon  Batchelor  Streett,  eastw 
bounded  with  the  laud  of  William  Large,  westward ;  with  the  land 
Jonathan  Bosworth,  northward ;  and  with  the  laud  of  Thomas  Ch;  " 
southward. '*  Another  entry  under  date  of  June  20th,  1^4 
that  **  Henry  Tuttill  do  acknowledge  that  he  hath  sould  unto  Ji 
Fering,  his  house  and  home  lott,  and  alsoo  what  write  he  hath  to 
deviaion  of  Conihasset  meadows."  It  would  seem  that  this  sale 
his  property  was  made  preparatory  to,  or  in  consequence  of  hia 
moval  from  the  place,  perhaps  to  Southold,  for  the  Hon.  Solomon 
Lincoln  says,  "  I  have  a  strong  impression  that  Henry  Tuttill  went 
Long  Island  from  this  part  of  the  country,^'  and  it  is  certain  that " 
name  does  not  afterward  appear  in  the  Hingham  record. 

John  of  Soitthold  was  one  of  that  devout  and  sturdy  pilgrim 
who  under  the  guidance  of  their  beloved  pastor,  landed  on  the 
end  of  Long  Island,  and  have  the  honor  of  being  the  founders  of 
first  town,  settled  by  the  English,  within  the  boundaries  of  what  is  ui 
the   State   of  New   York,      The  most  reliable   account  we  have 
the  original  flettlement,  is  that  given  by  Trumbull,  in  his  History 
Connecticut  (Vol.  I,  p.  119),  where  he  says  ; 

*'  It  also  appears  that  New  Haven,  or  their  confederates,  pure! 
and  settled  Yennycock  (Soutbold)  on  Long  Island." 

**  Mr,  John  Youngs,  who  had  been  a  minister  at  Hingham,  in 
land,  came  over  with  a  considerable  part  of  his  church,  and  here  fifi 
his  residence.     He  gathered  his  church  anew  on  the  21st  of  Octol 
1640,  and  the  planters  united  themselves  with  New  Haven, 
ever,  they  soon  departed  from  the  rule  of  appointing  none  to  o] 
of  admitting  none  to  be  freemen  but  members  of  the  church. 
Haven  insisted  on  this  as  a  fundamental  article  of  their  consti 
They  were  therefore,  for  a  number  of  years,  obliged  to  conform  to 
law  of  the  jurisdiction.    Some  of  the  principal  men  were  the  Reve; 

! 

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Ir*  Youngs,   Mr.   William   Welle,  Mr.  Barnabas  HortoBi  Thomas 
[apes.  John  Tutbill,  and  Matthias  Corwin?^ 

Trurabuirs  statements  appear  to  have  beea  relied  on  by  Bubsequent 
writers  when  describing  Southold.  Barber  and  Lambert,  in  their  His- 
t4>ries  of  New  Haven,  and  Wood,  Prime,  and  Thompson,  in  tbeir 
Bketcbes  of  Long  Island,  give  us  the  same  leading  facts,  with  somo 
Bllgrht  variations  in  language.  It  is  not  known  from  what  source  Trnm- 
ball  derived  bis  information,  as  the  six  names  mentioned  by  him  are  not 
found  in  the  colonial  records  of  New  Haven,  as  residing  there  prior 
to,  or  at  the  time  of  the  settlement  of  Southold,  And  very  few  traces 
have  yet  been  discovered  of  tbeir  landing  in  New  England,  or  of  tbeir 
homes  and  connections  in  the  mother  country* 

The  name  of  the  pilgrim  John  is,  however,  found  in  the  New  Ha- 
ren  records,  in  an  entry  bearing  date  6th  day,  2d  mo.,  1642,  as  fol- 
'aws  : — "  John  Toettle,  of  Ycnnycok,  deputed  by  the  court  to  be  con- 
able,  to  order  the  affayres  of  that  plantation,  the  time  being,  till  some 
rther  course  be  taken  by  this  Court,  for  the  settling  a  magistracie 
[there  according  to  God."  And  in  Dodd's  East-Haven  Register  (pago 
111),  it  is  stated  that  "  On  the  lUh  March,  1644,  the  Colony  Constitu-  | 
[fioa  was  revised  and  enlarged  ;  and  then  were  added  to  it  the  names  / 
I  tf  Matthew  Rowe  and  John  Tutbill" 

This  is  about  all  the  positive  information  derived  from  records,  that 

'  re  have  been  enabled  to  obtain  respecting  the  pilgrim  John.     There 

ire  various  traditions  and  remembrances  in  relation  to  him,  most  of 

which  will  be  found  in  the  interesting  reminiscences  of  Southold,   by 

'  the  venerable  Augustus  Griffin,  and,   of  course,   familiar  to  you  all. 

I  would  here  remark  that  the  traditions  of  olden  times  cannot  always 

j  be  relied  upon,  for  we  occasionally  find  gross  errors  and  inaccuracieB 

Im  the  recollections  and  remembrances  of  a  comparatively  modern 

I  date.     As  an  eiample,  1  would  refer  to  the  statement  in  a  late  publi- 

[cAtion  ("  Who  Goes  There  ?  ")  that  Judge  Symmes,  the  father*in4aw  of 

[President  Harrison,  was  the  projector  of  the  theory  that  the  earth  is 

I  a  hollow  sphere,  habitable  within,   and  open  at  the  poles.     Now  aa 

I  Judge  Symmes  was  connected  with  our  family,  I  take  the  present 

I  opportunity  to  correct  the  error. 

John   Cleves  Symmes  was  the  son  of  the  Rev.  Timothy  Symmes, 
|[who  was  the  great  grandson  of  the   Rev.   Zachariah  Symmea,  who 
[emme  to  Charlestown,  Mass,  in  1635.     The  Rev,  Timothy  took  up  his 
frtssidence  on  Long  Island,  and  was  for  some  ten  or  twelve  years  pas- 
tor of  the  church  (at  Upper  A<|uebogue),  at  which  place  John  Oleves 
was  born,  July   10th,   1742*      He  married  Anna  Tuthill,  the  daugh- 
ter  of  Henry  3d,  who  was  the  grandson  of  Uenry  1st,  the  second 
•on   of   John  Tuthiil,    Sen,      After    the    marriage   he   removed  to 
1  New  Jersey,  where  losing  his  wife,  he  married  a  widow  Halsey, 
{ who  only  lived  a  few  years,  when  he  again  married  :    his  third  wife 
betn^  Susannah,   daughter  of  Hon,    William   Livingston,    Governor 
of  liew  Jersey,  and  sister  to  the  wife  of  the  celebrated  John  Jay, 
Just  before  the  breaking  out  of  the  Revolution,  he  resided  in  the  town 
of  Wall  pack,  New  Jersey,  was  a  leading  member  of  the  Committee 
of  Safety,  of  Sussex  county,  and  received  the  appointment  of  Colonel 
ixom  the  Provincial  Congress,     He  commanded  the  American  troops 
in  the  skirmish  at  Springfield,  on  the  14th  December,  IT 76,  where  the 
British  forces,  under  the  command  of  General  Leslie,  were  most  effec- 


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[Jdr, 


tually  checked  in  their  pursuit  of  WaBhingtoD*  who  was  then  retreat- 
ing through  New  Jersey.  CoL  Symtnes  was  soon  after  made  one  of 
the  judges  of  the  Supreme  Goirrt  of  New  Jersey,  wnich  caused  hia 
retirement  from  military  life.  Not  long  after  the  independence  of  the 
United  States  was  established,  he  purchased  aa  extensive  tract  of 
land  on  the  north  side  of  the  Ohio  river,  some  twenty  miles  in  leng 
including  the  site  of  the  city  of  Cincinnati.  The  grant  by  Cong 
of  one  million  of  acres  to  him  and  his  associates,  was  made  Oct. 
1788.  He  removed  to  Ohio,  and  being  appointed  by  Washing  _ 
United  States  District  Judge,  for  the  North  Western  Territory,  he 
made  North  Bend  (then  called  Cleves),  his  permanent  residence,  and 
died  in  February,  1814. 

His  accomplished  daughter  Anna  had  lived  with  her  grandfather 
Tuthill,  at  Soutliold,  from  early  childhood,  and  attended  school  at  the 
academy  at  East- Hampton.  After  remaining  there  a  few  years 
she  became  a  pupil  of  that  eminently  pious  woman,  Mrs.  Isabella 
Graham,  and  an  inmate  of  her  family.  In  the  autumn  of  1T94| 
she  left  her  eastern  home  in  company  with  her  father  and  step-mothefi 
to  reside  at  North  Bend,  where  she  soon  attracted  the  attention 
of  a  gallant  young  officer  of  the  army,  in  command  of  Fort  Hamilton^ 
and  was  united  to  him  in  marriage  on  the  22d  November,  1795.  This 
young  officer  was  William  Henry  Harrison,  who  after  a  life  of  patri- 
otic  public  service,  became  President  of  the  United  States.  His 
widow  died  on  the  25th  February,  1864,  at  the  advanced  age  of  88 
years  and  7  months,  respected  and  beloved  by  all  who  knew  her, 
and  was  buried  by  the  side  of  her  husband  at  North  Bend. 

It  was  some  years  after  Judge  Symmes^s  death,  that  his  nephew, 
Captain  John  Cleves  Symraes  (who  was  the  son  of  the  judge's  ouljj 
brother  Timothy),  advanced  the  novel  theory  of  the  earth  being]' 
concentric  sphere,  and  that  an  orifice  to  enter  it  would  be  found  i 
the  North  Pole.     This  was  popularly  known  and  ridiculed  at  the  tin 
hy  the  cognomen  of  Symmes*s  Hole. 
I      We  now  come  to  our  own  immediate  ancestor,  Johk  Turmix, 
Southold,  who,  as  we  are  informed  by  his  family  record,  found  in 
archives  of  the  towu,  was  boro  July  ISth,  1635.     It  has  so  long  ' 
taken  for  granted  that  ho  was  the  son  of  the  pilgrim  John,  althotig 
no  evidence  whatever  has  been  cited  to  warrant  the  belief,  that  nothiol 
but  direct  and  positive  proof  to  the  contrary  would  be   availing 
correct  the  error.     But  the  singularity  of  his  being  described  in 
family  record,  as  John  Tn thill,  Sen,,  and  that  no  mention  is  made 
the  pilgrim  John  as  bis  father — that  no  reference  is  anywhere  foua 
in  the  old  records,  to  a  wife  and  children  of  the  pilgrim — and 
absence  of  any  statement  of  the  time  and  place  of  his  death,  first  ga^^ 
rise  to  doubts  on  the  subject,  and  caused  a  more  thorough  investig 
tion,  resulting  in  the  discovery  that  John,  Sen.,  was  not  the  son  of  I' 
pilgrim,  and  that  hi«  father's  name  was  Henry.     This  is  conclusi^elj 
shown  by  a  release,  or  quit- claim,  executed  by  John  Tu thill  to  Wil 
Wells,  which  will  be  found  in  Book  A,  fo.   105,  of  the  township 
ords — the  crabbed  hand  and  antiquated  character  of  the  writing,  hftf* 
iug,  in  all  probability,  prevented  its  being  deciphered  by  the  cursoi^ 
observer.     It  being  a  document  of  so  much  importance  in  our 
history,  I  have  transcribed  it  for  your  benefit : — 


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"  15tli  December  1650 
"  The  day  and  year  above  written  I  John  Tuthill  have  by  tbese 
presents^  remised,  released  and  forever  quitclaimed  all  mj  rights  title 
and  interest,  of,  in,  and  unto  the  Estate  of  Henry  TuthiU  ray  late 
father  deceased,  and  Bridget  Tuthill  my  mother  deceased,  and  which 
came  into  the  hands  and  possession  of  my  now  father  in  law  William 
Wells*  by  marriage  of  my  said  Mother  in  her  life  time^  and  also,  all 
my  Hght  and  interest  unto  whatever  was  given  unto  me  the  said  John 
Tuthill  by  John  Tuthill  ray  fathers  brother,  and  was  committed  to  his 
cofltady  either  conditionally  or  absolutely  to  ray  said  father  in  law  Win. 
Wells  and  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever.  And  do  hereby  firmly  warrant 
defend  unto  my  said  father  in  law  against  all  persons  claiming 
right  or  interest  by,  from,  and  under  my  estate,  right  or  like 
"  Witness  my  hand  the  day  and  year  aforesaid. 

John  Tcithill. 
"  In  the  presence  of 
John  Youngs  Pastor 

Marie  Wells.  Recorded  by  me  William  Wells 

Recorder  for  present.^' 
Aa  corroborative  evidence,  that  the  children  of  Henry  Tuthill,  the 
named  of  two  of  whom  are  known,  viz.,  John,  the  grantor  in  the 
above  instrument,  and  Elizabeth,  afterwards  married  to  William  Johu- 
«on,  were  under  the  guardianship  of  William  Wells,  the  following  ex- 
tract from  the  proceedings  of  the  Ueneral  Court,  held  at  New  Haven, 
on  the  31st  May,  1654,  m  given.  (See  2  New  Haven  Col.  Records, 
fo.  97.)  '*  Upon  some  question  propounded  to  the  Court  concerning 
Jlr,  Wells  his  children,  which  were  Henry  TuthillH,  of  Soulhold,  it  is 
ordered  that  what  evidence  can  be  procured  for  cloering  the  childrens 
portions,  should  be  speeilily  sent  to  the  Governor,  at  New  Haven,  at 
forthest  betwixt  this  and  the  Court  of  Magistrate  to  be  licld  at  New 
Bsven  the  third  Wednesday  in  October  next,  and  if  Mr.  Wells  should 
remove  from  Southold,  that  so  much  of  his  estate  be  securicd  as  may 
ladwor,  not  onely  the  pportions  all  ready  appointed,  but  also  a  meet© 
•Ofne  for  that  wch  may  upon  evidence  further  appear  to  be  due  to 
Hiem/'  This  controversy,  respecting  the  portions  of  the  children, 
wm  doubtless  amicably  arranged,  as  it  is  not  again  alluded  to,  and 
we  find  that  some  three  years  afterwards  (February  17lh,  165T) 
John  married  Deliverance  King,  and  settled  at  Oyster  Pond  (Orient), 
whf^rr  he  appears  to  have  acquired  several  valuable  tracts  of  land,  a 
cription  of  which  will  be  found  in  the  township  records.  We 
le  names  and  ages  of  his  four  sons  and  five  danghters.  The 
«ons  were  :  1,  John,  Jr. ;  2,  Henry ;  3,  Daniel ;  and  4,  Nathaniel.  And 
(Irom  these  sons,  it  is  presumed  all  who  are  present  with  us  this  day 
,re  descended. 

It  is  hoped  that  the  necessary  steps  will  be  taken  at  an  early  day  to 
Xe  and  complete  a  correct  genealogical  table  of  the  family,  and 
Ttot  the  information  acquired  at  this  time,  from  so  many  of  its  branches^ 
fUl  render  the  long  delayed  undertaking  a  comparatively  easy  task. 
ome  of  the  difficulties  have  already  been  overcome  by  the  pcrsever- 
tz  researches  of  Charles  B.  Moore,  Esq.,  one  of  our  ablest  and  most 
wfatigable  genealogists,  wlio  by  documentary  evidence  found  in 
id  wills,  deeds,  <Slc.,  has  been  enabled  to  correct  several  errors,  In 
m  generally  received  account  of  the  early  members  of  the  family* 
Yql.  XXIL  29 


S34 


MArm  of  Bm.  WilUam  H.  Tutki/l 


iMr, 


one  of  which  was  that  Joshua  and  James^  who  have  been  BuppoBed  to 
he  sons  of  the  pilgrim,  were,  in  reality,  the  younger  sons  of  John,  Jr. 
This  John,  Jr.,  or  Chalker  John,  as  he  is  called  by  Griffin,  was  the 

eldest  sou  of  John,  Ben.,  and  a  man  of  note  in  the  settlement.  Pos- 
eessing  great  natural  shrewdness,  and  energy  of  character,  combined 
w^ith  affability  of  manner  and  sterling  honesty,  he  became  a  great 
favorite  with  the  people,  and  held  various  offices  of  trust  and  re- 
eponsibility.  He  was  for  many  years  a  justice  of  the  peace.  He 
acted  as  one  of  the  commissioners  that  laid  out  the  "King^s  High- 
way " — the  first  public  road  that  extended  the  whole  length  of  the 
Island — ^from  "  Breucklyn*'  ferry  to  Easthampton.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  New  York  colonial  legislature  in  1693-4,  and  also  from  1695 
to  1698,  and  was  sheriff  in  1695.  Griffin  saye  he  does  not  know  who 
was  his  wife,  and  that  he  had  only  found  the  name  of  one  eon  (John), 
but  it  is  now  ascertained  that  his  wife  was  Mehitable,  the  daughter 
of  Mary  WeUs,  afterward  Mary  Mapes,  and  that  he  had  at  least  four 
sons  : — Ist,  John,  who  continued  at  the  old  homestead  ;  2nd,  Jaraes; 
3d,  Joshua,  who  with  James  settled  at  Cutchogue ;  and  4th,  Daniel. 

I  iifid  1  have  trespassed  on  your  time  to  a  much  greater  extent  thta 
I  had  at  first  intended,  and  forbear  giving  any  genealogical  details  re- 
lating to  later  times,  trusting  that  enough  interest  will  be  felt  by  the 
various  members  of  the  family,  to  indace  them  to  famish  the  material 
and  the  active  co-operation  required  to  complete  the  History  of  thi 
TcTHiLL  Family,  of  which  I  have  only  given  you  a  meagre  outline,  and 
thus  hand  down  to  our  descendants  a  lasting  memorial,  to  which  we 
can  point  with  honest  pride,  and  say,  Here  ia  the  record  of  our  Anc 
tors  :  they  were  honcBt,  industrious,  and  God-fearing  men,  who  hai 
made  the  name  of  Tut  bill  respected  at  home  and  abroad,  and  the  s; 
onym  of  truth  and  loyalty. 

May  we  be  enabled,  by  the  protecting  care  of  Divine  Providence, 
preserve  our  ancient  and  honorable  name,  pure  and  untarnished, 
all  future  time.  

On  the  following  page  is  a  verbatim  copy  of  tlie   Pedigree  of  I 
Welr^h  Family  of  Totjls,  referred  to  b}^  Judge  TuthiUin  his  Addre 
The  origin  of  the  Devonshire  and  London  families  is  shown  in  thi^ 
Pedigree. 

Of  the  five  families  of  this  name,  who  emigrated  to  New  Engla 
about  the  year  1630,  only  one,  John  Tuttle,   who  settled  in  Dove 
New  Hampshire  (dnie,  Vol.  xxi.  p.  IZ'd),  is  known  to  be  descendd 
from  this  Welsh  lamiiy.      There  are  some  facts  indicating  that  ibi 
three  families  which  came  to  Boston  in  1635,  may  also  be  of  th' 
Welsh  family.    They  were  of  Hertfordshire,  near  London ;  and  Toi 
liills  of  this  family  are  known  to  be  living  in  Buckinghamshire,  tb 
adjoining  county  at  that  time.      A  writer  in  the  English  Notei 
Queries,  says  that  William  Tothill,  Esq,,  who  married  Catherine,  datlg 
ier  of  Sir  John  Denham,  Kn't,  had  thirty-three  children,  of  whom  Joa 
the  eldest,  raar.  Francis  Drake,  Esq.,  a  gentleman  of  the  Privy  Gounci 

This  Pedigree  illustrates  the  changes  of  the  spelling  of  this  sttlj 
name  :  thus,  Gieffxe  Tottyl  is  Jeflrey  Tothill,  Eccorder  of  Exeter  i^ 
1562  ;  Wiliam  Totyl  is  William  Tothill,  Esq.  ;    and  Richiart  Tottylli 
Richard  TotteU,  Tothille,  or  Tothill,  of  London.      It  will  be  furti 
Been  that  the  surname  in  the  Pedigree  is  ©pelt  variously*  c.w. 


Enlutei  Men  in  the  Crown  Point  Expedition.  [Jdy, 


336 


SALISBURY  (MASS.)  MEN  ENLISTED  FOR  THE  EXPEDITION 
AGAINST  CROWN  POINT,  IN  THE  COMPAJI^LES  OF  CAPT. 
CALEB  CUSniNO  AND  CAPT.  WM.  TRUE. 


[Commanlcatcd  by  I.011T  Odell,  E«q.,  Port£month,  N.  H.] 


i 


An  accompt  of  the  men  that  Tnlisted  out  Cap"  Caleb  Cush°  and  Ca[ 
Williarn  Trues  Company's   In  Salisbury  in  the  month  of  March  and 

April  in  the  year 1156.  and  Went  and  hired  a  man  to  Go  in  the 

Expedition  a  Gainst  Crown  Point  By  Which  means  thej  Ware  Excus- 
ed from  Their  Province  Rates  According  to  the  Court  act  viz 

out  Cap*  Cushings  Company — 


Aaron  Clough  Jun' 
Samuel  Dow  y*  3** 
Moses  Merrill 
Moses  Pike 
Cap**  Carr 
Amos  Coffin 


a  man 


a  man 


a  man 


John  Russell — a  man 
Daniel  Fitts — a  man 
Solomon  French — a  man 
abel  Davis — a  man 

Joshua  Merrill — a  man 


ont  of  Cap**  Tros 
Cap**  Stephen  Webster 
Samuel  Eastman 
Joseph  Clough 
Theophils  Haket 
John  Hacket 
James  Flandrs 
Thomas  Doler 
Josiah  Car 
Samuel  Webster 
Joseph  Osgood — a  man 


Company 

Joseph  Flandrs 
Philip  Chandler 
John  Daniels 
Joseph  Whittcn 
Joseph  Maxfeld 
Enoch  Smith — a  man 
Ebcnezer  Tucker — a  man 
Richard  Hacket 
Ruben  French 


a  man. 


To  Ilarison  Gray  aesq^  provence  Treshuer  S'  pies  send  the  monl 
for  thes  Solders  Heads  for  last  years  provence  Rat  acording  to  Con 
act  by  the  hand  of  Caleb  Cashing,  Esq'  to  us  the  Subscribers  for 
Town  of  Salisbiirys  nm     Sur  we  Raised  the  last  year  upon  the  sing 
pole  in  the  provence  Rate  £0  9«  4^    Dated  March  the  25  1751 

WiNTHUP  True         \      Select  mm 
Btephek  Merrill     V  for 

•  John  Eastmak         J      Salisbury 

An  a  Count  of  the  Charges  of  Keeping  William  Muroe  after  he  wii 
taken  from  M'  Stephen  Cofen  by  the  Select  men  and  put  to  Cap'  flog 
and  he  kept  him  Sixten  weka  and  Pour  days  at  Four  Shillings  pi^ 
wek  and  then  he  was  put  to  M'  Abner  Clough  twenty  Seven  weks  < 
two  Shillings  and  five  pence  per  wek      Dated  at  Salisbury  March 
1757 

Jons  Eastman         J      SelediMn 
WiNTRUP  True        >-  for 

Stephek  Merrill    J      Salisbury 


jm 


Letter  from,  Judge  Langdm — 1774. 


337 


LETTER  FROM  HON.  WOODBURY  LANGDON  IN  REGARD 
TO  THE  SEIZURE  OF  ARMS  AND  POWDER  AT  FORT 
WILLIAM  AND  MARY,  DEC.  U,  1774. 

[Commtimcated  by  Loby  Ob  ell,  Esq.] 

Portsmouth  Decern'  y*  11**^  HU 
tessTg.  Eastman*  and  Wsbstkr 

Gents 

After  you  went  from  hence  I  had  both  our  Contracts  copied 
orer  properly,  ready  for  each  of  us  to  sign  and  intended  to  have 
come  OTer  to  Salisbnry  next  Week  to  have  had  them  signed  pro- 
I  Tided  you  wrote  me  that  you  accepted  of  my  proposal  which  you  have 
BOW  done  by  M'  Ilackett,  and  I  Looked  npon  it  that  every  thing  was 
dear  and  settled,  but  quite  unexpectedly  the  day  after  you  went  from 
kence  some  huodreds  if  not  thousands  of  men  went  to  the  Fort  as  it 
IB  said  and  have  taken  from  thence  all  the  Arms  and  Powder,  fearing 
tbat  the  King's  Troops  might  come  and  deprive  the  Province  of  their 
Arms,  AmuBition»  &c.  as  has  been  reported  is  intended.     What  will 
be  the  event  of  this  do  man  can  tell.     It  is  a  matter  of  very  considera- 
ble importance,  and  if  it  should  be  possible  that  the  Ministry  should 
bring  this  Town  into  the  Same  situation  as  Boston,  as  it  is  plain  they 
we  embracing  all  opportumties  to  injure  us,  You  are  sensible  that 
no  man  here  could  do  any  thing  with  ships.     Therefore  considering 
the  very  critical  Bituation  of  Matters  here  at  present  I  cannot  think 
of  contracting  for  any  more  shipa  for  the  present  until  I  see  a  better 
prospect.     Whenever  I  see  the  way  clear  to  build  another  ship  I  shall 
certainly  call  upon  you  before  I  agree  elsewhere,  but  at  present  the 
proBpect  is  very  bad  and  I  fear  I  shall  beild  no  Ships  next  season 
except  those  two  which  I  agreed  with  M'  Ilackett  for  some  time  past. 
Ab  soon  as  I  see  a  better  prospect  I  shall  wait  npon  you,  and 


Am  y'  Ho.  Serv' 

Wy:  LANGDONf 


(Endorsed) 

To  Mess"  Eastman  and  Webster 
at  Salisbury  [Mass.] 


•  iAoob  Basttnan,  b.  April  6, 1742;  d,  onm.  Jan.  1776;  was  a  9.  of  Jotm,<  and  ootisla 
•  jfAMeiil  {&,  of  Rogcr^),  the  mother  of  Ezekkl  and  Daniel  Webster,    AtUe,  Vol.  xxi.  p, 

t  Woodbary  Lttngdon  wm  the  oi\ly  brother  of  (Gov.)  John   Lan^jilon.    Hf  was  a  &uc- 

MHtl  inereluuit,  a  raemtjcr  af  the  old  Confess  J ii'JffO  of  the  Siiprt'im^  Cotirt  of  N.  H.^  and 

'  iflfm  patriot    His  w.  was  Sarah,  d.  of  Henry  Slicrhume.    I^beir  Lhihireii  were  Henry  S., 

fiwih  ('ret>;ntlr  dtweAscd ),  w.  of  Robert  Ilftiri^,  Mar>''  Ann  WrxKlbniy,  Caroline  (ncently  de- 

'^^^^M.  ^%  of  Gov.  EustisJf>hn,  Walter,  Harriet,  and  Catharine,  w,  of  Edmund  Robert*. 

!  rmdcnrev  and  on  the  Kame  spot  its  the  first,  wtis  the  preMinl  Rockingham  House 

M»uth.    He  d.  in  180-^,  iijjed  66  ycai^. 

X 1.    -.liir  at  the  Fort  wju?  thi'  lirst  act  ia  the  revohition  which  w^as  attempted  ri  et  artnU 

I  JkA  account  of  it  may  be  found  in  Brcwstei'g  lUmhlea  about  Portsmouth. — ^£d. 

,  XXII.  29* 


'S38 


The  ChcMler  Familtf. 


[Jolj, 


GENEALOGY  OF  THE  CHESTER  FAMILY. 
[Commonicatcd  by  E»'wakd  Stsoko,  H.D.] 


♦  .T.J.i*Vt 

'^' 

HEKF  LJE^THE  BODjr  Of  LeoN- 
AftD.CHEStER  AaMi<^KLAtS 

OP  theTown  of  bUb/and 
m  ImhRsmBS  jdecbaiep 

IN  WEiHtBJSFElU)  AKNO- 


From  the  ancient  church-yard,  which  oc- 
cupies a  gentle  eminence  overlooking^  the 
Connecticyt,  just  in  the  rear  of  the  pic* 
turesque  old  brick  church  in  Wethersfield, 
Ct,,  a  charming  landscape  of  river  scenery 
is  prcBcntedp  terminated  fifty  miles  away 
at  the  north  by  Mounts  Tom  and  Holyoke 
clearly  in  view.  Within  this  enclosure  is 
contained  one  of  the  most  ancient  existing 
memorials  of  our  early  settlers.  It  is  a 
massive  horizontal  slab  of  red  sand-stone, 
in  memory  of  Leonard  Chester,  now  sunk* 
en,  with  the  solid  masonry  which  upheld  it, 
to  the  surface  of  the  ground,  and  bearing 
the  inscription,  yet  legible,  of  which  an  ac- 
curate copy  is  given  in  the  engraving. 
The  present  article,  compiled  for 
Register  from  the  MS.  of  the  late  Stephc 
M.  Chester^  Esq.,  of  New  York,  with  soo 
additions  from  Bnnd*s  History  of  Wat 
town,  and  from  private  sources,  aims  mainly  to  trace  the  descendaDts 
of  Leonard  Chester,  in  the  line  of  the  successive  sons  named  John-^ 
our  limits  not  permitting  the  use  of  all  the  material  in  hand,  relatis 
to  the  other  branches, 

Anna  :   Ermine  on  a  Chief  Sable,  a  Griffin  passant,  Argent. 

Ancestobs  of  Leosarb  Chestbr. 

William  Chester,  Bart,,  of  London,  and  of  Barnet,  'Co.  Hertfor 
Children.     1,  Robert.     2,  Leonard,  of  Blaby,  who  m,  first,  the  daug 
ter  of  Nicholas  Saville  (child,  AugtiHtine,  who  m,   1598,  Phebe,  daq 
of  John  Michell)  ;  m,  second,  Bridget,  dau,  of  John  Sharpe,  ofFrisbyl 
Super  Wreke  ;  children,  John,  William,  Sampson ,  Arnie. 

John  Chester^  of  Blahy,  m.  Dorothy,*  dau.  of  T.  Hooker,  of  Lei- 
ceeter  (sister  of  the  celebrated  Thomas  Hooker)  ;  children,  Lkonab 
b.  1610  ;  ELizABBTif,  b.  1624, 

Leonard  Chester,  b,   1610  (great  grandson  of  William),  m.  Ma 
Wade,   came  to  Watertown  in  1633,  was  a  proprietor  there  ;  **  Che 
ter's  Meadow  "  in  Watertown,  and  **  Cliester  Brook  "   in   Waltha 
still  perpetuate  his  name.     Ho  was  one  of  the  Colony  that  went  thenc 
in  1635,  to  settle  Wethcr^field,  Conn,     His  property  and  education 
must  have  given  hira  a  leading  position.     He  was  a  grand  juror,  and 
his  name  occurs  13  times  in  vol.  i,  of  the  Colonial  Records  of  Connect 
ticut.     He  died  Dec.  11,  1648,  aged  39,     His  widow  married  Hon 
Eichard  Russell,  of  Charlestown,  and  died  there  Nov.  30,  1688. 


•  The  name  of  Mrs,  Dorothy  Chester  appears  on  the  record^  as  ^ante«  of  three  lots  of 
limd  in  HjunTord,  among  the  nrst  svttkrG  In  1639 ;  probably  tbe  mother  of  Leotmni. 


18680 


The  Chester  Family. 


339 


L  Children  of  Leonard. 
L  Jom^  (Capt.V b.  in  WatertowD,  Aug.  3, 1635;  d,  Feb.  23, 1697-8, 
mi,  e2.  He  m.  in  Felj.  1643-4,  Sarah  Welles,  b.  1631,  dan.  of  Hon. 
Thomas  Welles,  of  Wetherefield,  successivolj  Treasurer,  Secretary,  Lt. 
Governor  and  Governor  of  Connecticut.  Capt.  Cliester  was  admitted 
Ireeman  in  May,  1658,  was  deputy  in  May,  1676,  and  often  afterward. 
He  was  very  useful  and  influential  in  the  Colony.  His  Will  was 
proved  May  6,  1698.     Hia  widow  d.  Dec.  12,  1698.     (8  children.) 

2.  Dorcas,'  b.  Nov.  5, 1637  ;  m.  Rev.  Samuel  Whiting',  of  Billerica  ; 
d.  16*r4,  mL  37. 

3.  Stephen/  b.  March  3,  1039  ;  d.  April  23,  1705,  unm* 

4.  Mary/  b.  Jan.  15, 1641  ;  d.  in  Charlestown  Sept.  15,  1669,  unm. 

5.  Pbcdence,*  b.  Feb,  16,  1613  ;  d,  Oct.  21,  1678  ;  m.  Dec.  30,  1669, 
Capt.  Thomas  Russell,  of  Charlestown,  who  d.  Oct.  20,  1676.  {3  child.) 

6.  EvNicE.'  b.  June  15,^  1645  ;  m.  Feb.  25,  1673,  Capt.  Richard 
Spragiie.  of  CharleHtown.     She  d.  May  27,  1676. 

T.     Mkrcy,*  b.  Feb.  14,  1647  ;  d.  in  Charlestown  io  1669. 

11.     Children  of  [Capt,]  John.* 

1.  Mary,*  b.  Dec.  25.  1654;  m,  Feb.  14,  1676-T,  John  Wolcott, 
[ofB.  Windsor;  d.  July  10,  1689,  sBt.  35.  (3  children.) 

2.  JoRx'  (Major,  Judge,  Speaker)^  b.  June  10,  1656  ;  ro.  Nov.  25, 
1686,  Hannah  Ta!cott,  b.  in  1660,  dau.  of  Capt.  Samuel  Talcott,  of 
Glastenbury.      He  d.  Dec.  14,  1711,  eet,  65;  his  widow  Hannah  d, 

,  July  23,  174L  «et.  78.     ( 10  children.) 

3.  Sarah,*  b.  Nov.  11,  1657;  m.  Dec.  6,  1689,  Simon  Wolcott, 
of  Windsor.     (6  childreti. ) 

i.  Stephen.*  b.  May  26,  1659;  m.  Dec.  IT,  1691,  Jemima  Treat, 
of  Wethersfield,  b.  1668.     He  d.  Feb.  9,  1697-8.     (5  cluldren.) 

5.  Thomas,'  b.  March  23,  1661-2  ;  m.  Dec.  10,  1684,  Mary  Treat, 
dan.  of  Richard  Treat,  of  GlaBtenbury.  He  d.  Dec.  5,  1712,  Bet.  50, 
ftnd  his  widow  d.  in  174B,  set.  81.     {4  children.) 

fi.     Samuel,*  b.  May  23,  1664  :  d.  1680,  ajt.  25,  unm. 

T-  Prupence,*  b.  Dec.  10,  1666  ;  d.  May  8, 1727,  set.  60 ;  m.  James 
Treat.     (T  children.) 

8.  EcNicE,*  b.  May  17,  1668  ;  m.  Rev,  Timothy  Stevens,  of  Glas- 
tenbury  ;  d.  June  16,  169H,  set,  30.     {4  children.) 

111.     Children  of  [Major]  John.*" 
L    Penelope,*  b.  Nov.  1,  1687  ;  d.  April,  1688,  «et.  5  months, 

2.  MEHrTABLE,*  b.  Jan.  29,  1688-9;  m.  Nath.  Burnham.   (5  child.) 

3.  Mary,*  b   March   8,    1691  (m.  Jonathan  Burnhum).     (6  child.) 

4.  Penelope,*  b.  Nov.  18,  1693  (m.  Rev.  Ebenezer  WiltiamB)  ;  d. 
Jone  29,  1764,  ast.  71.     (6  children, ) 

5.  Hannah,*  b.  May  5,  1696  (m.  Capt.  Gideon  Welles,  and  Ilale 
_rfGla«itenbury) ;  d.  May  19,  1749,  mt.  53.     (9  children.) 

Pbddbnck,*  b.  March  4. 1699  ;  m.  Dec.  13,  1731,  Col.  John  Stod- 

of  Northampton,  b.  Feb.  17,   1682,   grad.  H,  C.  1701— son  of 

B€7.  Solomon  Stoddard.     He  d.  in  Boston  June  19,   1748,  and  his 

widow  d.  Sept.  11,  1780,  set.  81.     (5  children,) 

7,    Eunice,'  b.  May  1 1 ,  1701  ;  m.  Col.  John  Pitkin,  of  East  Hartford. 

S.     John*  (Colonel,  Judge),  b.   June  30,   1703,  grad.  H.  C.  1722; 

BB,  Nov.  19,  1747,  Sarah  Noyes,  dau.  of  Rev.  James   Noyes,  of  New 

Haven,  b.  March  29,  1722.     He  d.  Sept.  11,  1771,  ffit.  68.     His  widow 


rhe  Chester  Family, 


ISept^ 


d.  June  25,  1191,  SBt,  *15.  He  was  often  a  member  of  the  Genei 
Assembly  and  Assistant,  He  was  also  a  Jadge  of  the  County  Coai 
and  one  of  the  most  important  men  in  the  Colony,  useful  io  the 
church,  "  a  father  to  the  fatherless  and  a  god  to  the  widow."  He 
d,  suddenly  in  the  hay-field,  Sept.  U,  IHl.  In  1748,  he  is  said  to 
have  been  the   only  male  in  his   line  of  the  name  of  Chester. 

The  bell  in  the  church  tower  at  Wethersfield  imported  from  Eag- 
laftd,  and  his  gift,  bears  in  raised  letters  this  inscription — *'  Johjt 
Chester,  1761," 

9.  Sarab,*  b.  July  4,  1707  ;  m.  Col.  Israel  Williams,  of  Hatfield, 
b.  Nov.  30,  1709,  grad.  fl.  C.  1729,  d.  1789.  She  d.  in  Hatfield  SepU 
18,  1770,  mt  63.     (7  children,) 

10.  Thomas/  b.  Aug.  31,  1711  ;  d.  May  29,  1712* 

IV.     Children  of  [Col.]  JoHy.* 

I.  JoHM*  (Colonel,  Speaker),  b.  Jan.  29,  1749.  grad.  Y.  C,  1766, 
and  A.M.  Darv.  1775  ;  m.  Nov,  25,  1773,  Elizabeth  Huntington,  dau. 
of  Hon.  Jabez  H.,  of  Norwich,  b.  Nov.  9,  1757.  He  d.  Nov.  4,  1809, 
and  his  widow  d.  July  1,  1839.  He  distingnished  himself  by  his  id- 
trepidity  as  captain  of  a  company  at  Bunker  Hill,  and  was  soon  made 
Colonel.  By  his  resignation  in  1777,  the  country  lost  the  services  of 
a  gallant  and  efficient  officer. 

In  Frothingham^s  Siege  of  Boston,  frequent  mention  is  made  of  bizDi 
and  always  in  the  highest  terms.  In  the  same  work  a  letter  from 
Col.  Chester  dated  July  22,  1775,  and  giving  a  fall  account  of  the 
battle,  occupies  three  pages  (pp.  389-391).  This  letter  is  repeatedly 
quoted  in  subsequent  pamphlets  respecting  the  command  at  BiloI 
Hill.  Lieut.  Webb  of  Chester's  company,  writes  July  11,  1775  ;  *'  Fa 
my  part  I  confess  when  I  was  descending  into  the  valley,  from 
Bunker  Hill,  side  by  side  of  Captain  Chester,  at  the  head  of  oar  cod 
pany,  1  had  no  more  thought  of  ever  rising  the  hill  again  than  I  ha 
of  ascending  to  heaven,  as  Elijah  did,  soul  and  body  together.  Bat 
after  we  got  engaged,  to  sec  the  dead  and  wounded  around  me  I  ht 
no  other  feeling  but  that  of  revenge.  Four  men  were  shot  down  witl 
in  live  feet  of  me,  but,  thank  Heaven,  I  escaped  with  only  the  graee  < 
a  musket  ball  on  my  hat.'* 

Col.  Chester  was  Speaker  of  the  House  several  years,  Councillo 
Judge  of  Probate,  and  Judge  of  the  County  Court,      12  children  : — 

(1)  Elizabeth,^  b.   Nov.    10,  1774;    m.  June  8,   1807,   Eleaxer 
Backus,  of  Albany,  b.  Jan.   13,  1770.     4  children:  John  0.  Backas.l 
D.D,,  of  Baltimore,  Md.  ;  J.  Trumbull  Backus,*  D.D.,  of  Schcnectailj* 
N.  Y. ;  Elizabeth/  d.  Enm. ;  Mary,*  m.  James  Bayard,  Esq.,  of  Fbilar^ 
delphia. 

(2)  Man/,'  b.  April  20,  1779  ;  m.  Jimc  3,  1806,  Ebenezer  Wei 
of  Brattleboro\  Vt.     3chii.:  Jtihn/  Charles,*  Henry,* 

(3)  Hannah,''  b.  Oct.  27,  1781  ;  m.  Sept.  26,  1808,  Charles  Cbaoi 
cey.  LL.D,,  of  Philadelphia,  b.  in  New  Haven,  1777,  grad.  Y.  C.  17^ 
d.  Sept   30,  1849.     She  d,  Feb.  6,  1821.      6  cbil.  :  Charles.*  grad^' 
C.  1828,  d.  1831  ;  Elizabeth  Chester;  «  Susan  Vaux,*  d.    1836  ; 
nah  ;*  two  sons,  d.  in  infancy. 

(4)  Sarah*  b.  June  17,  1783  ;  unm. 
(6)     John''  (Rev.  D.D.),  b.  Aug.  17.  1785,  grad.  Y.   C.   1804,  D.DJ 

U.  C.  1821,  pastor  2d   Pros.   Church  in  Albany;    m.  Rebi^cca,  dan.  < 
Eobert  Ralaton,  of  Philadelphia,  where  he  d.  Jan.  12,  1829.    6  chil,i 


1 1868.] 


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Bttnb  Ralston/  m.  Rev.  Samuel  B.  Jones;  Elizabeth  Huntington;* 
Sftooah  Chauncey,*  m,  Jonathan  H.  Hasbrouck  ;  Marion  Dorsey,*  d, 
iiflin. ;  Mary  Wells/  ra,  Martin  B.  Inches  ;  Rebecca  Ralstoe/  m. 
Abram  Snydani  Mesier. 

(6)     Charlotie,'  b.  March  20,  IISI ;  d.  July  19,  1844,  uom. 

(7>     Eenrif,^  h,  Oct.  B,  1790.  d.  in  infancy. 

(8)  J?/to,*b. March  15,  1792;  m,  April  2, 1816,  Matthew  C,  Kalston, 
of  rbiladelphia,     3  chiL  :  Sarah/  Robert/  Hannah  Chester.* 

(9)  Eermj,'  b.  Dec.  23,  1793  ;  grad.  U*  C.  1814  ;  lawyer  of  Phila- 
delphia ;  d.  1848,  unm. 

(10)  William"  (D.DOi  h.  Nov.  20,  1796;  grad.  U,  C.  1815,  B.D. 
Wash.  C»  Penn. ;  pastor  Pres.  Churchi  Hudson,  N.  Y. ;  Sec'ry  Prea. 
Board  of  Educatioui  Phila.  ;   m.  1826,  Frances  M.  White,  of  Hudson. 

ill)     George^^  h,  June  14,  1798;  d,  in  infancy. 
12)     Charles;  b. ;  d, . 

11.  Leonard/ b.  Sept.  — ,  1750;  grad,  Y.  0.  1769;  m.  Sept  12, 
nta,  Sarah  Williams,  of  Pittefield,  b.  Oct.  31,  1758,  dau.  of  CoL  Wm. 
Williams.  Jr.,  of  Deerfield.  He  d.  in  New  York  of  yellow  fever  in 
1805,  and  the  place  of  his  burial  is  unknown.     10  children  :  — 

(1)  Leonard  WilUanis;  b.  Dec.  20,  1777  ;  m.  Sabra  Koath,  of  Nor- 
wich ;  went  to  sea  in  H.  B.  M.  brig  Quebec,  and  was  never  heard  of. 
He  left  one  child. 

Hannah  />./  b.  Aug.  8,  1779  ;  m.  Mr.  Leffingwell. 
Eenrietia*  (twin J,  b.  March  8,  1781  ;   m.  Rev.  Mr.  Briggs,  of 
Borford,  Mass.     1  child. 

U^     Sophia'  (twin),  b.  March  8,  ItSl  ;  d.  Nov,  7,  1822. 

(6)  John  Noyes,*  b.  March  20,  1783  ;  went  to  sea,  bound  to  Java^ 
&od  was  never  heard  of. 


(3) 


{&\     SaUy  Williams;  b.  Nov.  2,  1784. 


fidei 


Oct.  15,  1815,  Eliza 
Henry/  b.  Sept.  17, 
March  14,  1846.  (2 
(5  children.)  He  was 
July  10,  1862.  Caro- 
John  Noyes,*  b.  Sept. 
(2  children.)     Eliza/ 


William  Williams;  b.  July  13, 1786  ;  m.  Nov.  13,  1816,  Hannah 
I  Sutherland,  of  Blenheim,  N.  Y,,  b.   May  31,  1796.    She  d.  Jan.  8, 
IB63,  6.  p.    He  founded  the  well  known  firm  of  W,  W.  Chester  *fc  Co., 
New  York. 

Thomas  Leonard;  b.  Aug.  20,  1788;  ra. 
b.  Sept.  10,  1796.     10  children  :— Wm. 
'  1816;  m.  June  8,  1838,  Eliza  K.  Priest,  who  d. 
I  cMdren.)     He  m.  Oct.  9,  1850,  Mary  Cooper. 
ID  Union  Army,  wounded  at  Gettyaburgp  and  d. 
li«e  Sarah,'  b.  June  5,  1818  ;  d.  Dec.  2,  1860, 
2$,  1820;  m.  Feb.  4,  1862,  Fannie  A.  Harns. 

b.  Oct  8,  1822;  d,  Aug.,  1827.  Charles  Thomas/  b.  Jan.  6,  1826: 
Y.  C.  1845;  m.  June  17,  1856,  Lucretia  Roberts.  (4  children.) 
Iward/  b.  July  12,  1828  ;  m.  Aug.,  1848,  Sophia  Hoifman.  Stephen,* 
b.  Sept.  19,  1830;  lu.  Feb.  25,  1868,  Caroline  Georgine  Harris.  Hen- 
fietU/  b.  Sept.  18,  1832  ;  d.  April  24,  1834.  Julia,'  b.  Dec.  5, 1835  ; 
Aug.  31,  1866,  Rev.  0.  W.  Whitaker.  Emeline,*  b.  April  20, 
IWO  ;  d.  Dec.  24,  1841. 
(9)  Ja77i€S  D,  GoU;  b.  Aug.  13,  1792  j  drowned  whOe  bathing  in 
[lecticut  River. 
10)     Abigail  Webb;  b.  June,  1706;  d.  Feb.,  1801. 

m,    Sarah,*  b.  Aug.  12,  1752 ; 


m.  Thomas  Coit,  of  Canterbury, 


Ib^ 


riic  Chester  Famify, 

Joseph,* 

Frances,^  m.  Rev.  Parker  Adams,  of  Johnstown,  N. 
Sally,*  m.  John  Koickerbocker,  of  Waterford. 
Thomas  C*  m,  Mary  Ana  Morgan,  of  Hartford. 
Stephen*  ra.  Betsey  Throop,  of  Norwich. 
IV.     Abigail/  b.  May  27,  1754 ;  m.  Nov,,  1774,  Joseph  Webb.    Iff" 
children  : 

(1)  Saily:  (2)  MarHei  Blackley.*  (3)  Joseph  Hayea.*  (4)  Mzik 
Bancker*  (5)  Frances  Chester ^  (6)  Johti  Haynes,*  (7)  Thxmm 
Chester.*  (8)  Amelia.*  (9)  Thomas  Chester,*  (10)  Menry  I.' 
(11)     Charles  Barrel^     (Dates  not  ascertained.) 

V — X,  Six  infants  d.  between  1756  and  1760*  (Three  bom  at  one 
birth,  lived  respectively  1  hour,  11  days^nd  17  weeks.) 

XL  Stephen.*  b.  Oct  27,  1761  ;  grad.  Y.  C.  1780  ;  Shenff  of  Hart- 
ford County;  d.Dec.  6,  1835;  m.  Nov.  5,  1788,  Elizabeth,  dau,  of  Ste- 
phen Mix  Mitchell,  Chief  Justice  of  Connecticut,  b.  Sept,  11,  1770, 
d.  Dec.  22,  1852.     10  children: 

(1)  Elizabeth*  b.  Sept.  15,  1789;   d.  Oct.  1,  1851,  unm. 

(2)  3Iaria;  b.  May  17,  1791  ;  d,  June  22,  1866;  m.  Hon.  Lewis 
Strong,  of  Northampton.     (10  children,  8  grandchildren.) 

(3)  St^hen  MitcheU*  h.  Oct  IB,  1793;  grad.  Y.  0-  1813;  mer 
chant;  d.  April  14,  1862,  unm. 

(4)  Donald;  b.  July  25,  1795 ;  grad.  Y.  C.  1814  ;  merchant ;  d. 
Sept.  29,  1835,  unm. 

Walier,*  b.  Oct.  8,  1798  ;  d.  in  infancy. 
ffannah  Grant,*  b.  May  27,  1800. 

WaUer,*  b.  Nov.  20,  1804  ;  m.  Henrietta  Lyman,  of  CazenoT 
,  April  22,  1828,     (6  children,  11  grandchildren.) 

(8)  Calhanne^h,  Nov.  10,  1806;  m.  May  7,  1829,  Lemuel  W,, 
Belden,  M.D.,  of  Springfield.     (1  child.) 

(9)  Julia  Buek;  b.  Aug.  23,  1809  ;  d.  April  8,  1335,  unm. 

(10)  John,"  b.  Jan.  23,  1813;  m.  Catharine  M.  Morcll,  of  Detroil 
Mich.,  June  14,  1837  j  d.  Nov.  18,  1852.     (3  children.) 

XIL     Thomas,*  b.  Jan.  7,  1764;  grad.  Y.  C.  1780  ;  d.  1831 ;  m. 
ther  M.  Bull,  b.  Sept.  29,  1777,  d.  Jnne  22,  1844,     Children : 

(1)  Aurelia  Louisa^*  b.  May  19,  1796. 

(2)  Alfred*  (Rev.),  b.  March  17,1798;   grad.  Y.  0,  1818  ;  m.  Aa^.' 
24,  1826,  Mary  Ann  Frances  Chetwood,  of  Elizabeth  town,  N,  J.    (- 
children,  5  gr.  children,) 

(3)  Caroline;  b.  Jan,  26,  1801  ;  m.  June  2,  1826,  John  Knicker- 
bocker, of  Waterford,  N.  Y.     {5  children,  8  gr.  children.) 

(4)  3[ary  Jane,*  b.  Nov.  10,  1804;  m.  Prof.  Sylvester  Hovey  of 
Amherst  College  ;  d.  Jan.  ll,J840.     (1  child.) 

(5)  Elizabeth  ffuntinglon;  b.  Oct.  31,  1807  ;  m.  James  M,  Bancc, 
of  Hartford,  Ct. ;  d.  March  6,  1861.     (6  children.) 


DiPBBCiATTON  OF  CovTTNENTAL*BIo?rET.— **  Dec.  30 »  17PL     The  old  oonti 
money  pai^l,  frt>m  Jul^v  to  February,  at  ^venty-five  doUiirs  ffjr  one  of  isilfer: 
then  oeDte^'iiited  fast  till  it  sU^pmd  pfi»^ing,  nbimt  May  25th,  by  reason  of  news  fi 
Phibdelphia.    On  the  26th  ot  >Iay  a  mnn  at  Norwich,  Vt.,  gave  one  thousaiid  dol- 
lars for  ft  felt  hflt."    [Journal  of  R^T.  Isaac  Backus,  A.M*,  m  Memoir  by  I 
Alrah  Hovey,  D.D.,  p.  908. J 


^1M8.]         Birth f  MarnageSj  Dmtlis,  in  Woodhridge^  K,  X  848 


ft. 


•BIETnS,     MAKRIAGES,   AND    DEATHS,    IN   WOODBEIDGE, 
MIDDLESEX  COUNTY,  NEW  JEKSEY, 

[Communiaitcd  by  H.  R.  Stiles,  M.D.,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  from  Toww  Records,  Liber  B.] 

Atibj»  Joho,  was  maryed  to  Mary  Oreeboiii  Jan'y*  1^*^  1716-lT : 

by  Boljsh,  Justice.     His  eon  John  b.  June  4,  1719. 
BiJkCR,  Alexander,  m*  Urstila  Brown.     CMldrmi:  James  JoIiesod,  b. 
July  17,  1766  ;  Foreman,  b.  May  29,  1768  ;  Jane,  b.  July  26,  1770 ; 
Alexander,  b.  Sept.  9,  1773, 

IBloomfielDi  Jeremiah,  m.  C^harine  Wcekes,  Jan.  3,  1722-3,  by  John 
Piereon,  Clerk.  Children:  Ezekiel,  b.  October  16,  1723  ;  Haneab, 
b.  December  9,  1725  ;  Ebenexer,  b.  February  6,  1727-8  ;  Jeremiah, 
b.  December  7,  1730  ;  Judith,  b.  July  25, 1733  ;  Ureula,  b.  April  11, 
1737  ;  Mary,  b.  Marcb  17,  1739-40  ;  Catharine,  b.  April  20,  1743. 
Joseph  m.  Eunice  Dunham,  Sept.  6,  1721,  by  Mr.  John  Pierson, 
Clerk.  Children:  Hannah,  b,  November  13,  1722,  fl.  in  February 
following;  Hannah,  b.  Jiune  12,  1724  ;  Martha,  b.  July  26,  1726  ; 
Moses,  b,  September  4,  1729  ;  Asa,  b,  August  25,  1733. 

Bryx,  Miles,*  m.  Mary -.     Children:   Eunice,  b.  November  20, 

1703;    Mary,    b.    November   17,   1705;    Sarah,  b.   June  4,   1709; 

.    Rboda,  b.  AugiiBt  4,  1712;  Miles,  b.  November  25,  1713;   Natha- 

I    oicl,  b,  February  13,  1715  ;  William,  b.  June  14,  172L 

Brown,  Jaraea,  m.  Ap^nes.  Child 7^e7i :  George,  b.  December  20,  1724  ; 
Thomas,  b.  February  14,  1726-7  ;  Agnes,  b.  August  29,  1730 ; 
Christian,  b.  December  16,  1733;  John,  b.  February  23,  1735-6; 
Ursula,  b.  February  21,  1737-8. 

Brown,  Andrew,  m,  Sarah,  Children  :  James,  b,  January  13,  1731-^2  ; 
Joseph,  b,  December  29,  1733;  Aiiable,  b.  August  28,  1735;  Eu- 
nice, b.  November  15,  1738;  Gurdon,  b.  March  20,  1739-40;  Wil- 
liam, b.  April  20,  1742  ;  George,  b.  July  27,  1745, 

BixoLER,  William,  m.  Mary.  Children:  John,  b.  December  25,  1720  ; 
William,  b.  December  8,  1723. 

Castpyon,  John,  m.  Martha  Walker,  January  12,  1719-20,  by  Mr,  John 
Fierson,  Minister.  Children:  Joanna,  b.  April  8,  1723  ;  Francis, 
b.  March  4,  1725-6  ;  Ann,  b.  July  6,  1730. 

CaMPTON,  John.  m.  Mary.  Children:  Bliakim,  b.  September  1,  1727  ; 
Elizabeth,  b.  April  12,  1735  ;  Daniel,  b.  July  31,  1738. 

DiLLrr ,  Jonathan,  m,  Hannah.     Children  :  Jonathan,  b.  September  2, 
1714  ;  John,  b.  March  7,  1717  ;  Aaron,  b.  August  28,  1721  ;  Sarah, 
b,  September  2,  1723. 
iTNHAM,  Nathaniel,  ni.  Joanna.    Ephraim,  b.  November  17,  1724. 

Hatch,  Tobias,  m.  Sarah  Cromwelli  October  31,  1717,  by  Mr.  John 
Pierson.  Children:  Joseph,  b.  November  22,  1718  ;  Elizabeth,  b, 
March  30,  1721  ;  John,  b.  April  22,  1723. 

Ilslee,  William,  m,  Mary  Ayres,  June  18,  1700,  by  Sam"  Haille,  Jj 
tice.     Hannah,  b.  June  18,  1701. 

OoTLSBTE,  John,  m,  Damarja  Force,  January  13,  1784,  by  Jonathan 
Bloomfield,  Justice. 

•  MiUefl,  «iid  MilU. 


1 


Birtliiy  MarriageSf  Deatktf  in  JVoadhridge,  N,  J*       [3 

pRisB,  John,  m.  Mary.    Rachel,  b.  August  IT,  1719, 
Pboshkll,  Robert,  m.  Margaret.     James,  b.  May  28,  1729. 
Frrz-RANDOLPH,  Nathaniel,  m.  Mary  Broocks,  by  Ezekicl  Bloomfield, 

Esq.,  in  the  year  1735.     Children  :  Robert,  b.  September  25,  1737; 

Hannah,  b.  October  29,  1739,  d.  June  26,  1742  ;  Thomas,  b.  Decern-   ! 

ber  21,  1741.     Mary  (the  wife  of  Nathaniel  above)  d.  July  12, 1H3, 
Robert  m,   Fhebe  Fearsall,   March   7,   176--.     Children:  Samuel,  b, 

Decemher  1,  1768  ;  Mercy,  b.  May  6,  1771  ;  Mary,  b.  February  19, 

1776  ;  Joseph,  b.  January  8,  1781,  on  Statcn  Island.     Childrefi  of 

Nathaniel  and  Mary  :     Mary,  b,  July  4,  1721 ;  Rachel,  b.  April  13^ 

I'J23  ;  David,  b.  March  7,  1724-5. 
Moore,  Samuel,  ''carpenter,''  m.  Mary  Uarrison,  June  2,  1718, by 

Thos.  Yat€8,  J.  P.     Children:  Jonathan,  b.  February  18,  1720-21; 

John,  b.  February  24,  1722-3  ;  Sarah,1>.  March  24,  1724,  d.  March 

22,  1125  ;  Samuel,  b.  June  18, 1726  ;  Joseph,*  b.  January  9, 1731-2; 

Edward,*  b.  November  6,  1733;  Sarah,*  b.  July  31,  1736;  Isaac. 

b.  July  10,  1737  ;  John,  b.  May  11,  1739. 
MooRRs,  Thomas,  m.  Rachel.    Children  :  Marion,  b.  October  21,  1735  ; 

Annapel,  b.  March  3,  1736-7  ;  John,  b.  November  15,  1738 ;  Mary, 

b.  October  3,  1740  ;  Hope,  b.  February  3,  1743-4. 
Merry,  Ebenezer,  m.  Mary.     Children :  Joseph,  b,  October  2,  1731 ; 

Anna,  b.  May  27,  1738 ;  Phcbe,  b.  May  27,  1741  ;   Job,  b.  October 

8,  1743. 
Pitney,  James,  m.  Susanna.    Jonathan,  b,  July  17,  1721. 
Pike,  Nathaniel,  m,  Grace.     Chitdren :  Nathaniel,  b.  Sept.  11,  1719,] 
Thomas,   m,    Elizabeth   Bloomheld,    September   8,  1737.      Childf 

Mary,  b.  August  14,  1738  ;  Grace,  b,  November  21,  1740. 
Rude,  Keziah  {dau.  of  Job  and  llaunab),  b.  May  4,  1718. 
Sarjant,  John,  m,    Sissel  — — - — ,   November  24,  1726,  by  Rev. 

Pierson.     Children:  Samuel,  b.  Sept.  1,  1727  ;    Sarali,   b.   Jauuj 

16,  1729^30  ;  Robert,  b.  April  4,  1732;  Margaret,  b.  June  22,  173 
Stewart,  David,  m.  Chrisdan.    Children:  Jane,  b.  January  23,  173" 

Ursula,  b.  March  14,  1730-1. 
Skiker,  John,  m.  Elizabeth  Cutter,  March  26,  1736.     Children:  Atm, 

b.  December  26,  1736  ;  Hannah,  b.  February  2,  1742-3  ;  Esther,  b. 

April  1,  1744  ;  Elisabeth,  b.  April  29,  1746. 
WiLKisoN,  JameB,  m.  Mary  Dunham,  December  16,   1726,  by  Jo 

Pierson,  Clerk.     Sarah,  b.  December  28,  1727. 
Thomas  ra.  Hannah  Crowell,  March  31,  1739,  by  Henry  Freeman,  Esq. 

Children:   John,   b.  February  12,  1739-40;    Crowell,   b.  July  If" 

3  741  ;  Moses,  b.  March  10,  1742-3;  Ilannah,  b.  August  26,  1744J 
WiLUAMS,  John  (sou  of  Ebenezer  and  Sarah),  b*  July  10,  1T32. 
Tafpen,  Abraham,  m,  Mary  Stone,  February  6,   1718-19,   by  Rob 

Gilchrist,  Justice.     Children  :  Sarah,  b.  November  26,  1719  ;  Is 

b,  September  8,  1721  ;  Benjamin,   Elizabeth,   twins,  b.  January 

1723-4  ;  Abraham,  b.  January  12,  1725-6  ;  William,  b.  January! 

1729-30  ;  Mary,  b.  July  25^.  1727  ;  Hannah,  b.  July  9,  1732  ;  CecUl 

b.  January  21,  1734-5 ;  Asher,  Moses,  twins,  b.  February  1,  1737'! 

Margaret,  b.  June  7,  1740. 

It'"  above  s^  Abraham  Tappcn  was  married  to  Sarah  Renolds,  Nd 
y«22^  1750.     Children:  Isabel,  b.  April  1,  1752;  Jacob,  b.  Nof 
ber  16,  1753. 


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^  GENERALS  GOFFE  AND  WHALLEY.* 


[CommQOJcatcd  hj  Mr.  Haeilt  H,  Edes,  Charlcslowni  Mnaa.] 
Windsor  May  11-61, 


Whereas  liis  Maiestie  hath  sent  oner  to  the  plantation  of  N:  England 
Ipetiall  Order  and  Comand*  fur  tho  App^bending  of  CoIIonell  Whalley 
[Note  I]  and  Coll:  Goph  [Note  2]  who  (are  declared  to)f  stand  (Jon- 
vfcted  for  the  Execrable  murther  of  the  Roy  ail  fatlier  of  o'  G  rations 
SoTeraigne  and  haueingapp^heodcd  the  said  persons  to  send  them  ouer 
to  England  vniler  a  strict  care  to  rcccatie  according  to  their  demerits : 
These  are  therefore  to  reqnire  you  to  make  diligent  search  in  yonr 
I>laiitation  (in  this  Colony  )|  for  y"  fore  named  Gent:  Coll:  Whalley 
od  Coll:  Goffe  and  to  appliend  them  being  discouered  and  found  out 
to  Becure  them  in  safe  Custody  and  bring  them  before  the  ilaies- 
s  or  Maiestrate  to  receaiie  further  order  respecting  the  said  psons, 
To  the  Marshall  By  order  from  y^  Gouerno' 

I  Jonathan  Gilbert  [Nole  3]  and  Maiestrates, 

lor  the  Constables  D^^niell  Clark  sec'y.  [Note  4] 

of  Windsor. 

Superscribed, 

Special  order  to  search  for 

Col  whaley  &  Gufle 

May:  11  :  1661 

NOTK    L 

i^iRD  Whalley — ^Oue  of  the  fifty-niue  Judges  of  Charles  1.  who 
fed  their  names  to  the  warrant  for  the  King's  Execution,  January 
1648-9, 

le  was  the  second  son  of  Richard  Whalley,   Esq.,   by  his  second 
Frances,   daaghter   of    Sir  Henry   Cromwellj    Ilinckinbrooke, 
knight,  the  grandfather  of  the  Protector.   Oliver^   and  a  grandson  of 
""  omas,  Esq.  (by  hia  wife  Elizabeth),  who  was  the  eldest  son  and  heir 
Richard    Whalley,    Esq.    of  Kirkton,   connty   of   Nottingham,  a 
.  of  great  opulence  and  member  of  Parliament  for  Scarboro^  1  Ed- 
'  VI.,  who  died  in  1583,  aged  84. 

eing  a  second  son»  he   "was  brought  up  to  merchandize/*  but 

"  the  Parliamentary  army  at  the  commencement  of  the  contest 

een  Charles  and  his  Parliafnent, 

listinguished  himself  in  many  battles  and  sieges,  and  as  a  re- 

>r  his  bravery  at  tlie  battle  of  Naseby  in  1645,  Parliament,  Jan, 

16-6,  "voted  him  to  be  a  Colonel  of  Horse, ^'  &c. 

ling  great  confidence  in  his  cousin,  the  Protector  committed  the 

person  to  the  charge  of  Colonel  Whalley,  and  afterwards  eu- 


'  -  -r  -f  Mr,  Edes  wc  have  !i<icl  ttie  prlHlfiro  of  seeing  the  oripcitial  of  thm  rc- 
T ;  and  wc  are  permitted  to  minoance  that  a  lArce  niniilH.'r  of  im[Kjrt<int 
uvntA  never  ycr  putjInJied*  will  soon  be  foruiihed  by  him  to  tlie  rcod^jr^ 
ti::-t;;r.    Some  of  these  doctimetitii  are  of  Inestimable  volne.— Ed, 
|rlinc*l  til  the  ori^iioal. 
rlined  and  crossed  out  in  Ihe  origiiml. 
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trusted  liim  '•  with  the  government  of  the  counties  of  Lincoln.  Kotdn^ 
ham,  Derby,  Warwick  and  Leicester,  by  the  name  of  Mc^or-QeneraV* 
and  also  made  him  Commissary-General  for  Scotland. 

He  was  one  of  the  representatives  of  Nottinj^ham shire  la  the  Pa^ 
liament  held  in  1654  and  1656,  and  was  called  up  to  the  Frotectur's 
House  of  Lords. 

Gen.  Whalley  married  the  sister  of  Sir  George  Middleton^  Koigbt, 
by  whom  he  had  several  children — among  them  John,  his  eldest  sod 
and  heir, 

Sp4?alting  of  the  characters  which  Goffe  and  Whalley  sustained  ia 
England  prior  to  tlieir  flight  to  the  Colonics,  President  Stiles  says, 
**. certainly  they  were  among  the  personages  of  the  first  emiDence  for 
^^eat  and  noble  actions  in  tlieir  day." 

Gen.  Whalley  died  at  Hadley  about  1676.  Concerning  the  place  of 
his  bi^rial,  some  have  supposed  he  and  Goffe  were  both  buried  in  New 
Haven  near  Judge  Dixwell,  and  the  subject  is  discussed  at  length  in 
the  fourth  chapter  of  Dr.  Stiles*  History  of  the  Judges  :  but  since 
the  publication  of  that  work  in  I19i,  wherein  it  is  conceded  that  WhJ* 
ley  died  at  Hadley,  was  tlicre  bnried,  and  that  if  he  really  was  buried  in 
New  Haven  his  remains  were  taken  up  and  removed  from  Hadley,  the 
south  part  of  the  house  wherein  Mr.  Russell  the  minister  of  Hadley  re- 
sided, and  where  the  two  regicides  were  concealed  for  upwards  of  fif- 
teen  years,  has  been  taken  down  (in  1795} ;  and  in  removing  the  mitldie 
part  of  the  front  wall  next  the  main  street,  the  workmen  discovered 
the  bones  of  a  man,  small  pieces  of  wood  and  some  flat  stones,  which 
from  their  position  were  probably  laid  on  the  top  of  the  coffin. 

The  thigh  bone  was  the  only  one  found  to  be  whole,  and  was  pro 
nounced  by  Dr.  Rogers  of  Hadley,  who  examined  it,  to  be  that  of  I 
large  man. 

The  author  of  the  History  of  Hadley,  page  222»  says  "  these  bones 
must  have  been  those  of  Gen.  Whalley,  who  was  buried  near  120  yejuTJ 
before.*' 

I  am  informed  that  the  Rev.  Chandler  Robbins,  D,D.,  is  about  pab* 
lishing  some  documents  relating  to  the  regicides. 

Note  2. 

William  GoFFE^ikcwisc  a  member  of  the  *'  High  Court  of  Justice'* 
whieh  pronounced  judgment  upon  Charles  I.,  and,  like  Whalley,  ooe 
of  the  fifty-nine  who  signed  the  King's  death  warrant. 

He  was  a  son  of  the  Rev,  Stephen  Goife,  a  Puritan  Divine  and  Recicr 
of  Stanmer,  in  Sussex.  Although  he  did  not  receive  an  acadtHl^^ih 
cation,  he  was  possessed  of  such  tine  abilities,  so  well  cultivated  if  Mi 
converse  with  scientific  and  literary  subjects,  that  the  honorary  tf--^*^ 
of  Ma>4ter  of  Arts  was  conferred  upon  him  by  the  University 
ford.  Living  in  London  with  a  Mr.  Vaughan,  a  dry  Salter,  aul 
liking  trade,  he  entered  the  Parliamentary  army  on  the  breaking 
the  war.  He  soon  became  Quarter  Master,  then  a  Colonel  oi] 
a«id  was  afterwards  raised  by  Cromwell  U>  the  rank  of  Major  G< 
for  Hampshire,  Sussex  and  Berkshire,  '*  a  place  of  great  profit. 

In  1654  ho,  with  Col,   William  White  and  some  '*  Musqiiet^ 
purged  the  Parliament  of  the  "  Anabaptistical  Members  ;  **  for 
and  otlier  services,  he  was  considered  ''  the  only  fit  man  ^-  to  r^ 


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Jolan  Lambert's  post  of  Major  General  of  foot ;  and  by  some  "  to  have 
tJie  Protectorship  settled  oii  him  in  future  time/' 

Was  member  of  Parliament  from  Great  Yarmouth  m  1654,  and  for 
Ihe  County  of  Southampton  in  1656,  aud  was  afterwards,  like  tfeneral 
Whalley^  made  one  of  Oliver'a  Lorda,  and  signed  the  order  fur  pro- 
claim iug  the  Protector  Richard. 

Ilo  married  a  daughter  of  Gen.  Whalley — his  companion  in  exile — 
and  corresponded  with  her,  while  «at  TIadley,  over  the  sip^nature  of 
Walter  Goldsmith,  and  received  replies  signed  Frances  Uold.sniith. 
This  correspondence  was  carried  on  as  between  a  mother  and  son. 
Goffers  last  letter  bears  date  April  2,  1670. 

^Oo0e  and   Whalley  were  devout  Congregational   Puritans  and  in 
Krfect  accord  with  the  New  England  fathers.     It  being  dangerous  for 
Bern  to  remain  longer  in  England,  as  the  Restoration  drew  near,  they 
IBok  passage  in  a  eiiip  bound  for  New  England,  and  wlnle  yet  in  the 
■lannel,  received  tidings  of  the  proclaiming  of  Charles  II. 
■They  arrived  in  Boston  Jnly  27,  1660,  where  they  were  kindly  re- 
ceived by  Governor  Endicott»  and  visited  by  the  principal  inhabitants. 
Although  they  did  not  attempt  to  conceal  their  names  or  the  posi- 
tion they  had  occupied  as  Judges  of  King  Charles,   they  preferred 
taking  up  their  abode  at  Cambridge,  instead  of  remaining  in  Boston, 
tad  immediately  went  thithen 

The  act  of  indemnity  arrived  in  November  of  this  year,  and  upon 
finding  that  Generals  Gofle  and  Whalley  were  not  excepted  the  Gov- 
ernment of  the  Massachusetts  was  alarmed ,  on  account  of  the  friendly 
reception  which  thej'  had  given  these  gentlemen  rm  their  arrival. 

February  22,  1661,  the  Governor  convened  the  Court  of  assistants  to 
consult  upon  the  propriety  of  securing  themi  and  finding  it  unsafe  to 
lemain  longer,  they  left  Cambridge  on  the  26th  and  arrived  atiNew 
Haven  on  the  Uh  of  March. 

Here  also  they  met  with  kind  treatment,  eBpecially  from  the  minis- 
tens,  Rev,  John  Davenport  and  Rev.  Nicholas  Street.  Among  those 
most  forward  in  their  interest  was  William  Leete^  Esq.,  the  Deputy- 
Governor  of  the  Colony. 

The  news  of  the  King's  Proclamation  arriving  soon  after,  they  were 
obliged  to  flee. 

While  in  New  Haven,  they  were  concealed  in  the  house  of  Rev. 
John  Davenport,  from  whence  they  removed  to  the  house  of  William 
Jones,  Esq.^  afterwards  Deputy  Governor  of  Con  nee  tic  ut»  where  they 
rffii  lined  till  the  llthof  May,   the  clay  on   which   this  warrant  was 
i-ssiii'd,  when  they  removed   to  a  Mill,  near  the  outlet  of  '*  Beaver 
Ponds/'  in  the  suburbs  of  New  Haven,  and  on  the  13th  were  conduct- 
ed by  Mr.  Jones,  first  to  a  place  called  Hatchet  Harbor,  and  on  the 
16th  to  a  cave  on  the  top  of  a  hill  about  two  miles  and   a  half  north 
^^st  of  New  Haven,  which  the  Regicides  named  '*  Providence  0111." 
HAft^r  this  the^  were  two  years  at  the  house  of  one  Tompkins,  near 
PRlford  meeting-house,  and  on  the  !3th  of  October,  1G64:,  they  started 
for  Hadley,  travelling  only  by  niglit.  where  the  minister  of  the  place, 
the  Kev.  John  Russell,  had  consented  to  receive  them.     Here  thej 
remained  for  about  sixteen  years,  residing  a  part  of  the  time  at  the 
of  Mr,  Peter  Tilton,  who  resided  near  Mr.  Hussell. 
drawing  of  the  Judges*   Chamber  at  Mr.  KusselPs,  faces  '""^ 
of  Stiles'  History  of  the  Judges,  and  is  copied  into  the  Hk«th«/ 
[  Badley,  page  220. 


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General  GoflTe  kept  a  jotirnal  or  diary,  from  the  time  lie  left  West-] 

minster.  May  4,  16G0,  till  the  year  1667,  in  small  pocket  volumei,  f 
written  in  a  kitid  of  ghort  band,  which  was  quite  easily  decipbered. 
This,  with  other  of  his  papers,  was  long  preserved  in  the  libraiy  of  j 
the  Mathers,  in  Boston,  who  obtained  them  from  the  family  of  llf«[ 
Rusaell,  the  minister  of  Hadley. 

These  papers  passed  into  the  hands  of  Governor  Hut^^hinson,  vh 
he  was  writing  his   History  of  MasHuchuwetts,  and,  nnfortanalelyi^l 
were  in  his  house  on  the  night  of  the  2Gth  of  August,  1T65,  aiid,  will 
other  documents  of  priceless  value  to  the  historian,  were  destrove*!, 

I  have  understood,  within  a  few  days,  that  a  portion  of  Goffo's  pa 
pers,  including  letters  to  his  wife,  are  in  existence,  and  are  to  be  given 
to  the  public^  in  print,  at  an  early  day. 

Goffe  probably  died  in  Iladley,  in  16T9  or  1680,  as  he  is  not  hea 
of  at  any  period  after  1679  ;  April  2d,  of  which  year,  as  before  8tat< 
he  wrote  the  last  letter  to  his  wife. 

Interesting  sketches  of  both  Goffe  and  Whalley,  are  given  in  Hatcli 
insou's  History  of  Massachusetts.  Vol.  i.  p.  213-19,  of  the  Lon" 
edition,  and  in  the  History  of  Hadley,  page  214  e/  seq. 

Note  3. 

JoKA,  GrLBKRT  was  of  Hartford  in  1645,  and  soon  after  (Mr.  Savage 
^ays  29  January,  1646)  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Joho  White,  by 
whom  he  had  several  children. 

He  was  possessed  of  great  wealth,  and  appears  to  have  been  en- 
gaged in  the  '*  coasting  business/'  and  a  man  of  considerable  note, 
holding  various  civil  ofBces — was  Kepn^fientative,  Collector  of  Ciid- 
toms -at  Hartford,  and  fur  many  years  held  the  office  of  Marshall  of 
the  Colony,  which  corresponds  to  that  of  High  Sheriff  at  the  present 
day. 

He  died  December  10,  1682,  aged  64,  and,  with  his  wife  who  died 
July  3,  1700,  aged  74,  is  buried  at  Hartford. 

An  extended  account  of  this  raan,  and  a  copy  of  his  will,  are  con- 
tained in  the  genealogy  of  the  Gilbert  Family.      Ante,  Vol.  iv.,  Jo' 
and  October. 

Note  4. 

Banikl  Cr,ARK  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Windsor,  Coim.|i 
where  he  was  an  "  attorney  at  law,"  and  a  magistrate. 

He  was  a  man  of  influence,  and  occupied  an  honorable  position  h 
the  aflairs  of  the  Colony,  of  which  he  was  several  years  Secretary- 
was  Representative  1657-61,  an  assistant  1662-64,  and  Captain  of  the 
cavalry  troop  in  1664. 

Mr,  Clark  married  in  June,  1644,  Mary,  daug:hter  of  Thnmas  New- 
berry, of  Dorchester,  by  whom  he  had  a  family  of  ten  children.  Ofi 
pa^e  669  of  the  **  History  of  Ancient  Windsor,*'  it  is  stated  that  the 
marriage  was  solemnized  June  15,  1644,  while  on  page  720  I  fiud  the 
date  fixed  upon  to  be  the  13th  of  June. 

Hia  first  wife  having  died  August  29,  16S8,hc  married  for  his  second 
wife,  Martha,  widow  of  Simon  Woleott,  and  sister  of  Wm,  PitkiOr 
Esq.,  of  Hartford,  by  wlumi  he  had  no  children. 

I^Ie  was  "  appointed/'  by  the  town  of  Windsor,  to  sit  in  the  **  grcal 
and"  ^^  ^^^^  Meeting-house,  which  wns  **  Waiiiscotted  for  the  sittinj 


Pand 


Magistrates;  *'  and  died  Augiudt  12,  1710,  aged  87. 


Centennial  and  Fore/aifters^  Celebrations, 


U9 


CENTENNIAL  AND  FOREFATHERS'  CELEBRATIONS, 

|lOyiSR  CeNTKXNIAL  CeLKBKATION,  MiDDLERrBV,  VEftMOXT,  HELD  JULY  4th,  1806. — 

'  "ebury  wa?  fr»rtimate  in  having  an  oratur,  who  had  interumrried  with  «  great- 
'tagbt«r  of  her  pioneer,  auil  in  a  [Mjet  also,  fur  this  ocaisvonT  whose  first 
v*^tion0  from  the  mwv  had  tuuiid  her,  a«  a  ehild,  on  the  iTeautifnl  piotiL'erTurrn. 
Hch  her  fether  in  tt  tempomr^"  Tt^irement  from  hut«me8js  had  purchased,  and  hdd 
vhile  the  materials  of  her  fine  mtellei^tual  chanu'ter  were  fornjin^.  We  have,  thero- 
Rowfj  in  the  oration  of  Proffeiwir  Bmi!iard  KelWg,  an  iiutlif'ntii'  and  thomu^h  pre- 
Boqtation  of  the  ctircejr  and  eharai'tcr  of  CuL  Solm  Ohipman,  the  Piom-er,  aTwavs  a 
titisen  of  standing,  whoee  relatii>n  to  the  town  oe.)mineiit't>d  at  iiro  and  fifrnty^  Slay 
or  June,  1766,  in  a  summer  Bpent  with  his  axe,  eeven  years  in  advance  itf  the  settle- 
ment uf  the  town,  on  ttie  (iirni  which  iiflerwards,  frc*m  1773,  wai^  his  liome  for  fifty- 
■z  years.  Without  undue  ohligatiou  to  the  hrilliant  hut  t'laseiml  fttyle  of  the  ora- 
tor, the  character  iteelf  of  the  pioneer  im  a  fitting  one,  and  ha«  something  distinct 
md  etatuc^ue  for  the  imagination.  He  was  sheriff  of  County  Addi!*oii  for  twdve 
iiears,  bore  the  mnk  of  M^or  in  the  Revolntiun,  and  had  the  military  *^  manner  of 
Jt**  when  always,  in  Inter  hfe^  mi>derftti>r  of  town-metftiriff. 

The  poem  of  Mrs,  Julia  C*  Ripley  Durr  catches  «4t:micthing  of  the  b«j]i],  romantic 
impfisBio^  of  this  chief  eharaeter  of  ita  snMect^  as  its  autnoress  received  it  auHJng 
tbe  Arcadian  acoeeBorles  of  her  ^'  Fiirmingdule.- ' 

"  He  came  at  Ins-t !    WItli  a  ,iturdy  hand, 
And  li  videt"  of  <locp  mid  Hern  ronnimndi, 
Awd  »n  pvt'  timt  lookt-d  iiixm  frietid  and  foe 
Wltli  the  pfwU  of  islJ-tMigUi,  HI  iu  kindling  glow.'* 

BqI  cbicfly,  as  wa.H  natural,  it  is  the  qualities  of  nature  that  enter  bo  vividly  into 
'ftvnaphic  descriptions  of  Airs.  D<jrr,  and  will  carrj'  an  interettt,  even  more  refined 
iidliir«>ly  than  at  present,  to  the  reader  or  celebrator  of  **  a  hundred  years  hence/' 
And  this  the  hero : 

*  Never  A  roTifcl  couch  had  lie^ 
But  he  iiiftfle  \\U  twd  'nf»th  Ji  greFn-wcMMl  tree, 
Aad  A  Jiimpk  pin"h  of  hoiue-niiun  brown 
Haund  hU  brave  yuung  \\m\m  wa4  fuMed  down." 


flhe proprieties  of  the  eel ehrat ion,  whiih  wa?  held  at  the  Pioneer  Tavern,  some 
^  nuleti  up  Otter  Creek  frnrn  i\\^  village  of  Jliddlehury,  and  assembled  Home  three 
asMid  pcTWjns  **  on  the  niitioiml  huliuay."  were  not  forgiitten  in  rei^|»eet  to  ita 
genealogitnl  reliiti<»nN.     RepreHentative*!  of  the  Vermont  Historical 
>ty,  toi^ethcr  witli  a  daUjjhter,  two  gmnddau^hters,  a  grcat-jirraniisijn,  and  a 
^-gn^nddaughter  of  the  Pioneer,  were  on  the  ptatibrm.     The  Mlddiehury  Uinto- 
bociety,  in  association  with  tlie  regular  cinimiittee  of  citizen*!,  had  a  leading 
;  in  the  weli-dcvised  proceedings. 

Forefathers'  Celebbatiok. — The  Twcnti^rit/hfh  annnol  eelehraticm  of  the  Land' 
\  of  the  PilijrimB  wtm  held  at  M  iddlelmry,  Yt. ,  Deeeml^er  22d,  1867.     The  celchra- 
llf  commenced  in  194''2,  is  cjmdueted  by  the  Middlelniry  flistori^Til  Society^  and  is 
1  to  enliven  the  imblic  interest  in  hii^turieitl  pursuits,  and  give  expn-ssion  to 
iasm  which  j^tertaint*  to  <iiir  early  New  England  hifitor>\    The  following  ifl 
)  list  of  the  Uruturn  of  the  (.>cti»j^ion 
Prtjf  ♦Solomon  SttMldard,  of  Middlelmry  College. 
Rcv.  Ottt>S.  Uoyt,  Hinei<?Kjrfjh. 
Rev,  'Thomas  A.  MerrilU  D.D.,  Middlebury. 
Rev.  •James  Meaeham,  New  llavcn, 
Hon,  Samuel  j?wift,  Middlelmry. 
Pnjf,  James  Davie  Butler,  Nurwich  University. 
R<?v.  ThomaiiS.  Hnhfiard,  Chelnea. 
Rev,  Enoch  C.  Wints,  Cornwall. 
Uon,  •Horace  Eaton,  Middlebury  College. 

•Joiias  A,  Beekwith,  Eeci.,  Middlebury. 
Rev,  Rufus  S,  Cushman,  OrwelL 

I 

^fyiMr»o««timNion  wwooDtof  the  lltneif  of  Smtuet  MiUt  Con&ntf  £tf  ■»  of  Bmodon^  ttM 
r  eJ«t»  who  die<J  to  J8&&.    The  ti«ual  iocial  oliwrvaiioe*  took  pl*cc. 

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1854, 

Hon. 

1855. 

Kev. 

1856. 

Prot: 

1857. 

laSH. 

Rev. 

1859. 

Hon. 

im). 

Kev. 

mil. 

Rev. 

fmi. 

Rev, 

1863, 

R«v, 

1864. 

liev. 

1865. 

Rev. 

1866. 

Kev. 

1867. 

Rev. 

2VbteJ  an  J  Queries, 

George  W.  Onindey,  VergenneB. 
Benjamin  LalwiRe,  D.  D.^  Middlfbiiry  College, 
(li'^*rg«'  N.  li4Jardmnn,  Middlebury  College. 
Philip  liattell,  Esti.,  Middleliury. 
William  H.  Ltkrd,  Montpelier. 
Gectrge  P.  Marsh,  Burliuffton, 
L  EaiiJC'S  Rankin,  ^t.  AUnLtia. 
Jaraee  1\  Hyde,  M  iddklmn'. 
Jona  t  ha  n  Clemen t ,  D .  D . ,  "tVoodatock , 
Calvin  B,  Hiill»ert,  New  Haven. 
Beidarain  Labiiree,  T).l).»  Mid<ile>mry  College. 
William  T.  Kii?ti.*^,  New  Huvun^  Cunn. 
Harvey  D.  Kitchdl,  D.D.,  JlidtUebur^'  Cull^^ge, 
Nonuan  Seaver,  D.D.,  Kullatid. 


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NOTES    AND    QUERIES. 

The  Wheelwricht  Deep.— The  folkiwinp;  extoot  from  a  letter  from  Oil.  Sot 
L.  Cbeeter,  dated  Umdoii»  i3th  Peeeiidier,  1B67,  to  the  ehturnmn  tjf  the  Publishing] 
Committee,  eonttiins  iaeU  that  will  mterwit  the  genealogist,  and  l)esides  lie  of  Sfrrice 
in  jiid-^ing  uWhi^  genunieiie»?4  of  the  iiimous  Wheelwright  l>eed.  The  **  Wentwurth 
pnper  •'  to  which  lie  refera  was  printed  in  tho  HealMter  for  April  last»  vol.  nil.  p^. 
1*26 — 139.  Ad  article  by  him  on  **  Rev»  John  Wheelwright  is  printed  in  vol.  xo. 
pp.  363—365. 

**  As  to  Wheelwright  and  the  Inijian  Deed  of  1629,  which  is  becoming  on  n 
ing  question,  1  have  somewhat  discusseil  it  in  my  Wentworth  2>!*I>er  whi' 
]tt8t  week  t^>  Chitiigo,  iind  cyrioiisly  enou^ijh  8Uf;rge*^ted,  Ironi  various  di' 
Wheelwright  went  tv>  New  Kn^land  as  early  m  16*28  t»r  16*29,  and  returneil 
land,  making  his tiniil  emii^mtion  in  1636,    1  hod  found  two  William  Wetit\.  ..,.  , 
father  and  sun,  at  Alfbrd,  uie  younger  i>f  whom  (whom  1  believe  to  have  been  Eidfr 
Wentwurth)  would  have  l>een  tw  young  to  ha\e  l>een  a  party  to  that  dci^,  and  1 
Buggeeted  that  the  elder  one  went  with  Wentworth  on  a  sort  of  pioneerinc  expedi- 
tion, which  would  account  for  tlieir  n«meH  sijipearini^r  m  that  deed  at  &j  efim  *  «**. 
There,  too^  much  mut^t  lie  lell  for  speculation,    1  will  give  you  the  exaet  fact^,  aini 
you  inuijt  tonn  >our  own  judgment. 

^*  The  lnstit«ti«in  Btniks  in  the  Bishop *s  Kegietrv^at  Li noohn  establish  the  factthit 
Wheeiwrii;ljt  wns  in:?tituted  Ui  the  vicarage  ot  Bilsby  on  the  5th  of  April,  16'23,  ami 
that  on  the  ytb  of  the  same  nii>uth  he  to<jk  formal  possession  of  the  vii^arage.    Hi* 
father-in-law,  Rev.  Thonnii*  Stiirre,  whom  he  Mieit^eited,  wa8  buried  on  the  previous 
26th  ot  March.     On  the  'Joth  of  Mareh,  16^51,  VVhe^lwTii'ht  eigne^l  the  tran^ript'if 
the  parish  i-egister  tor  the  year  then  ended,  ae  vicar.     (Thej*  inmscript^  were  humIp 
up  yearly  fr^in  the  registers,  and  included  all  the  entries  down  to  the  25th  of  Marcii, 
when  the  new  year  }}cmn.     Whether  they  were  always  ntlually  signed  on  that  pir 
cise  day  m  very  doubtiul,  but  at  all  events,  it  is  certain  that  th«?y'  wuuld  not  be  sigrt- 
ed  Ijefbre  that  day.)    The  transiript  for  1625  (that  is,  from  Manh  25,  K?*24,  u*  'i^ 
March,  1626)  in  mii^smg.     He  pignt*  agiiin  25  March,  1626.    The  tnuiscripi  for  16i' 
is  missing,  l>ut  he  signs  again  25  Mareh,  1628.    The  tran^iripts  Hjr  1629  antl  ^^C¥^ 
are  both  missing,  hut  he  signs  again  "13  JIarch,  1631,  and  during  that   v- 
daujrliter  Katherino  waa  liapti/ed,  on  the   Ith  Novemljer,  1630.     The  trann 
1632  is  mifesing,  and  on  the  25th  Mureli,  lf)33,  the  tmnscript  is  signed  by   I 
ce*sor,  Philip  ue  la  Mott,  who  had  l)een  inducted  the  previous  IHth  Januu 
the  mysterioas  \anuiey  that  is  mentiontHl  in  the  Institution  Rwjk.     Now  di; 
latter  year,  viz.,  19  Jlay,   1632,   Wheelwright's    daughter  Mary  wait  ba^ii 
Bilsby^and  on  the  following  28th  July  she  was  there  buried.     It  will  be  $e«  i 
fore,  that  WheelwTight  must  have  l>et*u  at  Bilpby  on  or  alxiut  the  25th  ul 
1628,  and  alsu  on  or  about  the  25th  of  March,  1631.  or  to  be  still  more   ;: 
(remem!>ering  the  baptism  of  his  ilaughter,  4  Nov.,  1630).  he  must  have 
Bilsby  nWut  the  1st  of  Mm  eh,  1630.     Tiiere  are  theieluie  alMut  two  years,  1 : 
let  of  April,  1628,  to  the  Ifit  of  March,  1630,  when  he  may  have  beep  'f  ^ 
anywhere  eke  afl  far  as  there  are  any  data  to  show.     Would  it  be  urn 


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t  that  during  that  period,  he  went  to  New  England,  Fiffned  the  Indian  deed, 
f,  1629,  niiide  other  arrnngt'nients  and  rptiirned  to  England,  whcru  lie  eer* 


JjT  was  hiDii^ir  about  25  March,  1B31,  and  also  as  Late  ^»  Septeiiil>t'r  in  that 

.and  without  doubt  a8  late  a.s  May  and  July,  1632,  when  hii^  daughter  Mary 

bflptiau.'d  and  buried, 

I  **  That  Indian  deed  is  either  genuine  or  spurioug.    If  genuine,  Wheelwright  mast 

tainly  have  lieen  in  New  England  in  Alayj  16'29,  and  fhave  tihown  that  tliib  would 

;  have  been  inirKjesihle  or  even  imprulmlilf.     At  all  eventn,  there  are  no  data  to 

ant  for  hh  whereabouts  between  the  2oth  of  Maich,  1628,  iwd  about  the  list  of 

cb,  1630/*  D. 

Gas  Age.—**  The  following  little  faet  connected  with  the  \Thite  Bear  Inn  [m 
>k,  L^mdonL  furcibly  calln  up  the  dark  ages  belbre  gas  was  invented.  In 
ohn  AVardaU  gave  by  will  tA\  tfie  Grocers'  Cuinpntiy  a  tentnnent  eiilk^  '  The 
hiteBffar  'in  Walhrm^k,  iip<m  condition  that  they  «hon  id  yearly  pay  ta  the  church- 
aniens  of  St.  Bot-olph-H,  Bdlingf^gate,  £4,  to  provide  a  lanthorn  with  a  candle,  bo 
^^t  the  pftspen^ers  might  go  with  more  security  to  and  from  the  w^atensidL-  during 
e  night.  Thi6  lamp  was  to  be  fixLHl  at  the  north-ea^t  corner  of  the  ]nirb<h  church 
St.  Bfjtolph,  from  tst-  Bartholomew's  to  [jidy*duy  ;  ont  of  thi«  euro  £1  wop  to  Ibe 
id  to  tht'  tfexton  for  tiiking  eare  of  the  lanthorn.  The  annuity  is  now  applied  to  a 
up  lighttul  with  gae  in  the  place  prescribed  by  the  will." — Historic  of  Signboards* 
Cmdon,  2d  edition,  pp.  154-55.  w.  J.  F. 

Bangor  (Me.)  IltSTORJCAL  Societv. — At  a  meeting  of  this  Society  held  on  the  23d 

Uctolx^r,  18(i7,  the  folh>wing  named  gentlemen  were  elected  officers  : — lion.  Elyuh 

L  Hamlin,  Prv&idint  i    Bev.  Charles!  C  Everett,    Vice  Prtsidtnt :   Uev.  John  It. 

ick,  D.D.,  Correspondim  Sfc'y;  E.  F.  Daren,  Etc&rding  Sec^y;  Hon.  Isaiah 

tetfeon,  Trcasxirer ;  George  A,  Thateher,  Lihranan. 

It  WM  ?ot«d  that  the  S(H*iety  should  take  umtsures  to  have  the  Fir^t  Centennial 
nniTerwry  of  the  setilenient  of  Bangor,  which  occurs  in  IHUU,  Tmincrlyci'h^bnited. 
Mr,  G.  A.  Thatcher  preK^n led  ti>  the  Sx-iety  two  booLs,  puUiened  in  1727  and 
rSS,  of  which  the  following  are  the  (piaint  ttth-** : — 

IxDfAN  Converts  ;  ur,  s<»me  uiMamnl  of  the  lives  and  dying  sptM^ehes  of  a  et>n>iidera- 
t  Dumlier  of  tlie  Christianized  Indians  of  Martha's  Vineyard,  in  New  England,  viz. : 
of  tnjdly  miiii!?ter>';  2,  of  other  gixnl  men;  3,  of  religioiia  women ;  4,  of  pioua 
Hing  per^m.s.  By  Experience  May  hew,  M.A.,  IVeacher  of  the  Gas|)el  to  the  lo- 
ins of  that  I^lajid  i  t^j  which  \>  abided,. S4jme  acoamt  of  those  English  nuni.'ster}*  who 
,ve  ?;uccesiiively  pR-^idetl  over  the  Indian  work  in  that  and  tlie  adjacent  ij?lands. 
y  Mr.  Prini-e.  (Quotation  of  Act^  x.  31,  35  ;  Aets  .w.  8,  9 ;  Matt.  jLXviii.  19,  20.) 
On4un  ;  Printed  tor  tinuinel  Gerrinb,  BorjkR'ller  in  Boston  in  New  England,  and 
lid  hy  J.  UBlxirn  and  T.  Layman  in  i*atcr-noeter  Row,  MDCCXXVII. 
Dedicated  to  the  Honorable  Willian»  Thoiupyj^m^  Fj«<|.,  Govern<air^  and  to  the  re^t 
'  the  honorable  comptmy  for  the  IVofHigatiiai  of  the  Gogt^>el  iu  New  England,  and 
-^-  adjai*nt  in  America.    310  pagers  octavo,  with  18  pages  of  Books  pul>li.Hhcd  by 

db  Layman. 

KiCAL  Memoirs,  relating  to  the  Honsatonnnk  lndinn.%  ;  or.  an  oceount  of  tho 
»  osed,  and  pains  taken,  fijr  the  pnjijagalion  of  the  (lospel  among  that  Oea- 

tritje,  and  the  success  thereof,  under  the  ministry  of  the  late  Kevcrend  Mr. 

irgf-ant,  t4jgether  with  the  character  of  that  em inently  worthy  Missionary  ; 
id  an  Addre*=«  Ui  i\w  {je^iple  of  thi.s  country,  reprej^entinj^  the  very  great  imixjrtanca 
attaching  the  Indians  U}  their  interest,  m>t  only  by  treating  them  justly  ami  kindly, 
,t  by  Ui«iug  nroper  endeavors  to  iit^ttle  Uhri.sttaiiitv  among  them.  By  iSumuel  Hoi>- 
as,  A.M.,  Pas- tor  of  a  CJiurdi  in  Springfield,  **  I  j>erccive  that  G<xl  ia  no  respecter 
person,**;  but  in  every  nation ^  he  that  feareth  him.  and  worketh  righteuuhness  is 
eepte*!  with  him."— Apostle  Peter.  Biieton,  N.  E.r  Printed  and  s<jld  by  8.  Knee- 
pd,  iu  Qii(?eu  .street,  oprni*^ite  tu  the  Pri.son.  1753.  pp.  182.  18mo. 
Mr.  O.  11.  Ingall«  exhibited  a  PiLORiM  Bnicii,  nmnuJacture*l  hy  Mr,  Prince,  at 
jymouth,  A,D.  Ifrl3^  taken  from  the fcjundatii>n  of  the  old  Watch  llouw%  on  fort 
ill.  Olid  de»?erihed  in  the  t*iwn  records  of  that  year,  referred  to  in  Pilgrim  Memo- 
iU,  by  \Vm.  S.  Russell,  publishefl  in  1800,  ijsige  tJ3,  which  was  ako  brought  to  the 
feting  of  the  Stx-iety  for  exanu nation. 

Thk  N'Ewi'oaT  Historical  Societv  haa  la teJy  come  in  poeiefislon  of  an  Autograph 
llume,  written  in  1075,  by  Ubadiah  Holmes,  wht»  was  miniater  of  the  First  Baptist 
boreh,  but  who  went  to  Sla^a-choeettti  to  jjniich,  where »  having  no  lieense,  he  w^ia 
PKssteii  by  the  Puritan  Magistrate,  confinLKi  in  jait  and  hnally  ssenteneed  to  be  pnb- 
Bly  whippe<l  at  the  tail  of  a  cart. — Common  wealth.  c. 


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WrLLLAM  StnonrR.— ^mon*«  Hhtcrxf  and  AntiouJtie$  of  Eiies  (p.  73),  oooImdi 
the  follow in^innciipthm  from  the  Manor  of  Keobin  Hidl,  in  the  Kalf  hundnd  dL 
UarloWf  oo^^asex.  The  Cburch  in  that  place  is  (kdkaied  to  Ibe  Virgin  Maiy  «iid 
AH  Saints. 

''  Near  thifl  Place  ties  the  Rxly  of  Mr.  WtUkm  SaiDiier,  but  Temot  to  the  bit 
Lord  Abhat  of  St.  Rlmund'8  Bary.  He  gave  tuirarda  tbe  bciiutifying  this  Cbtinb, 
10/.  65,  1 U.    lie  died  A,D.  1559/'  w.  B. r 

NovANCiLUs  AST>  MASBACHTSETTSiifsis. — It  may  he  safely  affirmed  that  no  man  era 
iborouffbly  und<>rfltand  the  origin  of  the  American  Retolution,  without  a  criticil 
perosal  of  the  Massachusefts  State  Papers ;  that  no  statesman  should  be  without 
iKem,  and  that  no  lawyer  who  pretends  to  rise  above  the  lowest  elaases  of  tbe  pto- 
f(<^^i4)n,  should  1x*  dt.<«titut«  of  a  (Y>py.  Yet  the  volume  that  was  pubUtthed  two  fmn 
8iiKe  ( 1831 ) ,  co«*t  only  a  dollar,  and  altnt)st  the  entire  edition  remains  on  the  printer'i 
hands.  Nearly  the  same  result  followed  the  republicntion  of  the  celebrated  eaaayi 
of  jVousito/us,  John  Adams,  and  MasxacJttuettfm^sis^  Daniel  Leonard.  They  were 
writt^Mi  duriiiic  that  interreting  periiid  which  immediately  preceded  the  liattle  of 
Leiiuj^t>n,  an<f  which  ti*iitiim  the  argument  on  cath  «d©,  elated  with  i^reat  learD- 
mg  and  consummate  ability,  forming  a  masterly  commentary  on  the  whole  hisboiiyaf 
American  taxation  and  the  rise  of  tne  Revolution*  [William  TrnoJi,  in  '*  The  Lib 
of  James*  Otis."     B^jston,  1823.]  c 

John  Peck.— [From  Clark's  Nm^al  history  of  (he  United  States.]  '*  Dec.  11, 
1776.  The  Govemment  of  MuseachusettH  authoriaed  John  Peck,  a  celebrated  naiil 
architect,  to  build  an  armoti  vessel,  earrying  16  guns,  on  a  new  oonstruetion.  Thii 
vessel  proved  to  lie  one  of  the  Isest  and  m<jet  ele^nt  models  ever  built.** 

Query.  Who  was  Johti  PiH'k  ?  What  veiaseTs  is  he  known  to  have  bailt  Of  tnoik 
died  ?    What  was  the  name  of  the  venel  raferred  to?  f. 

EjtrKNSEs  OF  New  England  in  the  ExPEnmoN  to  Cape  Breton.  [From  tbe 
Hie.  ChMniele  of  the  Genttifnan's  Magotme^  Augu^t^  1749^  Vol.  xviii.  p.  1^.] 
**>Sunday,  Aug.  6.  The  Mennaid  man^jf-wnr,  Capt,  Montague,  Bailed  fti^m  Porte- 
mouth  (fing.)  for  Boston,  having  on  IxmnJ  650,000  ounc^i*  of  foreign  sdlvcr  cinn,fiail 
/(7?  tons  o^  ciipiier,  purchoi^d  by  Sir  Peter  Warren  and  Mr.  Bollan,  agents  fur  ^^r — 
England,  with  the  money  jmid  them  at  the  Eatchenuer,  for  indemnifying  that  i»lo 
for  their  eifxinses  about  Cajxi  Breton." 

HALfFAi,  N.  S.,  Commencement  of.  [Fmm  Eckomberg's  Naval  Chronolitm.] 
Early  in  Muy^  1749,  a  wjuadron  nailed  from  Porti^mouth,  in  North  America,  aooer 
o.imni«nd  of  Sir  E<lwani  Iliiwke,  haying  on  btMird  Colonet  Comuyallts,  as  GoTemor, 
and  alx*ut  4,000  adventurers  and  their  ramilies,  to  settle  in  Nova  Seotia.  Abontthi 
end  of  June  arrived  at  Chebucto,  and  in  July  tJovemor  Cornwall  is  lixed  upon  i 
eput,  and  ti^gan  t<>  build  a  town  which  he  name<l  HaltfoT, 

[From  the  Grnitrrmns  Mma^me^  August,   171^.1    **  CoL  Comwallit ,  Go^ 
of  Nova  Set>iia,  arrived  at  Cheliuct<D,  Juno  21,  in  tlic  Sphim,  and  Cnpt.  Bom  i 
a  8looi>-of-wur,  with  fifteen  trant^ports,  with  *2,0(MJ  adventurers  on  hoani,  whose  fin 
■eitU«ment  will  he  at  or  near  Cliehueto,  where  the  Uovemor  intended  tokeeptbs 
traosportB  till  ncit  year,  for  the  convenience  of  the  people,  especially  the  u..iTiPn  nnd 
children,  until  liouHes  are  built.     The  same  enoi:>uragement  that  has  bet  i 
the  British  disbanded  troops,  m  given  to  Gov.  Shirley^s  and  Col.  Pepper.        i    ^ 
ments,'' 

A  plan  of  the  town  of  Halifax  is  given  on  pagie  441  of  the  aome  Tolonie  of  ibft 

Orioinal  Anecdote  of  General  Scott .^ At  a  dinner  i^rty  to  the  Hon. 
Cnshingat  Ceylon,  in  1843,  General  Wilson  of  tbe  British  arniy  remarked,  in 


course  of  a  eoniplimcntarj'  ejieech,  that  tbe  ^rreatest  instance  of  cixtlnese  he  t-vcr* 
exhihitefl  wa.s  hy  a  party  of  Anierieans  during  the  war  with  England,  181'^  ***" 
Oe  said  he  was  urdered  to  take  jKisnesMion  of  a  bhK'k-house  ijeld  by  a  small  ] 
Amerit^ins,  and  dimmed  it  with  the  force  at  his  command  so  trivial  a  matter, 
approaches!  it  boldly,  not  supposing  it  would  be  held  for  a  moment.  When  within 
Jxftetn  yards  be  lieai'd  a  clear  vivice  m  the  block-house  give  the  order  **  Steedt/^  and 
and  at  tfie  next  mynrent  a  murdenjuB  volley  swept  his  ranks.  Tliis  unejq^ict^ttd  re- 
ception struck  a  panic  m  hti^  men,  and  set  them  in^^tantly  in  full  flight ;  shipping  his 
sleeveless  iiriu,  fieneral  WiIbcui  added,  **  This  is  what  i*e*?ulted  to  m\s<elf  from  that 
fire  ''  Hiis  ufliiir  occurre<i  wimewher©  on  the  Niagara  fhm tier,  and  the  officer m 
commantl  oJ  the  hlock-hoiLse  w«*  Captain,  afterwards  General  Winlield  Sixitt,  lieot 
Pegitim,  who  relfttei:l  this  anectlote  to  me,  was  present  at  the  dinner  referred  to,  and 
heard  General  Wilson  relate  it.  f. 


IB68.] 


IiXKRT,— Newport,  Jan,  23. 
?tabel  Kedwixx!,  only  daug 
of  £5<J00  sterliDg.     1769.     Boston  Chron.  ii 


Notes  and  Queries, 


853 


La^t  eveJiinc,  Bef\j.  E»  Esq.,  was  mamed  to  Mifia 
,bel  Redwood,  only  daughter  of  the  ilon*  '         "   '        '    " 


Abraham  Rcxlwoud,  Esq. 
■    35. 


A  fur- 


Bernarp  BrRKE. — "The  Dublin  tviirespondent  of  the  Bplfa.Ht  Northern 

-  »  April,  1868,  gives  a  very  full  and  detailed  dei^^riptioii  of  the  brilliant 

rpRj^iaiut  iitunding  the  in.stalliition  i"f  IIin  Roynl  IlighiieRs  the  Prince  of  Walea,  as 

iRiiight  of  the  Mui<t  niustrioQs  Order  uf  ht.  Patrick.     In  the  inultiph'ed  and 

wifijiPiius  ceTeni<>nies  of  the  occasion,  the  arrangements  and  directions  of  the  whole 

«d  officially  on  i?ir  Bernard  as  Ulgter  King  of  Arms,  and  are  thus  described 

Dublin  correspondent : 

1 11*1  Catukdral.— Although  the  preparations  had  been  Tigoronfilv  pushed  forward 

fir  stioe  wpeki*  past,  still,  it  was  only  tlii^  inonnn*j  that  tliey  were  brought  to  aBtate 

pletion.     When  viewed  previous  to  the  fidmission  of  the  uenenil  paI)liC|  ono 

le  to  form  an  excellent  idea  of  the  skill  and  inteiligen{>e  with  which  thev  were 

'       f^very  inch  of  space  was  utilized,  and  every tb in <5  that  could  1«  done  to 

0  tht»ee  privileged  to  be  pre**eot  wat)  aea^mpli^^hed.     In  this  as  in  all  the 

I  iLs,  the  guiding  hand  of  the  gentleamn  ujnai  whom  the  carryki^  out  of 

Uu?  tkuiihi  uf  the  ceremony,  as  well  ae  the  unerous  doty  of  making  provision  h»r  every 

cootingency  tlevolved,  was  apjmreut.     We  tillage  to  8ir  Bernard  Burke,  lister  King 

npf  Arui^,  and  we  may  take  tois  (niimrtunity,  unce  for  all.  of  giving  expresv^itm  t<j  tho 

Beneral  fe^fling  that  nothing  coolo  1«3  lietter,  or  more  adaptSl  U)  tbeoltject  in  view, 

^MUi  the  mt»de  in  which  he  dealt  with  ever>^  minutite-     H'm  perfei't  knowledge  of  the 

leqoirementy  of  the  t>ccasiou,  hi:^  intimate  acquaintance  with  the  matter  in  hand,  antl, 

above  all,  his  clear,  explicit,  and  CKjmj^jrchensive  instructions  to  hi«  a^istante,  reeult- 

^  in  the  perfecti^m  of  arrangement  wjtn(?8sed  to^ay .     It  may  be  added ,  also ,  that  the 

^Uty  of  Sir  liemard  Burke  is  only  exceeded  by  his  uniform  eourtesj',  accesaibility, 

Dtlemanly  bearing." 

tenmrd  has  been  long  and  favorably  known  at  the  rooms  of  our  Stxriety  by  his 

I  publications,  his  gms  of  the  sime  to  our  library,  and  hi.s  valuahle  communi- 

Jio  eome  of  our  memljers.    Hie  memoir  of  his  iatlier,  John  Burke,  E*5q.,  with 

.Joe  had  been  associated  in  authorship,  who  died  at  Aix-la-Chapelle,  April  3, 

5,  will  be  fomid  in  the  Register,  vol.  adi,  p.  19S  ;  and  one  of  himself,  by  a  cotein- 

,  in  vol.  xiii.  p.  3,  t. 

loWARB — Hewitt.  Now(ird,^t  is  stated  in  the  Giles  ^Jemorial  (on  J^figQ 
3),  that  Timothy  Webb,  f)f  Braintrce,  and  Sarah  Howard  were  married  May  425, 
",  and  that  the  marriage  is  reeordtni  in  Windham,  Conn,    It  is  also  stated  that 

Howanl  was*  born  at  Salem  in  Augustj  1706. 

I  were  the  parents  of  Sarah  Howard,  and  is  there  anything  to  prove  that 

I  bom  at  halem  ? 
.^evtitt. — Was*'  Lieut.  Henry  Hewitt,"  who  died  I  think  at  Windham,  Conn., 
Fehruar\'  17,  1770,  in  hLs  73u  veur,*'  of  8ti:>niri^ton?     Where  and  whum  did  hie 
f^  and  by  what  authority  did  he  acquire  the  title  of  Lieutenant? 

Harry  H.  Edes,  Charlestown,  Maas. 

PosT-P-tm  EN^vF.T>orKS  are,  contrary  to  the  popular  belief,  of  ancient  date,  even  as 
fiu"  luck  as  lii5H,  in  the  reign  of  Louis  XIV.,  when  was  established  a  private  **  j>eimy« 
joit,^'  with  boxes  at  the  oomera  of  the  streets  for  the  reception  of  letters  wrapped  m 
;?cloi»es,  which  were  to  be  bought  in  offices  oppointod  for  that  purpose. 

|g3.  Arnold — A  Vknerable  WoM-vy.— Another  of  Qeneml  Washington's  ooo- 
liporfiries  has  just  departed.  Mrs,  Mary  Arnold,  of  Brookl^Ti,  died  in  that  city  on 
b  37th  of  Sept.  1807,  aged  one  hundrcni  and  ton  yearn.  She  visit+>d  General  Wash- 
ft4:iii  when  he  lived  on  Pearl  street,  New  York,  and  during  the  war  of  1812  was 
>  of  the  wumen  who  assisted  in  throwmg  up  the  earthworks  at  Fort  Greene, 

*' Licnr  HoKSE  Hahrt  Lee.'* — General  Lee's  memoir  of  his  father.  Gen,  Henry 
Light  Hurse  Harry'*  of  the  Revohition,  wilt  stwm  be  put  to  press  by  Messrs. 
on  &  Co,,  of  New  York,    It  will  make  a  handsome  octavo  voiutne,  and  will 
PlUuatrated  by  the  family  pijrtraitson  stecL 

Jklf.— Mias  Sally  Jclf  celebrated  her  102d  biHhday,  April  5,  1868,  at  Elizabeth, 
New  Jersey, 

CoL&fTON. — In  the  article  entitled  **  The  fii^t  free  school  in  MaesaehuB*?tts  sup* 
perted  by  a  tax,'' on/e  p,  105  (April  No,),  Nath.  Alborno  ahouW  read  Nath.  (or 
JfathanJeJ)  Colbum. 


igtf  and  Dtaihi. 


MARRIAGES    AND    DEATHS. 


MAimUGES. 

AXORT— ^.^iT.--At  St.  John'i  ChoTch, 
Jamaica  Plain^  Mne?.,  June  2^  by  the 
Rev.  Willtiirii  R.  Babcock,  William  A. 
Amory  and  R4)eaUe  G.  Ernst .  daughter 
of  the  late  A.  11.  £nist  of  Cincizmati, 
Ohio, 

BoLLiNG  =  GmywoLD.  —  At  Brcioklirie, 
MaM^  Man:h  U,  CoL  Philip  A,  Bt^U* 
in^  of  FmrmYiUef  Va.,  tmd  Mre.  Anna 
Gnawold,  daughter  of  CbarleeTappan, 

Fiaic&?=ltoBBi?fs.~ln  the  Second  Chureh, 
Bop  ton  t  Maae. ,  June  4  th ,  bv  Rev .  Chan- 
dler Robbinfi,  D,D.,  Charltjs  H.  Fiekc 
•Jid  Cofnelia  Frothing  ham,  daughter 
of  the  officiating  el«rgyiiian. 

EAsrER;-a8Li0VB.— In  Boston.  Man., 
April  27th.  by  the  Rev.  William  H. 
Mallftlieu,  Mr.  J.  W.  Harper,  Jr.,  of 
N.  Y,,  and  M ia* Caroline  M*,  daughti-r 
of  the  Hon-  Jacob  Sleeper,  of  Bost^jn. 

HowABn=FosTEiR. — At  Bangor,  Maine, 
April  5th,  by  the  Rev.  G.  W.  Field, 
Brig.- Gen.  Charlee  H.  Howard,  of 
Washington,  I).  C,  and  Mary  Katha* 
rme,  daughter  oi  J.  B,  Foster j  Eeti.,  of 
Bangor. 

LoNCFELLow^^SFEUfAN. — Ih  Cambridge, 
Maaa.,  Maj^  21et,  by  Kev.  Samuel  Long- 
fi^w,  assiated  by  Bev.  Dr.  Pcal>odv, 
fimestW.  Longfellow  and  Harriet  £,, 
daughter  of  I-  M.  Spelman,  Eeq, 

KiCHOLS=Loscw<oRTa. — In  Cincinnati, 
,  Mav  26th .  Jliyor  Georg«>  Ward  Nichols, 
of  New  York,  Author  of  *'  Sherman  *fl 
liaidi/'  and  hhm  Maria  R.  Long- 
worth,  daughter  of  Joaeph  Longwortb^ 
Bw}.,  of  Cincinnati. 

S^i.U3r&^RrirRiLL. — In  Boston,  Ma»., 
April  ild^  by  Rev,  A.  J.  Piittenion, 
W  illittJH  W,  Spmgue,  of  Boeton,  and 
Ijsabel  !>.,  daughter  of  Eheoeaer  B. 
Eumrill,  Eeq.,  and  granddaughter  of 
Joft.  W.  Duoley,  Eejr.,  tif  Roxbupy. 

IiTTTL©=HAMi>Y\ — In  Hr>pkinton,  N.  IL, 
JdaiohS,  by  Hev.  C-  W.  Bumhani,  Mr. 
Jacob  S.  T little  and  Miaa  Sueie  J*, 
daughter  of  Geo.  B,  Hardy,  Esq.,  both 
afContoocoukville,  N.  H. 

Throop«^ Abbot,— At  Portland,  Maine, 
April  eth,  by  Rev.  John  T.  G.  Nichob 
OlSmjoQ*  aflsifEted  by  Rev.  B.  H.  Bailey 
of  Portland^  Everett  S.  Throop,  Eh^., 
of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  nnci  .Miiry  J.  C. 
Abliot,  eldest  daughter  of  Geijrge  J. 
Abbot,  £eq,»  U,  S.  Consul  at  iihe&ld, 
JEngland. 


DEATHS, 

Alucc,  Mrs.  EuniA^e  W.,  wid,  of 
Hon.  Jonathan  Allen,  PittifieU 
March  17,  aged  7©  years. 

Armixoton,  Asa  Walton,  E«q»i 
dence,  R.  I.,  Nov.  16,  IHO?, 
veers,  Mr,  Armington  was  dl 
from  Joseph  Ann  ingtoti,  who  { 
Boston  from  England  with  his  I 
the  year  1714.  T>eciding  to  rei 
America,  be  ivtumed  Ui  Engl 
the  purpose  of  ««!^ttling  his  av 
died  soon  after  h\»  arrival 
wife,  a  profieieot  in  the  Fte 
guag^,  opened  a  school  in 
afler  her  huabaDd*s  dsath,  tad 

with  SUOOMB. 

Mr.  Arminfkm'a 

is  as  follows  : 

Joseph  Armington,  fron  _„ 
of  GueJmsey,  G-  B.,  arrivwl  in 
1714,  in  the  reign  iif  (^ueeo  Al 
died  in   England,  while    — 
affiiirs,  the  same  year. 

Joseph,  bis  soo,  bom  in  tfa 
of  Guernsey,  G.  B.,  married 
Chaffee,  May  37, 1739,  died  Mi 

Joseph,  his  son,  the  tirst  oft! 
bom  in  America,  J  one  4,  173 IJ 
£kther  Walker,  1758,  died  k 
1817.  ^ 

Ai?i,  their  t'^" 
mflmVl  B^ 
I7i»0,died  J' 

Asa  WatEsOD  Ariulngton,  tb< 
bora  August  18,  1791,  marris 
Fuller,  Nov.  24,  1816,  dlt-d  t 
1867. 

His  taalvmal  ancestry.  M 
WatKm,  Esq.,  of  Harrington^ 
was  bom  in  Londonderry,  uiftN 
came  with  his  parents,  wfiu  ^ 
Scottish  descent,  when  seven  J 
a«e,  to  AmenV^.  Hin  fatbe<r, 
Wat*m,  married  Mnry  Grr,  wl 
ther  lieing  an  in  fluent  ml  Pro( 
am!  n  man  of  po^ilit>n,  at  the 
the  invasion  of  Irelnrx.?  m.^  < 
Derry,  IfiHg,  wais  !>. 
head  carried  through  {  1 

infuriated  mob  up^^n  a  pike.    '£ 
ily  eoon  afterwards  came  to  A{ 


■OD  of  Ji>hii.  of  8uffi«k1,  Conn  ,     '   •  Mi 

»rnV  daughter  af  Mftttbeir  ftn' 
Breerl.      TliDinss    Rraiin^tnn 


^^•m  April  Ij 
Ingiim,*! 

■  15. 


Death. 


355 


ttthcrw  Watflon,*  bom  in  Ijondon- 
',  Irt'Uind,  IfMJO  ;  married  Bethinh 
,  of  BaiTiii^n,  R.  I.,  Feb.  28, 
;  dfied  1803,  agcnl  107  yeara. 
eir  Bon  Matthew,  2d,  born  April 
41,  married  Avis  AdaraF,  of  Bar- 
on, K.  I.,  1763,  died  1801. 
eir  800  Matthew,  3d,  born   1765, 
led  Lucretitt  Waiermao,d,  18()8. 
e  sultject  of  tbiE  notice  inheritHi 
irttice  of  hi»  ancestors,  men  who 
distingiHrthed  i^jr  inte^ity   and 
r,  and  wh<>*  naioei*  stand  foremost 
e  hat  uf  their  native   ttiwuBhip. 
;HjsiCBeed  a  mind    of  unci>mmon 
jjth,  united  with  a  comprebeneive 
uent,  whicb  he  exercised  on  all 
|gn»of  political  or  religion  inter- 
Ader  a  carefal  Jiud  conscientious 
nch  of  Bihlieol  lore»  he  embraced 
krianisin  at  an  early  at^e^  and  ever 
nicd  a  faithful  adherent  to    its 
lidee.     His  rich  et«jres  of  antiijua- 
Itiiowledge,    and     \m    airefuUy 
rvcd  rccordft  of  local  history  anli 
ijihy,  were  ever  ready  as  illuHtra- 
mmples  of  his  diligent  inqiiirit^. 
hs  employed  na  awountant  fur  a 
1   of  nearly^  thirty  wmm  in   the 
m^  houf^e  of  Umwn  i  Iv&^y  where 
Seiier^y^  dignity  of  character, 
JPetitude  of  bu«inesfl  relations,  he 
fiBJue  which  has  bcc<:ime  a  pri>- 
or  truth  and  purity,     lie  wae  a 
'  1  !i  d  a  nJ  a  fft-c  t  ionate  fa  thcr , 
■  ngel  of  Death   removed 
ly  a  kiving  wife  and  de- 
r,  his  heart  bowed  io  a 
_     N  t^uiation  of   spirit,  until 
iil  t*tM:uiad  to  anti<Hj3ate  a  re-uniun 
hem.     A  brother,  who  has  l^een 
Dt  in  the  practice  of  me<licinc  for 
years  in  Providence,  and  a  sister » 
irvive  him. 

imily  of  four  daufrhters  and  two 
lonm  a  loving  father  e  losti. 
litt*  Francea  P,,  dau.  of  the  late 
Lather  V. Bell, M.D.,  Somerville, 
I  April  V2,  aged  IB  yeara. 

tnMi  Ihiia  a  nowipftper  pKDte>d  In  Waf- 
.  f«b,  fli,  1801»  «ikT»;— "Thetc  it  now 
U  imra,  MmiIww  Walioa,  Ktq.,  in  the 
ofHIsjkifc,  vrjoytDg  good  be&Jtli  atidi  \n 
of  Mil  hU  tmctiUk*,  except  hulag  blind. 
am  »h  I/itHloivlie-rry,  Ireland,  lOWJ,  Ttmi 
,  wtth  hU  pftreDU,  emignted  and  arrived 
n  1713 }  IVoni  thence  to  Leici^ter,  Mo^a., 
r  brollMr,  J>e»cxiD  Oliref  WaUon,  aaw 
'.  WMaoQ  came  to  thh  toiro  la  1722, 
bis  iiMkutisr  tie  haHi  acquired  a  hand- 
le. Be  w«e  Ibnaerljr  one  of  the  Jodgea  uf 
f  OomiBoo  Pleae  (be  tMs  County  of  Brie- 
viber  or  tlie  Ooocroflatioital  Obnroh  io 
MMNco  TQ  and  60  jeora,  viihoat  ctosore. 

0  «hSldnD  now  Uriog,  the  jroungnt  or 

1  jpeara.    He  was  bom  in  the  17tb,  Iked 
■Bd  If  mm  Uvlog  In  ttic  19t2i 


CAMFBKtt,  Sfttnuel,  Eiiq.,Mt*  Vemon,  N, 
U.,  Sept,  27,  18<J7,  aged  80  vimrB.  Mr- 
C,  was  born  in  Townsend,  Maee.,  and 
in  early  life  resided  in  New  Beaton .  N. 
11.     Aboat  the  year  1612  he  taught  a 
6C!ho<il     in    IVatertown,    another    at 
Charlestoivn,  iind  still  another  at  liox- 
hur>'.    About  the  year  1819  he  was  ap- 
pointed a  teacher  of  the  Eliot  School  of 
this  city,  where  he  eontinaed  with  the 
late  Nathaniel  8torrs  to  have  the  charge 
of  the  reading  and  i^ranimar  dejjftrtinent 
until  Aiigii-st,  1826,     Leaving  the  city 
at  that  date^  he  paeeed  the  succeeding 
year  in  travelbng  over  the  U.  S-,  and 
m  1828  Uxik  a  farm  in  Amherst,  N.  H,, 
where  he  continueii  to  reside  and  culti- 
vate the  saiue  till  the  inlirmitiefiof  a^ 
coni|>ello<l  him  to  surrender  it — and  m 
removing  he  natunilly  chuse  for  his  de- 
clining yeivrs  the  very  quiet  and  pic- 
turestiue  adjoining  vifiage  of  Mt.  Ver* 
non.     lie  wa«  a  i*teriing  patriot,    a 
l)erR>n  of  deep  religious  eonvietions, 
and  through  his  long  and  eventful  life 
was  very  much  re?*pecte<l  and  esteemed, 
Cbjldb,  Hon.  Henry  U.,  M.D.,  Pittafield, 
MftFs.,  Mavch  22,  aged  84  years,  at  the 
residence  in  Beaton,  Mass.,  of  his  son- 
in-law,  Elifls  Mcrwin,  Esq,     For  many 
years  he  was  prominent  in  political  aa 
well  as  professional  life,  and  won  and 
rettiinc?d  the  confidence  and  re«pecl  of  all 
with   whom   he  was    associated.     Dr, 
Cbilds  was  the  founder  of  the  BerkBhire 
Medical   CoUege,  of   vkhich  he  has  al- 
ways been   the   President,   and  at  one 
time  held  the  office  of  Lieutenant-Gov- 
ernor of  thbi  Commonwealth,     To  the 
poor,  the  sick  and  the  afflicted  he  was  a 
kind  and  f^ympathizing  friend*   of  the 
young  a  judicious  adviser*   and  many 
will  mifls  the  generous  ho»pitttliiy  of  his 
Berkshire  home. 
CnoeL€!*»  Mrs,  EliKalieth,  widow  of  the 
late  Rev.  John  O.  Choules.  D,D.,  Phila- 
delphia, Penn.»  Blay  4,  nged  62  years. 
CoFFiN,    Mr.    Joseph  D.»   Newburyport, 

Mass.,  April  2o,  aged  82  years. 
Colli  MS,,  Mr,  Reuben,  ^Ionument»  i£aAB.» 

May  29,  aged  85  years. 
Con  AM  T,  Mr,  Ebenezer,  Concord,  Maa8.» 

April  7*  Bgcd  8S  years,  9  months, 
CopLET,  Miss,  London,  England,  April  24, 
in  her  95th  year.  The  London  Times  of 
April  25th  has  the  following  sketch  of 
Miss  C,  who  WRA  a  native  of  Boston. 
She  was  the  last  survivor  of  a  generation 
that  sailed  from  Massachusetts  under  the 
British  flag. 

Misa  Copley,  who  died  yesterday  at 
the  house  of  Lady  Lyndhurat*  in 
Eaton  square,  London,  was  in  her  95th 
year*  Of  the  three  daughters  of  John 
Singleton  Copley,  the  weU^4Lnowii  B. 


S5G 


Deathi. 


[Ml 


A.  and  historical  painter,  two  grew  up 
to  womanhood  ;  of  these  two  she  was  the 
yoTUiger ;  and  it  may  ha  of  interest  here 
to  record  the  fact  that  her  eldest  sistar 
Elizabeth,  who  mai-ried  ft  Mr,  Grcsene, 
died  at  Boston,  I^losa.,  on  the  first  of 
February.  1866,  at  tlie  ripe  age  of  95. 
Aa  Lord  Lj-ndbiirst  had  completed  his 
9l8tyear  when  he  died,  three  children 
of  the  painter,  who  surnved  infancy,  at- 
tained, jointly,  the  long  period  of  280 
years — in  this  respect  certainly  like  their 
mother,  who  died  in  1813C»  at  upwards 
of  90,  having  seen  her  son  seated  on  the 
woolsack, 

Mr.  Copley,  though  of  Irish  extrac- 
tion and,  as  is  well  known,  an  Aingrican 
by  birth,  was  a  Royal i^st ;  he  abandoned 
hie  prospects  in  America  on  account  of 
hts  loyalty  to  George  III.  Hiss  Copley, 
who  waa  bom  at  Baston.  was  brought 
over  Lo  England  by  her  fiuhcr  when  only 
an  infant ;  she  resided  with  her  father, 
and  afterwards  with  her  diaiin|ruis<hcd 
brother,  in  George  street,  llanovcr 
equare,  till  Lord  LjTidhursfs  death  ;  and 
she  will  be  well  remembered  by  many  of 
those  who  were  privileged  to  enjoy  her 
society  at  Lord  Lyndhurst's,  where  hhe 
was  always  lively  and  cheerful,  and  dis- 
played a  rich  fund  of  anecdote  and 
plea*«ant  reminiscences.  Her  portrait  as 
a  little  child,  playing  with  the  future 
Lord  ChEincellor  of  England  and  her 
other  brothers  and  sisters,  will  bo  re- 
membered by  aU  those  who  saw  the 
celebrated  family  group  painted  by  Cop- 
ley, which  used  to  bang  in  the  large 
drawing-room  of  Lord  Lmdhuist's 
house  in  George  atreet,  and  formed  one 
of  the  attractions  at  South  Kensington 
during  the  Great  Exhibition  of  I8ti2. 

CoEBETTj  Otis,  Esq,,  Worcester,  Mass., 
March  — » in  b  is  8  6 1  h  y ear.  Mr ,  Corbett 
was  the  oldest  surviving  aeleictman  of 
the  town  of  Worcester,  having  been 
dminnan  of  the  hoard  in  1825-6;  was 
one  of  the  organizers  of  ihc  centre  dis- 
trict school  systemi  which  was  formed 
in  1823  and  continued^  we  believe,  till 
the  town  became  a  city,  in  18 18  ;  and  he 
■was  associated  with  Dr.  Bancroft,  Jona- 
than Qoing,  Levi  Lincoln,  John  Davis, 
Samuel  >L  Euraside,  Frederick  W, 
Faine,  and  others,  in  the  first  board  of 
overseers  for  the  centre  disdict.  He  was 
also  for  seven  years  a  member  of  the  Leg- 
islature, from  1825  to  1835,  and  always 
intereflted  himself  in  Ihe  wellare  and  in- 
tertM^ts  of  the  town. 

CoLBUEw,  Mrs.  CyntHo,  West  Dedham, 
Mass.,  March  30,  aged  94  years,  8  days, 
widow  of  Eliphalet  Colburn. 

CcTDwoHTH,  Mrs,  Fhebe,  widow  of  John 
Cudworthi  at    Aaaonet  Village,  Free- 


town, Oct.  3,  1367,  aged  86  years, 
wa«  a  daughter  of  John  Brigg*  snd  i 
Sibyl  Cliase,  granddaughter  of  C&pc:! 
George  Chase  and  wife  tfary  Sti 
great-gmnddaughter  of  Walter 
und  wife  DeUverance  Simmons,  grot*! 
great-granddaughter  of  Benjiuniii  Chsi^l 
the  cooper,  who  wm  the  etrlSeat  ChMl 
settler  at  Freetown.  * 

Mary  Strange,  the  grandmother,  wil 
a  dau.   of  Lieut.  Lot  Strange  and  w, 
Hannah  Hathaway,  and  b-  at  Freetown, 
Nov.  14,  1725,  m.  Capt,  Geoj-gc  Cb*, 
Sept.   17,    1741  ;    granddau.  of  Judcs 
Strange,    the   emigrant,   and   w.   Alios 
Sherman.      Hannah,  the  w.  of  Lktit 
Lot.  Strange,  was  b*  Feb.  24»  1701,  md 
m.  Jan.   19,  1721.     She  was  a  dau.  of 
Jacob  Hathaway  and  w.  Philip  Chiie 
dun.   of    Benjamin   Chase,   the  coop«r* 
Philip  Chase  was  b.  July  5,  1G79,  i&d 
m.  Jacob  Hathaway,  Jan.  28,  1697.   Ja- 
cob Hathaway  was  a  son  of  John  Hath- 
away,  Jr.,   of  Freetown,  and   g,   t.  of 
John  Hathaway,  Sen.,  of  TttUJiton»  now 
Berkley. 

CusHMAN,  Rev.  Robert  W.,  B.B.*  So«th 
Reading,  Mass.,  April  7,  aged  €8  years. 
Ha  was  widely  known  oa  a  dergyman  cf 
much  culture,  pleasing  manners,  and  a 
preacher  of  much  abOity.  He  was  the 
first  pastor  of  Bowdoin  Square  Baptist 
Church  in  Boston,  over  which  he  was  in* 
stalled  July  8,  1841,  from  which  be  re- 
tired after  a  ministry  of  six  years. 

Dewey,  Prof.  Chester,  D.D.,  Rochester,  K. 
Y..  Dec.  22,  1867,  in  the  84th  year  of  bis 
age.  He  was  bom  in  Berkshire  county, 
ilass.,  in  1784.  Having  graduated  at 
Williams  College,  he  was  at  the  age  of 
twent^'-four  made  a  tutor  in  that  instj- 
tutiun,  and  two  years  later  a  profnuqr. 
He  subsequently  had  charge  of  aevmi 
institutiona  of  learning,  and  in  ISoO  re- 
moved to  Rochester,  where  up  to  thi 
time  of  his  death  be  held  a  professorship 
in  the  University.  During  his  life  he 
was  devoted  to  scien title  pursuxta,  And 
at  one  time  was  the  lecturer  on  botany 
and  chemistry  in  a  medical  college  in 
Mosaachusetta.  For  more  than  sixty 
years  Prof,  Dewey  was  an  instructor  of 
youth,  and  universally  won  the  respect 
and  esteem  of  his  pupils.  In  private 
life  he  was  admired  both  for  his  many 
virtues  and  his  fcienti^c  attainments, 
while  as  a  preacher  of  the  Goapd  he 
was  beloved  by  his  congregatioi]; 

Drake,  Henry  A.  Esq.,  Boston,  ]i«9S.t 
April  27,  aged  39  years. 

EoMiNna,  Mrs.  Mary",  Charleatown,  Mai&» 
March  15,  aged  90  years,  2  months. 

Fav,  Mr,  Grant,  SouUiboraugh,  Hordl  23, 
aged  SI  years. 


Deaths, 


35T 


^»Steph«n»  Esq.,  Boeton»  Musb,^ 
1  72  jesLTn,  9  montlis,  fornier- 

William,  TVeston,  Kass., 
ged  70  yearSj  late  of  Shrews- 
Inea. 

ipt.  Alden,  Abington,  Masa.i 
,  aged  77  ye&n. 

VhomsB  11,  £«q.i  Pau,  France^ 
,  1867 ;  formerly  and  for  many 
11  entcrprisitig  merchflnt  of  Bos* 
the  Unu  of  Wellington  (David 
Mtcr  &  Co,,  wholesale  grocers. 
Iter  WIL8  bom  in  Chark»town, 
Dec,  23»  1811,  and  lacked  one 
»cing  66  years  of  age.  He  was 
of  Dea.  Gideon  Foster,  a  native 
OTcr,  Mass,,  who  died  a  few 
luce  in  Charlestown.  In  1S49« 
(ter  retired  from  busiaess  in  Boa- 
I  removed  to  the  city  of  New 
rhere  he  again  resiumed  business 
I  accui^tomcd  energy  and  «^ucre>iB. 
t  been  on  a  foreign  tour  about 
I  months  when  ho  died,  Mr. 
W9B  twLci'  married  :  first  in  June, 
I  Miss  Caroline  Alley,  of  BoAtoni 
id.  six  or  eight  years  s^o^  leaving 
idren  who  survive  their  ftither  ; 
in  1864»  to  Bligs  Fannie  Phelps, 
York*  who  wta  travelling  abroad 
r  husband  when  he  died,  Mr. 
was  a  gentleman  of  genial  and 
t  mftnners,  prompt,  open  und 
all  his  buainesa  relations  and  cn- 
Ita,  generoudt  and  well  informed 
ereantileand  financial  subjects, 
Dany  subjects  of  a  general  nature. 
I  will  bo  ieverely  felt  araonp  a 
ircle  of  relations  and  friends, 
mj  his  friends  ^Tite  upon  his 
Hl^i^fua  homo  virtutd  aejide,*^ 
W-  u.  w. 

Mr,  George,  Hartford,  Conn,, 
7,  aged  79  years.  Mr,  Freeman 
n  in  Conn,,  but  passed  the  earlier 
of  his  profe^ionol  lil'e  in  Eug- 
tn  1840,  her  Majesty,  the  Queen 
md,  eat  to  Mr.  Freeman  for  a 
le,  r 

Dea.  Enochs  Wells,  Me,,  April 
I  88  years,  8  months. 
Mt«*  Marian,  wife  of  the  Rer. 
Gilbert,  D.D.,  and  daughter  of 
Hon.  William  Jackson,  Brook- 
iT  York,  April  27,  aged  6S  years, 
li, 

ra.  Qarissa,  widow  of  the  late 
rriaon  Gray  of  Boston,  Exeter, 
day  21,  aged  74  years. 

Mr.  ShuWl,  Rtimney,  N,  H., 
E2,  aged  86  yeais^  10  months, 

Mra.  Lydia.  widow  of  the  last 
March  24,  aged  8a  years,  &  mm* 

"Til.  31 


Greenwood,  Rct,  Alfred,  Gnmtville, 
Mas?.,  April  20,  aged  67  years. 

Grew,  RIrs,  Jane,  wife  of  Henry  Grew, 
and  daughter  of  the  late  Thomas  Wig- 
glesworth,  Esq.,  Boston,  Mass.,  May  a. 
She  was  a  lady  widely  known  and  much 
beloved  ;  dktinguished  for  many  aetji  of 
beneficence,  diacriminating  charities, 
strong  friendships,  and  devotion  to  the 
good  and  true, 

Hayes,  Mrs.  Patience,  widow  of  Reuben 
Hayea,  Esq.,  New  Durham,  N.  H., 
March  11,  aged  80  years, 

Hazab-p,  Col.  A,  0„  of  Enfield,  Conn,, 
New  York  city,  May  7,  aged  67  yrs. 
He  leaves  a  widow  and  thret'  daughters, 
one  of  whom  is  the  wife  of  Hia  Excel* 
lency  the  Hon,  Alexander  IL  Bullock. 

Hazeltox,  Peter,  Cheater,  N.  H.,  March 
17,  aged  85, 

HoLUEN,  Mr.  Freeman,  Boston,  Mass., 
June  I,  aged  88  year?*.  He  was  bom  in 
BiUTe,  Mass.,  June  14,  1780. 

Herri CK,  Hon,  Anson,  New  York  city, 
Feb.  0.  He  wa-s  born  in  Lewiston,  Me., 
January  21,  18 12;  recdved  a  common 
school  education;  at  the  age  of  iiftecn 
years  he  was  apprenticed  to  the  busineBfl 
of  a  printer ;  settled  in  New  York  city 
in  1836,  and  continued  in  the  same  em- 
ployment until  1838,  when  he  com- 
menced the  publication  of  a  weekly 
journal,  now  ctilled  the  New  York  Atlas, 
of  which  he  has  since  been  the  editor  and 
proprietor.  In  18-53  be  was  chosen  one 
of  the  Aldermen  of  the  city,  and  served 
three  years,  and  by  President  Buchanan 
he  woA  appointed  Naval  Storekeeper  for 
New  York,  which  beheld  until  1861. 
In  1882  he  was  elected  Representative 
from  New  York  to  the  thirty- eighth 
Congress,  Hon.  Ebenezer  Hcrrick,  who 
was  a  Representative  in  Congress  from 
Maine  from  1821  to  1827,  was  hia 
father. 

HovAKS,  John,  M.D.,  Boston,  Mass., 
April  17,  a  prominent  physician  of  this 
city.  His  practice  had  been  very  ex- 
tensive, and  many  families  will  sadly 
feel  his  loss.  He  graduated  at  Harvard 
in  1812,  a  classmate  of  the  late  Hon.  C, 
G.  Lorini?.  Rev.  Dr.  Henry  Ware,  Jr., 
Bishop  Wain  Wright,  and  otlicr  distin- 
guished citizens  of  this  community.  He 
was  at  one  time  President  of  the  Mass. 
Medical  Society, 

Hopkins,  Rt.  Rev,  William  Henry,  D*D. 
Bishop,  &c.,  Burlington,  Vt.,  Jan.  10. 
He  was  bom  in  Dublin  in  1782,  and 
came  to  America  when  he  was  eight 
years  old .  He  was  intended  for  the  law, 
and  in  1817  commenced  it«  practice  at 
Baltimore,  He  quitted  the  bar  in  1823, 
and  the  following  year  was  ordained 
Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Pittsbuig* 


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Deaths, 


m 


In  1831p  he  accepted  &  call  toTrintty 
Chiircli  tn  this  city»  He  was  elected 
First  Bishop  of  the  separate  diocese  of 
Vermont  in  1832,  and  at  the  time  of  hia 
decease  wii*  presiding  Bishop  of  the 
Protestant  EpiscopEl  Church  of  the  V, 
S.  He  waft  widely  known  us  the  author 
of  numerous  theological,  and  of  aome 
contrnversittl  works.  He  was  a  stamich 
ChurchmttHj  and  adhered  rigidly  to  the 
traditions  and  tenets  of  the  Church  to 
which  he  was  devoted.  His  judgement 
may  have  been  called  in  question  often  ; 
hia  Ijonesty  and  piety,  never. 

HosMEn,  Mts«  Lydio,  Concordi  March  23, 
aged  SO  years. 

Ji^cKKAN,  MajoT  John,  Ncwburyport, 
Mass.,  May  23»  aged  78  years. 

Kbbp,  Mis.  Slartha  R.,  North  Jay,  Maine, 
May  26,  aged  B&  years,  widow  of  the 
late  Mr,  Samuel  Moody  Keep*  and 
daughter  of  the  late  Richard  Richardson, 
Eeqn  of  Watertown,  Mass, 

KtNOsfiusTr  John,  at  Wiscasset,  Maine, 
May  I,  aged  9a.  He  wan  the  eldest  son 
of  John  and  Miriam  (Placo^  Kingsbury, 
and  was  bom  at  Pownalboro',  Me.,  July 
81,1772.    Sec  Register,  toI.  xiii*  p.  168. 

LoBiHo,  ifrs,  Elizabeth  Bronadon,  widow 
of  the  late  John  G.  Lioring,  Esq.,  Boston, 
Mass.,  May  30»  aged  83  years*. 

LoRiNO,  Mr.  George,  Boston,  Mass.,  Apr^ 
2 1 ,  in  h  is  7 6th  year »  He  wm  the  aecond 
son  of  that  revered  man  of  God^  the  late 
Hea,  James  Loring,  the  first  editor  of 
the  Christian  Waiehnmn,  He  was  a 
printer  by  trade,  and  for  many  years  was 
Dssociated  with  hifl  father  and  elder 
brother  at  132  Washington  Street,  where 
was  iheir  well -known  publishing  and 
bookselling  establishment,  and  before 
them,  in  the  same  busine^**,  the  house  of 
Messrs.  Mannint;  &  Loring.  This  aon 
was  a  man  of  quiet,  retired  habits,  never 
ambit  ious  of  n  otoriity .  Em  inentl  y  filial 
and  fraternal  in  spirit,  and  literary  in 
hiB  tastes,  he  mingled  little  witli  the  mul- 
titude, and  found  his  plea^^ures  mainly 
in  the  affectionttte  home  circle  and  in 
profitable  reading.  Early  trained  in  the 
fundamental  principles  of  right,  he  mam- 
tain  ed  an  unspottcfl  reputation  for  truth- 
fulness and  honesty.  His  record  will 
compare  favorably  with  that  of  many 
who  have  made  more  noi.He  and  show 
while  less  regardful  of  the  moral  pre- 
cepts. 

Lo&iKo,  Iklra.  Louisa,  Boston,  Maw,, 
May  25,  widow  of  the  late  Ellis  Gray 
Loring,  Esq, 

LrxT,  Mrs.  Sarah,  widow  of  Silas  Lunt, 
Newburrport,  May  20,  aged  89  years. 

MesiEaTK,  Mi"**  Augusta  Hannah,  Dover, 
N.  H.,  May  26,  daughter  of  Col.  Henry 
ind  Elizabeth  Abbie  (Tuttle)  Meaerre. 


She  wa«  bora  in  Doreft  Aug.  21, 18i 
On  her  paternal  side  she  was  detoeiuj 
from  Clement  Meserve,  who  settled  i 
Portsmouth  as  early  as  1670;  m  her' 
maternal  side^  from  John  Tuttle,  wbo 
settled  in  Dover  in  1640, 

MooBE,  Francis  Clifford,  son  of  ^  1 
Rev.  Martin  Moore»  at  SomerviUe,  In 
9,  1868,  aged  47  years,  3Ir.  Moore i 
educated  to  mercantile  pursuits  ia  I 
office  of  the  Revere  Copper  Compiay,' 
but  in  early  manhood  formed  a  partna* 
ship  with  the  late  Hon.  Willism  8. 
Damrell,  Representative  in  Coagrt* 
from  this  State,  for  the  purchasing  « the 
extensive  printing  establishment  of  the 
late  Samuel  N*  Dickyi^oti^  whom  thij 
succeeded  in  business. 

MzRttow,  Mr.  Amos,  Ncwficld,  Me..  ] 
23.  lie  was  the  eldest  son  of  Wi] 
and  Mary  (Haley)  Menrow,  and 
bom  in  Hollis,  Me.,  May  U»  1780. 
father,  William  Merrow,  was  bom  i^ 
Rochester  in  1754,  and  waa  fourth  m^ 
descent  from  Henry  Merrow  of  Readmg, 
Mass.,  the  great  ancestor  of  this  family, 
Amos  Merrow  married  rhet)e,  dangtuttr 
of  Joseph  and  Mtiry  (Dore)  MeiTOW,  of 
S hapleigh,  M  e .  She  was  bor a  April  1 6^ 
1782,  and  died,  Dec.  8,  1866.  Joseph 
Merrow  was  a  brother  of  William.  Amof 
Merrow  first  settled  in  Shapleigh,  now 
Acton,  but  aflerwords  removed  to  Ncw- 
fldd,  where  he  lived  for  many  yoan  pte- 
vioiM  to  Ms  death, 

Mottfls,  Mr,  Charles  D.,  Lowville,  Coonty 
Lewis»  N.  Y.,  April  24,  aged  84  jetis. 
An  old  and  esteemed  citizen  of  that 
place.  Deceased  waa  a  descendant  of 
Samuel  Morse  of  Dedham  and  MedfieldL 
MassM  who,  aged  oO,  in  1635  embarked 
from  London  for  America.  He  vras  the 
eighth  of  ten  children  of  John  Morse,  of 
Washington,  Berkshire  County,  Ma«t.« 
at  which  place  Charles  D.  was  bom  U 
Februaryi  1784*  Of  deceaaed'a  brothoi 
and  sisters,  a  sister  stiU  surviTea — Hn, 
Aurclia  Turrill ,  of  Ch  icaga  Four  of  hii 
brothers  emigrated  to  Ohio  at  an  ettly 
day.  Deceased,  after  a  limited  reddenee 
it  Lanesboro',  removed  to  Lowrilfc  m 
1812. 

Deceased  leaves  a  son«  F.  B.  Morte  of 
Lowriile,  and  a  widow — a  third  wifis — 
the  siater  of  Hon.  N.  J.  Beach.  Chttka 
D,  Morse  vraa  oonsiderably  interested  Ok 
the  annals  of  his  family.  He  w«i  re- 
garded, we  believe,  by  the  gencslogul 
of  his  (amily  (Rev,  Abner  Morse),  M 
tlie  nearest  male  living  in  deoccnt  to 
Samuel  of  Dedham,  the  original  emi* 
grant  to  America,  of  his  branch  of  the 
family. 

Notes,  Mrs.  Ami|  widow  of  the  late  Hon. 
Parker  Noyet,  of  Fnnkliii,  N.  H^aad 


Death. 


359 


i  diiigliter  of  tbe  late  Captain 
if  Cl«rk»  of  Newburyport,  Muss., 
itterpUce,  April  U. 
»tr*  Joiuithan,  SalisburVr  Mass.^ 
I,  oged  84  years,  2  moiiiha.  He 
■n  and  liTcd  in  the  same  house 
lie  lime  of  his  death.  At  hia 
there  were  present  five  genera* 
the  family* 

f.  Charles  G«»  M.DMWasbington, 
born  at  Salem,  Masa.},  ^I^y  26. 
Capt,  Wm.  Pm  a  distin^iahed 
iigineer^  Boston,  Ma&B,,  March  4, 
years, 
tl,  Mn.  A,*pniith,  KorthhoTough, 

rL  12»  aged  89  years,  4  mos.« 
Daniel,  Waltham,  Ma«»., 
,  tgcd  84  year^  9  mo*. 
loiiel,  Efq«,  Detroit,  ^lay  1.  He 
n  Aprii  \7,  1810,  at  Fort  Preble, 
d  Imrbor,  being  a  aon  of  Major 
I  Pitta,  U,  S»  Artillery,  eomman* 
he  posL    He  graduated  at  Har- 

1830,  a  claftsmate  of  the  Hon. 

Sumner  and  Frej*i dent  Steams 
ei¥t  College,  and  soon  afterward 

Detroit  and  atudied  law,  which 
itiacd  about  twelve  years.  He 
Clidrew  from  the  professioti,  and 
i  fixtenaively  in  the  manufacture 
tumber  at  Detroit  and  Sa^naw, 
h  bualneaa  he  woa  yery  succe&fl^ 

t  Commander  Geo.  A.,  U*  S.  N., 
,  while  traYelling  on  the  South 
I  Railroad.  Commander  Prentisa 
the  KaTy  in  1825.  and  wa^  the 
Hoiu  John  Prentiss,  of  Kceue, 

Dliiis.  A.,  Eiq.,  Boston,  Mass., 
4»  aged  72  years, 
a*h,  Stoddard,  N,  H.,  Mar.  13, 
yeait. 

1^  wife  of  Hon.  Alexander  H. 
a  the  passage  from  Havana  to 
rlean?,  March  t,  Mrs,  Eice  was 
Q  of  culture  and  philanthropic 
nd  had  endeared  herself  to  a  large 
f&iendji. 

Mrs.  B£tiey»  widow  of  the  lata 
)bcrts,  at  Oasipee.  N.  H.»  March 
I  84  years,  1 1  months. 
,  Mr.  John,  Sailing  Master  U, 
Vest  Iloxbury,  Moaa.,  March  17» 
yeoTB. 

ajor  Theodore  F.,  formerly  of 
ruth,  N,  H.,  at  Salisbury,  Mass,, 
,  aaed  67  yeur^.  Major  Rowe 
d  the  position  of  Coraraissary- 
of  the  State  of  N,  H.,  and  at  one 
Id  an  oMcittl  position  in  the  P. 

H,  Mrs.  Rhodn,  Weston*  Maae., 
t,  aged  9:2  years,  3moa„  14  days. 


Sajloent,  Mrs,  Hflrrietta,  wife  of  Turner 
Sargent,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  at  Romej  Italy, 
May  7, 

Sbavet,  Wm.  H,,  Esq.,  Principal  of  the 
Girls'  Hij^h  and  Normal  School,  Boston, 
Mass.,  April  27,  aged  46  ytars. 

Shaw,  ^Lijor  Samuel,  Ne^biuyport,  Hasa.f 
April  11,  aged  84  years. 

Shkpard,  Mrs.  Sally  Intnnn  Kftst,  wife  of 
the  Rev,  Geo.  C*  Sbeperd^  D.D.,  and 
dau*  of  the  late  Mr.  Thomas  Kast,  of 
Boston;  at  New  Haveo,  Conn.,  May  18. 

SouTKWiCK,  Mrs.  Mary  B.,  Charlcstown, 
Mass.t  April  19,  aged  87  years*  9  mo«. 

Stkatinu,  Captain  Aaron,  Marlbftrough, 
Mu»8.,  AprE  23,  aged  89  years,  3  mofl. 
He  wa«  the  oldest  citixen  of  the  town, 
and  wa«  born,  lived  and  died  on  the 
same  farm  which  had  been  owned  and 
occupied  by  his  ancestors. 

Stone,  Mrs.  Lucy,  widow  of  the  late 
Elijah  Stone,  Newton,  May  21,  aged  ^^ 
years,  10  mos. 

SWA2BY,  Hanntth,  West  Ameflbury,  &£arch 
25,  aged  8 1  yeara, 

Tayloe,  Benjamin  Ogle,  Ej«q.,  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.|  Rome,  Italy,  Feb.  25, 
aged  72  years.  He  was  at  one  time  a 
student  at  Phillips  Academy,  Exeter, 
N.  H,,  iind  a  grnduate  of  H.  C.,  class  of 
1816.  In  early  life  Mr.  Tayloc,  by  his 
residence  in  the  fiimily  of  our  iliivistcr 
at  the  Court  of  St,  James,  and  subse- 
quently by  his  afiluence  and  hospitality 
in  tJie  metropolis  of  h\A  own  country, 
engaged  the  continued  rcgnrd  and  in- 
terest of  many  men  distijiguisbed  for 
their  learning,  patriotism  and  love  of 
humanity,  in  both  hemispheres.  Under 
influences  charactctized  by  elegtmce  and 
refinement,  in  the  midst  of  cultiyaled 
society  and  litcniry  recreation,  his  daya 
were  passed  in  honor  and  bappineas. 
The  late  civil  war  materially  affected  his 
property  and  health,  ofsd  he  *GHight  di- 
version and  relief  amidst  scenes  in  a  dis- 
tant land  with  which  previous  visits  had 
made  him  familiar.  11  is  journey  from 
home  ond  his  jouniey  of  life  were  both 
ended,  though  not  without  the  solace  of 
assiduons  care  and  devoted  love,  in  tlifl 
imperial  city  on  the  banks  of  the  Tiber. 
■*  Saixe  tgtemum  mihi^ 

Tatloh,  Mrs  Caroline  Phclpe.  wife  of  the 
Rev.  J,  L.  Taylor,  Andover,  Mass.,  aged 
o2  years, 

Tappak,  Hon,  Weare,  Bradford,  N.  H., 
April  4,  aged  77  yearg. 

Tka\eh,  Mr,  Stephen,  Boston,  Mass., 
April  8,  aged  89  years,  6  raos.  24  days. 

ToRMtY,  Rev.  JoHCph,  D.D,,  Prof,  of  Moral 
and  Intellectual  Philosophy  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Verroont,  Burlington,  Vt, 
Not.  28, 1867,  aged  70  years.    He  waa 


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connected  with  UiAt  iiuttituUon  forty 
yeftTS,  and  bdd  a  high  funk  lunong  the 
solid  thinkers  and  writcra  of  the  country. 

ToWKKE?fD»  Mrs*  Elizabeth,  widow  of  the 
late  Col.  David,  at  AValtham,  Maas., 
March  7,  aged  85  years,  S  mos, 

Vaw  Kxnsselaes^  Hon.  Stephen,  "the 
Patroon,"  Albany,  N.  Y.,  May  25,  aged 
79  yean. 


Vaji  Axtn3tm»  Gen.  Cornel  im  Jf  „  Shaion 
Ceatre,  Schoharie  County,  N.  Y„  Mar* 
9.  aged  87  years. 

WauM  rUt  Mrs.  Khoda,  wid.  of  chelate  Utm* 
O.  Warner,  and  mother  of  Hon,  Olrwr 
Wiimer,  Sec.  of  the  Common wealrfi, 
Korthampton,  HattH,  June  3. 

TTiTHiNOToiT.  Mbfi  Mary  P.,  Doroheaier, 
Mass.,  March  8t  aged  85  years. 


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KKCROIyOGY. 
[Prepared  by  William  B,  Tbabk,  kte  Historiographer  of  the  Society,] 

TrcKER,  George  Herriot^  M.D.^  a  correeponding  member,  died  in  New  York  City, 
January'  S5th,  1^*62,  a.  33.  He  waa  born  in  the  City  of  New  York  on  the  2ad  daj 
of  December,  1828,  He  i>btained  bia  carlietit  education  at  the  **  Meehani^i^e  tSodc^ 
School,"  and  pursued  lii(*i'la««iciil  ettudit'«  under  theguidtineeof  Prof.  Lowniottnowrfo. 
He  enteral  the  rpfiiceof  Dr.  Lewis  A.  Swyre,  and  gniduatetl  in  March,  16i>lj  *t  tlja 
CoUegeof  f  *h>hii 'umfi  and  Surgconfl.  On  the  14th  day  of  Sept.  1859,  he  niAmedMi* 
t/harbfcto  Amur  eiinjbet  de  Gray,  of  Ftance, 

His  fetbtr.  William  Tucker,  was  bom  at  Deal,  in  Monmoath  County,  N.  J.,  Fefe. 
Ist,  1802;  remove<l  to  Now  York  city  in  18 lU,  where  he  married  Margaret,  daiighter 
o!  John  P.  and  Maria  (Cole)  B<igt^rt,  Ftb.  lOth,  1825.  The  mother  of  Dr.  Tuckff 
wag  B  lineal  dem^^ndant,  in  the  fifth  gimemtitm,  of  Jan  L.  Bogaert,  a  lutti^e  of 
Hivlknd,  ftjTjd  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  Hflriaem  on  MstBhattan  f^^kind,  now  New 
York-  ills  grandratber V  name  was  Britain  Tucker,  who  was  the  grandson  of  Jttifica, 
who  \m^  iHjrn  at  New  London,  Conn.,  in  H>9L  For  further  particular*  of  the  fiutiiiy 
seethe  Geneah^i/  qf  thf  dtsccixdanti  of  Iknry  Tuck^^  compiled  by  Dr.  Tucker; 
which  wnfl  puV>lislje<J  in  New  York,  in  1851,  8vo.  pp.  44. 

Aptitude  and  zeiil  in  the  collection  of  professional  and  historical  stati^tir^  w»^  hii 
ruling  passion.      Bi^',«idc*  the  gencalogiail  m  cm  air  of  the  Tucker    Yu  ■  " 
referred  to,  he  eompileti  the  **  Catalof^e  of  t!ie  Alumni,  Officers  and  Ft  I 
Aliua  Matt?r,  and  was  tlio  projtvtor  and  editor  oflhe  New  York  Medical  iw;^!^^'  ► 
wae  a  Fellow  of  the  New  York  Academy  of  Mtnlicine  ;  tmd  be<^anie  a  corre»pandB|| 
member  of  the  New  Enf^land  Historic-yenealogitml  S>ciety  in  IBftl. 

Under  the  auspice*  oftlic  \] .  8,  8<initary  ComtuiBsion,  he  was  appointe*!  ' 
the  Bureau  iit  Washington  for  obt4iiniiig  information  as  to  the  inmates  of  th«e  > 
military  hosoita Is,  for  wliich  position  he  was  s<>  well  quali6cd.     He  died  frum  an 
attack  of  pleuro-pneumoDia.    See  Medical  lifytsfer  of  the  City  of  New  ITork  (piigi 
209),  IHG5. 

Bradley,  Hon,  Charles  William j  LL.D,.  a  correepondin^  member,  di^dinNcw 
Haven^  Conn*,  March  8th ^  1H65,  aged  57.  The  «4ubject  of  this  sketch  was  desoeockd, 
it  is  said,  from  a  family  oi  the  name  who  resided  in  the  market  town  of  Bingley*  in 
the  West  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  England. 

^V^iliiam  BraJley  tiM>k  the  oath  of  fidelity  to  the  New  Hayen  Colony  in  IM<1 
Among  hblutcr  dcR^endants  was  Pbineae,  son  of  Phineae  and  Martha  iShinnaii) 
Bradley,  who  was  boni  May  2lHt,  1743,  and  in  1768  married  Hannah  Bii* 
worth.    They  had  f^uir  chddren.     Luther,  their  eldest  son,  was  Ixirn 
1 772,  and  waa  in arr ied  UJ  J bt n%  da u  ghter  o f  Joel  A t w ater ,  in  17D5 ,     O f  1 1 . c  t Liidrcn 
of  thest?  ijarcnts^,  Charles  William  was  the  fourth  mn^  Iwrn  June  27th,  1807. 

Ho  eommenced  t(j  Icuni  the  trade  of  a  j)rinter,  but  in  1!!^25,  at  th*  '     -  :^ "    " 

he  entered  Washington  Ctdlc^^c  (uom'  Trinity),  Ikrtlord,  Conn.     1 
obliged  him  til  withdraw  be tWe  cuiuplctiug  his  cour*«.     He  suit    ,. 
the  Prote*«tant  K|jisc4>pal  Theological  Seiniiiary   in  New  York,   and   i 
1830.     Alter  Ordination,  he  was  Hettled  in  the  pari&hes  of  Nurtli  Haven 
darn,  Sharon,  and  Derby,  Connecticut,  where  he  preached  for  nearly  ten  >*»!&, 


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Failing  lioilth,  for  -which  lie  made  a  voyage  at  sea,  finally  indac?od  him  to  with- 

Ew  from  the  miDiMry  and  eni^iiire  in  other  |nir»uit«.  In  1846  he  wneelectM  S^xre- 
qT State,  of  LVmneoticHit,  where  he  renderefi  important  flerrice  by  a  re-arm nj;^ 
t  of  the  aikirn  of  the  office,  collating  and  iudcidng  tho  reoordfli  and  rendering 
whole  aoceflsibte. 
I  1849  he  i^-as  appointed  Conpul  at  Aoioy,  China,  In  1854  he  was  tranafeiTod 
tt^  Singapi:ir^,  and  in  1857  to  Nin^^po,  Dnrmg  this  f^eriLni  he  heecune  bmrtT,  fVoni 
Siam,  of  a  new  treaty  Ix^tween  the  Uiiik^l  iStatt*  and  that  power,  and  on  hid  retam, 
he  took  back  with  him  the  ratiJitMj  treaty,  being  in vei^twl  with  plenijjobentiary  powera 
ior  that  purpife.  In  the  year  1858,  at  the  re(ine*!t  of  Ljrd  El^in,  he  aeconipanied 
tile  Pel- ho  expetlitiua.  He  was  *<ulw*c»<iuently  appointed  Senior  Commif^ioner  on 
Afiieriean  claims  against  the  Chjne&e  gtjvcrnntent.  He  nfterwards  held  the  office  uf 
Jksistant  in  the  China  Imperial  Cnetoms  at  Hankow,  He  tinatly  left  China  in  the 
siring  of  1863,  and  t^pendinj:  t^ume  timo  in  (lernitiny  he  reaciKHi  New  Haven,  in 
Aa^L-^t,  18(>l.  So^jn  after  his  return  ho  cxptTienced  n  elight  attack  of  pamlyeia, 
wbich  continued  gradually  to  increase  until  hiu  death*  {Communicated  by  Dr, 
L%fius  A^  Thonuis ^  of  New  Hav*^  ^  Conn.) 
He  waa  xaade  a  cofreeponding  member  in  1845. 

kP&i5LES«  Hon.  Charles  Hazen»  a  resident  memlx^r,  died  while  on  a  businpes  vieit 
St,  Paul,  Minnc«)ta,  Sept.  tiOth,  18(Mj,  aged  m.  He  wa«  a  dm-endant  in  the 
rwith  generation  from  Joeejib  Peaslee,  who  <^me  from  Kni^land  and  settlwi  at 
!lfwbwry,  Mat«. ;  wus  made  a  freenmn  in  164*2»  aiifJ  before  1*M6  removed  to  Ilaver- 
hlU,  For  a  time  he  gnpplit-d  the  place  of  n  minister  in  Ameehary  as  a  lay  prf^nehcr, 
ifted  brother,"  as  the  cburefi  reajrde  call  him,  and  mxsifiionally  he  practised 
ilicine.  HLh  wife's  name  was  Mury.  He  died  in  lfi(il,  leaving;  children  Joeeph 
Elizabeth.  Joeeph  Feaslee,  Jr.^  wat?  Iwirn  at  Hnverhill,  Sept*  Utb,  1646»  ditni 
.5th,  I7'J3.  He  was  a  phynieian,  and  marrinj  Ruth  Barnara.  Cob  Nathaniel 
Jee,  hi8*k>H,  was  born  in  UnverhiJl,  June  25tb,  1082*  married  for  h'l^  fin^t  wife 
ISth  KimluiU.  Their  daughter,  Hannah,  burn  May  iHt,  17(>3,  mnrried  J^jecph 
Iger,  a  merchant  of  Haverhill,  and  was  the  father  of  tien.  Jaseph  Batlijcr,  of  Gil- 
bfon.  CV»L  Peaslee's  wife  die<]  Au^.  15th,  17-11.  lie  nmrrit^l  f!)r  biseeeond  wife 
ih  Swan,  of  Methnen.  Amos,  an< Ither  &i>n  of  Col .  Nathaniel  PeaHlee,  who  settled 
lover,  N.  H.,  had  a  son  Robert,  who  marrteti  Anna  llaxenj  a  si'^ter  of  MoMfl 
a,  a  Brigadier  General  in  the  army  of  the  Revolution.  Robert  settled  in  Gil- 
Oton,  where  his  five  mn»  and  two  daughters  wert'  lx>rn .  One  of  these  was  Wi lliain, 
lorn  June  7th,  1767,  married  Hannah"  Folenwi,  Nov,  27tb,  niHJ.  They  were  the 
parents  of  Charles  Ibixen  Pea^hiii',  our  meml>er,  who  was  bom  in  Gilmanton,  Feb, 
M,  1804.  He  was  fitted  for  College  at  Gihunnton  Actniemy,  and  gmduat<;dat  Dart- 
nuiutby  in  l9s^4,  read  law  in  the  olfiee  of  Stephen  ALkkIv,  F^i-,  for  a  time,  and  finished 
his  ocmiae  in  Philadelphia.  He  wm?  admitted  to  priietiee,  and  openL-d  an  office  in 
Cbneovd,  N»  H.  S»<>n  after  tbii^  he  wa«  elei  ti'd  a  lieprei^ient'itive  of  the  town,  and  was 
nh^uently  rechoeen  three  timfw.  Ihi  was  insitrnmental  in  originating  and  esfcab- 
lisfalng  the  New  Uamp|*ibire  Asyhjm  for  the  lne«inc.  With  irnfitwi^l  nnd  jiereover- 
■nee  be  advocated  the  founding  of  this  in«5titution,  bi>th  in  the  Legislature  and  out 
of  it  J  epoke  earne?<tly  in  itn  iM-half,  travelling  through  the  State  and  addressing  the 
people  on  the  subject  in  variouH  lownt*  and  hjcaliiiet*,  until  be  awakened  an  univerpal 
uitereeC  in  the  meaeore,  whieb  finally  ctumuanded  bueeesy.  S»  that  tbie*  At*yhim  may 
be  canaideretl  an  enduring  monument  to  his  memory.  In  IKJit,  he  was  apnointea 
*^^'i*'»nt  and  InHpeetor  Ooneral  <jf  the  State  militia.  In  1847  he  waseleetea  mem- 
'  >ngreeg  from  the  Concord  District.  In  this  wider  Fp here  of  action  he  gave 
iTJflfiiCtion  to  hie  coufttituent*  that  be  was  twi^  re-eWtcd,  notwithstiinding 
ill*-  l<x*al  ueatje,  having  the  lore©  of  law,  to  displace  even  a  favorite  after  he  had 
ierTe«1  a  pw^jna  tenn.  Ucneral  Pettslf>e  wae  a  working  meral>er  of  the  National  Ijcg- 
iel  '  ud  and  clear-beaded,  and  his  wpeeches  were  dietingui>?hed  by  j)meticftl 

erm  and  close  logic,  nitber  than  !>y  rhetorit^al  ornament,  though  be  did  not 

k  '    '  ir|nence.     lie  won  the  reepcct  of  biH  political  (ipponcntB^  and  was 

Om  Jrieml^a  consistent  Democrat.     In  March,  1853,  President  Pierce 

ajn..  J  the  important  office  of  Collector  of  Customs  for  the  District  of 

Bicie«*jn  and  Chnrle»town,  The  duties  of  this  office  be  perb>rmed,  it  is  believed,  in  a 
aanner  singularly  fair  and  ju»*t,  introducing  many  needed  reforme,  and  distributing  the 
ofic««  within  his  git\  with  \\  proper  impartiality.  In  his  intercourse  with  the  iner- 
ehant^  and  others,  officially  and  in  private,  he  was  affiible  and  genial  in  his  manners. 
Dommanding  their  Jove  and  reHpf*et»  The  estahlisbment  of  the  noble  Marine  Moepitai 
b  Cbelipea,  was  mainlv  due  to  hie  enlightened  and  pemeverLng  labors. 

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Ai\er  leading  Boeton  od  the  cbaoc^  of  the  politicnl  adnLinietratioQ  und  thr-  appnist- 
ment  of  hi*  ^ooe«Bor,  b«  retired  to  rortj«raouth,  N,  H.    He  tnanrk-d  Dc'C  0th    IMfi. 
Mn.  Mnry  Aim  Lanedoti,  daughter  of  K^jhert  UarriSf  of  Portamoath, 
Cftpt.  Nathnniel  Q.  Dfttia,  of  the  U,  S.  Army,  at  Portemouth*     She  wa*»  1 
Major  General  Dana,  who  eo  graitly  difitingiLiifihed  hini«»ilf  daring  the  wartjl 
bellion.    Gen.  Peafllce  left  do  children.    lie  was  made  a  re^dent  toember 
Sociei>^  in  1863* 

Smith,  Hon,  Ballard,  hotiorary  Vice-PreBident  of  the  Society  for  Indiana,  dwitt 
Terre  Hflute,  Ind, ,  Oct.  3d,  1866,  a^ed  45.  He  was  %ht  ton  of  Valentine  nnd  Eli»* 
l^eth  (Ballard)  Smith;  was  horn  at  Durham,  N\  H.,  Jan.  3lRt,  ISSL  The  father  wm 
hum  OD  the  enore  of  Great  Bay,  in  that  town,  upon  the  plaoe  (Red  liock)  where  \m 
family  have  resided  »ince  awut  the  year  1659.  *'The  heir-lfjoms,"  sa^-s  Judge 
Smith,  "  which  hare  been  handwl  down,  seem  to  indicate  adeRcent  from  the  UaitoQi 
of  00.  ChenttT,  Englwiid,  and  proliablv  from  the  Smith*  of  *  Old  Uaagb/  in  thenaie 
county."  Amon<^  ihest?  beir-l*Mnn«  Wjiitjlit  hy  the  first  eettlere  waa  a  ooat  of  iitai)< 
Ilii»  mother's  faiioly  were  the  Ikllardii^  of  BaUiird  Vale,  in  Andover,  Maa«,  where 
they  have  re«ide<i  from  otiout  Hi  10,  until  a^iout  the  year  1830. 

Judge  Smith  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College,  in  1840 ;  his  name  app«are  on  tbe 
coUe^  catalogue,  Wm.  Ballard  Smith  ;  he  read  law  with  his  half-brotiier,  UamiitOD 
Smith  (D.  C\  1829),  in  Louimlle,  Ky. ;  went  into  practice  there;  remore^l  to  CVm- 
nelton,  Ind.,,  in  1853;  repretscnted  Perry  Co.,  in  the  General  A^embly  of  Indiani 
two  yeure,  and  waB  ite  Speaker  one  of  them  ;  wa«  also  a  Judgt*  of  the  third  Judickl 
Circuit  Court  <»f  the  State;  ehanired  hie  rmdenee  to  Terre  Haute,  and  opened  in 
office  there  in  1861,  He  married  Mary  C.  daughter  of  Curtis  Gill)ert*ji'  Tern?  Usule. 
Juno  26th,  1866.  He  became  a  correieponding  member  of  the  Society  in  1831,  and 
from  1856  to  the  time  of  hk  death  was  Uonorary  Vice  President  of  the  S»riet*.*  fijT 
Indiana.  RrRilutions  of  re*»peet  t^.i  hie  meuiorv  were  poaeed  by  the  mt 
Terre  Haute  Bar,  Hon.  Thomas  H.  Nelwn  pre*«iding,  one  of  which  wa«  \\ 

**  Resoivcd, — That  oiirdeeeaeed  brother,  ein(*ehie  connection  with  thi>*  t«ir  in  ir^ij" 
had  ej9tahlishe<l  lor  hini«*If  lM»th  amoni^  his  profes^titirnal  brethren  and  the  eommuui^ 
at  large,  a  high  repuUition  for  ability,  integrity  and  urlmnity,  which  endeared  him 
to  all  of  htH  at«^:M?iatea  and  friendi«,  and  that  we  deplore  his  aeoeoBe  in  the  Btimitd 
his  life  and  u^f(ilDe88  a.s  a  lawyer,  a  citizen  and  a  mgb-ioii«d  cbriiitiaiigeDUemaii.^ 

Field,  Rev,  David  Dudley,  D.D. ,  a  oorrespondinp  metnl^er  of  the  Society,  diedj 
St(x;k bridge.  Maesi,  April   15tb,  18tr7,  agtHi  85.     He  was  a  eon  of  Capt.  Timofl 
Field,  an  officer  of  the  army  of  the  Kevulution  ;  waa  bjm  in  Eaet  Guilford 
Madison ,  Conn . ) ,  May  2<Hb^  178  L    1  le  was  fitted  for  college  by  Rev .  Dr.  John  J 
the  miniBter  of  the  jmrish  in  which  hie  fi\ther  lived,  entered  at  Yale,  and  grado 
in  1802.     Hia  fellow  student  and  room-unite  for  three  years  in  college,  was  Jerei 
Evartfi,  who  boA  been  bo  well  known  Hir  hi»  hiUWinthe  cause  of  religion  mi 
humanity.    In  the  aame  doM  were  f»everal  who  afterwards  became  eminent  men  — 
Isaac  V.  BateSj  U.  S.  Senator  fmiii  MaftiachusettA ;  Jad^^  Hnbbanl^of  1" 
Maxwdl,  of  Virginia;  Gove.   TornliuBjm  and  Pond,  of  Connecticut ;  J 
fiimous  in  connection  with  Ocean  St  etim  Navigation;  and  Pelatiah  Peru, 
guialied  merchant  of  N.  Y.     More  than  a  third  of  the  elaae  became  miniat 
gocjinel*    On  leaving  college  bo  prtmecuted  hie  theological  t^tudies  at  Somen 
unaer  Rev,  Charles  BackuB,  D  .D. ,  an  eminent  teacher  and  divine.     In  Sept. , 
was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  New  Haven  Fast  A.^ocialion.     Ue  was  aoon  1 
preach  as  a  ca nuidate at  Haddam ,  Conn .  ;  nfler  a  few  momths  he  waa  settled fl 
April  II tb,  IBOL     Here  his  lnhoTB  were  arduous,  tieing  in  an  undivided  towm^  < 
twelve  schwjl  dietrictK,  and  with  few  carriasce  r^jads  ;  bat  with  ever  '"   nilyiuw 

«;hool  he  wa.**  e«.>on  fumilitir.    His  paetorul duties  were  performed  w  tiBcicnt 

tiousnesa  and  lidelity  ;  hin  preaehing  wii«  earnest  ana  effective,  in.,  ,. 
power.  Here  he  remtuncd  until  April,  1818— juet  fourteen  years ;  nnd  then  1 
nia  charge  and  sj>eut  the  next  five  months  on  a  miswionary  tour  in  WesteniS 
under  the  direction  of  the  old  Conneeticot  Mi«<ionary  Siiciety,  g^jing  along  thci 
of  Lake  Ontario  as  far  as  Buffalo.  At  the  latter  place  there  was  no  doubc  of  wofibip 
to  be  found.  On  his  return  he  accepted  a  call  from  the  Congre^tionaJ  church  it 
Stockbrid^.  Mass.,  aa  successor  to  the  venemble  Dr.  Stephen  ^V  t*»t,  who  had  lh«a 
recently  died.  He  was  installed  pfn^Urr  of  thit^  church  August 25th,  1819.  W^*'  *^ '" 
church  and  64>eiety  he  wntinued  nearly  eighteen  years,  when  he  resi^neti.ar* 
larly  enough  was  installed  April  litb^  1837,  over*  his  old  Bociety  in  Haddam, ^ . 
years  from  his  first  ordination  there.    The  same  year  (1637)  the  degree  of  Doctor  oC 


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[  pmuity  was  conferred  umn  him  by  WilUamB  College*    In  1844,  the  parish  whicli  he 
l^erved  being  quite  latiTL',  wae  diviiJed,  and  he  took  charge  of  tli«  new  siwiety 
^    1  al  IJii^gnnum  in  the  northern  part,     ThtTC  he  remained  in  full  discharge  of 
erial  duty  a  eecooii  term  of  fourteen  years,  i^even  over  the  old  church  at  Had* 
I  aod  seven  over  the  new  church  at  Higgnnum.     During  his  rc,*4ideriec  here,  in 
||848,  he  cro«iicd  the  ocean  with  one  of  Km  S(jns,  and  F]:»eat  Hevcral  montlie  in  Great 
iBritain  and  France.    In  the  spring  of  1851,  having  rcacht'd  the  age  of  70,  he  yielded 
the  wifihes  of  his  children,  fetirecl  from  pnhlie  labor,  and  returned  to  Stock- 
gc,  where  after  aijitei'n  years  of  retirement  he  died, 

r.  Field  marritHl,  in  Octc»U'r,   1803,  M\s8  Submit  Dickinson  of  Somers*     She  be- 

►  the  mother  of  hi*<  ten  cliiltlrcn,  and  ^m  hh  faithful  oompanion  for  the  space  of 

57  yeaPB*    Seven  of  the  children  were  b<jm  in  Haddam  and  three  in  Stoekoridge, 

David  D.,  the  oldej^t  eon,  is  one  of  the  distingnhihed  memfierfi  of  the  N,  Y.  Bar; 

Matthew  D.  is  a  noted  engineer,  and  baa  been  a  meml>er  of  the  ^senate  of  Ma«eachi]* 

ietta  for  Hampden  County;  Jonathan  E.  hn«  liccn  reijefltediy  a  meml^er  of  the  tome 

Senate,  and  was  once  chosen  almost  imanimounly  it«  Prt^idcnt ;  Stt*phen  J.  is  one  of 

the  Judgi-s  of  the  Supremt^  C^)urt  of  the  U*  8.;  Cyrus  W .  hiu*  a  world-wide  feme  aa 

j^the  originfttt»r  of  the  Atliintie  Tt  Icgmph  ;  and  Henry  iL,  the  yonngedt  eon,  h  Editor 

"  the  S.  Y-  Evangcli^it.    Twodaoghtere,  Mrs.  Brewer  nnd  Mrs*  Stone,  have  deceawd. 

Jr,  Ficid  had  a  natural  fondness  and  taete  for  historical  nnd  genealogical  researches. 

Je  published  in  1819  a  history  of  Middlesex  County,  Conn. ;  a  higtory  of  BerkHhire 

Jbanty  in  a  vuluineof  nmrly  5(M)mgc?< ;  an  lliBkjrieal  AddrtM  atAliddletown,  Conn., 

^  fbrming  with  it«  Appendix  a  booK  of  30l>  pages  ;  a  genenlog>'  ot  the  Bminard  family 

in  Haddam,  a  volume  of  300  pages  ;   and  a  nnml>er  of  hm  occaBional  ecrnions  have 

'been  printer!.     He  was  hij^toriaTi  of  hii^  ela^s,  and  in  i8ti2  publiBlicd  a  minute  account 

of  all  Its  mt?nihers,  livin«r  and  dead,  with  thetr  descendants. 

On  the  day  on  which  he  died  he  rode  out  and  called  ujwin  several  of  his  old  parish- 

uerB.     One  of  them,  Col.  \V illiamR,  said  t<j  him,  **  Dr*  Field,  1  am  glad  to  «ee  you 

I  well ;"  and  he  replied,  **  I  was  never  better  in  my  life."    lie  hud  a  littlu  i^rrand- 

liter  or  great-granddaughter  on  the  tHiit  with  him,  and  rode  home  with  his  arm 

,  her.    On  entering  hi.4  room  he  took  otfthe  warf  from  bis  neck,  and  had  l>cen 

1  in  bis  favorite  cliair,  a  relic  of  the  JIavf  lower,  luit  a  moment,  when  hi^  head  fell 

ck,  liiti  b«Mly  and  limbs  Iw^camt^  ri^id,  and  he  et>uld  no  more  bt*  awakened.     The 

Jieral  took  place  on  the  aflemoon  of  Ttiun*(lay,  Ai>ril  IHth.     Prayer  waft  ofl'ered  at 

[the  bouee  by  Rev.  N.  H.  Eg^rlcHt^m,  the  pa>^tor  of  the  village  elmrcb.    The  remains 

are  borne  to  the  chureh,  where  addreewjw  appropriate'  tx>  the  occai^ion  were  delivered 

Mr,  Eggleston  ;  Rev.  IVlark  Hopkins,  LL.D.,  President  of  Williams  College  ;  and 

Jolm  Todd,  D.D.,  of  Pitt*iidd. 
Rev,  William  B.  Spra^ue,  D.D.,  in  a  notice  of  Dr.  Field,  .saya : — **  In  all  bi»  re- 
ttions  be  was  a  m<Klel  ot  firmnc.*«*,  »>j»nwientiouHne«»,  discretion  and  punctuality.  ■' 
Jev.  Dr.  Marsh  and  Pn>f  Morgan,  of  (Jl>erlin^  wrote  eome  interesting  newsfrnper 
F#ketche8  of  Dr.  Field,  which  had  we  simoc  it  wtmld  be  pleasant  to  <|iiote. 

Dr;  Field  was  made  a  corretf|K^nding  memljer  of  our  Society  in  1847,  the  eeoond 
year  from  its  organiwilion. 

Oreene,  Hon,  All)ert  Gorton,  who  was  choeen  a  corresponding  member  of  thifl 
l8ix;icty  in  l84o,  was  born  in  Providence ^  R.  I.,  Feb.  10th,  1803,  and  died  in  Cleve- 
rlami,  Ohio,  Jan.  3d,  1868,  in  thu  06th  year  of  his  age.  Mr.  Greene  was  a  lineal 
Idetoendatit  of  Samuel  Gorton  and  John  Greene^  the  founders  of  Warwick.  R.  L 
■^e  graduated  at  Brown  University  in  the  cbuw  ot  18:^,  and  while  yet  in  College  he 

>  evidence  of  genius  of  no  common  order,  and  of  unueiml  taste  for  pix-trv  and 

iral  literature.  At  the  early  age  of  sixteen  he  wrote  *'  Old  GrimeH/'  wbicn  for 
hoe,  quaint  humor  and  abL*unmng  charity,  htm  made  it  a  cla8Bic  in  AmerieaQ 
letterfi,  and  it  ha«  recently  l)een  ilkistrated  by  Augustus  Hoppin,  one  of  the  beat 
American  artists.  On  leaving  college  he  entered  upon  the  study  of  law  in  the  office 
of  the  latt*  John  Whipple,  Esq.  In  1824,  he  marridl  Mnry  Ann,  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin Cliffbril,  and  Bihter  of  Ex-Gov.  John  H.  Clifford  of  ibis  State.  By  her  he  had 
fuur  daughters,  three  of  whom  survived  him.  Mrs.  Greene  died  in  Jimnary,  1965. 
Thedaaghters  of  Judge  Greene  were,  Itit,  Elizabeth  C*,  who  nnirried  JirHt,  ihe  Rev, 
Cornel iu»  Ge<»rge  Fenner  ;  and  after  hi^  decetise,  Gardiner  H.  Clarke,  of  Cambridge, 
Mttiw.  2d,  Avarelia  (J.,  who  married  Charles  Potter,  of  Providenct! ;  and  after  his 
death,  Charles  C.  Van  Zand t  of  Newptjrt.  3d,  Mary  C,  who  married  Samuel  C. 
£ii«ttnan,  of  Concord,  N.  H.  4th,  Sanih  M.  F.,  who  nmrrie<l  Rev.  Samuel  W. 
Duncan,  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Two  ywirn  after  the  organi/jition  of  the  city  government 
I  of  Providence,  in  June,  183*2,  Mr,  Greene  was  chosen  clerk  of  the  City  Council,  and 
'  ogntinued  in  that  office  till  Feb.  Uth,  1867.    He  held  also  the  office  of  Clerk  of  the 


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Municipal  Omrt  until  1657^  vHlien  he  rsfigned.  sad  th?  nesEt  yrar  he  wia  ( 
Juilge  of  that  etmrt.    This  office  he  wan  oompoUed,  by  taiUng  health,  to  r" 
March,  1867,    For  thirty-five  years  he  held  Timoiie  offi(M!8  In  the  city  gov^ 
Pnjviiience.    During  thia  long  ctajxt  of  mtbllc  MTvioe,  hia  urbfinity  of  nt 
Btrtct  0enBe  of  junticv,  and  his lummou^  decit^iorui  on  difficult  po' 
with  his  lurirc  literary  culture,  made  him  one  of  the  brighter' 
ftutemity  ot  7V     '    T=land.     Judge  Greene  drew  the  Schtxil  biU  m,  i^m 
which  the  ra  of  pubiic  inNtructiun  in  that  State  now  rest©,  and  wb 

attained  an  :  .  .  notoriety  thrt»ughout  the  country-  Ui»  knowledge  of 
dustrittl  art«  and  of  history  waa  very  extendi  re.  Hie  library  waa  a  ▼aet  a>lle< 
litemrj'  curioeitit*^  and  it  wa«  eopeetally  complete  iii  American  and  £n§liah  i 
It  was* mare  than  twice  aa  large  aa  the  library  of  this  iSocietv.  It  contaiTied  1 
bound  volumee  and  pamphieta,  flome  of  them  of  rare  cxoellencc,  enough  ftir] 
volumee  or  more.  Mb  taete  for  hiat*>rical  inrestigntionfl  le<J  him  to  devote 
hlfl  time,  during  the  latter  years  uf  his  life,  to  the  interents  of  the  Rhode  i 
iitaturical  Society*  Upoo  the  death  of  the  venerable  John  Rowland^  in  1B54. 
Greene  wia  elected  President  of  that  Society,  and  he  held  tlmt  p*j6ition  till  th 
of  his  deoeaae.  A  few  oioothsago,  be  removed  U>  CUveUnd^  Ohio,  to  residi 
his  youngest  danghter,  intendinjg  to  make  that  his  future  home,  but  sudden 
soon  terminated  ^1  his  earthly  plans*  His  remains  were  brought  to  Fruridence,  snd 
were  laid  in  tlie  Swan  C\jmetery.  Judge  Greene  wrote  aeveral  ballads  which  ha^w 
obtained  soujc  dlt^tmctioo.  *'  old  Grimee/'  his  earliest,  basalready  been  mentaoosd, 
and  this  wa«  followed  by  the  **  B^tron*s  Lust  Banquet/'  and  **  To  the  Wend 
on  our  Steeple.- ■  **  Tlie  Yankee  Tmiuing/*  into  which  it  was  his  porpoK  f 
every  truly  Yankee  Dhraae  tjiat  he  could  gather,  he  sometimes  read  to  nis  oi 
mate  friends,  who  think  it  his  best  production,  but  he  netcf  aUowed  it  to  be  ] 
Usbed.    IJi^  friends  cDtertaiii  the  ho^ie  that  it  may  yet  be  done. 

De,4N,  Aroo^,  LL.D.,  of  Allmny,  New  York,  was  Ijora  in  Bamar»i,  Vt.,  Jan*  16 
1803,  and  died  in  Altmny,  Jan*  "26th,  1868,  aged  65  years,     lie  wus  elected  a  con 
pjniiing  member  of  this  Society ♦  Jwn.  9th,  I&60.     VmL  Dean  was  the  eldest  of  fm 
children,  and  was  the  son  of  Nathaniel  Dean  and  Rhoda  (Hammond)    Doan.- 
Nathanirl  Di?an  was  U*ui  in  Ilardwick,  MiLj«,,  April  1 1th,  17(57,  and  twerUy  yesal 
afterwanin  eiuigniUHl  with  hi?^  father  t^i  Barnard,  \Vinde4>r  Couut>',  Vt,     De«.\'3lJS„' 
1801.  he  uiarrieil  KhrKb  ilammund.     Rhixla  llatnmond,  the  mother  of  Prof,  Deso, 
was  born  in  New  IkKlfonl,  Mit^,»  April  27th,  1770*    In  1778  ahe  removed  with  bcr 
parents  to  Woodstock,  Winds^jr  County,  Vt. 

The  name  Dean  iiecms  to  be  of  Saxon  oridn,  and  was  oriKinally  iroeUod  Peru?  or  Den, J 
It  was  alYerwards  changed  to  Deane,  i>erhaps  through  the  mingnn^  of  the  NjrmAtt] 
with  the  Saxon  langua^.    It  means  **  valley/*    It  is  first  met  with  in  history  in  ti** 
time  of  Btiward  the  Confessor.     In  the  Ifith  and  17th  ec^uturies,  there  are  found 
four  men  of  nijte  liearin^this  urtme  : — Uenrv  Dene,  Archbiahop  of  i;    -  -^      ,^  [\nt\ 
Ijord  Chance*  !Jiiriitider  Ilenrv  Vtl. ;  Sir  Rieijard  Dejine,  Mayor  of  J  I<i;*y ; 

Adiniml  and  Major  General  be;ine,  in  1653 ;  and  Sir  Anthony  Deane,  v C  inp- 

troller  of  the  Navy  from  1666  in  lfl6H»  The  first  trace  of  the  name  in  this  ccujntr- 
occurs  in  1621,  when  Stephen  Deane  arrived  at  Plymouth  in  the  Fortune  (anf^,  nt 
376).  Fifteen  or  sixteen  years  later,  John  and  Walter  Deane,  brothers,  emijrnittf) 
to  America  from  Chard,  Somersetshire,  Rngland,  and  settled  in  Taunton,  Mifll* 
Am  OS  wa8  t  he  I  i  neal  desoendan  t  of  Wal  te  r  F^eaine . 

Pmfcs'^ir  Dean^s  advantages  for  edumtinn  in  his  earlier  years  were  very  liniitid; 
but  in  IS'iS,  he  entered  the  senior  olai^a  in   Union  College, 'and  grad'^'-*"'1  ^^**  "^*^t 
year  with  i\w  second  honor  of  the  clnm.     He  went  immAiately  to  A 
menccd  the  5tndy  of  the  law  with  his  uncle,  the  Hon.  Jaliez  D.  Hm 
of  the  **  Political  History  of  New  York.''    In  May,  11^29,  he  w&Badmitte<i 
in  the  cnurtH.     In  1833,  he  assisted  in  founding"**  The  Young  Men*s  Aii^> 
the  City  of  All>anyj"  the  first  institution  of  the  kind  in  the  United  State?,  ai 
the  first  two  yearJ  be  was  its  Frewidunt.     In  iS3A  he  was  one  of  the  founder*  ^ 
Albany  Medinvl  College,  and  for  twenty  years  lie  tilled  the  chair  of  ^T    •■     '      ,, 
prudeiu^.     Sept.  1  Ith,  181'J,  he  mnrried  Miss  E.  Jfsinna  Daviu,  of  I  1 1- 

In  April,  1813,  he  united  with  the  Presjibyteriiiii  Church,  and  always  ui  Lu'i'^i 

a  consistent  ChriHtiiin  chamcter.  In  lB5lt  Prof.  Dean  aided  in  ctttabiishmg  th« 
Albany  LawScbn^iol,  and  until  his  death  was  one  of  itn  active  managers*  In  \^ 
he  wa«  elected  Chancellor  of  the  University  of  Io\va.  lV»fe*»or  Dean  was  remark;!  il*' 
for  his  induetrv  and  was  quite  dintingiui^hefl  as  an  author.  He  published  a  w^trk  i  n 
**  Phrenology.^'a  **  Mnnua!  of  [^nw,  a  treati^eon  the**  Philosophy  of  Human  Lite/' 
and  a  work  on  ^'  Medical  Jurisprudence."    But  tlie  great  work  of  his  life,  he  did 


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ichard)  Jewett,  and  of  tbe  eeventh  gi'Deration  m  deeccnt  from  Edward  Jt-wett'; 
died  m   1(5 Ifi.     1,  Edward  mnd    Mar>^  (Taylor).     2,   William.     3.   Captain 
.  born  in  Bradford,  co*  of  York,  England  ^  eettled  in  Rowley,  Maea..  in  1639, 


tvTe  to  lee  in  print.    For  more  than  twenty^five  years  he  lalxired  sric  hours,  nearly 
'  week  day,  on  a  *'  History  of  Civilizatkm,"  in  seven  volumes  uf  500  pages  eiMjh. 
niiwcently  re- written  the  first  vulmiic,  and  fftrefully  rnvieed  the  entire  work,  bo 
lis  now  ready  lV>r  publimtion.     In  tJiis  ^^reat  witrk,  Pmf.  Dtan  ha«  endeavored 
fcrth,  iwit  niert'ly  tlie  events  of  liiskkry,  out  iU  philosoph^v  ;  not  only  facts,  hut 
ia  relation  Uy  each  other*    The  lirst  volaine  trf?«itsof  **  Civilization'*  a,s  it  tvbs  de- 
by  the  A?*5;>Tianj?,    BaliylonianH,    Medo-Peraianp,   Ninevitcs,   Phiienieianflt 
\  ana  Hebrews.     The  '2d  volume  compriaefl  llie   tirecian  Ep<xih-    The  3d,  the 
Ep<jch.    The  'Ith,  the  Ge*>^phy,  History  and  Industry  of  ^lodem  Eurt>pe, 
,  the  EieiDenUi  of  the  Rc'U»rion  and  J  ryverament  of  Mwlern  Europe.    The  6th, 
icntB  of  Society  and  Philosophy-    The  7th»  the  jlrts  of  Modem  Europe.     Each 

J  IB  complete  in  itself. 

Prof,  Dean  kft  a  wife  and  four  ehildren,  viz. :    Amoa  Hammond,  Frederick  Au- 
*ijie,  Jo*?epbiae  Daviu,  Joanna  Armsby. 

[Jnrrrr,  Charlcfl  Coffin,  A.  M.,  was  a  son  of  the  Rev.  Paul  and  Eleanor  Mamiiy 

generation  m  descent  from  Ed 
lary  (Taylor).     2,   William.     3,   Captain 
England  J  eettled  in  Rowley,  Maga..  in  1639, 
Ruth  (Wood) .    4,  Joeliuft  ani  Mary  (Todd) ,    5,  Paul  and  Jane  (P^ysuD). 
Fanl.  ns  above. 

Coffin  Jewettj  thesubjeetof  thie  article,  wa«?  a  graduate  of  Brown  tTnivcr- 

1835.    His  intention  on  leaving  college  wa.s  to  prej^mrts  himself  for  the  Cliristian 

,  but  having  a  decided  tai?te  for  oriental  research,  he   formed  oomprelien- 

for  extentled  travels  with   a  view  to    the  thoroUj|h  gtudy  of  Atiiatic 

and  religionfi,  but  eepeeiall^^  those  of  Palestint;,     fle  wa^s  unexpeetcdly 

ed  in  the  oeconipliBhment  of  thl^  plan  by  the  misdirection  of  a  letter,  and  that 

reotly  slight  circumKtance  determined  ma  Bulisequent  oouTBe,  and  care  com- 

,on  i*i  all  his  after  life.     While  pursuing  his  theological  course  at  Anaover,  his 

for  biblioffraphical  studies  pi.>inted  him  out  as  the  proper  per».:»n  ki  arrange  the 

—  of  the  Thoubgical  Seminary  in  that  place.     He  ttssisteiJ  Mr,  0.  A.  Taylar  in 

\g  a  catalogue  of  the  lifirary.     It  was  of  a  highly  valuable  cbann^ter,  and 

e»j«  of  that  effort  led  to  his  appointment  a^  the  liorarian  of  Brown  University. 

ijge  additione  to  that  library  were  80f>n  to  be  made,  and  Mr.  Jewett  went  to 

irope  nutl  waa  ab^nt  two  yeare  and  a  half,  not  only  to  Bclect  lxx)k»  fur  the  library, 

^t  U)  study  the  French,  German  and  Italian  languages  and  the  bibliographical  pliuaa 

r  arranging  and  cataloguing  libraries,  which  hadlx*en  carried  to  the  grcate«tpep- 

rtion  in  France  and  (iennany,  where  the  Bul^ject  has  long  been  mady  a  matter  of 

Dfound  scientific  investigation.     Un  his  return,  he  prepared  for  the  ptem  a  cata* 

rue  of  the  library  of  Brown  University,  which  was  published  in  IB43»  and  it  was 

loriginal  and  iiitrinbicjiUy  valuable,  that  it  at  onec  placed  him  at  the  head  of  the 

Viognipher»  of  this  country.     He  held  the  poeition  of  the  cc^llege  librarian  from 

Kl  to  1848,  and  for  most  of  that  period  he  was  also  Profeesor  of  Modern  LanguagM 

Id  Literature.  When  the  munificent  donation  of  Mr.  James  Smithfton  of  England  wis 

beived  in  thia  country,  it  wan  at  first  detennined  to  appropriate  it  to  the  creation 

Fa  public  library  at  tlTashincton ,  which  should  be  worthy  of  the  United  States, 

Id  Mr.  Jewett  waa  appointed  the  libmrian  of  that  Institution,     The  regents  of 

>  &iiith.s<mian  fund,  fjowever,  afterwards  gave  it  another  direction,  but  Mr  Jewett 

"   '  S  charge  of  the  lihmry  long  enough  to  establish  a  w.>rret^p<jndence  with  all  the 

'libraries  in  the  United  States, and  to  collect  much Talunble inftirmation  upon 

lect.     At  his  instance,  a  convention  of  librarians  was  called »  from  different 

>  01  the  conntry.  for  the  purpone  of  devi*«ing  the  t>e«t  method  of  accjomplishing 

J  difficult  task  of  lonning,  arranging,  and  ctitSoguinjj  large  public  libraries.    Mr, 

irett^B  release  from  his  duties  as  librarian  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  in  oon- 

Huence  of  the  change  in  tlie  poliey  jmrsued,  was  synchronous  with  the  formation  of 

!  public  library'  orBt)ston.    The  large  donation  of  Mr.  Bates  of  London,  for  the 

ation  of  that  library,  made  it  necessary  t(^  employ  the  l)est  bib! lographicai  skill  to 

ect  and  arrange  it  for  the  public  use.    Mr.  Jewett  was  chr»seo  for  that  important 

rt,  and  he  €nt<^re<l  with  great  zeal  upon  the  duties  of  the  office.     Upon  tbo 

npletion  of  the  present  library  building  in  B«>yliitf>n  Strtnit,  in  1858,  he  was  appoint- 

oaperintendent  of  that  institution  by  the   City  Council,  on   the  unanimouB 

nmendAtion  of  the  trustees.    Mr.  Jewett  prepared   and   publisheil  two  large 

_8,  containing  catalogues  of  the  l»^)ks  in  both  the  upper  and  lower  haQs  of  that 

y,  which  will  long  remain  remarkable  monuments  of  his  industry',  ecbolarship, 

I  executive  ability.     Every  one^  at  all  acquainted  with  the  sul>ject,  knows  the  ex* 

i  difficulty  of  forming  a  catalogue  of  a  large  library,  to  which  oocetant  additiooil 


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aff«  lieing  made,  and  keeping  tlml  efttalo^e  fall  aiMl  mmpletc,  witbout  firMfiaxtljr 
pablishiDg  f^iipplcnieDto.  Suppkm^ita  are  al\^'ay»  moinTenient,  thcry  soon  D90aiM 
namerous^  and  thue  the  bui^mefls  of  findiDfr  any  ymrHciilar  book  becomes  mofe  mod 
more  oomplicafced  and  diificult.  The  best  bibliui^rajilier??!  in  EuDipe  kaye  luti£  aino0 
prcmouneed  it  an  impawibiility  to  form  a  catalogue  of  a  lari:;*  '  '  •  vrmSk  caor 

fliaiit  a4ditionA  are  made ^  and  which  eliall  beoootinuou^^  &ti  ipenede  ^ 

DeoeiBity  of  supplements,    Thi- ^"--'^''"'r^  ^t*-    J^>«'-»*  ^.iv..<  ...r>.i»      ^' 

gjnatest  triumph  in  mtjdem  bi 
xnaking  a  ointiouout^  iiatalogur. 

proper  plaoe**^  have  been  demouj^tinletl  by  the  plan  which  he  frnftiallv  Iuhu^^u 
the  public  library  of  thi^city,  and  which  has  already  been  adopted  bv  »evt:i 
larger  librariea  in  the  United  8tate«.  The  plan  h  briifty  this.    We  will  sop] 
tenuTge  libfariee  unite  in  the  arrane^ment : 

L  An  exact  title  pn^  of  erery  book,  the  initials  of  eaoh  of  the  other 
where  the  Ixxik  Ls  fuurm,  and  the  author^B  name,  are  stereotyped  in  threi*  ^pnniDe 
oolumnsj  upon  moveable  metallic  blocks,  and  when  new  books  oome  in  they  nre  ftc^ 
eotyped  in  the  same  manner. 

2.  Analytical  references  to  the  su^ed  moUer  of  each.  Tolnme  are  also  stereol 
BO  that  the  book  can  be  found,  if  the  subject  is  known  and  the  author^e  name 
known* 

3.  General  referenoefl  to  etich  particular  snl^ect  in  the  volume  are  also  stereotyped; 
This  fiimlshe^  another  clew  to  any  book  desired. 

Here  then  are  three  separate  modes  or  croes  references  for  finding  any  given  bool. 
Each  of  the  ten  Librarie«  stereotypea  all  its  books  in  the  same  way,  and  thu«  eadi 
library  knows  all  the  books  which  are  contained  in  all  the  other  UnnmetB,  which  ait 
parties  to  the  armo^ment.  Every  Ubraty  now  prints  from  its  own  blocks,  a  cati* 
lo^e  of  it«  own  l)oaks ;  and  as  often  ae  convenience  require*,  prints  another  volttJDl 
with  all  the  sterootyped  doscriptionfl  of  the  new  booke  which  have  come  In,  arrftngrd 
in  their  proper  pbccft,  all  of  which  can  be  done  with  litUe  trouble  antl  expifn*^^  ii 
the  blocks  are  already  at  band  and  can  be  easily  re-arranj^ed.  Thus  the  princir  ' 
e3m«i]se  is  saved,  and  a  catalogue  which  10  substaotially  oontinuous  ia  aecnred 
is  Mr.  Jewett's  plan,  and  it  is  an  achievement  of  great  public  utility. 

Mr.  Jewett  wa*  also  a  devoted  Clrrifttian,    For  several  vears  he  was  senior 
of  Chrii^t  Church  in  Quincy,     Ills  pastor  ays;    **A11  nis  learmngf  wisdom  ai 
strength  were  devnte*!  to  hi»  beloved  haviour.     He  vni«  a  firm  bcdicver  In  t(»e  divin*' 
of  our  Lord,  and  all  the  d<>ctrineflof  grace  ;**  and  his  pastor  aske^  *'  Who  has  forgoti 
the  Boble  stand  that  betook,  alm<wt  unaideti,  ayatrist  the  r^^^*--^^  ♦  t  viijlate  th» 
sanctity  of  the  Sabbath,  by  opening  the  public  library  on  the  i  '" 

Mr.  Jewett  married  MiflsRel>ccca  Greene  Hawkins,  the  ori!^  n^r  of  jUljih 

Haakina  of  Koxbury,  by  whom  be  had  three  children,  two  daughiers  and  one  4 
Hif*  wife  and  children  aurrive  him. 

Mr.  Jewett  was  elected  a  resident  member  of  this  Society  in  1855. 

Pbocesdinos.  * 

Boiton^  WedttMday,  March  4,  1868.    A  stated  meeting  was  held  this  aftennoos 
the  rooma  of  the  Scwiety,  No.  17  Bromfleld  Street,  the  preiident«  Uoa.  Minball  F. 
Wilder,  in  the  chair. 

The  Rev.  Edmund  F.  SI  after,  the  corresponding  secretary ,  reported  that  letters  accept- 
ing  mernberahip  had  been  received  from  Beami^ih  Murdoch,  Esq.,  of  Halifax,  N.S^  M 
Odrreaponding ;  and  from  Rev.  Moaes  P.  Stickney,  Isaac  D.  Heyward,  William  8. 
Peabody  and  Jonathan  French,  Esquires,  of  Uof^ton  ;  Thomaa  Sherwin,  A.M,,  of 
ham,  and  Aaron  I>avia  Weld,  Esq.,  of  West  Roxbury,  as  resident, 

John  H.  Shepi^rd,  A.M.,  the  librarian,  reported  donationft  during  the  last  month 
eleven  hound  volumes,  seventy  pamphlets  and  §everal  parcels  of  manuscript;  alscH 
copy  of  Wh*:almi3  hUerrmiional  Late,  translated  into  ChineaCi  the  donation  of 
George  B.  Upton»  Vice  President  of  the  Society.    The  librarian  celled  particulai 
tention  to  ihii*  curiosity,  aa  an  honor  to  the  land  of  Confucius  that  it  should  circaU* 
in  its  vemaeular  tongue  such  a  standard  work. 

Mr.  William  B.  Trosk,  the  hiAtoriographer  for  lS67i  read  biographical  akelcbei  d 
Hon.  laaac  McConihe  of  Troy,  N.Y.,  and  the  Rev.  Henry  Haj-baugh  of  Lancaster,  V^ 
both  members  of  the  society  who  died  previous  to  the  commencement  of  this  year. 

Rev.  Dorus  Clarke^  A.M.,  the  present  historiographer,  read  aketchcs  of  the  livft  of 
Prof.  Amo«  Dean,  LL.D.,  of  Albany,  N.Y.,  and  the  Rev.  Samuel  SewaU,  of  BuiliagWBi 
MaaSp,  both  of  whom  were  membera  and  died  this  year. 


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The  Board  of  Directors  nominated  seven  candidates  for  memberghip — sii  us  resideiit, 
md  one  BA  corresponding — who  were  balloted  for  and  olt?cted. 

The  Rev,  James  H*  Mean^i,  A.M.,  of  Durchester,  read  a  paper  which  he  entitled,  The 
FirMf  Hom^  AlisMkmarut  of  New  En  inland,  giving  an  account  of  the  sending  forth  to 
South  Carolina,  from^Dorchcdter,  Maiia.i  in  1G96,  of  an  organized  church  for  '*the  pro- 
aotion  of  religion  in  the  Southern  plantationa/'  Interesting  extracts  were  read  from 
the  &rewell  aennon  preached  by  the  Kev.  John  Danforth,  uho wing  a  fervent  nii*»Jonary 
Hftl  in  regard  to  thoBe  who  were  called  "New  England's  oifcring  to  Christ  for  the  ser- 
fioc  of  His  Kingdom/'    The  fortunes  of  thia  Christian  Colony  were  then  traced. 

First  tcttUng  in  South  Carol uia,  near  Charleston,  they  afterwards  removed  to 
Gcorgiai  where  their  influence  haa  been  felt  ever  since  throughout  the  whole  State.  At 
the  opening  of  the  Revolution,  when  Georgia  was  still  hesitating,  and  had  even  refused 
to  be  represented  in  the  Continental  Congress,  the  people  of  thid  New  England  setlle- 
ittcnt  appointed  a  delegate  on  theii  own  account,  who  was  reoeivcd  by  the  Congress  at 
Philadelphia  in  1776. 

In  all  the  subaequcnt  period,  **  Liberty  countyt"  as  it  was  called  in  commemoration 
U  its  patriotifon,  has  been  a  marked  centre  of  piety  and  intelligence.  The  church 
tkw  establislied  in  early  times  still  exists  and  flourishes,  justly  proud  of  its  past 
kfatory* 

Tb^  facts  were  presented  as  iHustrating  the  power  and  Tttality  of  the  spiritf  churcK 
LjoHty  and  life  of  New  England. 

H^  Jps^^fi,  April  1.     A  quarterly  meeting  was  held  this  afternoon,  president  Wilder  in 

^B  The  oorrespondtng  secretary  reported  that  the  following  gentlemen  had  accepted  the 

Rifmbership  to  which  they  had  been  elected^  viz, :  His  Excellency  lion,  Alexander  H, 

fiallock,  of  Worcester,  James  F,  Hunnewell,  Esq.,  of  Charlestown,  George  W.  Pres* 

celt,  E^q.^  of  Boston,  and  Jame*  F.  WiUianiB,  Esq.,  of   H  rook  line,  aa  resident^  and 

Austin  \V»  Holden,  M.D.,  of  Gleo  Fallfl,  N.Y.,  as  eorrespouding. 

I      The  Ubrarian  reported  the  monthly  donations  as  twelve  volimies,  duty  pamphlets^ 

Hpe  French  Map  of  Boston  Harbor,  and  one  photograph. 

^^Kr.  Trask  read  biographical  sketches  of  Hon.  Ballard  Smith,  of  Terre  Hante^  Iod.» 
^koDonuy  Vice  President  of  the  society  for  that  State,  and  of  Hon.  Reuben  H.  Wal- 
Borth*  LL.D.,  of  Saratoga  Springs,  N.Y.,  and  the  Rev.  David  Dudley  Field,  DJ),,  of 
nn&ckbhdge,  deceased  members  of  the  society. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Clark,  the  hl-^toriographt'r,  read  a  sketch  of  Hon.  Robert  Hooper,  of 
kstoo*  a  member  of  the  society,  recently  deceased. 

;  Nine  candidates  for  resident  membership  were  nominated  by  the  Difectorst  all  of 
pnam  were  elected. 

.  The  committee  of  arrangements  on  the  address  upon  the  late  president  of  the  society, 

* '  I  A.  Andrew,  by  the  Rev*  Eliaa  Nason,  A.M.t  were  authorijiied  to  publish  tlie 

eas  in  sueh  way  and  manner  as  they  may  deem  expedient. 

The  Rev.  John  A.  Vinton,  A.M.,  of  South  Boston,  read  an  interesting  paper  on 

^  Met,  John  Wheelwright t  and  his  Timra,''     Mr.  Wheelwright  was  bom  at  Saleby,  m 

Ulage  near  Alford,  in  Lincolnshire,  England^  about  the  year  1692.     He  was  educated 

;  Sidney  College,  Cambridge,  where  he  took  his  Bachelor's  degree  in  16H,  and  that 

f  A.M.  in  1618,     He  was  Vicar  of  Bilsby,  a  parish  in  the  vicinity  of  Alford^  from 

I  to  1632,    At  the  date  last  mentioned  he  was  deprived  of  hk  living  for  non-eon- 

aity  to  the  unscripttiral  requirement's  of  the  High  Church  Party.    {Ant^,  xxi.  363.) 

^L  in  Boffton,  with  hij»  family,  which  then  conHisted  of  a  wife,  her  mother,  and 

lldren.  May  26,  1  ^36.     On  his  arrival  he  found  the  colony  in  nn  anxious,  fevered 

Only  four  months  had  elapsed  since  the  departure  of  Roger  Williami;   the 

i  war  was  then  inuninent  j  and  a  writ  of  quo  warranto  had  been  filed  in  We«t- 

r  Hall  sgainst  the  Maasaehusetts  Company,    The  country  wa^  not  in  a  condition 

_  rany  new  strain  upon  it,  or  to  sufier  greatly  from  internal  disaensioo.     But  the 

r  winter  after  Mr.  WTieelwrighfs  arrival  had  not  set  i^u  when  his  sister-in-law,  Mrs. 

ne  Hutchinson,  had  begun  to  broach  some  opinions,  which  were  regarded  as  having 

aing  tendency,     Mrs,  Hutchinson  was  a  woman  of  decided  mental  ability,  and 

oy  excellent  qualities.     *She  had  endeared  herself  to  the  people  of  Boston  by 

I  of  kindness,  for  which  her  husliand's  property  and  her  own  ample  leisure 

J  opportunity.     Not  satisfied  with  the  regular  public  instructions  of  the  Sab* 

undertook  to  supplement  them  with  ministratioDs  of  her  own.     She  held 

_  I  twice  a  week,  at  firat  among  the  women  only,  but  at  length  including  both 

in  which  she  promulgated,  with  preat  ability  and  zeal,  opinions  which  were 

lit  Co  MYor  strongly  of  AntinomiauisQu    Unfoittmately  Mr.  Wheelwright  felt  U 


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'  movement,  itnd  to  appear  as  its 
graTated  by  the  unsparing  denunciations  which  I 
Mnik  Hutchinson  f«lt  at  liberty  to  launch  forth  against  all  who  did  not  concur  wit> 
in  sentiment  and  pructioe,  including  many  of  the  best  and  most  influential  mrii 
colony*  No  efforts  were  spared  to  hold  them  up  to  odium,  and  tu  weaketi  their  mnu- 
ence.  This  naturally  threw  the  whole  colony  into  a  fennent,  and  aeiioiuly  eodnkgeifd 
ita  peace.  As  the  opponents  of  Mr.  Wheelwright  included  nearly  all  the  minitftentod 
nearly  all  the  magistrates,  it  was  felt  that  the  dyil  constitution,  as  well  aa  the  eec&cttat- 
ticalt  was  exposed  to  great  hazard*  The  tdarm  was  greatly  increased  in  May.  19XJ, 
when  the  Boston  contingent,  almost  wholly  composed  of  the  odhcfenta  of  Mia,  HufcA- 
insoQi  rdiised  to  go  to  the  Pequot  war.  Nearly  at  the  same  time  they  tried  to  hiadff 
the  annual  election  of  civil  officers.  ~ 

It  was  now  felt  that  the  case  required  the  interposition  of  the  civil  authoridea. 
long  delay,  to  give  0|  portunity  for  explunation  and  concession,  a  delay  which  „_ 
found  tu  unswerno  good  purpose,  the  General  Court  of  MaAachusettSi  in  Not,,  162M 
a<\}udged  Mr.  Wheelwright  to  be  guilty  of  sedition  and  contempt  of  the  Ci^il  GoTcraJ 
ment,  tending  to  excite  rebellion  among  the  people,  and  sentenced  him  to  be  di^&as- 
ehtsed  and  banished  from,  the  colony.  They  also  ordered  the  adherents  of  Mrs.  Hutdi»j 
inson  to  be  disarmed,  which  was  accordingly  done. 

To  pretend  that  Mr.  Wheelwright  was  baniehcd  for  his  religious  opiniona  shows  f 
titter  misapprehension  of  the  whole  affair.  His  opinions  were  not  once  brou^t  i 
consideration  during  the  entire  proceeding.  The  controYcrsy,  it  is  true,  b^n  in  a  I 
ligious  dispute;  hut  it  very  soon  took  such  a  form  as  to  threaten  th«  OTcrtlutiw  of  l' 
whole  civil  constitution.  No  one  who  has  carefully  studied  the  history  of  that  period 
can  suppose  that  the  civil  administration  of  the  colony  could  have  been  carnrd  aa 
many  months  longer,  or  eren  that  the  charter  would  have  been  safe^  if  the  attadta  thin 
so  persistently  made  upon  the  public  authorities  had  been  suffered  to  go  on.  Kti 
Whedn^ght  him^ielf,  six  years  afterwards,  made  a  full  and  satisfisctory  acknowled^ 
meut  of  wrong -doing,  and  was  restored  to  all  his  former  rights  and  privneges*  In  IMf 
he  settled  in  Exeter;  went  to  Welk,  1613;  came  back  to  Hampton,  164T;  vi^ti 
England,  1666  ;  after  the  Restoration  returned  to  Massachusetts ;  was  installed  at  I 
isbury,  16G2,  and  died  there  November  lo,  1679,  aged  87,  the  oldest  minister  in  Xifi 
England,  Notwithstanding  some  indiscretions  and  even  serious  faults,  it  cannot  I 
doubted  that  he  was  a  man  of  upright  purpo«^%  and  of  sincere  piety.  For  a  tiiDt  f 
was  carried  away  by  a  rtjsht  intemperate  zeal,  but  no  man  ever  supposed  him  < 
or  eviUminded, 

Beaton^  ThurMthih  April  2.     This  afternoon  an  address  commemorative  of  the  lifci 
aervices  of  the  late  Hon.  John  Albion  Andrew,  LL.D.,  who  died  while  filling  thp  affi» 
of  pesidcnt  of  this  society,  was  delivered  by  the  Rev.  £liaa  Kuson,  A.M.,  of  Na  ' 
BiUerica,  at  Horticultural  Hall,  Tromont  Street,  Boi^ton, 

Hon.  Marahall  P.  Wilder,  the  president,  made  a  few  well- limed  remarks,  and  inti 
duced  the  Rev,  James  Freeman  Ckrke,  D.D.>  of  whow  church  Gov.  Andrew  wss  » 
member.    Dr.  Clarke  made  a  touching  and  earnest  prayeri  full  of  thankfulness  to  thi^ 
Creator  for  all  the  blessings  He  liad  b^itowed  on  us,  particularly  in  the  person  of  C  ^^ 
Andrew. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Nason  was  then  annoimeed,  and  delivered  a  moat  earnest  and  doqw 
address,  which  waa  frequently  and  heartily  applauded.  Tliis  address  has  been  prte 
in  an  elegant  manner, 

Botton^  Wedntsdayt  Maif  6.     A  monthly  meeting  was  held  this  afternoon  at  the  i 
cty^s  rooms^  Itev.  Lucius  R.  Paige,  D.D„  of  Cambridge,  presiding. 

The  corresponding  secretary  announced  letters  accepting  re§idCTit  membership  1 
Hon.  Jacob  Sleeper,  Henry  V.  Ward,  John  C.  J.  Brown  and  Charles  E.  Lauria^jf 
of  Boston ;  Hon.  John  I).  Baldwin,  of  Worcester,  Thomas  P.  Allen,  Esq., 
Newton,  WDliam  W,  Wilson,  Esq,,  of  Brookline»  William  T.  HoUia.  Esq., 
mouth,  Jotham  O,  Chaae,  Esq.,  of  Spring&eldt  Mass.,  and  SUaa  N.  Martin,  Ei^^i 
Wilmington,  N.C. 

Mr.  Trask  read  biographical  iketchcg  of  the  following  deceased  members,  namdf  *- 
Hon,  Stephen  M.  Wehl,  of  Jumnica  Plain,  Afasa.,  Hon.  Charles  W.  Bradlev.  LL.D..fl 
New  Haven,  Ct.,  Hon.  Charles  H.  Peaslee,  of  Concord,  N.H,,  Mr.  James  W.  Cw  " 
of  Springfield,  Mas*.,  and  George  H.  Tucker,  M.D.,  of  New  York,  N.T, 

The  Rev.  Mr.  tlarke,  the  historiagrnpher,  read  a  sketch  of  the  Rev.  Jod  H.  ] 
B.D.,  of  Green mch,  Ct.,  a  member  of  the  society,  recently  deceased. 

The  Rev.  B.  F.  De  Costa,  A.M.,  of  New  York  city,  read  a  paper  on  Ti< 
He  began  with  aiiusions  to  the  topography  of  the  country,  and  paased  on  to  iHie  < 


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» in  ngaid  to  the  «lUcoveiy  of  Lakes  Champlain  and  Goorge,  at  the  same  time  cor- 
nedng  the  ezrors  of  Lo^inj^,  Brodbcad  and  Qthcrn.      Lake  Champlain  was  discovered 
bf  the  explorer,  and  bore  that  name  in  1609,  and  Lake  George  by  Father  Jogiieu  in 
Id46.  who  called  it  Lake  St.  Sacrament,  which  name  it  bore  until  1755.     Lake«  Cham- 
jitain  and  St.  Sacrament  fnnnlng  a  part  of  the  great  route  of  trurel  between  Montreal 
sad  New  York,  the  French  early  deterraiiied  to  occupy  it.     In  1730  they  built  the  fort 
MCrotm  Point,  and  bcjt^^an  an  extensive  colony.    In  1755  Montcalm  ordered  the  crec- 
Bbit  of  the  fort  at  Ticonderoga.     lliis,  however,  was  not  the  firRt  attempt  at  fortifica- 
Bku  as  the  Colomal  record.-*  show  that  CoL  Philip  Schuyler  built  a  •*  etone  fort,  breast 
^Kliy**  at  that  place  in  July,  1691 ;  yet  nothing  came  of  it,  and  the  French  afterward 
^pk  pG6ie9sion  of  the  poMtion.     In   1767  Montcalm  assembled  his  army  here  before 
idtaekiiig  Fort  William  Henry.    In  1758  it  was  unsuccessfully  attacked  by  Abercrora- 
hiCa  imd  in  1769  it  was  captured  frora  the  French  by  General  Amherat,     llie  English 
Ipoaaeasion  until  May  lOj  1775,  when  it  was  surprifsed  and  captured  by  Bene- 
'  1  and  Ethan  Allen. 
_    igreatet  portion  of  the  paper  w»fi  occupied  with  the  treatment  of  this  event,  and 
w%3  shown  that  the  part  of  Ethan  Allen  in  thnt  act  has  been  greatly  exairgerated, 
1  that  the  real  author  of  the  plan  was  Col,  John  Brown^  a  lawyer  of  Pittsfield,  while 
'the  final  success  was  mainly  due  to  Benedict  Arnold.     It  %vaA  also  shown  tlmt  Nathan 
Beunan,  whom  Mr.  Spark!^  brought  forward  in  his  life  of  Ethan  Allen  as  the  person 
who  guided  the  party  into  the  fort,  wo.^  entirely  iintrujit worthy,  and  that  in  all  proba- 
bility he  had  nothing  to  do  with  the  matter.     Ethan  Allen*s  character  vran  abo  exam- 
bed.     It  waa  shown  that  subsequent  to  the  year  1779  he  remained  indifferent  to  the 
Muse  of  Independence,  and  with  his  brother,  Ira  Allen,  then  iu  England,  was  engaged 
10  tlw  moTement  to  attach  Vermont  to  the  Royal  Government,      In  1782  it  was  at  one 
IflDie  umottaoed  by  the  Englit^h  pre«s  as  having  been  actually  accomplished,  through  the 
iflcncy  of  the  two  Allen!^.    Though  the  report  was  premature,  the  act  was  attempted. 
WJUiams  was  quoted  to  show  that  in  1783  Vermont  was  opposed  to  jo ming  in  the  con- 
federacy **  if  it  could  be  decently  avoided,"   and  the  authoritiea  actually  had  a  coin 
ftntck  bearing  the  image  of  George  III*     The  Allen  brothers  were  heartily  engaged  in 
ill  these  things.    The  paper  closed  with  some  brief  reference  to  Eevolutionary  eveatSi 

Botiicm,  Wednesday,  June  3.  Tlie  regular  montlily  meeting  was  held  at  the  roomg^ 
17  Bromfield  Strect»  at  3  o'clock*  P.M.  The  president  and  vice-president  being  abaeiit» 
the  Rev.  Lucius  R.  Paige^  D.D,,  was  called  to  the  chair.  Mr.  William  B.  Trask  was 
eho«cn  tecretary,  pro-tern. 

JohnH.  Sheppard,  Enq.,  the  librorian,  being  absent  in  Europe,  the  chairman  of  the 
Hbnry  committee,  Jeremiah  Colburn,  Esq.,  reportetl  the  reception,  since  our  last  meet- 
ing, of  ten  bound  volume^i,  eight  panniphlet**,  two  photographitc  letters  of  John  Hamp- 
di^  and  General  Daniel  Brodhead,  and  one  autograph  sermon  of  the  Rev,  Levi  Frisbieip 
"  Ipswich,  Mass. 

^  The  Rev.  Mr.  Slafter,  corresponding  secretary,  reported  letters  of  acceptance  from  tlie 

llomnng  gentlemen,  who  had  been  <'ho*en  resident  members,  viz.;  the  Hon.  Ililatid 

of  Xorth  Bennin^^ton,    Vt.,   Newi^ll   Aid  rich  Thompson,  E*q.,  of  Boston,  Col. 

bomas  Went  worth  fligginson,  of  Newport,  H.  L,  the  lion.  Otis  Norcrossa.  of  Bostont 

tnry   Boj-nton,  il.D,,   of  Woodstock,  Vt,,  Hiram  Qrcott,  Esq.,   of  West  Lebanon^ 

H.,  Edward  Young  White,  Esq.,  of  Cambridgeport,  Samuel  Hidden  Wentworth, 

]  ,  of  Boston,  Thomas  Richardson,  Esq.,  of  Boston;  and  as  corresponding  member, 

enjamin  Park,  Esq  ,  of  Park  vale.  Pa. 

Mr.  William  B.  Trask,  the  kte  historiographer,  read  brief  biographies  of  Alexander 
Luguvtus  Smets,  of  Savannah,  Ga.,  a  corresponding  member,  deceased,  and  of  Mr. 
avid  Bryant*  of  Boston,  a  resident  member,  who  died  iu  Palmer,  Mass.,  September 

1 867.  aged  66. 
The  Rev.  Mr.   Clarke,  the  historiographer,  read  biogrophical  sketches  of  the  late 
"abf  Pajje,  of  Jamaica  Plain.  Mass.,  who  died  April  24,  18d9,  oged  71  years ;  and  of 
the  Rev.  Israel  War  burton  Putnam,  D.D.,  of  Middleborough,  Maas^  a  corresponding 
member,  who  died  May  a,  I8'i8,  aged  81  years. 

Eight  gentlemen,  having  been  nominated  by  the  board  of  directors  for  resident  mem- 
herfthip.  were  duly  elected. 
~    A  half  capital  of  a  pilaster,  from  the  old  Province  House,  Bostoni  built  in  1670,  re- 
delled  by  David  Bryant,  in  1852,  was  exhibited  by  Mr.  Trask,  on  reading  his  notice 
Mr*  Bryant 

A  bw)k  of  ancestral  tablets*  compiled  by  Mr   William  H.  Whitmore,  tutis  exhibited, 
ang  rt  collection  of  diagrams  for  pedigrees,  so  arranged  that  eight  generationa  of  the 
Di't^ittcirs  of  any  peraoa  may  be  recorded  in  a  connected  and  simple  form. 
Vol.  XXIL  32 


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BOOK  NOTICES. 

The  Life  of  Samuel  Tucker,   Commodofx  in  the  American  77  - 
By  JoHK  H,  Sbeppard,  AM.,  Librarian  of  tiie  New  Englanu 
Genealogical  Society.    '*  Hie  biography  would  make  a  coD&picuuB 
figure^  even  at  this  diiy,  lutbe  naval  annals  of  the  United  Statcs/*- 
Ex^President  John  Adams.     Boston:    Printed  by  Alfred  Mudge 
Son,  ai  School  Street.     1868.     8vo.  pp.  384, 
One  of  th«  1>re^€9t  and  moeit  Bucceeuftil  officers  of  the  infant  n^Ty  of  our  country 
WftB  Oommodore  Samuel  Tucker.    The  lion.  Peleg  Spni^ue,  in  aneulogj'  on  Affntn;* 
and  Jefferwin,  delivered  in  1826,  eta  tee  that  this  hero  **  took  more  guni^  fr  • 
enemy  daring  the  llcvulutiimAry  wur  than  any  ijther  naval  commander;"  imi 
m«>dure  Taekvr»  hJiu^df,  when  cotnpelledf  in  1780,  hy  the  capture  of  C^i     ' 
C'.,  hy  tlie  Britinh,  k>  etrikti  the  flag  of  his  (ri^te,  refilled  :    "  I  do  not  r 
of  iJtriking  iny  fla^  to  your  present  ibroe,  for  1  have  struck  more  of  yoiu  ....-,    .._.,„ 
are  now  tlving  in  thiB  harbor." 

lib  d(^j\s  uT  diirin|r  were  well  known  to  his  patriot  contemporaries,  and  yet  by  a 
itrange  vieiseitude  of  fortune  these  deeds  have  been  forgotten  by  the  present  genera- 
tion  ot  \m  eountrvmen.  Even  our  hintorians  have  faiied  to  do  justice  lo  his  merit»t 
and  few  of  them  have  more  than  mentioned  his  name.  The  matter  of  this  volumt 
will  therefore  be  new  to  the  best  mfonned  readeri?  of  history  as  well  as  to  otlien. 

The  DJiine  of  Tucker  is  fjund  at  Marblehead,  Ma8sachuaetti».  as  early  as  1063. 
Ilt-re  on  tlie  first  of  November,  1747,  Saiiiiiel  Tucker  was  bom.  His  father  was  An- 
drew Tucker,  an  upris^ht  and  skilful  shipmaster,  who  was  much  respected  by  his 
%owiismen.  llii*  mother  was  Mary  lielcher,  an  EiijsliHh  lady,  rejiuted  to  have  been 
iMndsome  and  well  educated.  A  fj^urit  of  ndventui-e  was  nursed  by  the  seeuery  and 
the  people  among  which  he  was  bMu^ht  up.  At  eleven  years  oi  age  he  ran  awnj 
from  ht<!i  jiarents  and  Mhipped  on  l»oard  the  Royal  George,  an  Englii?li  shx»p  of  war. 
Here  he  no  dinibt  aci^uketl  inf<>r[oation  that  was  of  sen  ico  in  his  future  < 
leavini^  the  naval,  he  entered  the  oierehaut  service;  and,  before  be  wa 
the  age  of  twenty-one,  he  liad  risen  to  \m  niftflter  of  a  ve«eel.  When  the  ] 
brake  out,  h©  was  absent  frimi  the  country.  Soon  after  his  return,  he  was  ap 
by  General  Washington,  Jan.  'AHh,  1779,  to  tlic  command  of  the  armed  sc.^,^ 
iWnklyii,  and  soon  after  was  transfer re*J  to  the  Han«x«?k.  He  conttnue<i  in  n^** 
service,  in  that  and  other  vessels,  till  the  capture  of  Charleston,  S.  C,  in  Mav.  17 
when  he  was  taken  priK^mer.  He  was  afterwards  exchanged  for  Capt.  \V^illii 
Wardlaw,  who  had  Ix-en  captured  by  Capt.  TiuktT  bitnself  in  1779.  The  Thorn,  tfa 
vessel  in  jwhi(.*h  Capt.  Wardkvw  Imd  bet^n  taken,  was  fitted  out  in  1780,  probab' 

Srivateer,  and  Capt.  Tucker  miled  frum  B<jston  in  aimmnnd  of  her.     Tnis  < 
e  held  till  July,  1781,  when  his  ve»#M>l  was  taken  by  the  British  and  he  was  l_ 
prisoner.    He  rt-turncfl  to   B(*ton,  where  for  alxuil  six  years  he  resided  in  afl 
cimimstances.     During  his  ref?idence  here  he  made  one  voyage  in  the  merchants 
Susanna,     liei-oming  rtnlueed  in  his  cireumstjinces,  he  removed,  about  the  ytiii 
tk>  hiH  TornKT  ret<idcnce  of  Marhleheiui.     In  1192^  be  purchased  a  fiirm  in  thut  j 
Bristol,  Me.,  now  the  town  uf  Bremen,  t<i  wbieh  he  removed^  and  where  be  i 
till  his  death,  March  10th,  1933,  when  be  w^ivs  in  his  eighty-sixth  year. 

During  his  residence  in  Maine,  he  was  freijuentl^'  electf-ti  to  town  officeit,  and  wi 
Mfveral  times  a  representative  in  the  legislatures  ot  both  Massachusetts  and  Maia 
He  wa«  also  a  delegate  to  the  CL>nvention  which  fDrmetl  the  constitution  of  the  Utii  ^ 
State.  In  1820,  be  wa«  appointed  by  the  electuml  coUcije  of  Maine,  the  mti»aipit 
to  carry  itn  votes  to  Waahingtiin.  fn  the  war  of  1S12,  fliougb  not  in  active  scrnct, 
lie  tcHik  command  of  an  expt^itiL*n  wbieh  c^pturircl  the  EnirtiHh  schooner  BroDm^  r 
'fesmi  that  for  some  tiuie  htid  hamssiii  Bristol  and  the  neighboring  towns,  Int" 
capture  lie  displayed  great  skill  and  bnivery. 

The  United  States  government  owed  him  arrears  of  pay  for  nearly  fourye&rs.  Thi 
claim  was  never  paid.  Repented  appeals  to  C*»ngres8  ior  a  series  of  years,  for  MA^ 
ance,  wltc  unavailin;^.  At  length,  the  year  befure  hin  death,  a  law  WBSpMmd^ 
ing  pensions  to  certain  officers  of  the  Revolution,  and  under  its  provisions  Ibe  mall 
remnant  of  hi**  life  was  made  »?iaiifi>rtalile.  The  suhetancjc  of  the  f>etitioDa  pretenteA 
by  him  attdof  the  letters  to  and  fnim  bim  on  the^ubiiT^t,  is  preserved  in  this  book* 

Mr.  Sin  ppard  has  bad  the  use  of  all  the  pap  rt*  left  by  Commodore  Tucker,  aodhtf 
fucceeded  in  obtaining  many  otlier  documents  illustrating  the  history  of  the  pedod 


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which  this  memoir  ooveni.  In  hie  researches  for  fact«  bearing  upon  the  life  and 
times  (if  Tucker,  he  has  been  intielatiguble  tiiid  very  siieceagfiiL 

The  K  Ktk  Is  written  in  &  gractrtul  ami  animuti^d  stylo,  i^^vi  h  enriched  with  elahomte 
pen-paintings  of  men  nnd  manners,  JSoine  ai'  his  JescriptionB  are  gruphie  utjj  truly 
inspiring,  n  e  would  instauce  e^^pecinlly  the  Htomi-t*cene  on  board  the  Buuton,  when 
the  newly  nnfMiinted  uiinit'tcr  t*^  Fmnec,  John  Adtima,  was  a  pauaenj^or,  pp.  76-8 ; 
and  the  trial  of  the  murdcTcrw  ctf  Fnul  Chadwiek,  pp»  siv?-!^, 

Thciipf>endix  coiit'iins  luany  imiiurtant  doeumentSi  each  a»  the  Lo^-book  of  the 
fri^te  Bij«t<in  ;  several  nioster-rolhi  of  the  officers  and  men  under  Tucker's  commund 
St  various  tiitiL^s  ;  nnd  tlie  navitl  Bignalrt  of  the  Ainorityin  tlect*  Th(*rL*  iirw  aUo  many 
Talnable  letters  nnd  other  matt<TH  of  intercHt.  Thcj  Ixjok  is  elejrivntly  printed  on  tint- 
ed paper,  and  embellished  with  a  tine  portrait  of  Commodore  Tucker. 

Memorials  of  the  Cranes  of  GkiUonf  ivilh  a  pedigree  of  the  family,  and 
the  life  of  the  Last  liepre^eniative.  By  Wiluaic  S*  Appleton,  Cam- 
bridge :     Press  of  John  Wilson  &  Son.     1868.     sm.  4to.  pp.  89. 

Ancestry  of  Mary  Oliver,  loho  lived  1640-1698,  and  was  wife  of  Sarnuel 
Appkton  of  Ipsmch.  By  Wiluam  S.  Appleton.  Cambridge:  Press 
of  John  Wilson  &  Son.     1867.     em.  4to.  pp.  35, 

Tbe^  two  monogmphe  are  brought  out  in  the  mowt  elegant  «tyle  of  t>*pogmphy 

and  paper;  and  but  a  Uiiute<i  iuimb<?r  of  t-opiee  have  l>een  printc^l  for  distriliution  to 

the  author's  friends.     Tbev  h^th  relate  to  families  from  whieh  Mr.  Appluton  iH» 

himself,  de«»<^nded.    liith  display  careful  reeeorch,  and  are  filled  with  imitedakof 

mtfSN^i  ^'n«i Wist  and  antiquary. 

ISie  ^  of  Inc  Cranes  of  Chi  it  on   show  the  difficulty  of  obtaining  correct 

^MWialoi^'- n  1.1  ijigli eh  families,  even  where  abundant  materials  are  prti*erved  from 

H^b  to  oongtruet  thein.     Mr.  Applcton  fftatee  that  be  has  e.xa.mmtKl  **at  Iwwft 


manu(5cript>^  giving  a  gcncalogj'  of  this  mee,  no  one  of  which  is  frt^  from 
The  last  rejireeent4»tive  of  this  family  was  Sir  Rol^ert  Cmnc,  of  whom  a 


bkurmphical  sketch  ia  given,  who  was  made  a  txLronet  in  1027,  and  died  in  February, 
1643*     The  work  ia  illufttratrd  by  numeroue  engravings. 

The  Ancestrt/  of  Mary  Oliver  gives  the  pedigrc©  of  her  fother,  John  Oliver  of 
Ncwbur> ,  08  far  Imck  as  his  grttit-gmndfatbcr,  Thomas  Oliver  of  Brii*t€tl,  England, 
who  die«J  in  1557,    No  coiinccti<in  htis  Iwen  tractHl  l)etwecn  him  and  the  Olivers  of 

El*n«ton.  Inde€'d,  Mr.  Appleton  asaerte  that  *^  there  were  five  or  s^ix  families  of  thm 
ftttie  in  Ma8sachuaett«,no  two  of  which  have  been  shown  to  have  a  common  origin 
Dgland. ' '  (jo<m1  reasons  are  given  for  believing  timt  Ji>amia ,  the  mother  of  Mary 
er,  was  a  daughter  of  Percivaj  Lowle  of  Newbury.  It  baa  usually  Ix'cn  stated 
•be  wa.s  the  daughter  of  RlizaJji^b  tt<xdale  of  Newbury,  who  (Time  from  Yar- 
th,  A  widow  ;  but  Mr.  Appletun  bririgs  ftjrward  fa^ts  that  make  it  prubablo  that 
Mrs,  (foodalc  had  no  daughter  J^mnna  by  either  of  her  hiisbands. 

Peter  Claver:   A  Sketch  of  his  Life  and  Labors  in  behalf  of  tlte  African 
Slave,  Boston;  Lee  «&  Shepard.  1868.  12mo.  pp.  117  (with  pc^rtrait). 

The  author  of  this  bandsoroeW  printc^l  volume  (the  Rev.  Jostepb  M.  Finotti)  who 
modestly  withholds  bis  name  Irom  the  title  paj^,  dedicates  bis  Wyrk  to  the  lately 
deccaecHi  ihtw  John  A.  Andrew,  who  sugi^rstcd  its  preparation. 

Peter  Claver  was  fxtTti  A  J),  \5S5,  m  Venlu,  in  the  province  of  Catalonia,  Spain, 
of  T -jth  of  whom  were  of  noble  descent.     At  an  early  age  be  was  sent  ti>  the 

.'  'ge  of  Barcelona,  and  on  the  7lh  of  August,  HH)2,  he  enrolled  hhnself 

ianner  of  the  company  of  Jtwds.  He  spent  hL*  novitiate,  of  ten  yeart*,  in 
_ona.  Here  be  made  and  cultivntefl  the  n5S<jlve  to  devote  bis  life  to  theenltgbt- 
nent  and  re^^nemtion  of  souls.  He  was  then  sent  t<j  the  Island  of  Majorca,  to 
end  lecturer  on  Moral  and  Xatural  Philosophy.  It  was  here  be  deternjiniil,  under 
I  exhortations  of  Alon/.o  Roiirigoez,  to  ^o  to  Boutb  America,  and  devote  Imut^lf  to 
i*0piritual  wants  of  the  slaves.  In  Biircelona,  in  1608,  be  was  ordered  to  a  course 
of  etudy  in  divinity,  and  in  ICJKh'eceived  his  comniiw^ion  il^  missiiomiry  toCartha^Mia. 
Afler  binding,  be  was  order-ixl  to  Santa  Fe,  to  complete  his  theological  studied,  liere 
l^ptt«»ed  the  rcipiisite  two  ywin*  txjfore  be  was  ailmiltctl  to  the  priesthood,  and  was 
"^en  recniletl  to  (.'arlhagena,  and  to  the  care  ot  the  Africans. 

So  modern  slave-pen,  says  oar  author,  ever  witnest*e<l  such  horr'^rsas  were  li^rmcrly 

uH4fd  under  the  sk^'  of  Carthagena,  the  sea-port  and  mart  of  New  Granatla.    The 

ly  misMionaries  inform  us  that  an  avemge  of  twelve  cargoes  of  slaves  entered  the 

yearly.    Frequently  vessels  scourged  with  the  enmll^wx   arrived,  from  whose 


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holil*^  hundredB  of  the  do^d  had  1>ccq  hoiet-od  and  thrown  mto  the  een.    Tho^  -^ 
purviveil  the  voyage  fpjiu  UungH>»  withenmeiated^Kxliod:  filth  and  oDmiption  tricklii 
irom  n<j»triLsQnd  eye»»  cars  and  lips;  their  ecu  ntetmncee  hetniying  idiocy;   rta^* 
at  the  approaL'h  of  the  mae^tcr ;  dreading  the  approach  even  of  the  white  naiin, 
liun-ietJ  to  the  pen  on  Innd,  thence  to  be  sold  to  the  phinter  or  the  miner. 

To  receive  nueh  creatures,  to  welcome  and  nre^s  thtm  to  his  heart,  ti>  console, 
humanize  and  ChrL«tianiz4i  them,  wae  the  work  which  took  poei^tossion  of  the  euul  of 
PutL-r  i'lftver,  and  aliwjrhtd  hin  rai*t  energies  ibr  forty  years.  And  this  labor,  Itrt  ii 
he  remenibereil*  wa*  jiK-rformed  under  the  buminE  eky  uf  Cartba^na. 

On  the  0th  ofSeptemhter,  1054,  he  ie  released  by  death  from  fiufTering?  which  for 
the  four  years  previous  had  chained  him  to  hie  couch.    There  have  been^  JLiid  thcre^ 
will  ctintinue  to  be,  martyrn  to  truth  and  humanity  ;  but  we  doubt  whether  the  i 
cordn  of  any  age  or  country  can  fumiBh  the  name  uf  any  man  who,  whether  be  ' 
his  life  away  in  the  field  oi  missionary  laUir,  or  sufferetfon  the  mbbet,  at  tlie  6tak 
or  in  the  dunfrc^ni  fur  hit*  religi<nis  oonviction*^  has  ^hown  a  higher  type  of 
Dobi  1 1 1 V  0 f  s^^  u  1 1 ha u  d  id  Peter  Cla ver. 

The  l>ook  is  instr active  and  tbrilliii^lv  romantic,  and  the  style,  while  it  ebowa  th« 
writer  has  not  yet  fully  maiitered  the  idioms  uf  the  EngUeh  language,  has  ~^*^ 

Igs  many  attractions. 

LeUers  written  from  New  England,    A.D*   1G86.     By  John  Dt 
In  whioh  are  described   his    Voyages  bij   Sea,  his  Travels  on   Land 
and  the  Characters  of  his  Friends  and  Acquaintances,     Nuw  first  pu 
lished from  llie  Ori^/inal  Manuscript,  in  the  Bodleian  Library,  Ojfo\    _ 
WUh  Notes  and  an  Appendix,   by  W.   II.    Whitmore.      Boston: 
Printed  for  the  Prince  Suciety.     18G7. 

Beeidee  the  nlmve  title  the  volume  commences  with  the  following  : — **  The  PubU- 
cationaof  the  Prince  Sixjiety,  ewtiiblished  May  25th,  1858.— Jolm  Dunton'a  Letton 
fi^oin  New  Entrland,  Boeton  :  JVinted  for  tne  Society,  by  T»  R.  ^tarrin  St  Son. 
1867.**    Small  4 to,  pages  3^10,  with  xxiv.  preliminarv  pa^^cfi* 

The  name  of  Jons  DifSTOftf  ifl  BiiiLiliar  Uy  t^tudcnt*  of  Eoglieh  literattiA. 
Tho  editor  of  these  Letters  haa  given  so  much  of  a  sketch  of  their  writer, 
that  We  need  not  «ay  anything  upon  that  head  in  this  notice;  our  object  beinf 
t<»  call  attention  to  a  work  giving  an  extraordtnar>^  insight  into  the  daily  life  of 
Kow  England,  as  it  existed  nearly  two  hundred  years  ago ;  when  primeval  foresti 
extended  ab^jiit  it^  suburbs  and  aJon^  its  flea  shore,  and  green  fields  and  ferda&t 
pastures  covered  the  larger  part  of  the  peaiBSula  of  Shawmut,  now  eo  densely  pilad^ 
with  edifices  of  brick  and  stone. 

To  aooount  for  the  singular  character  of  Bunton,  as  exhibited  in  bis  numen 
"writings,  the  editor  thinks  he  must  have  been  partially  insane ;  but  if  we  are  to ' 
judge  all  such  writers  by  their  pnidoctions,  the  insane  one«,  it  is  feared,  would  out- 
nam  her  all  the  rest.     The  mut^t  we  feel  warmnted  to  ejay  on  this  point  is,  that  Mr^^ 
Duntun  appears  to  have  been,  upon  life's  turbulent  sea,  something  like  a  shifi  tm  I 
ocean  that  had  lost  its  rudder,  or  rather,  like  the  siiip  which  put  lu  sen  withou. 

In  examining  the  various  works  of  Duntiin,  we  are  ibrcibly  reminded! 
character  of  SSir  Walter  Rakigb,  as  drawn  by  fc5iir  Hubert  Naunton,  who  d 
'*  was  one  that  l<>rtone  had  pickt  out  of  purpose,  of  whom  to  make  an  exampu 
to  use  art  her  Tennis- Ball,  thereby  to  shew  what  she  could  do  ;  for  she  tost  him 
of  nothing,  and  to  and  fro  to  grcatncs^t,  and  from  thence  down  to  little  more,  tiK 
to  that  wherein  she  found  him/'     But  nobudy  called  Sir  Wjiltcr  a  crazy  man. 

There  in  ample  ecope  iur  a  bii^fjmphy  itf  Dunton.  It  has  not  yet  been  iiictb 
cally  done,  although  toe  njaterinls  arc  abundant.  His  father  was  an  edui-Hted  i 
a  dissentintj  ministt^r,  a  volume  of  whose  sermons ,  with  his  portrait,  was  lung  in  Ci4 
library.  Ine  mm  married  into  a  family  of  great  resp«ctabiHty,  Elizabeth,  daaghti 
of  the  Kev.  Ijsamuel  Annesley,  of  whom  he  frcvmently  makes  all'ectiunute  mentiof 
On  the  death  of  this  lady,  the  Hcv.  Tiuiotby  Rtigei's  prinicluKl  a  Funerjil  iScranJ 
which  was  published  in  a  small  octavo  Vobuue  in  16^7,  which  with  the  Diao'  ', 
^Irs.  Duntun,  extended  t*i  174  pages  ;  a  work  of  such  rarity  that  but  one  copy  i 
known  to  l>e  in  tiie  ct^untr}'. 

The  Prince  S<x-iety  bring  out  their  works  in  a  style  which  it  would  be  djfficttttl| 
equal  uikI  mt>re  difficult  tosurpass,  and  the  etfit^jrinl  lalwr  haa  been  jAcrfirmed  wiM 
peTBeveninee  and  in  a  satisfactory  manner;  and,  as  it  wa«  con  atm*rt,  a  dchi  f 
gratitude  has  1mx*ii  laid  upon  all  into  wlia*«e  bamis  the  vulume  may  full. 

The  Society  have  in  prea^  another  work  of  eiurpaift^ing  intcrc«t,  as  it  oovcm  aj 


1868.] 


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which  may  be  termed  an  interregnum  in  our,  hietoryi  nameljt  the  period  of  the 
EerolutiQtJ,  1688. 

A»  to  the  roechamail  elocution  of  thk  volume,  it  ia  atiove  prawe.  The  Mesere, 
Manrin  join  litemry  exactiieas  and  taste  to  mechanical  skill  in  the  highest  degree- 

The  Massacre  of  SL  Bartholomew.  Preceded  hif  a  History  of  (he  HeHgious 
Wars  in  (lie  Beign of  Charles  IX,  By  Henry  White.  With  Illustra- 
tions* New  York ;  Harper  and  BrotherSi  Publishers,  Franklin 
Square.     1868.    12mo.  pp.  xvii.  and  497. 

author  etates  that  the  nature  of  the  strutrgle  which  devTUitated  France  in  the 
fenlf  of  the  sixteenth  century,  and  enlininnteil  in  the  memorable  tragedy  uf  St. 
Bartholomew's  Day,  wa«  such  that  it  cannot  be  fally  underst^jtod  unless  the  oondition 
of  the  Proteetanta  under  Fmncjg  I,  and  his  two  immediate  fluccesaoTB  he  careliilly 
considered.  This  antecedent  history  the  author  ha^  sketched  at  length .  Two  tbcorieB 
have  been  advanced  in  regart!  Ut  the  Miiseacrc  itself.  Thopc  who  contend  that  it  wa« 
the  re«fult  of  a  long  preioeditatc'd  plot,  will  iind  that  view  ably  presented  in  the 
Edinburgh  Keview  (vol,  X LI V.  1820)  ;  while  thos*3  who  l>elieve  that  it  wfu*  the  re- 
fult  of  a  momentar)'  Bpat^m  of  ruiaijlwi  terror  and  fanstieiemt  aiiieeil  by  the  unsuc- 
oenful  attempt  to  murder  the  AiSiiiral  Coli^y,  will  find  their  view  mi«tained  by 
Banke,  Buum,  LVKiuerel  pt^re,  and  otliers*  This  view  ia  that  entertained  by  our 
muthor. 

In  the  prosecution  of  his  effort  to  write  a  full  and  accurate  hiatory  of  this  moflt  ex- 
teaordinary  religious  wnr,  Mr.  l\"hite  ha8  ci>n*?iiltLtl  the  provincial  records  of  France  ; 
•uch  portI«.tUrt  of  the  '*8inianca8  Archives "'  ns*  are  to  be  found  in  the  **  C-orretipon- 
dance  de  l^hilippe  IT. ;"  Ictten^  uf  Catharine  de  Mf  dici^,  and  Uie  '^  Relazbni  "  ol  the 
Venetian  Em^va^sadurs,  edited  hy  Alheri ;  the  volumiis  of  Tommasseo  and  Baschet; 
the  correefjondence  of  Auhespinc,  La  Moth*.*- Feiielon,  and  Cardinal  Gininvelle  ;  the 
'*  Archives  de  la  Maiaon  d'Omnge— Ntt**au,*-  nul)lLshed  by  Grtxni  van  Prinsterer  ; 
letters  of  theTInglish  agents  in  Fmuce  ;  Kirkatdj'B  report  m  the  Record  Office^  L<^>n- 
^1^ ;  the  Mcdieie  MSS.,  at  l^e  Puv  ;  the  MSS.  m  the  Puljlic  Library  at  Kouen  ;  the 
era  of  Charles  IX.  at  To  lire  ;  tbe  Acta  Conn  u  lair  es  of  Lyons  ;  tfie  Consular  and 
'lianient  Re^it^tenB  of  Toulouse;  the  Registers  of  Caen';  the  Livre  du  Itoi  at 
Bnon  ;  the  Archives  aod  Registers  at  Pr<ivins  ;  thoComptesConj^ulaires^  at  Gap  ;  the 
puDlic  records  of  MnntjR'lier,  Nii^mes,  Grenobie,  Clermont-Ferrand^  Rayeux,  and 
other  places,  ae  well  ns  the  unpablitsljeil  Meruoira  of  Jaequew  (mcbes;  the  JIS,  of 
Pru^ident  Latomv ;  Haag's  *'  France  Protestanto  f*  and  the  **  Bulletin  de  la  Soci^ta 
de  riiiiitoire  du  Protefltantismc  Franoc^ie." 

Our  author  seeinis  Uy  Iiave  written  impartially,  and  to  have  weighed  carefully  the 
vast  maen  of  conflicting  evideni?e,  with  an  unpr^udiced  judgment.  Hie  style  ia 
simple,  clear,  elegant ;  hii?  quritation  and  citation  of  authorities,  abundant. 

Toe  wurk  is  illustratetl  hy  tbe  Cfirdf\%  Colif/nii  at  Soaarum  pus^  the  Maesaero  in 
Parii*  (fnjin  the  picture  in  the  Vatican  hy  Va«{iri|  as  a  Frontinpiece  ;  and  by  portraits 
of  Gtispartl  de  Colupiy  (the  Admiral)  and  Catharine  de  Medtcis.  The  Indus,  is  not 
wfficiently  full  for  easy  reference. 

The  Huguenots  :  their  Settlements,  Churches  and  IndustHes  in  England 
and  Ireland,  By  SamL'EL  Sstiles,  aiithor  of  "Self-Help/'  ''Lives 
of  tbe  Engineers/'  etc.  With  an  Appendix  relating  to  tlie  Hugue- 
nots in  Amenca.  New  York  ;  Ilurper  and  Brothers,  Publisbera, 
Franklin  Square.     1868.     12rii.  pp.  xii.  and  448. 

Thi«  is  a  ooroiJanion  vohune  to  the  *'MaaMUjr©  of  St.  Biirtholomew,"  noticed 
tbovo,  and  i«  printed  in  the  same  Iw^autiful  style.  ^  Both  these  volumes  not  only 
iffjnl  a  feast  to  tbe  eyeSj  but  tbcv  ehalkmgo  the  admiration  of  the  erltiml  nmder 
for  the  j*tyle  of  eqmfKW^ition,  the  a)jun dance  of  authorities  cited,  and  tbe  wealth  of 
hcts  comjjrepsed  into  their  page«.  Whoever  has  read  the  former  productions  of  the 
tatbor,  particularly  his  **  Lives  of  tbe  Engineers/'  will  find  here,  ns  he  wiU  tie  led 
to  expect,  aecuraoy,  candor  and  fulnese  of  knowledge. 

No  theme  can  offer  a  more  fascinating  or  profitable  field  for  study  tban  the  hiatory 
of  the  moBt  eitraordinarv  people  called  lluguenot^.  To  say  that  they  liave  illustrat- 
jdivofy  virtue  which  Cnristianity  inculcates  and  foetera,^  whether  under  the  reign, 
fa  Fmnce,  of  the  mo«t  cruel  nnd  wicked  pi>titieu-rclij^ouB  perseuutiona  ever  prae- 
^SmA  by  any  people  claiming  t4)  be  within  the  pale  of  civilised  nations,  or  under  the 
ftild  ffwuy  of  reOgiouB  and  civil  freedom  in  England  and  Ireland,  ia  to  utter  what 
ii  known  to  evei7  intelligent  readier  of  hmtory.    Never  belbre,  however,  hoa  the 

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Btory  been  told  with  BQch  fblnefe  of  narrative ;  and  on  reading  tbempigeswr  rciilij5e« 
ID  some  degroOy  bow  Tost  a  debt  we  owe  tb»Be  martyre  to  the  CAtuie  of  religiooi 
fi«edom.  ^ 

MoreoTer,  if  we  eBtimate  a  people  by  wbat  tbey  have  done  for  the  luiTmzioeniCiit 
and  development  of  the  arts  and  &cien«>efl^  we  must  yield  to  the  Uagii* '         '  —    - 

li&ving  taught  the  Ent^'liKh,  S:iijtcb,,Wckh  and  Irisb  niotrt  of  the  art  1^ 

whoee  aucceeefiil  prof^ecutiun  dm^eml  the  wealth,  bappineisg  and  pij\vv.  _.__ 

Empire.  Orderly,  iut^'lUgent,  numanc  and  induetnous  thcmeelves,  tbey^  taught  L 
nation,  wboee  protection  tiiey  Bought,  that  eivil  and  reliarious  liberty  are  compatih 
witb  the  g(K)d  order  of  t*ociety  antTtbc  pnjeperity  of  the  State. 

The  Hon.  Gabriel  P.  Disueway,  of  New  York,  a  defeeendant  of  an  enaigrant  Ho* 
gucDOt,  hafl  briefly  s^keteht:)d  the  **  history  of  the  Hcigiienoti*  in  America,"  which 
u>nns  a  part  of  the  vuloulde  Appendix  lo  thin  voliune.  Mr.  Digi^^way  has  heretofore 
written  trequendy  umm  thij?^  Mibject,  and  we  have  been  looking  for  eome  time  for  an 
extended  work  from  his  graceful  pen.  We  yet  hope.  The  student  of  «4ju[iericaQ  his- 
tory doe«  not  m^^A  to  be  t<4d  liow  much  we  are  indebted  to  tlie  men  and  women  o^ 
Hugnenot  extraetion.  They  were  among  the  be^^t  citizens  of  the  thirteen  coloni<(^ 
antf  their  dcsoendante  are  to  l>e  found  in  tkimo  t>f  the  highest  (wiciitiond  of  trust  i 
tifi4?fulne88  in  the  Chureh  atjd  State,  The  Mime  intelligence,  Fohriety,  charitr 
thrift  which  cbametedzt'd  their  anceetora  di«tinguiMb  the  deseeudanta  of  sucfi  i 
as  the  Faneuilsj  BowdoinA,  Jays,  Byudinot^i  Luurenset^,  Marions,  Del 
Pettigrues,  Fontaines,  &c» 

Annual  liepori  of  the  3Iinnesota  Historical  Society,     Read  at  the 
nual  Meeting,  Jan.  20^  18t>8.     lux  e  tenebris.     Saint  Paul  ;    Pr 
Printing  Company,     1868. 

The  Annals  of  Iowa.  Published  quarterly  by  the  State  lliHiomcxi 
Society,  at  Iowa  City,  April,  1868.  Edited  by  Sanford  W.  HtTrr, 
M.D.,  Corresponding  Secretury.  Davenport:  Publishing  II ouse  of 
Luse  &  Griggs,     pp.  TD. 

It  gives  us  the  nio^t  unalloved  gmtiCcation  to  receive  these  ovidcnees  I 

ligent  and  scealoiifl  intorctft  which  tbeee  wKuetiefl  arc  taking  in  the  cu-  1 

preaervation  of  cTer^'thin-'  that  n^fers  to  or  ilhiHtratef  in  any  way  the  hi^Uuy  uf 
their  rt«|jective  Stating.  They  have  begun  none  too  early,  a^  we  in  the  older  Stata 
who  are  now  (?trugglin»  to  hunt  up,  revive,  and  restore  the  mpidly  perif^hing  recordi 
of  the  early  and  [)reci«ms  past  can  abundantly  t<**<tify.  They  eqjoy,  moreover,  whit 
few  older  flocieties  eiyoy,  viz,  : — pecumory  aid  and  eneouragement  from  ihetE 
State  Uovemmentfi. 

Descendants  of  John  Pitman,  the  first  of  the  Name  in  the  Colony  of 

Ehode  Inland,     Collected   by  Charles  Mywck   Thurston.      '*  Stem- 

mala  Quid  Faciuntf  "     New  York  :  The  Ti-ow  Book  Muuafactur 

Co.,  46,  48.  60  Green  st.     1868,     8vo,  pp.  48. 

From  thLs  addition  to  gencalogie^l  lore  we  learn  that  the  name  Pitman 

be  derived  from  residence  in  the  vicinit>^  of  a  pit,    Johannes  Piteman  \a  nicfiti 

in  Hundred  Rolls,  127^i.     A  Ijimily  of  Pitman   has  been  wjaUxi   at  Dunefiidi^ 

hoiiw,  eL>unty  Devon,  for  several  generations,  and  is  recorded  in  the  parish  regii 

for  the  vear  155:3,   Cwffrey  Pitman  wusglienU'of  the  county  of  Suflofk,  Eu  '  ^ 

lf*'25,     families  of  thi**  name  are  to  be  found  in  Yorkehirf,  also* 

Thiiinai^  Pitman,  b.  in  101 1,  and  Mark,  h.  in  1022,  settM  at  Marblebend,  ] 
William,  i>.  IG32,  scuttled  at  Oyster  River,  N.  IL  ;  Natlianiel  (Settled  at  Sjtieni,  .\hi^3 
in  1631* ;  Jt>8cph  (trttU^t  at  Charlestown,  Ma^.,  in   165H  ;   and  Jonathan  gi'ttUd  i 
Stratford,  Conn,,  In  1681.    Their  rektion^ihip  to  Uenry,  namc)d  bcloi^r,  ho^  not  J«l 
been  discovered, 

Henn*  Pitman  wa«  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Nassau,  New  Pnwidenee,  i»rol«W, 
abou t  ibOti .  1 1  is  ifrran ( Ida u gl i ter ,  M ary  Da vtmpnrt ,  te^^ti Bet! .  Feb .  7 ,  1 T03 ,  tntcr  aiiijk 
that  he  I'  grandfathtr  dwelt  at  Na-sg4iii  about  filk-en  years  ami  there  *JiLd,  lie  loft  tl 
et>n  John,*  who  m.  Mary  Saunders.  He  live<l  lirst  at  llarh^ir  It^hmd,  thcncx?  hen^l 
moved  to  New  Providence,  settled,  and  took  posftessioii  of  the  land,  phntritifms  >»Jj 
imprtjvemente  made  l>y  his  father.  In  1090,  the  title  to  this  propt*rty  was  eoDlinneal 
under  the  hand  of  Gov.  Webb,  The  deed  is  recorded  at  Newjx^rt,  R,  I. ^  under  date| 
of  July  29,  1720*     Ho  built  a  ship-yard,  built  several  Tcesek,  and  alW 


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lakijig  and  burning  of  New  Providence  hy  the  French  and  Spopmrdfl  in  J  ah,  1703, 
removed  to  Ctunint  lelaud,  thencf*  tu  The«a  Island »  and  fitiQlly  in  17!0  to  ^^c'WjKkrt, 
Rh<xle  Island,  lie  died  in  November,  1711,  and  bis  widow  died  in  the  December 
t'llowiog.  They  bad  eight  children,  viz. :  John  ;  llary,  b.  1693  ;  Joe*eph,  b.  1695  ; 
BeniamiD,  h.  WJ7 ;  Jaiue,^,  b.  17 CM) :  Samuel,  b.  170 1  ;   Mi36eft,  b.  17Di3; ,  b. 

Lpt  Newport^  R.I,    The  descendante  of  tbescj  children  are  traceil  in  these  pages . 

p  The  volume  is  handsomely  printed,  and  the  genealogies  are  arranged  according  to 
the  plan  recom mended  by  fchi«  Society.    An  Index  is  appended. 

Mr.  Thurston  (who  ib  a  de«cendjint  of  the  first  named  J lenry^  through  Rachel* 
Hall,  Thomaef^  (Gilbert),  John,*  B*'n jam in,^  John,'  Henry ^  desires  further  infor- 
nuition  from  all  bearing  the  name  of  Pitman.  Ilia  addre^  ie  ^ew  Koch  die,  West- 
ehiater  Co,j  N.  Y. 

^The  Descendants  of  John  PhcBuix,  an  early  Settler  in  Kilfery,  Maine, 
"    By  S,   Whitney   Phcenix.     New  York :    Privately  Printed,     186 T. 
pp,  53.     Edition,  100  copies  octavo,  6  copies  quarto. 

We  know  that  Mr.  Ph(^enix  ha«  l>een  indefatigable  in  pursuit  of  hi^  family  history, 
lid  yet  after  all  his  labors  thus  far,  aceording  to  his  book,  the  materials  for  a  biog- 
iphy  of  hi-'*  ancestor,  John,  are  exeee*liiigly  scanty.  '*  Nothing  is  known  oonoeriH 
tg  hk  parentnge,  and  even  his  nationality  is  a  matter  of  coiyecturc."  He  has  rea- 
pn  to  think,  however,  that  he  was  of  JAeotch  descent,  Hia  name  iirst  api>ears  in  a 
1  dated  16t>|,  in  wnich  John  Withers,  of  Kittery,  convey.^  **  unt<>  John  ffennicke 
ll  tract  of  land  in  Sijniee  Cricke  Conhiyneing  twelve  aere«^  joyneing  to  a  ieeko  of 
and  calle«i  pine  po>Tit,  . .  .  .for  and  in  e(in*^iderationof  Tenn  pound  in  hand  payd.*' 

Mr,  Pho?nix  gives  a  t«omewhat  brief  aetMunt  of  eight  generatit>n4t»  with  extracts 

mariuwript  ree(3rd.«,  chieily  from  Kittery  and  its  neiglil»orliot>d,  fullowtxl  by  an 

ex  of  Christian  names,  ali«o  one  ut'  gumames.    He  eltjises  with  the  Ibllowing  eig- 

ficont  lines  from  Borla-se.    **  Reader,  go  thy  way  ;  secure  thy  name  in  the  Book  uf 
]ife,  where  the  page  fades  not,  nor  the  title  altertj  nor  expires — leave  the  rest  to 
jeroldx  and  the  pariwh  reginter.'' 
^The  buuk  is  beautiiklly  printed  on  thick  paper,  on  the  right  hand  aide  of  the  leaf 


nlyMeeiing  of  the  Descendants  of  John  TuthiU,  one  of  the  Origi- 
nal Seitlers  of  (lie  Town  of  Southjkf,  N .  Y.  Held  at  New  Suffolk,  L. 
/.,  Aufjml  28,  1867.     Express  Print,  Sag  Harbor,  N,  Y.     pp.  60. 

Tliid  h  the  printed  account  of  the  large  and  interesting  meeting  of  the  Tuthills,  at 
which  wa»  delivered  the  address  by  J udi^  Tathill^  which  we  give  entire  on  mgm 
317-334. 
-^Kepn«entative«  from  nil  parts  of  the  wjuntry  of  this  widely  extended  family  and 
■Hjdr  kindrt}<!,  were  present.  About  ITOO  perHona,  iuut>tly  adults,  tiHjk  part  in  the 
^pereises.  Tlie  meeting  was  organized  by  the  selw^tion  of  the  fullowmg  officers, 
HSs.  : — ^ President,  Hon.  Jamee  IL  Tuthill,  of  Kiven>ide,  Vice-Pre^idenls^Dea.  H. 
gnthilK  ElmJT^i,  N.  Y, ;  Ira  Tuthill,  Mattituck ;  Charles  B.  Moore,  N.  Y.  City; 
^fcavid  Terry,  Orient ;  K>  T.  (luhlKmith,  JSouthold.  JSecretariee — Ira  11.  Tiitlull,  N. 
^K.  City  ;  Stewart  T.  Terry,  S<juthyl(L 

^^  Prayer  was  uttered  by  Rev.  Epher  W  hi  taker,  of  the  First  Church  in  Southold,  of 
wlucli  John  Tuthill,  the  emignuit  ariee^ti^r,  was  one  of  the  foiin<!ers.    Judge  Wm. 
'tt,  Tuthill,  of  Tipton,  Iowa,  Wm.  Henry  Moture,  Kso^  of  N.  Y.  Citv,  Kev.  Mr. 
Thitakt-r,  Ira  H.  Tuthill,  of  N.  Y.  Citv,  Rev*  Br,  Wiswell,  of  Phihidelphia,  and 
Iiin,  Henry  P.  HtMlgr^s,  0>unty  Judge,  delivered  addreeeee  amjri.>rjriate  to  the  ooca- 
Original  and  (selected  st^njjK  and  Ivvmns  were  sung  by  D.  P.  Morton,  Geo,  B. 
ve,  Miss  Clara  Hutch  ins  mm  Mrs.  Henry  M.  Vaill  and  others.     Letters  were 
1  from  st'vcml  atit«cnt  mL'mbt*rs,  amon*^  wnom  were  Rev,  Gmrge  M.  Tuthill,  of 
Mich.  ;  Mrs.  Ljuina  C.  Tuthill,  of  New  Jersey,  the  author  ;    Rev.  Dr, 
^mtiph  Tuthill  Dun  ea,  of  N.  Y.  City  ;  Cyrus  Tuthill,  Esti-jof  Pultney,  co,  Steuben, 
•esldent  Joseph  F.  Tuttle,  of  Waijash  College,  Indiana  ;  also  an  interest- 
jdixjument  fnjm  the  pen  of  a  lady  living  in  *'  Chalkcr  John^s"*  liouse  in  Ori- 
nt,  DOW  owiikI  and  occupied  by  Jyh'u  B.  Yuung,  Esq.,  a  lineal  descendant  of  Rev. 
iobtt  Young.    Tlie  following  statement  was  preeenti»d  from  J.  W,  Hnntting,  Esq., 
lowu  Clerk  of  Smthold  :— 

Frum  the  AsticHsment  roll  of  Snuthidd  to^m  for  18{M5,  it  appears  that  tlie  TuthiUs 
fWt  the  moet  numerous  and  pay  the  largest  tax  vf  any  family  in  the  town,  via. ; — 


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Patront/mks,  Numif^^ 
Tuthill,  95 

Terry,  «l 

Hortoo,  83 

YmmgB,  50 

Sevoml  Mies  of  John  TuthiU*  Sr.^  taken  from  hie  houiieat  Orient,  wcrecxhil 
— liLs  will,  dated  1667,  N.  S.,  oow  in  poeseesion  of  J,  Lewia  Tuthill,  Esq 
certiiicAte,  &c.  &c. 

Thopc  family  ineetioffS  are  productive  of  good  in  TnriouB  wnys  ;  but  if  they  lo 
eomplieh  nothing  else,  Uiey  brin^  the  people  of  remote  flections  and  Statcn  together, 
and  tend  ti>  promote  a  knowledge  ot  eaeh  other  ao  eeeential  to  the  cuitdTadon  of 
that  *^  lasting  union  -^  of  the  people  which  we  so  much  need. 

Thifl  is  the  moet  defectlYely  printed  pamphlet  we  remember  ever  to  Imve  aeen^ 

The  Amerii^n  Genealogist,   Being  a  Catalogue  of  Family  Historic  and 
Publications  containing  information  issued  in  the  United  States,  or- 
ranged  chronohgicalty.     By  Wiluah  H.  Whitmobe,  Member  of  the 
PtiblinbiDg  Committee  of  the  New  England  Historic-Genealogical 
Society.     Albany  :     Joel  Minifiell.     18G8.     8vo.  pp.  287- 
Th  Ls  is  the  aeotmd  edition  of  a  work  published  in  1862,  under  the  title  of  "  Hand* 
bonk  orAmerit*an  Gonealugv/'    The  first  edition  was  a  valuable  and  original  OOB- 
trihutiMi  to  gcnef^logidil  sttidies,  but  having  t>cen  exhausted,  this  edition,  hringinz 
the  w<>rk  down  to  the  day  of  publication,  has  been  prepared  and  ineludce  a  DOtiee  w 
nearly  every  Umk  relating  to  the  subject,  so  far  puuliHhed.  "" 

The  outlior  mmletstly  utylen  his  work  a  Catalocue ;  but  it  is  much  more  than  „. 
And  fur  this  reason  we  prefer  the  fJjrraer  title.  The  contents  of  the  pnblicatioQS  dl 
are  describe*!,  and  much  of  their  tsub-^tanee  ia  ^iven  in  a  few  wordis,  but  with  tbalcf 
nesj^,  definiteness  and  aeeuraey  uf  statftuent  which  eonie  onlj^  fn>m  a  full  aoq  uaiot 
with  the  iiiaterialB  under  review,  and  the  halat  of  <jritical  and  thorough  roMjarcb  ht 
which  tile  compiler  of  this  and  other  wurks  is  distinguL^hed ;  so  that  whoever  has  io- 
c^H  t^t  this  det^criptive  cafcalogue  can  easily  aaoertaia  where  to  find  the  genealogical 
datii  for  wlvich  he  may  be  in  search. 

The  nutiee?4  coatained  in  the  first  edition  have  bcc?n  revised  and  enlarged »  oad 
valuable  information  has  been  added*  The  introductory  essay  alone  is  w3l  worlb 
the  price  of  the  lx>ok. 

The  eoiniiiier  (States  that  the  work  will  be  continued,  and  the  record  kept  oamplstei 
as  future  material  increuscM,  by  the  piiblieation  uf  oeaiKidnal  supptenients. 

In  the  matter  of  type  and  p«iper  thii^  vol  nine  is  in  keeping  witn  all  that  oomM  from 
the  press  of  the  well-toown  pubiiBbcr,  Mr*  Munsell. 

Morkinakinna — Pergamentshog  Fra  Forsle  ffalvdel  Af  Del  Treilende 

Aarhumlrede.     Indeholdemtc  Eti  Af  De  jEldste  OplegneUer  af  Non 

Kongesagaer.    UdgivenafC.  R,  Unger.     Udgiven  Sum  Universite 

program  far  A  ndet  Semester  1866,     Christiama.     DetForr.    B. 

Beutzerra  Bogtrykkeri,     1867. 

(Morkinskinna,     Parehmento  from   the  first  half  of  the  thirteenth  century, 

iaining  ,stjme  of  the  oldebt  notices  of  Norwegian  Kin^-Sagas.     Published  by  C. 

R,  Uiiger^  Christinnja  ;  B,  M.  BeiitJten'si  successors,  printers.     1867.) 

From  the  Royai  Norwegian  University  at  Christiania,  we  have  receivetl  the  abovi 

entitlpil  Iwok,  ojotaininff  part  of  tbe  huitory  of  the  kings  of  Norwnv    fr.^n,  1035  to 

1157.     The  rmmo.  Morkinskinna,  is  given  to  the  book  by  the  b»  i.naed 

Torftwus ,  whu  made  tuse  uf  this  as  well  as  of  other  niaiiuseripts  in  ocmi  1 1  1 1  i^UfQ 

of  Norway  written  in  the  Uitiu  kujfjuago,  aud  who   was  accustomed   u»  mime  the« 

manuscripts  according  tu  their  partjcnkr  pfHjuliarities.      No  doubt  exints  buttbil 

he  \m»  nameiul  the  presi'iifc  l>*iok  thus  on  account  of  the  dark  and  IragmeDtary  coor 

ditiun  of  the  leaves  ^MurkirLskintia  signifying  decayed  skinl.     This  book  cgmmSOOEl 

at  tlie  year  1036,  with  the  sagu  uf  Kin^  Miigno!?  the  *Ji>xl,  and  ends  with 

1157,  at  the  time  when  the  king  Eystein  Ibirald^son  Fteps  out  fmm  his  hidinf 

lininly  iniploriug  pinion  Skak  Ibr  hislife*  and  must  likely  this  volume,  when  cijr 

extended  to  the  perio<I  of  the  HeiiuHkringla  by  Snorre  Sturlesson  (vear  1177).    _ 

language  and  the  more  rugged  stvle  seem  to  indicate  one  of  the  oloest  oollectio(D(i<i|j 

Sagas,  and  the  manu^'ript  must  have  been  written  in  loeknd  in  the  earlier  part 

the  thirteenth  century. 


Book  Notices. 


The  manuscript  Mon^s  to  the  Royal  Library  of  Copenhiif^n,  nnd  ja  immlwred 
1009,  in  l^lio,  m  the  old  noyul  e^illwtion.  Fur  thoH4?  who  wuiiW  like  to  enter  into 
furtfi<*r  ffi^irchesnf  tlieold  northern  sagai<,  we  wouid  refer  to  the  Ixxtk  t>f  the  Count 
Paul  Rmutf  **  Expeditions  et  iVlerinages  des  Scaudinavc*  en  Terre  Samtc.*^ 

Upper  Misirissippi:   or,  Hisforical  Sketches  of  the  Mound-builders,  the 

Indian  Tnheis,  and  the  Progress  of  Cimiizalion  in  the  North- West ^ 

from  A,D  A600  to  the  Present  'Time,     Bj  GeorcpE  Gale.     Chicago: 

L    -Clarke  &  Co.    New  York:  Oakley  &  Mason,  1867.    VImo.  pp.  460, 

1  The  number  of  works  which  have  been  written  upon  the  West  and  North-west 
Htsbeoomo  eo  large,  that  no  collector,  we  imagine,  can  pretend  tt»  posBefis 
^BbieBOf  more  than  a  small  part  of  them  ;  eont^equently  there  is  no  cataio*^ue  to  whieh 
pflWenee  can  he  bad  for  a  full  1  let  of  them.  IVrhape  we  may  go  further,  and  safely 
,  tooture  the  opinion,  that  there  is  not  a  complete  cylk>ction  of  work«  in  any  emgl© 
^Western  State,  which  have  Ijeen  puhlihhed  with  niiecial  reference  to  such  State ,  and 
I  time  rulle  on,  the  more  difficult  will  be  the  task  of  collect ing  puch  work».  And 
'^ng  frT>m  the  pa^^t  we  may  feel  quite  sure  that  works  on  the  West  will  be  multi- 
,  almo.'it  in  a  getjmetrical  ratio.  But  tbie  view  of  an  nvahinehe  of  hiHt4.>rical  and 
npti\c  literature  should  din^Mnim^^e  no  one,  and  t^sjifrially  thotf©  having  the 
g©  of  State  Lil>rarieS)  Kaat,  West^  North  or  South,  from  doing  all  in  their  power 
ifi  make  a  perfect  collection. 

It  will  be  seen  hy  the  title  of  the  work  before  us,  that  the  Author  has  tliken  a 

wide  range  of  topics^,  upon  ne^irly  any  one  of  which  he  could  have  made  a  volume, 

even  larger  than  this.    And  wiiile  the  work  Ib  deeijly  interesting,  it  might  have  snit- 

riitj  readers  better  hud  the  author  drawn  lena  from  publicatioii*  common  Md 

1  acoese.    But  to  the  younger  p^irtion  of  the  community  this  will  be  no  ol^jeo- 

liiir  what  13  common,  and  at  the  hand  of  a  coOector,  may  not  be  heard  of  among 

||at  biKly  of  reaiJers. 

excellent  feature  of  Judge  Gale's  work  ia  its  mapSj  and  other  i Una trat ions  ; 
lides.  he  ha^s  accompanied  his  work  with  an  Ijsoex.  This  is  a  guarantee  that  it  is 
I  catcnpenny  aifair.  Indeed  there  is  ample  evidenoe  on  eTcry  page  that  the  Author 
is  taken  great  paiiL«  to  be  iiceumte,  and  evinwis  a  training  in  matters  of  fact,  with- 
oat  whieh  no  historical  work  ean  l>e  expected  to  be  aecunite.  We  have  in  mind  the 
lothur's  very  valuable  work  on  the  family  of  his  name,  noticed  in  a  formor  number 
;  the  Register.  s.  o,  d. 

itmorinl  of  the  late  James  L,  PeUigru.  Proceedings  of  tlie  Bar  of 
Charleston,  S.  C,  March  25,  1863.  New  York  :  Richardson  &  Co., 
540  Broadway,     1866.     8vo*  pp.  43. 

i  late  Mr.  Pettigm,  whose  name  has  long  been  a  hoiL<?ehold  word  in  the  United 
9^  was  of  Huguenot  descent,  lie  received  his  academic  education  under  the 
...  Dr.  Wmldell,  of  the  WiOington  Academy  *  and  hi«  collegiate  edueatiim  m  tho 
iith  Carolina  College,  under  the  Re?.  Dr.  Majcey.  lie  pursued  hm  le^l  studies 
in  the  office  of  and  under  the  late  William  Robertson,  E^q.,  an  infiueutml  and  re- 
Bpected  hiwyer  of  Beaufort. 
For  fifty  years  this  distinguished  man  lefl  an  impress  upon  the  Bocietyt  the  bench 
■^  *he  bar  of  South  Carolma.  Hii*  eminent  learning,  hii*  gentuii,  piety,  and  fasci- 
\  personal  qualities  nmy  siceount  for  the  influent*  he  er^joyad  m  his  long  life, 
_r  the  pro  lb  and  «<)rrow  whicfi  is  still  fresh  around  his  grave  and  in  the  circlefl 
i  of  his  presence,  but  these  do  not  fully  aconmt  for  alf  that  is  now  atiaociated 
L  will  continue  to  ha  forever  ajaso<*inte<i  with  hi.^  name  and  lame.  If  we  add  to 
lalitic^  we  have  already  enumemte<l  the  still  hiirher  virtue^  moral  elevation, 
gifted  him  alxive  the  surges  of  [m^^ion  at  the  outbreak  of  our  Ci\il  War,  and 
i  him  to  live  uiL^^ithcd  and  walk  unharmed  amid  contending  brethren,  wo 
ave  done  but  sini  pie  justice. 

^denth  of  this  gifted  and  l>eloved  citizen  called  forth  the  wannest  trtbutea  of 

liand  affection  in  the  North,  as  well  as  the  fcionth.     Ilis  nationality  of  senti- 

ttt  and  undaunted  patriotism  are  now  historiral.     If  is  gratifying  in  thie  age  of 

•Terence  and  neglect  of  the  past  to  note  wiiat  seems  to  uh  a  beautiful  evidence  of 

Uml  piety.    The  tamily  of  Mr.  Pettigni  sharcil  the  mislbrtunee  incident  to  the  re- 

a,  and  his  aceomjili.'ihed  daughter  found  a  hoine  among  her  father^**  friends  and 

wn  in  New  York,  where  she  has  Ijmvely  exercised  her  talents  to  maint;iin  her- 

!^«nd,&t  the  same  time,  CTaeied  an  intelligent  and  e.^-mpatbizin;;  sxinl  circle ;  yet, 

I  her  ttcanty  earnings,  6he  ima  found  the  means  to  pronde  a  beautiful  monument 


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to  the  memory  of  ber  noble  father.  Id  the  marble  yard  of  Bird  &  Fiahar,  m  bl 
Houston  street,  New  York,  may  be  seen  an  upright  slab  of  white  marble ,  with  i 

ruiite  ba>e,  which  is  ^xm  to  be  erected  io  the  Chorcb  of  St.  Miobaers»  Charleston^ 
L\    It  bears  the  fuUowiog  ioflcription  : 

JAMES  LOUIS  PETTIGRU. 

Boro  at  AWM^ville,  May  10th,  1789,     Died  at  Charle*itoo,  March  9th,  1863. 
Jiinstf  Orator^  StatcsmaOf  Patriot.     Future  times  will  hardly  know  how  great  a  ] 
this  simple  ^tone  commemorates. 
The  tradition  of  his  Eloquencie,  hi»  Wiadom  and  hiB  Wit,  may  fiwie. 
But  he  UvikI  for  enda  moce  desimble  than  fame.    His  eloquence  was  the  prutectiuD  e 
thepLK>r  and  the  wronged, 
Hl4  learning  illumiQated  the  principjea  of  Law. 
Id  the  admiration  of  his  Peers,  in  the  respect  of  his  People,  in  the  affection  of  hii  ] 
fomily,  his  was  the  firet  place ;    ^ 
The  just  mee<!  of  hL^  kindiiess  and  fijrl>earanee,  nia  dignity  and  eimpUdty, 
Hh  brilliant  genius  and  hia  unwearied  industrv. 
Unawed  by  opinion,  unjieduced  by  flattery,  undinnayed  by  di«aster» 
He  eonfiontea  UJe  with  antique  courage,  ana  Death  with  Ghriatian  Hope. 

In  the  great  Civil  War 
Be  witbBtood  bi^  people  for  his  oountry ;  bul  bis  people  did  homage  to  the  mi 
Who  held  his  coneciencie  litgber  than  their  pmiBe  ; 
And  his  country 

Heaped  honow  on  the  gmTe  of  the  Patriot,  to  whom^  living,  Me  own  eelf-iespec* 
buffioed  alike  for  Motive  and  Reward. 

**  Nothing  is  here  for  Tears,  nothing  to  wail 
Or  knock  the  breast,  no  weakness,  no  contempt, 
Disimiise  or  blame  ;  nt^thing  but  well  and  fmr^ 
And  what  may  quiet  us  in  a  life  so  noble**' 

TbU  Stoae  b  erected  by  hU  danghteri  Caroline  Canon* 

Sketches  of  the  Alumni  of  Dartmouth  College,  from  the  fir^t  gradu 
in  1*111  to  tJie  presetit  time,  mith  a  brief  history  of  the  in^^i^um. 
By  the  Rev.  George  T.  Chapman,  D.D.,  of  the  Cla&s  of  18U4.     CafflPL. 
bridge  :  Printed  at  the  Riverside  Press.     1867.     pp.  620 » 

This  is  the  first  thorough  and  elaborate  work  of  the  kind  published  io  thia  ooun 
The  Catalogue  of  the  Gmduatm  of  the  Mi<id!t^barv  College,  by  Thomas  Soott  P 
aon,  A.B.,  imMi-^hed  1853,  is  a  valuable  euntnbution,  but  is  defective  in  datcs^i 
in  mlnt*88  generally.     While  we  accord  to  Dr.  Chapman  the  booor  of  taking  1 

lead  in  a  work  so  extenBiTe  as  tbi^.  w<;  are  happy  to  add  that  he  haa  corrtcd  oot  J 

design  witli  fidelity  and  success.  From  1771,  the  year  of  the  first  gniduadoii.ll 
1867  meluKive,  the  numlxir  of  Academical  graduates  haa  been  3560.  As  skeCM 
are  «iven  of  all  of  them,  they  are  necessarily  brief,  though  in  the  aggregate  thoy  fit 
a  volume  of  over  iive  hundred  pages.  The  material  employed  haa  been  ekilful^ 
oompresstd  into  a  very  brief  tjpace,  but  the  facts  «tated  are  such  aa  the  inquinr 
would  most  desire  to  know.  The  parentage,  maternal  m  well  as  patemaU  the  pU<?3 
and  date  of  birth  and  death,  pn>re«i8ional  etudit^,  where  and  under  wboee  tuition  pur- 
sued,, proft^ianal  labors,  what  and  where  performed,  works publiahed,  whom  marri- 
ed, with  wife  "a  partrntage  and  reeidonee,  are  carefully  recorded.    In  all  coaes  where 


brothers  have  graduate  they  are  very  projjerly  referred  to  io  the  notice  of  cachr 
with  yeajr  of  graduation.  These  are  onviously  the  facta  most  important  to  lie  pn?- 
aerved  in  a  work  of  this  sort.  The  pntient  rceearcb  and  abiiost  incredible  lul** 
which  have  been  bestowed  u|K>n  thia  vokime,  deserve  the  de*^j)e8t  gratitude  of  th* 
gijns  of  Dartmijutli,  and  we  earnestly  hope  that  thia  aniall  edition,  iisaucd  weaI^de^ 
stand  at  the  sole  eipense  of  the  author,  will  be  fi^peedily  taken  up.  It  mutt  sooa 
become  a  rare  and  expensive  bix>k.  Another  eilition  may  not  be  exijoctcd  for  a  Iflag 
time  to  come.  We  hope  the  example  of  Dartmouth  will  be  followed  by  others,  and  tW 
aimllar  works  will  be  called  for  by  all  the  colleges  in  the  oountry,  eepectaUv  by  tbtfB 
of  New  England,  We  are  happy  to  learn  that  Mr.  Sibley,  the  indeffttignble  lihr*- 
rian  of  Harvard  University,  la  engaged  on  a  similar  work  in  relation  to  the  gradtt* 


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i  of  tliat  inBtitation,  and  tias  made  considerable  progress  with  the  AUimni  of  tho 
,  oentiiTy.    If  sketches  of  the  grndiiat*'B  of  flU  oar  New  England  colleges  were 
bed,  they  wouhi  furniBh  a  miao  of  perBonal  history  far  richer  tJmti  any  that 
exi^tfl.    And  wc  arc  confident  that  the  time  is  not  distant  when  none  of 
llieee  institutions  will  fail  to  secure  the  prepamtion  of  such  memorials. 

Ab  we  have  alretuiy  intimated,  the  ekctches  coDtainetl  in  Dr.  Chapman's  work  are 
iiOcigarily  brief.  Wc  should  lie  glad  to  .ice  them  eo  extended  as  to  occupy  three 
rolunics  instead  of  one.  Thia  extt-iuHion  nhould  eunmet  of  facts  and  not  of  eulogy, 
n^  following  siiggeet  themei^lvea  n^  appropriate  items  to  beadde<i.  FirMt»  Some 
•ccoiint  of  ance&tor«^,  gi^>intj  VKiek  to  the  lirbt  settler  in  this  country,  where  it  can  be 
done.  The  family  and  local  hiBtoriefiT^  already  numerous  and  fast  multiplying, 
gender  this  praetiwihle  in  immi  aisea.  Sei^ond.  The  namee  of  thotie  of  the  fami^ 
ho  have  i^dnated  at  other  colleges*  Third.  A  complete  list  of  all  worka  pu^ 
ihe*l  or  prep!\red  for  the  press.  Fourth.  Marked  traits  or  jieeuliiirity  of  charncter 
^"  *^  may  l>e  worthy  ot  note.  Fifth.  Brief  tiotict^  of  tto«e  who  liaTe  received 
'  degrees*    Other  items  of  e4^ual  inter^t  and  importanoe  might  doabtleea 

!  practical  difEeulty  in  the  way  of  pubUj«hing  thceo  memorials  of  the  Alumni 
;  oor  collesres  is,  that  the  expense  is  trjo  great  for  individual  en terpri He,  or  more 
' — rly,  individual  sacrifice.  For  in  tht^se  publieations  money  is  to  l)e  lost  rather 
RMu  to  W  made,  We  would  therrfore  venture  to  suggest  that  committees  of 
llnmni  should  be  formed  1  and  charged  with  the  duty  of  procuring  the  funds  and 
lihliehiiig  memorial  registers  of  the  C4jllegee  which  they  represent,  £.  v,  s. 

The  Todd  Genealogy/,  or  Register  of  the  Descendants  of  Adam  Todd,  of 
the  names  of  7 odd,  WhiUeUf  Breuoorl,  Coolidge^  Brisled,  Sedgimck, 
Kane,  Menmici^  Bull,  Euntingtonj  Dean^  Aslor,  Bentzen^  Langdon, 
Boreel,  Wilks,  De  Nolibeclc,  Ward,  Cluinlerf  Car  if,  Tielx}ut,  Jiruce, 
Bobbins,  Waldo,  WoodhuUf  Odell,  Greene,  and  Fvsler,  with  Notices 
and  Genealogies  of  mamj  persons  and  faniilies  connected  with  the  be* 
fore-mentioned  Descendants.  By  Kichard  Henrt  Grbeke,  A*M. 
New  York  :  Wilbur  &  Ilastings,  publishers,  No,  40  Fulton  street. 
1867.     8vo.   pp,  143  and  xvii. 

The  title  page  of  this  handsome  volume  EJves  the  reader  a  very  good  idea  of  its 
ktcntd.     Thephvn,  as  the  author  states  in  Ti  is  preface,  is   Ut  include  every  descen- 
of  Adam  Midd,  who  wan  married  in  New  lork  in  1744,  tracing  all  the  iewae  of 
at  thepjint  where  their  names  occur  in  the  family  record*     Of  eourise  corn- 
was  fi>und  im|>«j«sible»as  »<jme  pef^ple  have  an  invincible  objection  to  aiding 
genealogint,  but  the  result  lmHl)t*t'n  a  very  interesting  volume,  well  fortified  with 
»  and  enh'vened  with  anet*di>te*. 
Among  the  more  familiar  namet*  we  note  those  of  Mrs.  Adam  Todd,  Mrs.  Whetten, 
if,  James  Ren  wick »  Jame«  Car^in  Brevoort,  Charles  Awtor  Bristtsi,  John  Jae^ib 
T  (who  married  Sarah  Tmid)  and  hiw  (iuiiily,  John  VV'.  Chanler,  M.C.,  and  others 
tinected  with  the  fiimily  by  nmrriugo  or  de*«eent.     The  Appendix,  p.  93,  contjiinfl 
iscoount  of  the  families  of  Setigwick,  Bull^  DtKlge,  Haring»  Roosevelt,  Duffie,  Eddy, 
Mt,  Foeter,  and  Kane.    A  gi^A  index  ol  fleventeen  pagee  completes  the  volume, 
'  ih  is  a  welci>me  addition  to  our  list,  w.  b.  w. 

he  Congregational  Quarterhj.  Januai-y  and  April  Noa.,  1868,  Con* 
ducted  noder  the  sanction  of  the  Amcricao  Coug^regational  Associa- 
tioQ,  and  American  CoDgregfational  Union.  Bj  Revs*  Alunzo  H. 
QnjrTt  D-D..  Isaac  P,  Langworthy  and  Christopher  Cushiko.  Bos- 
ton: 40  Winter  street. 

We  doftire  t4i  esfiecially  commend  the  biographical  and  stntistieal  departments 
rf  thi«  ably  C4jndacte<i  perkxlit^l.     In  thefte  renptx't'^  it  has  a  value  over  any  other 
T  work.    Thei^  Nof*.  are  illuptrated  with  portraits  of  two  deceased  clergymen, 
I,  Zxunuel  Steams  and  J,  M.  Fitch. 

GaUixg  (an  illustrated   Magazine)  for  June,     No.  6.     VoL  V. 
New  York  :     Sheldon  &  Co. 

This  L^  one  of  the  very  best  of  the  Monthly  Magazines.    The  illustrations  are 
^  '1  executed  and  in  good  taete. 


S80  New  Publications  Received.  [Jul; 


NEW  PUBLICATIONS  RECEIVED. 

We  have  room  at  this  time  for  the  acknowledgment  of  only  a  fe 
of  the  new  publications  received. 

New  England  Conservatory  of  Music,  Music  Hall,  Boston,  Masc 
February,  1868.    Boston  :  Edward  L.  Balch. 

Presbyterian  National  Union  Convention,  held  in  Philadelphia,  No 
6th,  1867.    Jas.  B.  Bodgers,  Printer.    Philadelphia. 

Beport  of  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  (he  Forest  HiUs  Cemetery,  Fe 
ruary  25,  1868.  With  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  Massachuseti 
incorporating  the  lot  owners  in  the  Forest  Hills  Cemetery,  pass^ 
March  11, 1868.  Roxbury :  L.  B.  Weston,  Publishers,  Guild  Ro^ 
1868. 

Forty-Eighth  Anntial  Beport  of  the  Mercantile  Library  Association, 
the  City  of  Boston,     Boston :  Printed  for  the  Association,  by  Alfr 
Mudge  &  Son,  84  School  street.    1868. 

A  well  written,  and  ezoeedinfflv  interestbg  report  of  the  operations  and  prospero 
condition  of  this  very  suocessiuTSociety. 

Fifteenth  Annual  Beport  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Public  Library,  186 
City  Document,  No.  114.     From  the  press  of  Alfred  Mudge. 

Bulletins  of  the  Public  Library  of  the  City  of  Boston.  April,  Ma; 
June,  1868. 

The  Talmud,  (From  the  Atlantic  Magazine  for  June,  1868.)  B 
Calvin  Stowe,  D.D. 

Catalogue  of  the  Library  of  the  Young  Men*s  Association  of  the  City  ( 
Milwaukee,     Milwaukee :    1868. 

Beport  of  the  School  Committee  of  the  Town  of  Oroton, 

A  Discourse  on  the  Life  and  Character  of  Bev,  William  B.  De  Willy  D.D 
late  Pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  Earrisburgh,  Pa.  By  h 
Colleague,  Rev.  Thomas  II.  Robinson.  Harrisburgh,  Pa.  :  Taylor 
Murphy,  Printers  and  Binders.     1868. 

This  is  an  eloquent  and  interestiij^  sermon,  but  we  have  fiiiled  to  ascertain  frc 
the  discourse  itself  when  Dr.  DeAVitt  was  bom,  or  died,  or  when  the  discourse  \< 
delivered. 

A  Discourse  Commemorative  of  ffie  Fiftieth  Anniversary  of  the  Com 
oration  of  St,  Paul's  Church,  Pawtucket,  B,  I.  Delivered  on  Sunda 
October  20,  A.D.  IS61,  By  Rev.  Edward  H.  Randall,  Associa 
Rector.  Also  a  Collection  of  Items  relative  to  the  History  of  tl 
Sunday  School.     Pawtucket :  R.  Sherman  &  Co.    1868.     pp.  28. 

Catalogue  of  Books  and  Tracts  of  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Public 
lion.     Philadelphia.    1868. 

The  English  Ancestry  of  Bev,  John  Cotton,  of  Boston.  From  the  ColU 
tion  of  n.  G.  SoMERBY,  of  London.  Reprinted  from  the  IleniU] 
Journal  for  April,  1868.  Boston,  U.S.A.  H.  W.  Dutton,  Printei 
1868.     pp.  12. 


NEW  ENGLAND 

HISTORICAL  AND  GENEALOGICAL  REGISTER. 

Vol.  XXn.  OCTOBER,   1868.  No.  4. 


MEMOIR   OP   THE   LIFE   AND    CHARACTER   OP   THE  LATE 

HON.  STEPHEN  MINOT  WELD.* 

[Commanicated  by  Robebt  M.  Mobse,  Jr.,  Esq.] 

Thb  ancestors  of  Mr.  Weld  were  among  the  earliest  settlers  of  New 
Ei%land.  From  the  first  they  were  men  of  mark  in  the  colony.  Many 
of  them  held  offices  of  trust  and  were  leaders  among  their  neighbors. 
They  settled  originally  in  Roxbury,  in  Massachusetts,  where  some  of 
their  descendants  have  resided  ever  since.  For  seven  generations 
indeed  they  occupied  the  same  estate.  It  descended  from  father  to 
son  for  more  than  a  century  and  a  half,  and  it  was  only  in  the  beginning 
of  the  present  century  that  it  passed  out  of  the  hands  of  the  Welds  into 
those  of  a  stranger.  We  propose  to  give  very  briefly  the  line  of  de- 
scent, from  the  founder  of  the  family  in  this  country  to  the  subject  of 
this  sketch. 

JosEPB  Weld  was  born  in  England  about  1600,  emigrated  to  New 
England  in  1633,  and  settled  in  Roxbury,  where  he  soon  became  pro- 
minent and  influential.  He  was  a  Captain  in  the  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony,  and  in  return  for  the  valuable  services  which  he  rendered  in 
that  capacity,  the  Colony  granted  him  the  estate  in  Roxbury,  already 
referred  to,  and  which  is  now  known  as  the  Bussey  estate.  He  was  an 
intimate  friend  of  John  Eliot,  the  Apostle  to  the  Indians,  and  was  a 
brother  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Weld,  the  first  pastor  of  the  First  Church 
in  Roxbury.     He  died  October  t,  1616. 

JoH.v,  son  of  the  preceding,  was  born  in  England,  Oct.  28,  1623, 
and,  like  his  father,  became  a  Captain  in  the  Colony  and  fought  in  the 
Pequot  war.     He  died  in  1691. 

Joseph,  son  of  John,  was  born  in  Roxbury,  September  13,  1660, 
and  died  February  14,  1711. 

Joseph,  son  of  Joseph,  was  born  in  Roxbury,  July  12,  1683,  and 
died  January  10,  1760. 

Eleazar,  son  of  the  last  named,  was  born  in  Roxbury,  February  19, 
1737,  and  died  in  1804.     He  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1756, 


•  Mr.  Weld  was  elected  a  mcm!)er  of  the  New  England  Historic-Genealogical  Society 
in  Jane,  18.55. 

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and  became  both  Colonel  and  Judge.     Hia  family  were  living  at 

old  mansion  house  when  the  news  of  the  BritiBh  invasion  which  pr 
ceded  the  battle  of  Lexington  reachf?d  litm,  upon  which  he  judged 
prudent  to  remove  his  family  to  Dedham, 

It  was,  therefore,  at  the  latter  place  that  a  son  was  bom  on  the  8< 
of  May.  1775,  whom  he  named  William  Gordon  Weld,  in  honor  of  1 
friend  and  pastor,  the  Rev.  William  Gordon,  known   as   the  hiistor' 
of  the   Revolution,  and  the  first  minister  of  the  Third  Parish  m  Ra| 
bnry.     This  son  was  placed  at  an  early  age  in  the  law  office  of  a 
Qnincy  in  Roxbury,  but  he  soon  manifested  a  great  distaste  for  the 
profession,  left  the  office,  and  went  to  sea  in  his  uncle's  ship, 
nineteen  he  became  master  of  the  London  Packet.     He  distinguisl^j 
himself  in  1802,  by  the  bravery  with  which  he  defeated  some  Algeri| 
pirates,  capturing  two  of  their  vessels.     He  became  an  entcrprisitf 
and  successful  ship  owner,  though  ho  met  finally  with  an  unfortuua 
reverse.     In  1812,  his  ship  Mary,  from  Gibraltar,  tinder  his  own  coj 
mand,  was  captured  by  a  British  frigate  off  Boston  harbor.     He  lo 
the  vessel,  $20,(l(>l)  in  specie,  and  a  large  and  valuable  cargo  of  wc 
and  spints.     Mis  captors  sent  him  home  with  a  single  bag  of  spec^ 
He  was  married  in  1798  to  Hannah,  diiughtcr  of  Jonas  Clarke  Mib 
and  Hannah  Speakman,  and  died  at  Lancaster,  August,  1826, 

Stephen  Minot  Weld,  the  subject  of  this   sketch,  was  a  son 
William  Gordon  and  Hannah  Mi  not  Wold^  and  was  born  in    Bosto 
September  29,  180(i,  in  a  house  on  Pleasant  street  to  which  tho  farail 
had  moved  after  the  sale  of  the  old  estate  at  Roxbury.     He  was  oa 
of  eleven  children,  eight  sons  and  three  daup:hter8,  of  whom  four  eon 
and  two  daughters  are  now  living.     For  a  short  time  after  his  birth 
the  family  lived  in  Roxbnry,  but  then  moved  to  Lancaster,  in  Masa 
chusetts,  where  Stephen  went  to  the  school  then  kept  by  George 
Emerson.     His  moat  intimate  school-ft'llow  was  the  present  Rev. 
C,  T.  Thayer.     Here   he  was   fitted  for  Harvard   College,  which  he 
entered  in  1822.     His  class,  at  its  graduation,  numbered  fifly-thr 
members.     Among  the  most  distinguished  of  them  we  may  mentis 
the  Rev,  Xohemia!i  Adams,  D.D.,   H,   Niipioleon  Bonaparte   of  Bal^ 
more,  Dr.  Benjamin  Cox  of  Salem,  Dr.  William  A.   Gordon    of  N0 
Bedford,   Rev,   George  F.   Haskina,  Rev.  George  W.  Hosmer,  D. 
the  present  President  of  Antioch   College,  Dr.  Edward  Jarvis,  Pf 
Willard  Parker,  Rev.  A,  P.  Poabody,  D.D.,  Rev.  George  Putnam,  D.I 
Hon.  Robert  Rantoul.  Rev.  Oliver  Stearns,   D.D.,  the  present  Pr 
dent  of  Meadvillo  College,  J,  Thomas  Stevenson,  Esq.,  and  Hod 
Samuel  H.  Walley. 

The  College  was  then  under  the  Presidency  of  Mr.  Kirklandi 
Mr.  Weld  during  his  first  year  was  President's  Freshman.    Of  his  ca 
at  college  one  of  his  distinguished  classmates*  has  furnished  the  follow 
ing  interesting  account :  "  He  was  the  most  popular  member  of  tb 
class,  and  thin,  without  seeking  it,  without  any  concession  of  principl*_ 
by  virtue  of  In's  sterling  worth,  his  elastic  spirits  and  his  strong  social 
sympathies.    He  was  the  very  soul  of  honor.     He  was  a  youth,  too,  rf^ 
pure  and  high  moral  principle  in  every  particular.     At  the  sam€ 
lie  was  full  of  fun  nnd  frolic,  overflowing  with   mirth.     He  thus 
upon  himself  not  unfrequently  the  displeasure  of  the  Faculty,  and  wasi 


•  ReVi  Dr,  Pcabodjr. 


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no  pains  to  propitiate  their  t^ood  wil!.  There  waa  then  a  sternness  of 
discipline  which  was  very  ill  titled  to  go  free  a  spirit  aa  his  was.  My 
impression  is,  lljut  juBt  nnch  a  person  as  he  was  would  be  a  favorite 
DOW  with  llie  Faculty,  so  entirely  has  the  spirit  of  the  college  regime 
been  rovolMtianized*     IIo  was  not  a  high  scholar,  because  he  did  so 

I  much  else  besides  the  work  of  the  recitation  room.  Yet  it  was  per- 
fectly well  understood  that  he  had  the  capacity  and  the  tafite,  which 
piig^bt  make  him  an  excellent  scholar  whenever  ho  gave  his  mind  to 
the  work.  We  all  recognized  in  him  not  oidy  good  nature  and  good 
feUowsbip*  but  a  thorough  nobility  of  spirit  and  character,  inborn  and 
iobred.  We  ehoidd  indeed  have  gone  to  him  sooner  than  to  any  one  else 
to  make  fun  for  us,  or  to  take  the  lead  in  a  frolic  ;  hut  w^e  Bboidd  also 
have  gone  to  him*  iirat  of  all,  for  sympathy  under  some  heavy  burden 
or  sorrow,  or  for  help  which  it  would  require  eflbrt  and  Gacrilice  to 
render-'' 

Thus  it  will  be  seen   that  Mr.   Weld  had  already  displayed  the 

qualities  which  distinguished  him   tli rough  life.     He  was  a  stroij|i^, 

rell-huilt   man,   capable    of  much   physical   endurance,    with   high, 

tic   spirits,  energetic,   resolute  and  persevering.     His  mind  was 

[singularly  active  and  restlesa  in  its  operations,  hardiy  fitted  for  long 

protracted  study,  hut  of  infinite  service  in  enabling  him  with  prompt* 

[seds  and  tact  to  deal  with  the  varied  questions  that  came  up  to  be 

[settled  in  the  course  of  his  busy  life.     From  his  earliest  years  he  ex- 

[bibited  warm  and  generous  sympathies  and  Christian  charity,  both  in 

1  word  and  deed. 

Upon  his  graduation  in  1826,  he  decided  to  become  a  teacher.     He 

I »aught  an  occupation  that  would  give  him  immediate  support.     Be- 

I  mdc  his  thorough  training  at  the  University,  his  strong  interest  in 

the  cause  of  education  and  his  warm   affection  for  youth  admirably 

I  fitted  liini  for  the  profession.     He  was  first  employed  as  an  assistant 

teacher  at  Mr.  Greenes  school  lo  Jamaica  lliiin,  l>nt  in  18*i7  he  estab- 

liiihed  a  boarding  scliool  of  his  own  in  the  same  village.     He  kept  this 

tcbool  uninterruptedly  for  thirty  years.     From  small  bcginnijigs  it 

aoon   achieved   very   marked    success,   and   had   a   high   reputation 

tluoughont  the  country.     Boys,  u umbering,  during  the  whole  period, 

more  than  a  thousand,  came  to  liim  from  all  parts  of  the  United  States, 

and  from  such  distant  places  as  Cul>a.  Sm^^rna,  Yucatan  and  Mexico. 

They  found  a  cumfortable  home  with  him  and  were  constantly  under 

bid  care.     It  is  the  concurrent  testimony  ot  his  scholars  that  while  he 

ved  strict  discipline  in  the  school  room  and  enforced  a  constant 

aion  to  studies,  ami  was  thorough  and  systematic  in  his  teach- 

iiig,  he  treated  them  in  his  bouse  'ds  members  of  his  family',  admitted 

tlmm  to  his  table,  talked  with  them  familiarly,  joined  in  their  sports 

md  promoted  their  fun.     The  peculiar  cloaeness  of  the  relations  that 

Oust  exist  between  the  teacher  and  the  scliolars  at  a  boarding  school, 

renders  it  of  special  importance  that  the  teacher,  in  his  conduct  and 

aims,  should  be  a  safe  example  for  his  scholars  to  follow.     That  ^\i\ 

Weill  impressed  himself  strongly  upon  the  boys  ujider  his  charge  cau- 

l»ot  be  doubted.     Nor  can  it  be  doubted  that  this  infiuence  waa  entire- 

Ij  h4'neficial  to  them.     As  his  life  was  manly  and  truthfuK  so  he  incul- 

catcid  in  their  minds  the  duty  of  leading  truthful  and  manly  lives.    He 

jK>u_ght  to  turn  the  enthusiastic  current  of  their  3^oung  spirits  into  the 

I  that  lead  to  a  vigorous  and  useful  Christian  manhood. 


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During  these  years  of  hard  labor  as  a  teacher,  it  is  pleasant  to  know 
that  Mr.  Weld  was  earning  a  substantial  pecuniary  reward.  He 
f^hrewd  and  sagacious  in  investing  his  nioney.  buying  large  lots 
land  in  Jamaica  Plain,  which  were  then  of  little  value,  and  sellii  _ 
them  at  a  handsome  profit  as  there  came  frequent  demands  from  the 
rapidily  increasing  population  of  the  town.  At  the  time  of  his  death 
lie  was  the  owner  of  considerable  real  estate  in  the  town,  as  well  as  of 
other  property. 

From  his  long  residence  in  the  town,  his  warm  interest  in  its  affnin!. 
Ilia  readiness  to  do  it  service,  and  his  large  and  increasing-  acq 
ance  with  its  citizens,  it  was  natural  that  he  should  be  called  to  [ 
office.  But,  though  repeatedly  invited,  he  invariably  refused  to  be  a 
candidate  for  any  place  to  be  filled  by  a  popular  election.  Though 
he  was  ono  of  the  most  active  and  persistent  workers,  he  shrank  fiom 
obtruding  himself  upon  the  public.  Yet  he  held  many  import 
trusts.  The  Legislature  of  1852  chose  him  a  member  of  tjoven 
Clifford's  Executive  Council,  to  which  place  he  was  reelected  the 
lowing  year,  when  Mr,  Washburn  was  Governor.  In  1858  he 
elected  President  of  the  Metropolitan  Railroad  Company,  but  devo 
himself  with  such  unremitting  application  to  the  complicated  ai 
harassing  cares  of  the  office,  that  he  was  attacked  by  a  severe  si 
jiCBs.  which  compelled  his  resignation  in  1850.  He  was  also  elec 
by  the  Lugislalui*e,  in  1858,  one  of  the  Overseers  of  Harvard  Collej 
for  a  term  of  six  years,  and  at  the  expiration  of  that  term,  in  1864, 
reelected.  In  1861  he  was  chosen  a  Presidential  Elector,  and  th 
bis  vote  for  Abraham  Lincoln. 

But  tins  brief  record  of  the  more  important  public  positions  which 
ho  filled  gives  a  very  inadequate  impression  of  the  great  public 
-vices  which  he  rendered.     We  have  already  referred  to   the   e%i 
and  value  of  his  labors  as  a  teacher  of  youth.     It  was  in  that  capac; 
undoubtedly  that  he  earned  the  highest  distinction  and  was  ktiown 
most  men.     Besides  these  services,  however,  we  must  record  here, 
entitling  him  to  honorable  remembrance,  his  labors  as  a  patriotic  citi- 
zen during  the  war,  and  as  alumnus  and  overseer  in  promoting 
interests  of  Harvard  College, 

Mr,  Weld,  though  he  was  never,  as  has  been  remarked,  a  candidate 
political  office  (excepting  the  honorary  office  of  presidential  electoi  _ 
always  torik  a  warm  interest  in  politics,  held  decided   opinions,  and 
was  in  the  habit  of  talking  frecjuently  upon  political  subjects, 
exercising  much  influence  thereby.    Of  a  conservative  and  conoiliato] 
temperament,  he  was  one  of  those  that  hoped  till  thelast  moment  in  1 
that  war  might  be  averted  by  some  honorable  compromise,  and  ho 
not  vote  that  year  for  the  Republican  candidates.     But  when  the 
broke  out,  he  devoted  all  the  enthusiasm  and  energy  of  his  nature  to 
support  of  the  government.     Ilis  age  incapacitated  him  for  mih'tary  » 
vice  and  he  held  no  public  office  where  his  efforts  would  render  h: 
conspicuous,  but  in  doing  faithfully  the  duty  of  a  private  citizen 
bad  not  perhaps  hiaeriual  in  the  Commonwealth.     In  the  first  pla< 
he  was  always  confident  and  hopeful.     Tie  l>eHeve^  ro  tliorougidy  m 
thuju^stice  of  the  cause  that  he  never  doubted  of  its  success,     lie- 
verses,  defeats,  calamities  wliich,to  many  strong  men  even,  appe;      ~ 
fatal  to  the  cautso,  had  no  other  effect  on  his  mind  than  to  deepen  tli 
the  conviction  that  the  great  darkness  must  precede  a  glorious  ^ 


Qica 

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nti- 

] 


=^'  ^^ 


1868.] 


Memoir  of  Hon,  Slqtfwn  Af.  Jfdd, 


385 


Kis  mission  seemed  to  be  to  encouraf^o  and  inspire  liia  neighbors  and 
Ifow-citizens  to  eontidencc  on  their  own  part,  and  to  an  active  and  zeal- 
ous cooperation  in  every  movement  lookijjg  to  a  vigorons  prosoculiou 
^f  the  war.     Ue  heartily  approved  of  the  determination  of  his  oldest 
m  to  g<5  into  tbe  arm3",     IJe  got  up  a  meeting  for  tlie  purpose  of 
iising  recruits,  and  gave  Lis  time  and  money  towards  the  perturmanco 
fall  the  burdens  thrown  upon  his  town.    lie  visited  the  families  of  thu 
'liers,  giving  them  friendly  counseli  pecuniary  assit^tuuce  and  hope- 
rords  in  times  of  anxiety  and  alarm,     lie  helped  the  enlisted  mea 
I  get  thoir  bounties  and  pay,  arid  with  his  wonderful  energy  and  tact, 

hirorking  with  equal  success  in  his  appeals  to  Guv.  Andrew  and  the 
ptber  officers  at  the  State  Douse  or  at  Washington,  and  in  those  to 
Ifae  poor  and  humble  with  whom  he  was  constantly  in  contact,  he 
relieved  much  distress,  made  many  people  happy,  informed  govern- 
iDcnt  ofllcers  of  the  practical  etTect  of  their  regahitions»  and  suggested 
"eforms  and  infused  sympathy  and  enthusiasm  into  the  relations  be- 
ireen  the  government  and  the  people.  Mr.  Weld  was  always  ready 
I  listen  to  any  complaint  or  euggeytion,  though  it  carae  from  a  very 
imble  source;  and  if  his  quick  and  honest  judgment  saw  any  thing 
I  !t>  deserving  of  con  side  ration  p  he  was  not  satisfied  until  he  had 
one  all  in  his  power  to  present  tbe  matter  to  those  who  could  remove 
be  trouble  or  adopt  the  suggestion.  It  will  be  remembered  that  the 
Dwo  authorities,  during  the  war,  were  required  to  render  considerable 
nc4*B,  especially  at  times  when  the  quota  of  the  town  was  to  be 
ccrtained  and  filled.  The  officers  of  his  town  constantly  called  upon 
^m  f^>r  help  in  performing  these  biborSi  and  it  was  always  freely  and 
lloerfully  rendered.  Labors  of  this  varied  character  were  performed 
him  throughout  the  war.  When  peace  came  and  the  town  hud  its 
festival  in  honor  of  the  event,  Mj*.  Weld's  name  was  honorably  men* 
oned  by  tbe  citizens  with  those  of  the  brave  soldiers,  living  aud 
ead,  who  had  consecrated  their  lives  to  their  country. 
Mr  Weld*6  connection  witli  Jlarvard  College,  both  as  graduate  and 
rcrseer,  has  already  been  alluded  to«  lie  was  %^cry  constant  in  his 
Atendance  at  the  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Overseers,  and  lor  many 
^dars  was  a  member  of  oao  of  the  Examining  Committees.  In  both 
opacities  he  did  much  to  encourage  the  study  of  the  Greek  language 
or  which  he  liad  always  a  special  fondness,  lie  was  an  early  advocate 
!tbe  policy  of  taking  the  election  of  overseers  from  the  Legislature, 
miode  which  tended,  in  his  opinion,  to  bring  the  College  under  the 
ntrol  of  political  and  sectarian  cliques  aTid  influences,  and  giving 
bto  the  t»udy  of  the  alumni  ;  and  he  did  more  than  any  one  else  to 
eure  the  passage  of  the  act  of  18G5,  which  made  that  change*  In 
_(iame  year  he  was  elected  by  the  alumni  a  member  of  their  com- 
ttttee  to  provide  a  suitable  memorial  at  Cambridge,  to  the  graduates 
*  tbe  College  who  had  iallon  in  the  war.  This  work  enlisted  his 
Warmest  sympathies  and  called  for  the  combined  exercise  of  the  varied 
Dalities  which  he  had  exhibited  in  his  service  of  the  country,  the 
bllege  and  his  personal  friends.  There  were  many  able  and  inlluen- 
l  ©en  upon  the  committee,  but  his  colleagues  have  given  their  pnldic 
"  oony  that  the  success  of  the  enterprise  is  due  mainly  to  Mr.  Weld. 
bpTomincnt  member  of  the  committee  declared,  at  a  recent  meeting 
pf  the  alumni,  that  it  was  not  too  much  to  say,  that  the  fund,  now 
onsisting  of  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  million  of  dollars,  would  not  have 
Vot.  XXIL  33^ 


38< 


Memoir  of  Hon.  Siq^hen  3/.  ffeltL 


[Octol 


Veen  raised,  but  for  Mr*  Wetd.    Not  that  he  did  all  the  work,  oi 
of  the  work,  but  that  there  were  nianj  tinieg  when  the  committee  fol 
discouraged  aud  oiiwiJling  to  go  on»  and  were  only  kept  at  their  uij 
dertaking  by  Mr.  Weld^s  vigorous  and  inspiring  conduct  and  coi| 
vorsation. 

It  was  in  the  midst  of  such  active  works  as  these,  while  in  tl 
possession  apparently  of  the  soundest  health,  physically  and  mentall] 
that  Mr.  Weld  was  suddenly  stricken  down*  lie  went  into  BosXc 
on  the  evenino:  of  Thursday,  the  5th  of  December,  1867,  tu  hear  on 
of  Charles  Dickens's  public  readir»gs,  and  caught  a  severe  cold,  while 
seated  in  the  hall.  On  the  morning  of  the  following  Sunday  he  felt 
well  enough  to  take  a  long  walk  with  one  of  his  brothers.  But  be 
became  unwell  on  his  retnrn,  and  went  immediately  to  bed.  He  had 
a  short  period  of  unconsciousness,  from  w^bich,  however,  he  recovered, 
and  tliereafter  was  conscious  to  the  end.  Soon  he  said  that  he  was 
Batisiied  that  his  weak  and  painful  condition  botukeued  the  near  ap* 
proaeh  to  death.  The  disease  proved  to  be  pleuru-pueuraouia.  The 
utmost  endeavors  of  his  family  and  physician  could  not  stay  it,  anr!  he 
failed  rapidly.  He  was  calm  and  patient  in  very  great  ei 
speaking  of  his  state  with  resignation,  and  giving  minute  ii 
in  regard  to  his  buriaL  He  died  at  six,  in  the  evening  of  Friday,  lb 
13th  day  of  December,  186t, 

The  news  of  his  death  produced  a  great  shock  in  the  commrniitjj 
His  illness  was  so  short  that  comparatively  few  had  realized  the  d.i 
ger.  In  obedience  to  the  general  wish,  a  public  meeting  was  caVIc 
which  was  largely  attended  by  the  citizens  of  the  town.  The  oldl 
men,  w^ho  were  his  contemporaries,  recalled  his  varieii  services  to  tl 
town,  and  many  of  the  yonnger  men  told  of  the  friendly  word,  th^ 
wise  counsel  aud  substantial  help  which  they  had  had  from  him  in 
their  various  enterprises.  The  meeting  throughout  was  a  simple  &ni 
heartfelt  tribute  to  the  memory  of  a  good  and  useful  man.  The  funeral 
services  were  held  in  the  Unitarian  Church  at  Jamaica  Plain,  and  wep 
conducted  by  the  pastor,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Thompson,  and  two  of  the  moS 
intimate  frtendfi  and  eminent  classmates  of  Mr.  Weld,  the  Rev.  Dr.* 
Peabody  and  Rev,  Dr.  Putnam.  His  remains  were  laid  in  the  old 
parish  burial  ground,  where  it  was  his  desire  that  he  and  bis  famil| 
after  him  should  be  buried. 

Mr.  Weld  was  twice  married:  first,  to  Miss  Sarah  B.,  daughter  i 
Joseph  Baleh,  of  Roxbiiry,  June  6,  1838,     They  had  seven  childreUij 
five  of  whom  are  now  living.     Mrs,  Weld  died  the  7th  of  Sept.,  185 

On  the  17th  of  September,  1856,  he  married  Miss  Georgiana,  datigl^l 
ter  of  George  Hallett,  by  whom  he  had  two  children.  His  wife,  wWj 
bad  devoted  herself  to  his  care  dnring  his  sickness,  was  attacked  bfj 
the  same  fatal  disease,  and  survived  him  only  a  week  ;  andoneof  theif 
children,  a  bright  and  promising  boy,  died  a  few  months  afterwards. 

This  imperfect  sketch  presents  a  man  who  was  brave»  energeliCrJ 
modest,  generous  and  faithful,  who  sought  no  public  distinctiomt,  bot 
was  content  to  devote  himself  to  the  nnostcntatious  service  of  tnany 
good  causes.  He  was  not  a  member  of  the  church  in  the  techuit^*^J 
sense,  but  he  was  a  constant  and  devout  attendant  upon  pubUc  t^\^\ 
gious  exercises,  he  did  much  for  the  promotion  of  tlie  welfare  of  tb^f 
Unitarian  denomination,  and  he  was  a  sincere  Christian  in  his  fait^*' 
We  make  heroes  every  day  of  men  who  have  done  far  less  than 


'.]   Insrriptioni  m  Grartstmes  in  North  Mansfieh 


^onn. 


»for  the  good  of  humarjily.     It  is  too  nniich  to  expect  that  the  name 
aDd  memory  of  a  private  citizen  like  Mr,  Weld  nlionld  be  remeiobcred 
loDg  by  the  general  pnblic.     But  they  will  be  cheriBhed  tenderly  and 
faithfully  by  the  relatives  and  friends  to  whose  happiness  his  genial 
manners    and   warm   Bympatbies  contributed  60  much,  by  the  men 
whom  be  trained  in  knowledge  and  virtue,  by  the  patrons  and  promoters 
of  charitable  ajid  patriotic  enterpriees  who  were  always  glad  to  enlist 
kJiis  active  energies  in  their  belialf,  and  by  the   graduates  of  the  Uni* 
BTereity  at  Cambridge,  who  will  ever  regard  him  as  one  of  their  real 
~  benefactors, 


JINSCRIPTIONS  ON  ORAVE^STONES  IN  NORTH  MANSFIELD, 

CONNECTICUT, 

[Communicated  hy  the  Rev,  EnMu:»D  F.  Slaptbb,  AMJ\ 

Thb  following  are  inscriptioneon  a  few  of  tlie  grave-etones  in  an  old 
[Cemetery  situjited  about  a  mile  and  a  half  north  west  JVom  the  meeting 
use  in  North  Mauislield,  Conuecticut.  It  is  commonly  known  as  the 
rley  burial  ground.  It  will  be  obBerved  that  in  all  cases  the 
[>nB  whose  names  have  been  selected  for  transcription  were,  with 
[the  exception  of  the  last  two,  born  before  the  year  1700.  They  were 
Itlie  earliest  settlers  in  this  part  of  Mansfield .  Their  descendants  are, 
]  for  the  most  part,  very  numerous,  and  are  funnd  in  ueaily  all  the  States. 
'*  In  Memory  of  Mrs  Experience  Gurley  wife  of  Mr,  Samuel  Gurley 
I  who  died  July  10"^  1768  in  ye  Tith  year  of  her  age*" 

(N,  B, — Near  by  is  the  grave  of  Mr.  Samuel  Gurley,  but  the  inscrip- 
[tion  on  the  stone  is  illegible,) 

'*  In  Memory  of  ^Irs  Abigail  Baiter  who  died  Feb'  1167  in  ye  88th 
I  year  of  her  Age." 

**  Ilere  lies  iutcrM  ye  Body  of  Mrs  Experience  Williams  wife  of  Capt. 
•Wni'"  Williams  who  died  March  yc  13^  A. D.  17GI  in  ye  65  year  of 
I  lerage." 

"  In  Memory  of  Capt.  William  Williams  who  died  Feb'  ye  4***  1767 
in  ye  77  year  of  his  Ago     Blessed  are  ye  dead  who  die  in  ye  Lord," 

"  In  Memory  of  Mrs  Abiel  Cbauncey  who  Dep^^  this  Life  July  ye 
aoth  1758  in  ye  73"*  year  of  her  Age." 

**  In  Memory  of  Lieu  Timoth^r  IHmmick  who  departed  thia  life  Dec' 
ye  27'**  1783.     In  the  86'^*  year  of  hia  Age," 

"In  Memory  of  Mrs  Ann  wife  of  Lieut  Timothy  Dimmick  who  died 
Oct  ye  S'^  1788  In  ye  t»2^  year  of  her  Age/' 

'*  In  Memory  of  Mr  John  Craine  who  died  March  ye        1766  in  ye 
t^year  of  hia  Age." 

**  In  Memory  of  Mrs  Abigail  ye  wife  of  Mr  John  Craine,  who  died 
Sept  ye        1765  in  ye      year  of  her  Age." 
(N.  B.^ — The  lettering  aeems  never  to  have  been  completed.) 
**  In  Memory  of  Deacon  Einathan  Brigham  who  died  April  ye  10***  A. 
D,  1758  in  ye  76^  year  of  hia  Age." 

In  Memory  of  Mrs  Bcthial  wife  of  Dea^  Einathan  Brigham  who  died 
April  ye  15  A.  D.  1765,  in  ye  83  year  of  her  Age." 
*4n  Memory  of  Mr  Joseph  Hovey  who  died  Oct'  ye  2H^  A  D,  179o 


388 


Old  Ihuui  in  £Wjr  Coimty,  Man* 


[October, 


In  tliD  81^  year  of  hta  Age*    Who  wae  a  Deacon  of  a  Baptiat  Clmrcli 

for  a  number  of  years  ;  and  died  iu  ful!  belief  of  those  principles.** 

**  In  Memory  of  Mrs  Thankful  wife  of  Deac'*  Joseph  Hovey  who  died 
May  W^'  n9L     In  ye  89*^  year  of  her  Age/' 

(N.  B. — Mr.  Joseph  llovey  was  a  *5on  of  James  Hovey,  who  remove 
with  a  large  family  from  Maiden  to  Mansfield  in  the  18th  century^  an 
grandson  of  James,  who  was  killed  by  the  Indians  iu  Broukfield 
King   Philip's   war,    and   great-grandson  of  Daniel   of  Jpswieh, 
emigrant  ancestor  of  this  family,  who  married  Abigail,  daughter 
Kobert,  and  sister  of  Thomas  Audi-ewe,  the  school-matiter  of  Ipswichi 


OLD  HOUSES  IN  ESSEX  COUNTY,  MASS. 

[Cammunicated  try  Jaooi  W.  Rbso^  £»q J 

I  HATE  noticed  in  one  of  the  earlier  numbers  of  the  Register,  a  af 
ment  m  reTcrence  to  the  Leonard  house  which  had  **  16^0  *  *  engrave 
or  painted  on  the  gable,  as  representing  the  year  of  its  erection  ;  an 
the  communication  further  represented  the  same  to  be  oue  of  the  oldea 
houses  in  the  State.  I  am  confident  that  there  are  many  houses  in 
coanty  of  Essex,  still  occupied,  which  were  built  before  that  time 
several  of  which  are  now  in  Rowley. 

Tltere  is  one  iu  Groveland,  fitili  occupied  and  in  good  conditioni, 
which  was  built  by  Mr.  Henry  Be  well,  the  worthy  ancestor  of  all  th^ 
Kcwolls  in  New  England,  and  after  living  there  several  years  die 
about  1659.  His  son  Henry  sold  the  estate,  as  administrator  of  hi 
father,  in  May,  16Q2,  to  Samuel  Worcester,  the  ancestor  of  all  th^ 
Worceaters  in  tliis  country.  In  1727  the  estate  passed  into  the  hanJ^ 
of  Rev.  William  Balch,  by  whose  descendants  it  is  still  occupied. 

One  of  the  two  houses  on  Elart's  Island,  I  am  told  by  an  intoUigen^ 
and  reliable  inhabitant,  was  built  in  1646. 

The  houses  of  those  times  were  mostly  built  two  stones  in  heighti 
and  about  22  by  25  feet  j  the  lower  storj-  was  used  for  the  chimney  and 
en  try  way,  and  one  great  room  was  used  as  a  ro*m  for  the  family  tdj 
live  in,  and  the  room  where  they  made  their  ploughs,  yokes,  &c-,  and! 
where  the  celeliratcd  huskiogs  of  olden  time  were  held.     The  fireplace] 
was  about  ten  feet  long,  Hyq  feet  deop^  and  high  enough  for  a  man  toJ 
stand  erect  under  the  great  oak  mantle  bar,  wnth  stools  at  each  end  of  I 
it  for  the  women  and  children  to  sit  and  knit  or  read,  while  the  mafl  f 
would  be  shaving  shingles  or  making  his  farming  tools.     This  room 
was  lighted  by  a  pine  knot  stuck  into  a  socket  iu  the  back  of  the  fir^  I 
place.     The  second   story  was  parted   ofl'  by   single  partitions,  or, 
perhaps,  by  coverlids,  to   constitute  sleeping  rooms  for   the  lar;^r  | 
children,    the    parents   and   smaller   children   sleeping  in   the  gn?«t 
room  below.     Those  houses  were  built  of  heavy  oak  timber,  hewed 
out  by  hand  J  as  were  also  the  planks  to  cover  them,  and  the  naiU  were 
all  wrought  out  on  the  blacksmith's  anvil.     As  their  means  increased 
and  neceflsity  demanded,  they  would  enlarge  by  a  back  leanto,  a"^ 
on  the  marriage  of  the  oldest  son  they  would  build  another  room 
on  to  the  body  of  the  house,  making  what  was  called  a  double  house 


1868.] 


Fletcher  Genealogy. 


389 


» 


in  length.  Most  of  the  houses  in  Es&ex  County  built  from  one  to  two 
hundred  years  ago  were  substantially  constructed  in  this  manner, 
thangh  sume  were  in  the  cottage  form,  which  was  about  the  same  in 
Us  gruuntl  plan,  and  one  story  high,  with  very  steep  roof,  or  what 
wafi  caVlt'd  a  gambrel  rouf.  Many  of  t!iis  description  are  still  standing, 
though  much  altered  in  their  form  by  additions.  There  were  more 
new  houses  erected  in  this  county  within  the  last  forty  years,  than 
the  whole  number  built  in  one  hundred  and  i^ixty  yearn  previous. 

I  learn  tliat  Rev.  Sanjuel  Sewell,  who  through  lifo  with  his  family 
sustained  the  virtue  and  piety  of  his  ancestors,  has  left  a  history  of 
the  Sewell  family  bcliind  liim  ready  for  publication.  The  Worcester 
family  have  also  a  printed  history  of  the  family  by  J.  F.  Worcester, 
Esq,,  of  Salem,  and  I  am  myeelf  preparing  a  work  in  reference  to  the 
County  of  Essex,  which  will  be  more  full  on  this  subject. 


FLETCHEK  GENEALOGY. 
[Compiled  by  Ei>warb  H.  Fletciceti,  Esq.,  New  York,  N-  Td 

The  name  was  originally  written  Jledger,  and  was  the  name  of  the 
[  trade  of  a  maker  of  arrows  ;  or,  as  some  tliink,  of  affixing  the  feather 
upon  the  arrow— fledging  it.*  The  French  word  Jfechier  has  precisely 
the  same  meaning,  and  some  have  from  hence  inferred  a  French  extrac- 
tiun.  AH  the  traditions  concur  in  making  our  early  ancestors  of 
English  or  Welsh  stock,  and  Yorkshire,  one  of  the  northern  counties 
of  England,  is  named  as  tbe  spot  from  whence  they  emigrated  to 
America,  The  name  has  been  for  centunOB,  and  still  ig,  conunon  in 
Yorkshire,  Rev,  Elijah  Fletcher,  of  Ilopkinton,  N,  II.  (b.  1747,  d. 
1T86),  who  first,  so  far  as  we  know,  made  genealogical  collections  of 
the  family,  believed  that  our  great  ancestor  Koberi*  came  from  York- 
.shire ;  and  that  account  was  gathered  when  Eobert' s  great-grand- 
children were  living*  Robert  settled  at  Concord,  Mass.,  in  1630,  in 
which  year  seventeen  ships  arrived  in  Mass.  Bay  and  at  Plymouth. 
He  had  then  three  sons,  Luke,  William  and  Samuel,  and  was  himself 
thirty-eigbt  years  of  age.  It  was  five  years  later  that  Concord  was 
organized,  the  twentieth  town  incorporated  within  what  are  now  the 
Umit«  of  Massachusetts,  and  his  name  appears  in  the  earliest  records. 
He  became  a  wealthy  and  influential  man,  and  died  at  Concord,  April 
8,  167T,  aged  85.     Children  were  ; 

1,  Luke,'  (4)     III,  Samuel.' 

II.  William.'  (5)     IV.  Francis.' 

Luke'  (2),  b.  in  England;  d.  May  21,  1665.  Probably  onmar. 
WitxiAM*  (3),  b.  in  England,  1622.  Admitted  freeman  at  Con- 
cord, 1643.  Married  Lydia  Bates,  Oct.  7,  1645.  Settled  in 
1653  at  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  of  which  ho  was  one  of  the  first 
inhabitants  aTuI  afterwards  Selectman,  His  tract  of  land 
embraced  wliat  is  now  the  city  of  Lowell.  A  part  of  his  land, 
a  farm  near  the  meeting-house  in  Chelmsford,  remains  as  it 


(2) 
(3) 


•  Brudy's  dissertation  on  oAmcs,  London,  1822. 


390  Fletcher  Genealogy.  [October, 


?! 


always  has  in  possession  of  the  family,  and  is  now  occupied 
by  Gardner  Fletcher.*     Children  were : 
I.  Lydia,^  b.  Jan.  30,  1647  ;  m.  John  Fiske,  May  27,  1666. 
II.  Joshua.'  (11)      VI.  William.* 

8)  III.  Mary.'  (12)    VII.  Estor.' 

9)  IV.  Paul.'  (13)  VIII.  Samuel.' 
[10)     V.  Sarah.' 

Samuel'  (4),  b.  in  England.     Settled  in  the  part  of  Chelmsford 
which  is  now  Westford.     Children  were  : 

(14)  I.  Hannah,'  b.  Sept.  14,  1666. 

(15)  II.  Samuel.'  (16)  III.  William.' 

(17)  IV.  Lydia,'  b.  Sept.  26,  1669. 
Francis'  (5),  b.  at  Concord,  1636 ;  m.  August  1,  1656,  Eliza- 
beth, dau.  of  George  and  Katharine  Wheeler.  His  large 
family  of  children  were  b.  at  Concord,  but  as  his  death  does 
not  appear  on  the  Concord  records  it  is  probable  he  removed 
from  that  place  before  he  died.  He  was  reported  "in  full 
communion  with  ye  church  at  Concord"  in  1677,  and  adm. 
freeman  the  same  year.  At  that  time  he  owned  17  lots  of 
land  in  C,  amounting  to  437  acres.  Wife  Elizabeth  d.  June 
14, 1704.     Children  were  : 

(18)  I.  Samuel.'  (19)  II.  Joseph.' 
(20)      III.  Elizabeth,'  b.  Aug.  24,  1663 ;  m.  Samuel  Stratton,  Aug. 

28,  1683. 
John,'  b.  Feb.  28, 1665  ;  m  Hannah  Hunt,  Feb.  18, 1690. 
Sarah,'  b.  Feb.  24,  1668. 
Hezekiah.'  (88) 
Hannah,'  b.  October  24,  1674. 
Benjamin,'  b.  December  1,  1677. 
Joshua'  (7),  b.  March  30,  1648 ;  adm.  freeman  March  11,  1689. 
He  had  two  wives,  one  of  whom  ho  m.  1680.     Children  by 
1st,  were  : 
.   (26)  I.  Joshua,*  m.  Dorothy ;  Deacon  of  church  at  West- 

ford  ;  d.  Oct.  19,  1732. 
(27)         II.  Paul.-*  (28)  III.  Timothy,* b.  Oct.  20, 1685. 

(29)  IV.  John,*  b.  May  7,  1687.     Settled  in  Lancaster,  Mass.. 

on  a  farm,  a  little  west  of  the  present  brick  meeting 
house.  The  old  homestead  is  still  in  possession  of 
his  descendants.     Died  May  26,  1760. 

(30)  V.  Rachel.* 

(31)  VI.  Joseph,*  settled  and  lived  at  Westford. 

(32)  VII.  Sarah.* 

(33)  VIII.  Jonathan,*  m.  Jane . 

*  Mr.  Gardner  Fletcher  relates  that  the  tradition  handed  down  throusrh  his  branch  of  the 
family  is,  that  there  were  two  brothers,  Robert  and  William,  who  came  from  Chclmsfonl, 
Enff.,  and  nettled— the  former  at  Concord,  and  the  latter  at  Chelmsford.  He  says  that  a 
bell  was  once  presented  by  Chelmsford,  En^.,  to  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  weij?hin;r  900-  P>8. 
When  the  bell  arrived  at  Charlcstown  it  was  clande^stinely  appropriated  by  the  Cluirlestown 
people,  who  snbstitntcd  and  fonvarded  to  Chelmsford  one  wcifjhing  only  170  lbs.  The 
trick  was  detected  by  finding  the  word  "  Chelmsford"  cast  in  relief  upon' the  bell  on  the 
ClmrlcHtown  mcetinjf-house. 

The  only  trace  the  writer  has  been  able  to  find  of  a  "William  who  could  have  l>eou 
brother  of  *RolK?rt,  is  from  the  records  of  Middletown,  Ct. :  *'  Rev.  Samuel  Stow  m.  llopc, 
dau.  of  WUliam  Fletcher,  Esq.  1649." 


1868.]  Fletcher  Genealogy.  391 

(84)      IX.  Elizabetb.*  in.  Samuel  Hartwell,  Feb.  6,  1723. 

(35)       X.  Jonas,*  m.  Elizabeth ;  lived  at  Westford. 

Paul*  (9),  m.  Deliverance  Stevens,  April  12,  1106 ;  Deacon  of 
the  church  ;  d.  Jan.  8,  1736.    Deliverance  d.  Jan.  2i,  1761. 
Had: 
(36)  Lydia,*  b.  March  15,  1730. 

Wiluam'  (11),  b.  Feb.  21,  1657;    adra.  freeman,   March  11, 

1689  ;  m.  Sarah .     Received  a  Lieutenant's  commission 

from  Gov.  Dudley,  at  Boston,  1704.     Died  1713.     Children 
were : 

I.  Rebecca.*  (42)      VI.  Mary.* 

II.  Phebe.*  (43)     VII.  Lydia.* 

III.  Deborah.*  (44)  VIII.  Sarah.* 

IV.  Reuben.*  (45)      IX.  Josiah,*  b.  Apr.  8, 1687. 
V.  Esther.*  (46)       X.  Bethiel.* 

XI.  Robert,*  b.  1691  ;  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  that  part  of 
Dunstable  which  is  now  Tyngsboro*,  where  he  died 
Sept.  20,  1773. 
(48)    XIT.  William.*  (49)  XIII.  Ezekiel,*  b.  1695. 

(50)  XIV.  Daniel,*  b.  1697. 

EsTOR*  (12),  b.  Apr.  12, 1664  ;  m.  Isaac,  son  of  Abraham  Parker. 

He  was  b.  Sept.  13,  1660,  and  d.  Feb.  22,  1688. 
Samuel'  (13),  adm.  freeman  Mar.  11, 1689.     Married  1st,  Sarah 
Bale,  June  7,  1699 ;  2d,  Elizabeth  Proctor,  Dec.  20,  1708. 
Children  were : 

I.  Sarah  *  (54)      IV.  Mary.* 

II.  Rosanna.*  (55)       V.  Elizabeth.* 

III.  Lydia.* 

VI.  Hannah,*  m.  Timothy  Barron  of  Groton,  Jan.  13,  1725. 
VII.  Isaac*         (58)  VIII.  Paul.*        (59)  IX.  William.* 
Samuel'  (15).     Children  were  : 

(60)  I.  Ebenezer.* 

(61)  II.  Eleazer,*b.  at  Littleton,  Mass.,  1688.  Settled  in  Sutton, 
now  a  part  of  Grafton,  Mass.,  before  1729.  Married 
1st,  Elizabeth  Robbins  ;  2d,  widow  Mehitable  Cutler ; 
d.  at  Grafton,  1768. 

WiLUAM*  (16),  d.  1743.     Children  were  : 

(62)  I.  William,*  m.  Elizabeth  Remington. 

(63)  II.  Samuel.* 

(64)  III.  Oliver,*  b.  at  Charlestown,  1708.  Grad.  at  H.  C.  1735. 
Counsellor  at  law.  Justice  of  the  peace.  Town  clerk, 
Rep.  in  Lcgis.     Died  Dec.  1,  1771. 


(65)  IV.  Thomas.*  (66)  V.  Robert.* 


VI.  Mary.*       (68)  VII.  Benjamin.*       (69)  VIII.  Lydia.* 
Samuel*  (corporal),  b.  Aug.  6,  1657;  m.  Elizabeth  Wheeler, 
Apr.    15,  1682.     Selectman  of  Concord,  1705,  '07,  '09  and 
'13  ;  d.  Oct.  23,  1744.     Wife  survived  him  but  three  days. 
Children  were  : 


(70)  I.  Samuel,*  b.  Aug.  28,  1683. 

(71)  --    '        ----- 


II.  Joseph,*  b.  Mar.  26,  1686.  Married  Ist,  Elizabeth 
Carter,  Dec.  20,  1704  ;  2d,  Hepsibah  Jones,  July  11, 
1711.     Lived  in  the  part  of  Concord  set  off  to  form 


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Fkkher  Gmealogy* 


[Oc« 


the  toitrn  of  Acton,    Deacon  of  churcli.     Died; 
n,  1745. 

III.  Elizabeth,*  b.  Apr.  2.  1688. 

IV,  Sarah/  b.  May  19,  1690. 
Y.  John/  b.  Aug.  26.  1692 ;  m.  M^wy . 

YT.  Hannah/  b.  Dec.  1.  1694. 
YIL  Ruth.*  b.  Mar,  2. 1696 ;  d.  Jane  20,  1700, 
nil.  Rebecca/  b.  June  2.  1699. 
IX.  Samuel/  b.  Apr.  27,  1701. 
X.  Beojaroin/  b.  Apr.  29,  1703;  lived  19  days. 

XL  Timothy/  b.  Aug.  28,  1704  ;  m*  Elizabeth • 

Joseph*  (19).  b.  Apr.  16.  1661  ;  m.  Mary  Dudley,  June  17, 
Wife  d.  Apr.  27,  1805.     Children  were: 
(81)  I.  Joseph/  b.  June  7,  1689.  . 

(m        II.  Benjamin/  b.  Jan.  1,  1691. 

(83)  III.  Samuel/ b.  Nov.  30,  1692;  m.  Abigail  Hubbard, 
18,  1721. 

(84)  IV.  Ebenezer/  b.  Mar.  23,  1694. 

(85)  V.  Mary.*  b.  Dec.  19,  1695. 

(86)  VI.  Francis/   b.   Nov.  12,  1698;    m.  Abigail , 

was  b.   1700.  and  d,  at  New  Ipswich.  N.  It.,  ] 
where  his  sons  had  settled.     His  name  appears 
list  of  subscribers  to  Prince's  Chronology  whicb 
commenced  1728.     He  then  lived  at  Concord, 
all  his  children  were  bom.  and  was  advanced  in] 
when  he  removed  to  N*  I. 

(87)  YII.  Jane/  b,  Nov.  29,  1700. 
Hrzekiah*  (23).  b.  Apr.  6,  1672;  m.  Mary  Wood,  Maf 

1703.     Children  were : 

nezokitth/  b.  Dec.  15.  1704, 
Abraham/  b,  Jan.  20.  1706. 
Marv/  Ix  Nov.  14,  1708. 
Wtll'iiim.*b.  Dec.  15,  1710. 
Jerashii/b.  Jan.  17.  1712. 
Sarah/ b.  Feb.  22,  1715. 
Rebecca/ b.  Nov.  13,  1717. 
YIII,  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  14,  1720. 
The  foregoing  and  their  descendants  comprise  all  the  Fletcher 
America  of  whom  the  writer  has  met  with  any  account*  up  tfi\ 
year  1700,  except  the  following: 

Mofies  Fletcher  came  in  t!io  Mayflower,  and  died  in  a  few  mon 
unmarried. 

Edward,  of  Boston,  adm,  townsman,  member  of  church  and  freeffl 
1640.  Probate  overseer.  Cutler  by  trude.  Afterwards  preaehei^ 
Dover,  N.  IT,     No  issue. 

Joseph,  IMilea  and  Lndovick,  are  found  among  immigranti 
Virginia,  1635. 

John,  Wethersfield,  m.  Mary  Joyce,  1639  ;  d.  Apr,  18, 162  ,  lea^ ' 
no  male  issue. 

Benjamin.  CdI.,  Governor  of  New  York,  1698,  left  no  chil' 
this  country. 

In  the  publication  of  the  later  generations  of  the  descendtnl 
Eobert.  the  compiler  would  invite,  in  order  to  its  completem 
co-operation  of  any  and  all  who  bear  the  name. 


88] 

1          I- 

89' 

1         "• 

9o; 

I       III. 

91 

1        IV. 

92 

1         V. 

93^ 

1       VI. 

94 

1     VII. 

95* 

1   VIII. 

'1868.] 


'^esseb  of  War  built  at  Portsmouth^ 


893 


VESSELS  OF   WAR   BUILT  AT  P0ET3M0CTH,  NEW 

UAMPSEIEE,  1690-^1868. 

[Conunaaicated  by  Capt.  Geo.  Hexbt  Pbeble,  U*  S.  N.] 

SmPBtnLDixcj  was  an  oarly,  and  in  time  became  a  very  extensive, 
l^raoch  of  nidustry  ou  the  Piscataqua  and  its  tributary  streams.  For* 
eign  mercbants  conld  then,  as  in  later  times,  and  even  to  otir  owe 
day,  there  sopply  themselves  with  vessels  at  a  lower  price  than  else- 
where, and  it  was  only  natural  that  Government  should  avail  itself  of 
the  facilities  this  place  offered  for  the  construction  of  vessels  of  war. 

Previous  to  the  recent  civil  war  it  is  believed  moro  national  vessels 
had  been  built  at  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  and  la  its  neighbor- 
1  hood,  than  at  auy  other  seaport  on  this  continent. 

Many  of  these  vessels  were  constructed  on  an  island  in  the  harbor 
opposite  to  Purtsmouthj  once  called  Fernald's  Island,  which  was  an 
appendage  to  the  town  of  Kiitery,  in  the  State  of  Maine,  but  is  now 
the  site  of  the  United  States  Navy  Yard.  This  island,  containing  sixty- 
three  and  a  half  acres,  was  purchased  of  Captain  William  Dennett,  by 
Jacob  Sheafe,  Esq.,  Navy  Agents  during  tlie  administration  of  John 
Adams,  in  1S06,  fur  $5500,  and  has  improvements  on  it  that,  up  to 
1859,  had  cost  the  United  States  $1,972,858. 

In  186T,  Scavey^s  Island,  connected  with  it  by  abridge  and  contain- 
ing one  hundred  and  five  acres,  was  purchased  for  $105,000,  agreeably 
loan  act  of  Congress  passed  April,  1B66. 
I   A  plan  for  the  extension  of  the  Navy  Yard  and  the  improvement  of 

ivey's  Island  has  been  devised  :  but  nothing  has  yet  been  done,  for 
[%aiit  of  the  necessary  appropriations  ;  excepting  to  fit  up  several  of 
tkeold  farm  houses  for  the  accomraodation  of  officers. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  vessels  of  war,  with  the  date  of  their  launch, 
^kilt  prior  to  1861,      Fains  liave  been  taken  to  make  it  as  perfect  as 
ftible  ;  still,  the  names  of  some  private  armed  ships  may  have  beea 

Itted. 


i. 


Kame. 

OanB. 

Year. 

Falkland, 

54 

1690 

Brdford  (galley) 

32 

1696 

Amehica, 

50 

1U9 

Raleigh, 

32 

1776 

.  Dimensions,  131.5  ;  gun- 
deck,  110,7  ;  keel,  34.5  ;  breadth,  1 1  ;  depth, ;  697  tons, 

220  men,  32  guns,  as  given  in  the  British  Navy  List  after 
her  capture, 

&,    Ranger,  18  1776  *  ,, .  Captured  at  Charleston, 

S,  C,  by  the  enemy's  fleet,  1780,  Her  armament  was  6 
pounders, 

6.    America,  74  1782 

t.    Crescent,  32  1796 

^    Scam  MEL,  14  1798  ,,, ,  Revenue  schooner,   18T 

tons,  cost  $20,000.     Sold  in  1801  for  $8,200, 

I   Portsmouth,  24  170S 593  tons.    Cost  $59,600. 

Sold  at  Baltimore,  1801,  for  $31,366.     Crew  220. 

ToL,  XXII.  34 


394 


Vetsds  of  War  built  at  Fontmouth,  N.  H. 


10. 


[Oclobcr, 
3JP 


11. 
12, 


18. 


14, 


15. 


16 


17. 


18. 


19, 


20. 


Cost   $112,- 
at  Feasacola. 

Cost  $399r 
by  the 


Nimie.  Quni.  fmr. 

OoN(iRE3s,  36  1T99  ....  1268  tons,  344  men,  Oc 

$197/246.     Broken  op  at  Norfolk,  Ya.,  1836.      She  brought_ 

to  the  United  States  the  first  Ambafigador  from  the  Barba 

powers. 
Washington,  74  1814  ....  2259  tons,  750  men.  Co 

$335,800,     Was  broken  up  at  New  York  in  1843,  and  w| 

the  second  74  launched  under  tUe  new  organization  of  the 

Navy  DepartmeuL 
Porpoise,  14  1820 198  tons.    Cost  $25,52 

Lost  in  the  West  Indies  on  Reef  of  Point  Lizardo,  1833. 
Tom.  Bowune,        12  1814 260  tons.    Purchased  for 

$13,000,  and  sold  oot  of  senrice  in  1816. 
CoNconD,  18  1828 700  tons.  Cost  $115,325. 

Lost  on  the  east  coast  of  Africa,  1843,     Repairs  to  1S40 

cost  $72,796.52. 
Preble,  18  1828 566  tons. 

782  ;    for  repairs  in    1850,    $44,949.      Burnt 

Length  117  feet,  beam  32  feet,  hold  15  feet. 
CoNGKESs,  50  1811  ....  1867  tons. 

088;  repairs  to   1850,  cost  $122,631.      Was  burnt 

Kebel  ram  Merrimac  in  Hampton  Koads* 
Saratoqi,  20  1842 882  tons.  Cost  $159,H 

cost  for  repairs  to  1850,  $86,847.     The  cost  of  repairs  sin 

is  not  known,  and  she  is  still  iu  the  service.     Length  150 

feet,  beam  36.9,  hold  16.3. 
Portsmouth,  22  1843  . . ,  , .  1022    tons,  210    men. 

Length  151,10  feet,  beam  38.1.  hold  17.2.     Cost  $170,5S|^ 

cost  for  repairs  to  1850,  $24,280.     The  cost  for  repairs  siii^^ 

is  not  koowij,  and  she  is  still  in  the  service, 

{  'h:eT:t;£er)  }  «  ''''-•  ^^'^'  ^  '^^  ^avy  Reg- 

ister  of  1868,  as  a  second  rate;  1446  tons  old,  and  1238  new 
measurement.    Cost  complete,  armed  and  equipped  for  sea, 
$435,400.    StiU  in  service. 
Santee,  50  1855 ...  .  172G  tons.     Begun  18S 

lengthened  and  latinclied  1855.     In  service  as  a  schoul  si 
at  the  Naval  Academy. 

Iscr^wTaV}  '  1869. ...994  tons  old,  671  n«w 

measurement.     Rated  on  the  Navy  Register  of  1868  as 
third  rate,  and  in  service  in  the  North  PaciBc.     The  Mc 
can's  extreme  length  is  233  feet,  breadth   33  feet,  depth 
hold  16  feet,  and  she  draws   13  feet  of  water.     Flor  s^ 
measure  9800  square  feet,  and   she  is  armed  with  two 
inch  and  four  32  pounders.  , 

All  the  foregoing,  with  the  exception  of  the  Saranac  and  Mohica^M 
were  sailing  vessels.  Several  have  attained  historical  reputati<wP 
either  from  their  own  deeds,  or  facts  connected  with  them,  thus  : 

The  Falkland,  or,  as  sometimes  spelt,  the  FauUclaad,  a  54  gun  ship, 
built  in  1690,  by  ord^r  of  the  British  Government,  was  the  first  ship 
of  ]^ar  built  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic.  She  was  a  4th  rate  of  that 
date,  and  is  called  by  Gooper,  **  The  first  ship  of  the  Line  built  in 


0   iff 


1868,] 


Vmek  of  War  built  at  Fifrtmmah,  N.  H, 


395 


America."  Though  of  a  new  and  larger  ship  of  tbe  same  name  on  the 
English  Navy  Lisl  of  1748,  it  is  noted  she  was  "of  a  class  not  to  be 
put  into  the  line  of  battle  except  on  very  extraordinary  occasional' 

Launching  a  ship  hi  those  early  times,  was  an  event  of  great  im- 
portance, and  always  attended  by  all  persons  of  both  sexes  living  in 
the  vicinity,  who  expected  an  ample  supply  of  good  cheer ;  rum  for 
the  men,  and  wifje  for  the  fair  sex.  We  read  in  the  Life  of  Sir  Wm. 
Pepperrel!,  that  on  the  occasion  of  his  lannching  a  vessel  at  Saco,  in 
1696,  designed  for  trading  purposes,  he  allowed  and  sent  down  to 
hiB  agent  a  barrel  of  wine  and  a  barrel  of  rum  for  the  festivities  of  the 
occasion,  and  that  the  vessel  was  launched  with  her  sails  bent,  it  being 
"  dangerous  tarrying  on  account  of  hostile  Indians  iu  the  vicinity,'' 
and  **  expensive  to  keep  the  men  upon  pay,'* 

I  have  been  unable  to  find  any  account  of  the  launch  of  the  Falk- 
land, but  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  launch  of  so  large  a  vesseU 
and  the  first  man  of  war  built  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic,  was  pro- 
perly celebrated,  in  accord  with  the  spirit  of  the  times. 
I  Sir  William  Phipps  sailed  with  a  squadron  from  **Nantascot"  on 
^  the  28th  of  April,  16S)0,  for  Port  Royal,  Nova  Scotia,  where  he  arrived 
May  11,  and  which  surrendered  to  him  after  two  or  three  days  resist- 
ance. His  squadron  sailed  again  from  "  Midi  near  Boston,"  on  the 
^th  of  August,  on  his  first  fruitless  expedition  against  Quebec,  which, 
says  Lediard,  "  cost  the  Colony  of  New  England  forty  thousand 
pounds.-'  I  can  find  no  list  of  the  vessels  of  his  squadron  ;  but  it  is 
highly  probable  the  new  ship,  just  launched  at  Portsmouth,  was  on 
one  or  both  of  these  expeditions. 

In  1707,  the  Falkland  50,  Capt.  John  Fndcrdown,  undoubtedly  the 
ship  launched  at  Portsmouth  in  1690,  was  the  largest  of  three  ships  ; 
the  Med  way  48,  and  the  Nonsuch,  being  the  other  two,  forming  a 
squadron  on  the  Newfoundland  station  which  completely  destroyed 
the  French  fishery  both  on  the  banks  and  coast  of  that  island,  and 
burnt  one  French  ship  of  32  guns,  one  ditto  of  20,  and  took  two  of 
20  each.  She  arrived  with  Sir  Hovenden  Walker's  fleet  at  Spithead, 
October  12,  1711,  was  laid  up  at  Chatham  in  1712,  and  was  taken  to 
pieces  in  1718,  and  rebuilt  in  1720.  The  name  \vat4  long  preserved 
on  the  English  Navy  Lists.  In  Lediard'S  Naval  History,  I  find,  June 
!27,  1728— the  Falkland,  50,  fourth  rate,  280  men,  commissioned  un- 
^der  command  of  Samuel  Atkins  ;  and  June  30,  1729,  lying  at  Spithead. 
Again  the  Falkland,  fourth  rate,  50  guns,  300  men,  is  one  of  86  ships 
^getting  ready  for  service  under  Sir  Charles  Wager,  and  she  waa 
docked  and  cleared  and  put  in  commission  on  the  21  st  of  February, 
1730.  The  tonnage  of  this  successor  of  the  American  built  ship  is 
[stated  as  761  tons. 

Id  1744,  another  ship  of  the  name  was  built  of  the  following  dimen- 
isions  :  140.2  feet  on  the  gun  deck,  113.6  keel,  40.2  beam,  17. Sj  depth, 
974  tons.  350  men,  and  50  guns.  Afterwards  her  armament  was 
reduced  to  48  guns  of  less  calibre  than  her  original  armament,  in  order 
to  lighten  her,  when  her  crew  was  out  down  to  226,  Her  name  is 
continued  on  the  Navy  Lists  for  1748,  1756  and  1763. 

Tho  Bedford  32,  launche  1  in  1696,  and  the  second  war  vessel  built 
tX  Portsmuuth,  is  styled  in  tlie  eotemporary  accounts  a  galleif.^  I  find 
ia  Navy  Llsta  of  that  and  subsequent  dates,  frequent  mention  of  ves- 


•  Charnock'ii  Marine  ArcMtccture. 


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VmeU  of  War  hutlt  at  Portmouthf  K  H.        [Octol 


sols  of  the  same  number  of  guns  styled  "galleys."    Tbe  "  Chtirl^ 

G alley/ '|0f  32  guus,  was  one  of  Sir  George  Rooke's  squadroD  iq 
Mediterranean  in  ltO-4  ;    and   Capt.  William  Kidd's  vessel  in  whk 
he  **  sailed/'  was  styled  "  the  Adventure  Galley/* 

**  The  Bedford  Galley/'  probably  the  vessel  built  at  Portsmouth, 
mentioned  in  a  list  of  ships  attached  to  Sir  Ilovendcn  Walker's  squa 
ron,  which  sailed  from  Boston,  on  his  unsuccessful  expedition  again 
Quebec,  Canada,  August  14,  17U.  On  the  Navy  List,  March  8. 
1701-2,  I  find  the  ''  Bedford  Galley  32/'  135  men,  and  the  -  Mai^^' 
and  tfie  "  Charles"  galUes,  both  of  the  same  number  of  gubS  and  mc 
The  tonnage  of  the  Mary  Galley  is  stated  as  695.  which  was  proli 
bly  about  the  tonnage  of  the  Bedford.  Elsewhere  the  Mary  ia  pn 
down  as  a  *'  snow,"  which  was  probably  the  rig  of  these  vessels. 

*'  The  Bedford  Galley  "  is  again  mentioned  as  tskjine  ship  in  Sir  John 
Mo^^i8^s  squadron,  in  1720-1,  and  is  reported  as  carrying  only 
men  and  8  guns.  In  the  same  squadron  was  another  Bedford,  a  thi 
rate  mounting  70  guns,  and  carrying  440  men*  Ftdconer,  in 
Marine  Dictionary,  defines  "a  snow  as  the  largest  of  all  twl 
masted  vessels  employed  by  Europeans/'  and  says  *'  sloops  of  war^ 
occasionally  assumed  the  form  of  snows,  in  order  to  deceive  the  ene- 
my/' The  rig  was  similar  to  that  of  a  modern  ftill-riggcd  brig.  Gal- 
leys, according  to  another  authority,  carried  their  guns  on  a  continu- 
ous or  Hush  deck^  while  frigate  built  ships  had  deep  waists  and  high 
poops  and  forecastles. 

The  Ameinca  44,  launched  in  1749,  was  the  third  vessel  of  war  built 
at  Portsmouth.  A  model  of  her,  presented  by  Madame  Elwyn,  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  Gov.  Langdon,  is  preserved  in  the  cabinet  of  the  Ports- 
mouth Athennjum.  It  is  a  beautiful  piece  of  workmanship  in  maho- 
gany, planked  up  as  the  ship  would  be,  except  that  the  planks  of  the 
upper  deck,  as  also  of  the  forecastle  and  quarter  dock,  are  left  off,  to 
show  the  beams,  carlines,  knees,  &c.  The  model  is  pierced  for  44 
guns,  on  two  decks. 

March  13,   1746,  Sir  William  Peppcrrell  wrote  Governor  Wet 
worth  that  the  Lord  Commissioner  of  the  Admiralty  liad  direct 
the  Hon.  Puter  Warren  to  build  four  ships  of  Avar  in  N^w  England- 
two  of  24  guns,  and  two  of  41  guns,  and  that  Warren  had  written  him 
to  agree  with  soiue  shipwright  for  the  erecting  and  building  of  on 
of  44  guns  on  the  Piscataqna,  and  asks  the  Governor  to  appoint: 
board  to  estimate  the  value  of  such  a  ship.     The  board  appoint 
agreeably  to  this  request  reported  that  for  such  a  ship  "nine  pound 
per  ton  would  be  a  fair  price  for  the  government  to  give  for  the  ve 
sel  completely  fitted  with  44  guns." 

Sir  William  Pepperrcll  accordingly  contracted  with  Col,  Nathania 
Meserve  for  the  building  of  the  ship,   which  was  launched  in  1749 
called  the  America,  and  sent  to  London  under  convoy,  having  onlj 
one  tier  of  guns  mounted.     The  terms  of  the  contract  are  not  state 
Lt,  Col.  Meserve,  the  luiilder  of  the  America,  accompanied  Amher 
on  the  second  expedition  against  Louisburg,  1758,  with  the  rank  < 
Colonel,  but  in  charge  of  hvo  hundred  i^hip  carpenters,  most  of  whoa 
were  attacked  with  smallpox,  and  Col.  M,  and  his  son  died  daring 
the  siege. 

Pepperrcll*s  biographer  says  the  America  was  esteemed  one  of  the 
best  frigates  in  tbe  British  Navy,  but  the  only  trace  1  can  find  of  he 


1868.] 


VesidB  of  War  built  at  Portsmauthj  A*  H. 


397 


18  on  the  N'avy  Lists  of  September,  1755,  and  May,  1756,  where  she  is 
put  down  as  in  ordinary,  at  Cbatlmm.  She  does  not  appear  to  have 
been  a  very  durable  ship,  as  eight  years  after  her  launch,  in  1757,  a 
new  and  larger  ship  of  the  same  name,  and  mounting  60  guns,  waa 
built  in  EnglarKl  on  the  Thames,  whose  dimensions  are  given  in  Char- 
nock,  as  follows:  154  feet  gun  deck,  1271  keel,  43  beam,  18.9  depth, 
1248  tons.  A  third  America,  rated  as  a  64,  ivas  huilt  at  Deptford,  in 
1177,     Her  tonnage  was  1370.    Length  on  gun  deck  159,6,  of  keel  131. 

The  America  built  at  Portsmouth,  was  probably  a  sister  ship  to  the 
"Boston,  built  in  New  England"  (^where  is  not  stated)  in  1149, 
whose  dimensions  are  given  as  follows  :  *'  130 J  feet  gun  deck, 
1U.2  keel,  37. SJ  beam,  16  depth,  862  tons,  280  men,  44  giuiH/'  The 
Boston  was  sold  out  of  the  Royal  Navy  in  1162,  when  another  vessel 
<>f  the  same  name  but  less  tonnagej  built  on  the  Thames,  took  her 
place  on  the  Navy  List, 

The  America  is  said  to  have  been  built  at  the  north  part  of  the  city, 
00  the  main  land. 

The  next  vessel  built  at  Portsmouth,  of  which  wo  have  record,  is 
the  Ealeigh  32,  launched  in  1776.  Her  first  commander  was  Thomas 
Thompson,  who  appears  the  sixth  captain  in  rank  on  the  Navy  List  of 
that  year.  In  1777,  in  company  with  the  Alfred,  she  took  a  small 
schooner,  on  board  of  which  was  found  4,390  dollars  in  counterfeit 
hills  of  Gontinent^l  money.  Some  days  later  tfie  Raleigh  run  into  the 
midst  of  the  British  windward  fleet,  consisting  of  more  than  sixty 
sail  under  convoy  of  several  men  of  war,  and  engaged  the  Druid, 
20,  for  over  45  minutes,  within  pistol  shot,  cutting  her  all  to  pieces, 
ad  rendering  her  unmanageable.  The  near  approach  of  the  other 
ressets  of  war  obliged  her  to  leave  the  Drnid  and  rejoin  the 
lifted.  The  British  ships  did  not  think  it  prudent  to  follow.  In 
17T8,  the  Raleigh  was  chased  by  a  British  squadron,  when  she  is  said 

have  **  logged  1L2  on  a  dragged  bowline/'     In  September  of  the 

ue  year,  she  was  chased  by  tlie  Experiment  50,  and  Unicorn  28, 
tod  losing  her  fore  top  mast  and  mizen  top  gallaTit  mast  she  was  run 

shore  to  avoid  capture.  It  was  intended  to  destroy  her,  but  she 
w%B  got  afloat  by  her  pursuers  and  commtsmoncd  as  a  cruiser  on  our 
Boaist.     In  this  action  the  Raleigh  had  25  killed  and  wounded.     The 

oensions  given  of  her  arc  from  the  Britisli  Navy  List, 

The  Ranger  18,  the  next  ship  on  the  list,  is  identifiod  with  the 
ime  of  Paul  Jones,  and  had  also  the  honor  of  being  the  first  vessel 

wear  the  stars  and  stripes,  and  was  also  the  first  to  obtain  a  salute 
br  them  from  a  foreign  government. 

The  America  74,  launched  in  1782,  was  the  first  74  gun  lino  of  bat- 
Be  ship  ever  built  by  our  government.  Cooper  calls  the  Falkland^ 
bmlt  in  1690,  a  ship  of  the  line ;  but  the  first  British  74  gun  ship 
Htm  the  Royal  Oak,  of  1107  tons,  launched  in  1694. 

The  America  was  intended  for  the  ilag  ship  of  Paul  Jones,  but  she 
i  presented  by  the  Continental  Congress  to  Louis  XVI.  of  France, 
lilio  bad  recently  lost  the  Magnifique  74,  wrecked  on  our  coast. 

Cooper  says  the  America  was  captured  by  the  British  from  the 
[Prench,  in  Lord  Howe's  engagement  of  the  1st  of  June,  1794.  That 
lift,  however,  a  mistake,  as  the  sliip  captured  in  Lord  Howe's  engage* 
pent  was  a  new  ship,  lannched  but  a  short  time  previous,  the  French 

Vol.  XXII.  34* 


398 


Vesieh  of  JTar  built  al  Portsmouth^  N,  IL        [Octol 


list  of  the  preceding  year^  stating  her  as  on  the  stocks*     She 

probably  a  successor  of  our  America,  presented  eleven  years  befo 
to  the  French  King.  The  ship  captured  in  Lord  Howe's  action  wi 
taken  into  the  British  service  and  renamed  "  /mpc/eaux/'  after  a  sb 
of  the  name  captured  iu  the  same  action^  and  subsequently  burnt 
Portsmouth  harbor,  England.  Vot  1,  p.  154,  British  Naval  Chron 
clOp  has  a  portrait  of  her  as  she  appeared  as  a  prize.  In  Vol.  2,  p.  311 
there  is  an  engraving  of  the  Leviathan  engaging  L^Amerique,  on  the 
1st  of  June,  the  latter  ship  dismasted.  In  Vol.  15,  there  is  another 
portrait  of  her.  Her  lower  masts,  according  to  the  Naval  Chronicle, 
were  4  feet  longer  than  those  of  a  British  98  gun  ship.  The  dime 
Bions  of  the  Impeteau^  were  182  feet  on  gun  deck,  keel  149. 8(,  bread 
48.7,  depth  2L6,  tons  1884,  men  600,  guns  78. 

The  America,  built  at  Portsmouth,  N.  II.,  was  50.6  feet  in  breadi 
nearly  2  feet  greater  than  the  captured  ships,  182,6  in  length  on 
upper  gun  deck,  and  at  the  date  of  her  launch  the  largest  74  gun  ship  i 
the  world,  though  according  to  cotemporary  accounts,  with  her  lower" 
decks  closed,  presenting  the  appearance  of  a  delicate   frigate,     A 
model  of  her  is  pre8er\^ed  in  the  Museum  at  Alexandria,  D.  C.    Before 
she  sailed  from  Portsmouth,  the  Viscount  de  Barras,  an  officer  on 
board,  made  this  miniature  model  of  her,  and  sent  it  to  General  Wa 
ington,  who  gave  it  to  George  Washington  Parke  Curtis,  Esq., 
by  the  latter  it  was  presented  to  the  Museum,  June  5,  1812. 

Congress,  on  the  9th  of  November,  1776,  ordered,  with  other  ve 
eels,  the  construction  of  three  ships  of  74  guns  ;  but  the  Amerifi 
was  the  only  one  ever  begun  under  that  order.  Her  keel  waa  soo 
after  laid  on  Badger's  Island,  as  it  is  now,  or  Langdon  Island  as  it  was 
then  called,  A  year  and  a  half  after  her  building  was  authorized,  at 
the  suggestion  of  Capt.  Landais,  on  the  29th  of  May,  1778,  the  Marino 
Committee,  John  Langdon  being  one  of  its  members,  reported  in  fav 
of  her  being  *'  constructed  to  carry  66  guns  only,  upon  two  batt^erie 
that  is  to  say,  twenty- eight  24  pounders  upon  the  lower  deck, 
twenty-eight  18  pounders  upon  the  upper  deck,''  Their  report,  hoi 
ever,  appears  not  to  have  been  adopted,  and  we  learn  nothing  more  i 
her  uutil  June  23,  1779,  when  Congress  authorized  Robert  Mor 
"  to  take  measures  for  speedily  launching  and  equipping  for  sea,  the 
America,  then  on  the  stocks,  &c.''  Three  days  after,  John  Paul 
Jones  was  unanimously  selected  to  command  her.  The  America  was 
launched  November  5,  1782,  and  was  therefore  nearly  six  years  oo 
the  stocks.  At  her  launch  the  flags  of  France  and  America  were  dis- 
played from  the  poop,  and  the  same  day  Paul  Jones  delivered  her 
Chevalier  de  Marti gne,  who  had  commanded  the  Magnifique.  Sll 
was  built  nnder  the  superinteodenco  of  Hon.  John  Langdon,  and  her 
master -builder  was  Major  Hachett,  who  had  never  seen  a  ship  of  the 
lino  when  he  drew  her  plan ;  and  who  had  no  more  than  twenly  ca 
p enters  at  work  at  any  time  while  her  construction  was  in  progress, 

Paul  Jones  has  left  us  the  following  description  of  this  remarkabli 


•  See  Jttmes*H  Naval  Hjstorv,  also  French  Naval  List,  March  23,  1793,  where  L'i 
iqne  is  put  down  as  "*n(Hirj"  tluit  is,  not  yet  used,  or  Imildlng. 

t  Two  French  ships  of  tbc  ^atne  naiubrr  of  jijuiis  us  L'Ameriqne^  nnd  captnrctl  to  < 
BaDiP  acMfm,  viz, :  TLc  San^  Pairille  tmd  Ia-  Jastc,  were  patli  Un  feet  longer  on  gun 
aad  keel  than  L*Ameriritie^  hud  two  feet  more  beam^  and  were  too)^  thou  200  tons  i 
burthen. 


1868.] 


Vettelt  f>f  War  built  at  Porttmouth,  N.  H. 


399 


Teesel,  as  completed  under  his  direction  :— '*  It  had  been  intended  to 
make  the  waist  ehallow  with  narrow  gangways  ;  the  quarter  deck  and 
forecastle  to  be  short,  with  a  large  stern  gallery.  Instead  of  this,  the 
quarter  deck  was  made  to  project  four  feet  before  the  mainmast. 
The  forecastle  was  also  long,  the  waist  deep,  and  the  gangways 
broad,  and  of  equal  height  with  the  quarter  deck  and  forecastle.  There 
was  just  room  for  the  boats  between  the  gangways.  A  breast-work 
pierced  with  gun-ports,  but  of  suitable  height  for  musketry,  atid  of  the 
same  strength  and  nature  as  the  sides  of  the  ship,  ran  all  around  the 
quarter  deck,  gangway,  and  forecastles,  bo  that  all  the  cannon  on  the 
quarter  deck  and  forecastle  could  have  been  fought  on  one  side — an 
advantage  possessed  by  no  other  ship  of  her  time.  Above  this  breast- 
^work  the  poop  deck  stood  on  pillars  eighteen  iuchca  long,  and  pro- 
sted  eight  feet  before  the  mizzen  mast.  Round  the  poop  a  folding 
[>reast  work  was  made  of  light  materials,  and  of  a  strength  to  resist 
grape  shot :  it  was  made  to  fold  down  on  deck,  and  could  be  raised  in 
a  minute,  so  that  it  was  impossible  to  perceive  that  the  America  had  a 
poop  at  the  distance  of  a  quarter  of  a  mile.  There  were  only  single 
quarter  galleries,  and  no  stern  gallery  i*  and  both  stern  and  bow  were 
made  very  strong,  so  that  the  men  at  quarters  might  be  every 
where  under  good  cover.  The  plan  projected  for  the  sculpture,  ex- 
pressed dignity  and  simplicity.  The  head  was  a  female  tigure  crown- 
ed with  laurels.  The  right  arm  raised,  with  forctinger  pointing  to 
Heaven,  as  appealing  to  that  high  tribunal  for  the  justice  of  the 
American  cause.  On  the  left  arm  was  a  buckler  with  a  blue  ground, 
and  thirteen  stars.  The  legs  and  feet  of  the  figure  were  covered  hero 
and  there  with  wreaths  of  smoke,  to  represent  the  dangers  and  difficul- 
ties of  war.  On  the  stern,  under  the  windows  of  the  great  cabin,  ap- 
peared two  large  figures  in  bas  relief,  representing  Tyranny  and 
Oppression  bound  and  biting  tlie  ground,  with  the  cap  of  Liberty  oa 
a  pole  above  their  heads.  On  the  back  part  of  the  starboard  quarter 
"ery  was  a  large  figure  of  Neptune,  and  on  the  larboard  gallery  a 
figure  of  Mars.  Over  the  window  of  the  great  cabin  on  the 
best  part  of  the  stern  was  a  large  medallion,  on  which  was  a  figure 
[representing  Wisdom,  surrounded  by  danger,  with  the  bird  of  Athens 
lover  her  head/'  The  danger  surrounding  Wisdom  was  probably  em- 
[blematically  expressed  by  flashes  of  Hghtning. 

The  Crsscent  32,  built  in  n98,  fourteen  years  after  the  America, 
ras  given  as  a  tribute  to  the  Dey  of  Algiers  at  a  time  when  our  Navy 
ras  too  small,  and  our  country  too  feeble,  to  pay  for   its  audacity  in 
[more  appropriate  coin.     The  following  account  of  her  sailing  is  taken 
I  from  a  newspaper  of  the  time  : 

"Portsmouth,  January  20,   1108.     On   Thursday  morning,   about 

Inmrise,  a  gun  was  discharged  from  the  Crescent  frigate,  as  a  signal  for 

I  retting  underway  ;  and  at  10,  A.M.,  she  cleared  the  harbor,  with  a 

I  Sue  leading  breeze.     Our  best  wishes  follow  Capt.   Newman  and  hia 

officers  and  men.     May  they  arrive  in  safety  at  the  place  of  their  des- 

tination,  and  present  to  the  l^^y  of  Algiers  one  of  the  finest  specimens 

of  elegant  naval  architecture  which  was  ever  borne  on  the  Fiscata- 

Htta*s  waters. 

'  Blow  all  yc  winds  that  All  the  prospcroas  wUl, 
And  hushed  in  peace  bo  cvtry  udvcr&e  gale.* 


In  all  tho  eograYlngs  of  L*Ameri(iae,  captured  Jane  1,  *9i,  she  bas  a  item  g&Ucry. 


400 


P^mels  of  War  huilt  at  Portmouth,  M  H.       [October, 


The  Crescent  fa  a  present  from  the  United  Statei  to  the  Dey,  ma  ^J 
compensation  for  delay  in  not  fulBlHog  ouf  treaty  oblfgationa  at  tll^l 

proper  time*  ^M 

#  ♦  *  ♦  ♦  n  ' 

Richard  O'Brien,  Esq.^  who  w&a  ten  years  a  prisoner  at  Algiers,  took 
passage  in  the  above  frigate,  to  reside  at  Algiers  as  CoDSul  General 
of  the  United  States  to  all  tlie  Barbary  States. 

*  ♦  ^  #  *  * 

It  is  worthy  of  notice  that  the  Captain,  chief  officers,  and  many  of  the 
privates  of  the  Crescent  frigate,  have  been  prisoners  in  Algiers." 

Besides  the  sliips  enumerated  In  the  foregoing  list,  I  find  the  fol- 
lowing notice  of  another^  in  Brewster's  **  Rambles  about  Portsmouth.'* 

*'  In  the  time  of  the  Revolution,  Colonel  Eliphalet  Ladd  built  a 
twenty  gun  ship  called  the  Hercules,  The  enemy,  well  posted  up  in  all 
the  movements  of  the  rebels,  had  a  knowledge  of  the  building,  and  in 
a  Halifax  paper  was  inserted  an  advertisement  giving  notice  that  a 
ship  of  (20^  guns  then  on  the  stocks  in  the  Piscataqua  would  be  sold 
at  auction  in  Halifax  on  a  day  designated.  Two  British  frigates  were 
put  on  a  watch,  and  the  Hercules  was  captured  and  sold  at  Halifax 
on  the  day  advertised," 

The  only  other  mention  of  such  a  ship  that  I  can  find,  is  m  a  list  of 
Revolutionary  armed  ships,  where  the  **  Hercules  20  ship  "  is  pi 
down  as  belonging  to  Massachusetts  in  1781,  aud  commanded  by  "^ 
Dinsraore.     There  was  a  brig  of  the  same  name  belonging  to  Mar 
land,  mounting  11  and  I<5  guns,  and  commanded  in  nSO  by  J,  Gary, 
1782  by  J.  Forbes. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  vessels  of  war  built  at  Portamout 
Navy  Yard,  since  the  launch  of  the  Mohican  in  1859,  with  the  date 
their  launch  : 

1.  Kearsearoe,  screw  steamer,  third  rate,  1031  tons  old, new 

measurement ;  launched  Oct,  6,  1861  ;  machinery  by  Woodruff 
&  Beach,  Hartford,  Conn.  Total  cost,  $286,918  05.  In  ser- 
vice in  the  Pacific. 

2.  OssiPEE,  screw  steamer,  second  rate,  1240  tons  old,  828  tons  new 

nivasurement ;  launched  Nov,  16,  1861  ;  engines  built  by  Re- 
liatice  Machine  Co.,  Mystic  Bridge,  Conn.  Total  cost,  vessel 
and  machinery,  $363, 1 87  10.  In  service,  North  Pacific  Squa- 
dron. 

3.  Sebaqo,  side-wheel  steamer,   double  ender,  832  tons,  lOg^ns; 

machinery  built  by  Novelty  Works,  New  York ;  launchi 
Nov.  30,  1861.  Total  cost,  |2 12,772  22.  Sold  Jan.  19,  186' 
for  $16,000. 

4.  Mahaska,  third  rate,  side-wheel  double  ender,  832  tons  old,  5 

new  measurement ;  machinery  built  at  Morgan  Ircm  Works? 
N.  Y.  ;  launched  Jan.  30,  1862.  Total  cost,  $210,771  22.  In 
comuussion  North  Atlantic  Squadron,  1868. 

5.  CoNEMAC<?H,   third   rate,  side-wheel   double  ender,  955  tons  old 

measurement  ]    machinery  built  by  Novelty   Works,   N.  Y. ; 
launched  March  3,  1862.     Total  cost,  S93,410  70.     Expended 
in  repairs,  $12,658  28.     Sold  at  New  York»  Oct.   1,  1867 
auction,  for  817,100. 

6.  Sonoma,  third  rate,  side-wheel,  double  ender,  955  old,  683  1 

new  measurement  j  machinery  built  by  Novelty  Works,  ^ 


t  ofj 
it^ 


I 


VeMeh  of  War  built  at  PortsmouOi^  N,  H* 


401 


York ;  launched  April  15, 1862.  Total  cost,  $194,982  34.  Sold 
at  New  York,  Oct.  1,  1867,  at  auction,  for  $16,900. 

7.  Sacramexto,  second  rate,  screw  steanier,  1367  old»  897  tons  new 
measurement ;  engines  built  by  Taunton  Manufacturing  Co., 
Mass. ;  launched  April  25,  1862.  Total  cost,  $393,218  50. 
Wrecked  in  the  Ba}-  of  Bengal,  June  19,  1867. 

S.  Sassacqs,  third  rate,  side-wheel,  double  ender,  974  old,  650  tons 
new  measurement ;  launched  Dec.  23,  1862  ;  machinery  built 
at  Atlantic  Works,  Boston.  Total  cost,  $249,037  07,  Laid 
up  at  League  Island,  1868. 

9.  Fawtdxext,  third  rate,  side* wheel,  double  ender,  974  old,  650 
tons  new  loeasurement ;  machinery  built  by  Providence  Steam 
Engine  Co, ;  launched  Mar,  19,  1863.  Total  cost,  $249,438  39, 
Sold  at  New  York,  Oct.  15,  ISC 7,  for  $15,000, 

10,  Shawmut,  fourth  rate,  screw  steamer  ;  6  guns  ;  693  tons  old,  410 

new  measurement ;  launched  June  15,  1863  ;  machinery  built 
by  the  Corliss  Steam  Engine  Co.,  Providence.  Total  cost, 
$327,639  62.     In  commission  North  Atlantic  Squadron,  1868. 

11,  Nipsic,  fourth  rate,  screw  steamer;  6  guns,  51*3  tons  old,  410 

tons  new  measurement ;  launched  June  15,  1863;  machinery 
built  by  Woodruff  &  Beach,  Hartford,  Conn.  Total  cost, 
$265,943.     In  ordinary  at  Washington,  D.  C,  1868. 

12,  New  Hampshire,  first  rate  sailing:  vessel  ;  2633  tons  ;  keel  laid 

in  1820,  and  originally  called  the  Alabama.  Name  changed 
to  N,  H.,  another  Alabama  having  been  purchased  into  the 
navy.  Launched  Jan,  23,  1864.  Keceiving  ship  at  Norfolk, 
1868. 
13*  Blue  Light,  screw  steamer,  ordnance  tug,  fourth  rate;  103 
tons  old,  S5  tons  new  measurement;  launched  Feb.  27,  1864. 
Cost,  $28,872  28.     In  eer^'ice  at  Boston  Navy  Yard,  1868. 

|14*  Port  Fire,  screw  steamer,  ordnance  tug,  fourth  rate  ;  103  tons 
old,  85  tons  new  measureiaent  ;  launched  March  8,  1864. 
Cost  $28,872  28.     In  sendee  at  Portsmouth  Navy  Yard,  1868. 

Il5,  Franklik,  screw  steamer,  first  rate;  3684  tons  old,  3173  tons 
new  measurement ;  launched  Sept.  17,  1804,  Admiral  Far- 
ragut's  flag  ship  in  the  European  seas,  1867-68.  The  first 
U.  States  ship  abroad  that  ever  wore  a  full  admiral's  flag  at  the 
main. 

lU,  AoAMENTicus,  doublc  turretted,  iron-clad,  second  rate ;  1504 
tons  old,  1086  new  measurement;  launched  May  28,  1864. 
Total  cost,  $1,016,071  18,     In  ordinary,  Boston,  1868. 

1^7.  CoKTOcooK,  screw  Rteamer,  second  rate  ;  2348  tons  old,  1448  new 
measurement ;  laoncbed  Dec.  3,  1864»  First  commissioned  as 
flag  ship  of  the  North  Atlantic  Squadron,  1868. 

LW,  Resaca,  screw  steamer,  third  rate  ;  900  tons  old,  623  new  mea- 
surement ;  launched  Nov.  IS,  1868  ;  machinery  built  at  Wash- 
ington Navy  Yard.  Total  cost,  $360,037  64.  First  commis- 
sionod  1867,  and  sent  to  North  Pacific. 
PiscATAQUA,  screw  steamer,  first  rate;  3177  tons  old,  2490  new 
measurement;  engines  built  by  Woodrufl'&  Beach,  Hartford, 
Conn.;  launched  June  11,  1866.  Total  cost,  $1,177,895  04. 
First  commissioned  1867|  as  flag  ship  of  the  E.  L  or  Asiatic 
Squadron. 


'terfrom  Joshua  Henshaw* 


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21. 
22. 
23. 


MiNNETONKA,  screw  steamer,  first  rate  ;  8177  tons  old,  2190  new 
measurement;  launchedJuIy  8.  1867.     RecciviDg  her  machi- 
nery at  Portsmouth,  N.  IT.,  1868. 
The  following  vessels  are  now  (1868)  on  the  stocks,  vh,  ; 

Ilokois,  screw  steamer,  first  rate  j    3177  tons   old,  2400  new 
measurement. 

Passagonoway,  iron  clad,  first  rate ;  8200  tons  old,  2127  tons  new 
meaaurement. 

Algoma,  screw  steamer,  third  rate. 


LETTER  FROM  JOSHUA   HENSriAW,  JR.,  OF  BOSTON,*  TO 
WILLIAM  HENSUAW,  OF  LEICESTER. 

[Communicated  by  Miss  Hauiibt  E.  Henshaw.] 

Boston,  June  15,  1768. 
Cquz*  William — ^Bcforc  this  it  is  probable  you  have  heard  some 
Imperfect  Account  of  our  late  Greivances,  I  mean  with  Respect  to 
the  Treatment  the  Town  and  all  trading  with  it  have  met  with  from 
the  Man  of  War,  but  eapecialy  with  Reepect  to  the  Seizure  of  a  Sloop 
belonging  to  Mr.  Hancock,  tho'  this  may  be  the  Case  a  concise  Nar 
ration  of  Facts  will  not  be  disagreable  I  presume,  John  Hancock 
Esq^  having  a  Sloop  at  his  Wharf  out  of  Use  and  his  Stores  being 
full  thought  he  might  do  as  has  been  the  common  Practice,  i.  e.  make 
a  Storehouse  of  bis  Sloop,  accordingly  he  put  a  Number  of  Cask  of 
Oil  in  her,  intending  as  soon  as  his  Ship  was  ready  to  receive  them 
that  they  should  be  removed  into  her.  But  it  seems  the  Intention  of 
some  was  very  diiferent,  for  last  Friday  about  the  Sun's  setting  M', 
Hallowell  and  M^  Harrison's  Son  was  on  M^  Hancock^s  Wharf, 
when  the  Man  of  War  sent  ber  Boat  ofi*  to  the  Sloop  with  the  Leuiten- 
ant  and  four  men,  armed  in  order  to  take  Possession  after  she  waa 
seized.  Cap*.  Malcomb  and  another  man  was  upon  the  Wharf,  who 
had  some  high  Words  with  them  (as  I  hear),  but  it  soon  appeared 
that  they  were  not  sufficient :  two  other  Boata  with  Marines  were 
dispatched  to  assist  them.  The  People  belonging  to  that  Part  of  the 
Town  began  to  assemble,  and  with  Stones  they  defended  her  so  long 
aa  the  Fasta  were  cut  seven  Times,  and  then  she  was  taken  and  ca^ 
ried  along  Side  the  Man  of  War.  This  incensed  the  People,  they 
immediately  tunied  upon  M':  Hallowell  and  young  M':  Harrison  and 
pushed  them  about  the  Wharf  for  some  Time.  It  is  said  that  young 
Harrigon  would  not  have  been  so  treated  had  not  it  been  for  M':  Hal- 
lowell, who  endeavoured  to  put  it  off  upon  him.  The  People  quitted 
them  and  proceeded  (collecting  as  they  went)  to  the  Long  Whaif. 
and  there  met  with  M':  Irvine,  one  of  the  Under  Officers,  lie  impru- 
dently usod  some  barsh  Language  and  threatened  drawing  his  Sword 
upon  the  first  Man  that  touched  him,  upon  which  they  seizerl  and  made 
him  repent  of  his  Expression,  They  searched  the  British  Coffee  Hoofl« 
[ibr  the  Omcers  nf  the  Man  of  War,  but  found  none  ;  then  went  to  M'r 
JJoweU's,  M'l  Harrison's  and  Inspector  Williams's  nouses,  and 
w  a  f<?w  Squares  of  Glass  in  each  ;  then  to  Oliver's  Dock  and  took 


l868.] 


Letter  from  Joshua  HcnshaWs 


403 


I':  Harrison's  Pieaaure-Boat,  dmwed  It  up  King  street  and  throtiffh 
be  main  Street  to  Liberty  Tree  ;  up  Frog  Lane  and  into  the 
iJommon,  and  tljcre  consumed  her.     Wblle  it  was  burning  M*^:  Tisdale 

om  Tauntoa  was  observed  to  look  (as  I  am  informed)  a  number  of 
People  in  the  Face,  as  they  eopposed  to  make  some  Discovery,  his 
lat  and  Whig  soon  went  off,  and  he  was  kicked  out  of  the  Common, 
lere  ended  that  Evening'g  Doings.  The  Council  and  House  have  the 
ihole  Affair  under  Consideration.  The  Sons  of  Liberty  had  a  meet- 
Dg  Yesterday  in  the  Forenoon  at  Liber ty*llall,  where  some  of  the 
Selectmen   and  many  respectable   Inhabitanta   were   present*      The 

oom  being  too  small,  they  thought  it  best  to  adjourn  immediately  to 
Faneuil  Ilall,  rerj  soon  after  tbey  had  reached  there  it  was  proposed 
hat  that  meeting  should  he  dissolved,  and  a  Notification  come  out  for 
^Towii  Meeting  at  3  O^Clock  P.M.,  which  was  done.      At  the  Time 

Dpointed,  the  Town  being  legally  assembled  and  M':  Otis  being 
llected  Moderator,  he  moved  as  the  Ilall  was  so  crouded  and  there 

ere  many  that  could  not  get  in  that  they  would  adjourn  to  the  Old 
outli  Meeting  House.     Tlie  Old  South  was  pretty  well  filled  {tho' 

any  were  not  Irdjahitants,)     After  the  Moderator  from  the  Pulpit 

*  informed  them  that  this  meeting  was  upon  an  Affair  perhaps  of  the 

aatest  Importance,  as  not  only  the  Interest  of  this  Province  and  of 
lie  Continent,  but  even  of  Great  Britain  itself  might  be  involved  in  it. 
Tie  Warrant  was  previotislj^  read,  the  Substance  of  which  was  that 
^e  Town  should  endeavour  to  keep  Peace  and  Order,  and  to  consider 
Tsome  method  to  secure  our  Liberty,  which  was  invaded  by  an  armed 
fessell  laying  directly  before  the  Town,  and  appearing  in  a  very  hostile 

^nner,  and  had  illegally  take  away  a  Sloop  belonging  to  John  II an- 

ck,  Esq^  upon  which  a  Petition  to  his  Excellency  being  read  desiring 
1  to  issue  forthwith  an  Order,  requiring  his  Majesty's  Ship  liomney 
I  depart  this  Harbour,  ^titl  we  hoar  the  Success  of  our  Petition  to  the 
log,  &c.     The  Town  voted  to  present  it  immediately,  and  appointed 

jspectable  Coniittec  of  twenty-one  for  that  Purpose,  among  whom 
ire  the  Moderator,  Rityal  Tyler  Esq',  Tho':  Cnnhing  Esq',  the 
Iblectmen,  &c.  bis  Excellency  being  at  his  Seat  in  Roxbury,  the 
omittee  upon  the  Adjournment  of  the  meeting  (which  was  imme- 

itely),  met  at  M"":  Hancock's  House,  from  whence  they  proceeded 
llarly  through  the  Town  to  Roxbury,  M"";  Hancock  in  his  Phaeton 
|th  the  Moderator  led  the  Van.  They  made  a  splendid  appearance, 
be  Report  of  the  Committee  this  Afternoon  at  the  Adjournment  waa 

it  his  Excellency  said  he  had  no  Power  to  order  the  Romney  away, 
l^t  that  he  was  sensible  of  the  Inconveiiicncc  tho  Town  laboured  nn- 
ft  by  Coarsters  being  impresfied,  and  that  he  would  converse  with 
Comer  upon  the  Subject,  and  did  not  doubt  bnt  there  would 

^au  End  put  to  that  Difficulty.  The  Town  after  accepting  the  Re- 
^rt  of  their  Committee  to  write  the  State  of  the  Affair  to  M".  Deberf, 
Ijoumed  to  Friday,  4  O'Clock,  P.M.  Then  they  will  know  tho 
access  of  the  Govcruour's  Conference  with  Cap^  Corner.  The  Com- 
'seioners  (excepting  M':  Temple)  with  their  Under-Officers  upon 
is  little  Difficulty,  repaired  on  Board  tho  Romney,  and  I  believe  will 

obliged  to  remain  there,  as  it  seems  to  be  tho  mind  of  tho  People 

At  they  have  lived  long  enough  in  this  Town.     After  such  Brevity 

lay  be  justified  in  subscribing  myaelf  y'  sincere  Friend. 

AN0NTV0tr9« 

'  M':  William  Henshaw. 


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Brigadkr  G^'^mral  Jcdidtah  Preble 


[October, 


BRIGADIER  GENERAL  JEDIDIAE  PREBLE.— ITOT-lTSl. 
[Commoniciitod  by  Capt.  Oeohgb  Hexkt  Pilbble,  U.  S*  N.] 

jEBiBua  Pkeble,  a  ^andson  of  Abraham  Preble  and  Jadith  Tilden 
the  common  ancestors  of  all  of  the  name  in  America,  was  born  in  Yori 
in  the  Province  of  Me.,  A.D.  1707.  He  was  the  first  of  the  name  tha 
settled  on  the  Peninsula  of  ancient  Falmouth,  now  the  8it<;  of  the  cit 
of  Portland,  Maine,  about  the  year  1748.  In  17128  be  is  styled  in  ft* 
deed,  "busbandman  of  York,"  In  1729,  hia  father  (who  had  six 
years  previously,  viz.,  in  1723,  willed  hira  the  same  property  on  tiis 
decease),  in  consideration  of  his  natural  love  and  affection  for  hiiDi 
deeded  to  him  his  homestead  place  in  York,  retainiug  a  life  interest  in 
the  estate.  In  1738,  in  a  deed,  Jedidiah  Preble  is  styled  a  *'  yeoman 
of  York'^;  in  1743,  ''a  yeoman  of  Wells'/;  in  1741,  "a  coaster  of 
Wells  "  ;  and  in  1747,  "  gentleman  of  Wells."  On  the  9th  of  March, 
1748,  Samuel  Waldo  deeded  to  hira  one  hundred  acres  of  land  in  Fal- 
mouth, and  be  is  styled,  in  the  document,  '*  Jedidiafi  Preble,  Bsquire^ 
of  Falmouth,'^  which  is  the  first  evidence  we  have  of  hia  removal  there. 
Numerous  other  deeds  follow  in  siicceeding  years,  in  all  of  which  he 
is  styled  "of  Falmouth.*'  Samuel  Waldo  was  Colonel  of  the  same 
Rei^imeut  in  which  Preble  was  then  a  Captain, 

On  the  30th  of  June,  1732,  there  was  a  division  of  town  lands  in 
York,  among  the  male  inhabitants  of  twenty-one  years  and  upwards 
each  man  to  have  a  number  of  shares  not  to  exceed  eighL     In  thi 
divimon  Jedidiah  Preble  received  six  shares.* 


•  By  the  reeorflR  of  York  It  {ipin?arfl  that  on  tlio  30th  June,  1732,  a  towTi  meeting  was  1 
for  the  pin^Kj^c  of  rn.ikln^  dtvis^iuii  *3f  \\w  town  tt>inmon  land,  at  which  meeting  a  v*it«  w^ 
ji.i^iSiL'il  Umt  it  ^liftuUl  he  divM^nl  umuiig^t  tlio  inliitliitunts  of  twenrj-onc  years  of  j 
n^tu.uds,  c:uli  man  ity  Inive  a  nnmhtTof  ^iiaresiwt  cxwcding  eight.    It  wiw  Bca 
divided,  and  tliu  niitiifH.rof  sliares  allott*?d  each  id  set  down.     It  8<.'ems,  fhim  llils|_ 
Ehjtt  at  that  time  f  1732)  tht-ro  were  no  more  than  *«?cn  oi'  tlic  name  of  Preble  of  twetiijM 
yc^rs  and  upwards  residing  in  York,  viz. : 

1. — Capt,  Call  h  {mxi  o{  Abmham,  2d),  to  whom  was  allotted  eight  sharef. 

2.— Cu|it.  Edward  ^gnuidiion  uf  NatlianicI)^         **  **  "  eight      •* 

3. — {>amocI  (&on  ot  Almilmitij  2d),  "  "  **  seViro     " 

4.— v*iti-phcn(suiiofSk'iditin),  "  "  *'  ctght 

6.— Juliii  (nm  uf  BcTijaimn)^  "  "  "  ecTen 

6,— Jedidiah  (son  of  Kenjivmin),  ♦*  *♦  **  six 

7. — Zcbtilon  Uheiltegitimatcsonof  SftTfth),  •*  *♦  "  lix 

Six  of  the  seven,  it  appears,  were  gniQd&ons  of  AbrahatQ  the  common  anoostor^  and  i 

remaiidng  one  a  great-grandson, 
AtTordini?  to  Mr.  Alexander  Mclntirc.  in  1850, 118  yearB  after  this  dinaion.  there  wi    . 

residing  in  York  but  ekvai  maleti  of  the  name  of  Pi'eble,  aged  twenty-one  years  and  upwards^. 

1.  GcoTKe.    2.  Jedidiah,  aged  about  70.    (Brothers,  and  mm  of  EdwMil  of  Cape  X* 

•  do<?iE).    Jedidhih  had  a  brother  Jolin  living  in  Penobscot  Co.    3.  William.    4.  Jooi 
6.  Jeremiah,    Sons  of  Jodtdiali.    Tttese  Ave  are  deseendazLta  of  Capt,  Edward, 
grandson  of  Nathaniel  (6-5). 

ft.  (Carles.    7.  Washington.    8,  Andrew.    Brothers,  sons  of  Sftmnelt  and  alaoi... 

dants  of  Capt.  Edwarvl.  the  grandson  of  NatlianieL    Charles  and  WasMi^gtOD  y 

then  on  amiidiiig  expedition  in  California. 
9,  Nathaniel,  son  of  Joseph. 

10.  Joseph,  fcion  of  David,  descendant  of  ZebuTon  the  illegitlinnte. 

11.  Francis,  son  of  Stephen,  who  had  a  brother  living  in  Weld,  Fnmklin  County,  ; 

another  in  Massachusetts,  aE  that  remained  of  the  descendants  of   Peter,  th 

grandson  of  Stephen  (6-4). 
•jS     ?  '^^  *"*^  emigration  to  other  parts  of  the  unkm  will  account  for  this  apparea 
WJiing  Increase,  as  I  have  the  name*  and  mon  or  lees  pArtlculars  icspectiug  otm  400  *" 
tocndantsot  the  fiiit  Abraham.  — 


Brigadier  General  Jcdidiah  Preble, 


405 


In  1733,  "Jcdidiah  Preble  of  York*^  was  presented  to  the  Grand 
Jury  for  laying  violcrjt  hands  on  Daniel  Simpson,  pushing  and  threat- 
ening' to  strike  hira — also  for  pushing  and  striking  Joseph  Simpson. 
Pleaded  not  guilty  to  the  striking,  and  was  acquitted  and  fined  thirty- 
eight  eliillings,     On  the  21st  ol'  March,  1733,  he  was  married,  hy  the 
Rev.  Joseph  Moody,  to  Martha^  a  daughter  of  Alexander  Jiinkins,  of 
Scotland  Parish,  in  Old  York,  who  was  then  between  eighteen    and 
nineteen,    he   being  about  twenty-six   years  of  age.     The  house  in 
[which  this  lady  was  born  was  standing  in  1850,  and  occupied  by  a 
descendant  bearing  the  same  name  as  her  father.     In  1692  it  was  one  of 
fonr  garrison  houses  that  remained  standing  when  York  was  nearly 
destroyed  by  the  Indians,  and  had  been  used  for  the  same  purpose  many 
[years  previous.     Scotland  Parish,  the  birth-place  of  Martha  Juukins, 
iirasfio  called  because  first  settled  by  Scotch  families  between  the  years 
|U50  and  1660. 

Four  8on8  and  one  daughter  were  the  result  of  this  marriage,  viz. : 
Jcdidiah,  who  married  Miss  Avis  Phillips,  of  Boston, 
Samue!,  who  died  in  the  West  Indies,  unmarried. 
John,  who  married  Jiliss  Sarah  Frost,  of  Machias. 
William,  who  went  to  sea  and  was  never  heard  from  after. 
Lucy»  who  married  Jonathan  Webb,  of  Boston. 
Mrs.  Martha  Preble  died  at  Falmouth,  on  the  lOth  of  March.  1753, 
and  was  buried  on  the  Pith — Stephen  Longfellow,  the  grandfather  of 
tlie  poet  Henry  W.  Longfellow,  oflSciating  as  one  of  the  pall  bearers.* 
On  the  9th  of  May,  1754,  Jedidiah  Preble  was  married  lor  the  second 
time,  by  the  Kev,  Thomas  Smith,  to  Mrs.  Mehitable  Roberts,  the  child- 
widow  of  John  Roberts,  Jr.,   a  daughter  ofCiyjtain  Joshua  and 
lehitable  (Clarke)  Bangs,  then  of  Falmouth,  but  who  originated  in  liar- 
ich,  Cape  Cod.     At  the  time  of  this  second  marriage,  Captain  Preble 
ras47  years  of  age,  and  Mrs.  Mehitable  about  26,     The  fruits  of  this 
cond  marriage  were  five  sons  and  two  daughters,  viz.; 
Martha,  born  November  18th,  1751. 
Ebenezer,  born  August  15th,  It 57. 
Joshua,  born  November  28 th,  1759. 
Edward,  born  August  15th,  1761,  who  was  a  Commodore  in  the 

United  States  Navy. 
Enoch,  born  July  2d,  1763,  who  was  President  of  the  Portland 

Marine  Society  thirty-one  years. 
Statira,  born  January  3d,  176T. 

Ilenry,  born  January  2ltb,  1770,  who  was  for  many  years  a 

Consul  for  the  United  States,  at  Palermo  and  other  ports 

of  Eorope. 

In  IT53  and  1754,  General  (then  Captain)  Preble  represented  the 

own  of  Falmouth  in  the  General  Court,  and  from  1766  to  1773  inclusive 

f  filled  the  same  oIHce — eight  successive  years;  being  generally  chosen 

"'with  little  or  no  opposition.     His  commission  as  a  Captain  of  Infantry 


•Draji  ^"      tt 
rife  to  her 
tv  caiJi  Hj 


Falmouth,  12th  March.  17o3* 
T^'   -^n  will  be  so  gooil  as  to  accompany  your  ^and  and  my  dear  liecciisecl 
irternocm  tis  n  heifer  yon  will  perform  the  last  act  of  fticndstup  yoa 
iijff  respect  to  your  andouhtiblo 

Friend  aad  Hambte  ScrrAtit, 
Stephen  Longfellow,  Esq.,  Falmoiith,  Muss.  Jediiiiah  Puedlb. 

On  the  15tli  of  Fobruary,  1777,  Brig.  Gen.  Prcblo  offlciatcd  as  one  of  the  bearcra  at  the 
fimprii)  of  Mrs.  LungfeDow, 

Vol.  XSII.  35 


406 


Brigadier  General  Jedidiah  PrthU, 


[October, 


in  Col.  Samuel  Waldo's  Regiment,  signed  by  Governor  Shirley,  he«m 
date  June   5th,   1746,      He  received  aDother  Captain's  coinn)' 
fiigned  by  Charleg  ICnowlea,  Governor  of  the  Island  of  Cape  Bi 
and  also  l>y  Governor  Shirley  with  the  seals  of  Loth  Govornors,  which 
IB  dated  November  1,  1747.      Louieburg  capitulated  on  the  17 th  of 
June,   1745,  and  it  is  probable,  from  the  date  of  these  commissions, 
that  our  Captain  was  a  subaltern  at  that  time,  and  received  hia  pr 
motion  to  a  company  in  reward  of  his  services. 

In  1748  the  war  ended  with  the  Peace  of  Aix  la  Chapelle,  ai 
Preble,  who  had  hitherto  been  styled  **  coaster/'  "  hasbandman  or 
yeoman  * '  of  York  and  Wells,  "coaster  of  Wells/'  &c.,  purchased  land 
of  Col.  Waldo  ia  Falmouth,  and  is  thenceforward  styled  "  Jedidi&h 
Preble,  Esquire,  of  Falmouth/' 

From  1748  to  1754,  we  End  him  purchasing  lands  and  houses 
Falmouth.     April  23,  1754,  he  received  from  Governor  Shirley  a  col 
mission  as  the  Lieut.  Colonel  of  a  Regiment  to  be  raised  for  an  expeditii 
intended  to  be  carried  on  upon  the  Eastern  frontiers  of  the  province  ' 
the  defence  thereof,  *'  of  which  John  Winslow  is  Colonel/'     The 
lowing  account  of  this  expedition  ia  taken  from  the  Bo%ion  Gazette, 
dated  Tuesday,  Sept.  3,  1754, 

"  On  Saturday  last,  John  Shirley,  Esq.,  son  of  His  Excellency  our 
Governour,  arrived  here  from  Falmouth  in  Casco  Bay,  by  whom 
have  the  following  account,  viz  :  That  the  forces  under  General  W 
low  set  out  from  Teconnet*  with  something  more  than  500  men 
15  battoes,  on  the  8th  of  August  past :  but  after  proceeding  two  da; 
up  the  river,  the  General  was  taken  so  ill,  that  he  was  obliged  to 
turn,  leaving  the 'command,  with  the  instructions  to  him,  with  C 
Prcbble,  who  on  the  10th  at  9  in  the  morning,  proceeded  with  13  b 
toes,  one  half  the  meu  on  one  side,  and  the  other  half  on  the  ot 
side  of  the  river,  and  on  Tuesday  the  13th  arrived  at  Norridgewal 
which  is  31  miles  above  Tcconnet ;  beautifully  situated,  near  400  ac: 
of  clear  land  on  which  the  grass  is  generally  five  or  six  feet  high  : 
here  they  found  6  Indian  men,  3  squaws  and  several  children,  who 
appeared  at  first  surprised  to  see  such  a  nnmber  of  men  and  battoes 
so  far  advanced  into  their  country,  but  after  they  were  told  by  Col 
Prcbble  that  they  had  nothing  to  fear  from  him,  that  none  of  his  m< 
should  hurt  the  lea^t  thing  they  had,  nor  go  into  their  houses, 
that  Governor  Shirley  had  ordered  they  should  be  treated  with  civilt 
and  kindness  ;  they  appeared  well  satisfied  and  were  kind  and  fricudl; 
and  Passeqweanif  one  of  their  chiefs,  presented  him  with  two  fine 
mon,  and  some  squashes  of  their  own  produce,  and  were  all  very  fj 
in  drinking  King  George's  and  Governor  Shirley's  health,  and  told 
liim  he  was  welcome  there. 

*'  They  camped  that  night  half  a  mile  above  the  town,  and  the  next 
day  leaving  the  battoes  there  with  a  detachment  sufficient  to  guard 
them,  they  proceeded  on  their  march  to  the  great  carrying  place  be- 
tween Kennebec  and  the  Miver  Ghmiidiere,  where  the  French  were  said 
to  be  building  a  fort,  and  arrived  there  on  the  18th,  which  is  38  miles 
and  tiiree-quarters  above  Nurridgewiilk.  a  few  miles  below  which  th 
met  three  birch  canoes  with  eight  Indians  in  them,  who  had  lat 
come  over  the  carrying  place,  and  as  they  supposed  from  Canada  ; 

•  rrc«€ut  WatciTill©. 


M 


[1868.] 


Brigadier  General  Jeiidiah  PnUe. 


407 


DB  were  much  Burprised  on  discovering  the  party,  and  eodeaTour- 
ed  to  return  iip  the  river  with  their  canoes,  b«t  the  rapidity  of  the 
iiream  prevented  Iheir  speedy  fliglit»  on  which  they  run  the  canoes 
ashore  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  river,  calcbed  one  of  them  up  and 
ran  off  intw  the  woods,  leaving  tlie  other  two  on  the  spot,  and  made 
their  escape  to  tlie  carryii^g  place,  and  so  returned  to  Canada  to  carry 
intelligence,  as  CoL  Prebblc  supposed,  for  he  track'd  them  in  his  march 
across  the  said  carrying  place  ;  the  course  of  which  from  the  head 
of  the  Kenoebec  river  is  due  West,  and  the  distance  three  miles,  three 
quarters,  and  tv\^enty-tvvo  rnds,  to  a  pond  about  two  miles  long  and 
one  and  a  half  mile  wide;  beyond  that  there  is  another  carrying  place 
of  about  one  mile  which  leads  to  another  Pond,  that  runs  into  the 
Chaudiere. 

**  They  retunied  from  the  Orst  mentioned  Pond  the  earae  day,  and 
came  to  Norridgewulk  the  2Lst  of  Augt*  early  in  the  day,  where  they 
found  Capt.  Wright,  and  the  detachment  under  his  command  all  well, 
and  35  Indians  old  and  youiig,  who  upon  their  knowledge  of  Coh 
Prebble*8  retyrn  dressed  themselves  up  in  their  way  very  fine,  by  put- 
ting on  clean  shirL^  and  painting,  and  decoraling  OiemSiClves  wiih  mam' 
pM7?i,  they  saluted  him  with  a  niHuber  of  gunfl,  and  three  cheers,  and 
then  a  number  of  them  waited  on  him  at  the  camp,  %velcomed  him 
back,  and  seemed  to  express  a  good  deal  of  satisfaction  at  his  return. 
After  drinking  King  Georges  and  Governor  Shirleys  healths,  they  in- 
vited him  to  their  houses,  and  ten  or  twelve  of  their  Chiefs  desired  a 
abort  conference  with  him,  and  having  cleared  the  house  of  Young 
men,  who  diverted  themselves  meanwhile  playing  ball  &c.  told  bim 
that  he  had  passed  and  repassed  thro'  their  country,  they  were  glad  to 
Bee  him  come  back  and  be  was  heartily  welcome :  and  they  had  told 
him  before  he  went,  there  was  no  French'  settlement  at  the  carrying 
Place,  and  since  he  had  been  there,  and  found  it  bo,  hoped  be  would 
now  look  upon  them  as  true  men  :  and  that  we  were  now  all  one 
Brothers;  and  if  their  young  men  should  get  in  liquor  and  affront  any 
of  the  English,  hoped  we  would  take  notice  of  it,  that  they  were  de- 
termined to  live  in  Friendship  with  us :  and  if  the  Canada  Indians 
had  any  design  to  do  any  mischief  on  our  Frontiers,  they  would  cer- 
tainly let  us  know  it :  and  if  any  disputes  arose  betwixt  the  French 
hand  us  they  were  determined  for  the  futare  to  set  Btill  and  smoke 
I  tbeir  pipes. 

"  The  Colonel  told  them  the  resolution  they  had  taken  would  be 
[Tery  pleasing  to  Governor  Shirley  and  as  long  as  they  kept  their  faith 
jwitii  us,  they  might  depend  on  being  treated  as  Friends  and  Brethren 
[and  be  supplied  with  all  necessaries  at  Teconnet :  which  would  be 
hmuch  more  convetiient  hr  them  than  at  Richmond,  all  which  they  told 
[they  liked  very  well  ;  and  were  sorry  they  bad  no  Liquor  to  treat 
them  with,  but  desired  ho  would  see  their  young  men  dance  and  they 
fours^  which  they  said  was  a  Token  of  Friendship,  and  was  accord- 
ingly performed. 

•'  Next  morning  on  the  Colonels  taking  his  leave  of  them,  they 
[wished  bim  safe  to  Teconnet,  and  saluted  him  with  30  or  40  small 
wma  as  fast  as  they  could  load  and  discharge. 

•'  The  army  arrived  at  Teconnet  on  Friday  the  23d  of  August  at  5 
[o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  having  been  16  days  on  the  march. 

^  As  to  the  course  of  the  River  into  the  Country  it  must  be  refer 


408 


Brigadier  General  Jedidtah  Frchle. 


[Octot 


untill  a  plan  of  the  same  which  has  been  taken  by  a  sktltfut  irarvej 
Bhall  appear.*  The  soil  for  the  most  part  is  extremely  good,  and 
pears  to  be  fertile.  There  are  many  beautiful  Islands  in  the  rirjl 
Bome  of  which  contain  near  a  thousand  acres  of  Intervale  :  but  the 
land  is  not  ph_^ntifii!ly  stored  with  timt^er.  The  navigation  to  Norrid^ 
walk  \B  considerably  difficult  by  reason  of  tlie  rapidity  of  the  atrea 
and  riflltnoc  falls,  but  'tis  likely  will  be  much  easier  when  the  water' 
higher.  There  is  but  one  Falls  above  Teconnet  Falls,  that  it  is  neces- 
eary  to  carry  the  Battoes  around  before  we  come  to  Norridf^»walk.  be- 
twixt which  and  the  carrying  place  the  navigation  fs  vastly  belter 
than  below,  there  being  only  two  Falls  to  carry  round,  one  uf  which 
notwithstanding  a  mile  in  length,  there  is  a  plain  beaten  Path ;  the 
other  is  not  above  thirty  or  forty  rods." 

This  account  is  curious  and  interesting,  from  its  describing 
events  attemlant  upon  one  of  the  first,  if  not,   as  it  is  believed  tol 
the  very  first  penetration  of  a  Briti^<h  armed  force  into  that  wild 
Bavage  rof^ion. 

The  following  year  Colonel  Pi-eble  accompanied  Winslow  on 
celebrated  expedition  for  the  removal  of  the  French  Acadians  ;  the  ( 
tress  arising  from  which  has  l)eon  so  beautifully  pictured  by  Lonjjfellij 
in  his  Evangeline.     lie  was  wounded,  as  appears  from  the  followii 
extract  from  CoL  Winslow^s  journal,  before  Fort  Beau  Sefour: 

"June  12,  n55.     Col.  Scott,  Maj.  Preble^  and  Capt.  Sprittle, 
detached  with  five  hundred  men  to  possess  the  ground  that  I  had  ti" 
before  taken  and  to  keep  it  until  evening  in  order  to  entrench  for  1 
tering,  who  proceeding  in  the  execution  of  these  orders  were  oppo 
by  a  large  party  of  French,  who  disputed  the  ground  an  hour,  fired! 
cessantly,  but  at  length  quitted  the  ground.    We  had  two  men  wood 
ed   and    killed,  tfcc/*      "Major  Preble  sHgbtly  wounded  but 
bruised." 

Two  of  Prebble's  letters  from  Fort  Cumberland  to  Winslow  areb« 
given.     I  will  premise,  Fort  Cumberland  was  a  fortress  which 
been  built  by  the  French,  on  the  north  side  of  tlie  Massaquochef 
the  Bay  of  Fuudy.     The  It^tlimus  at  that  point  is  hardly  fifteen 
wide,    and  formed  the  natural  boundary  between  New   France 
Acadia,     On  the   I5th  of  June  precedin*^  these  letters,  the  fort  v 
invested  by  300  English  regtilare   and  1500  provincial  troops,  an 
weakened  by  fear,  discord  and  confusion  Jn  a  few  days  was  surrendeP 
By  the  terms  of  capitulation  the  garrison  was  sent  to  Louisbourg,  i 
for  the  Acadian  fugitives,  amnesty  was  stipulated.     The  Fortress  i 
-captured  received  the  name  of  Cumberland,  named  after  the  Kiog 
brother,  who  was  the  soul  of  the  regency. 

Fort  Cumberland,  25th  August,  \*lhh\ 
Dkar  Sir. — I  eral>race  this  opportunity  with  pleasure  to  let 
know  that  these  leave  me  and  all  friends,  as  I  hope  they  will  Had  ji 
in  j^ood  health,  and  we  rejoice  to  hear  of  your  safe  arrival  at  Hh 
and  am  well  pleased  that  you  are  provided  with  so  g"Ood  quarters  f 
yourself  and  soldiers,  and  as  you  have  taken  possession  of  tlie 
house,  hope  you  will  execute  the  office  of  priest.     I  am  tired 
absence,  and  long-  for  nothing  more  than  to  be  with  you  :  here  le  I 
Proby  and  eight  transports  arrived  last  Wednesday  ;  Captain  "" 


1868.] 


Brigadier  General  Jedidiah  FreUe, 


409 


^arrived  this  morning',  and  a  sloop  from  New  York  witb  provisions  for 
tbe  Troops*     The  news  has  not  yet  come  on  Bhore,  our  troops  remaia 
in  g^ood  health  and  long  to  follow  you, 
^L     To  CoL  Winslow  Yours  &c, 

^B  Commanding  at  Minas.  Prebble. 

^M  Camp  at  Cumberland,  5th  Sept.  1755. 

^^  Dear  Sir, — I  received  your  favor  from  Captain  Nichols  of  the  23d 
Aug",  and  rejoice  to  hear  that  tbe  lince  are  fallen  to  you  in  pleasant 
l&nds  and  thatj^oo  have  a  goodly  heritage.  I  nnderetand  3'ou  are 
eurrounded  by  good  things  of  this  world,  and  having  a  sanctified  placo 
for  your  habitation  ;  hope  you  are  prepared  for  the  enjoyment  of  a 
better  ;  we  are  mouldering  away  our  time  in  your  absence  ;  which  has 
rendered  this  place  to  mo  worse  than  a  Prison ;  we  have  only  this  to 
comfort  us,  that  we  are  as  nigh  Heaven  as  you  are  at  Minas,  and 
since  we  are  denied  the  good  things  in  this  world,  doubt  not  we  shall 
be  happy  in  the  next.  It  is  with  grief  I  inform  you,  that  on  the  second 
'nstantr  Major  Frye  beiog  at  Shepondic  where  he  was  ordered  to  burn 
Ihe  buildings,  and  bring  off  the  women  and  children,  the  number  of 
rbich  was  only  twenty-three,  lie  had  sent  them  on  board,  and  burned 
tbS  buildings  and  bad  sent  fifty  men  on  shore  to  burn  the  mess  house 
ind  some  other  buildings,  which  was  the  last  thing  they  had  to  do, 
^hen  about  three  hundred  French  and  Indians  came  suddenly  upon 
Ihenti  and  killed  Doctor  Marsh,  shot  Lieut.  Billings  through  the  body^ 
md  through  the  arm,  killed  and  wounded  22  and  wounded  six  more ; 
'  ey  retreated  to  the  dykes »  and  Mujor  Frye  landed  with  what  men  ho  - 
~l  on  shore  and  made  a  stand ;  but  their  number  being  euperior  to 
we  were  forced  to  retreat. 

Your  sincere  fi-iend. 
To  Col*  Winslow  Commanding  Jediuuh  Preble. 

the  Troops  at  Miuas. 

March  13,  175S,  Preble  received  from  Gov.  Pownal  a  commission  as 
^Colon^  of  a  Regiment  of  Foot,  raised  by  him  for  a  general  inyasiou  of 
"Canada, 

March  12,  1759,  just  a  year  later,  he  received  from  Governor  Pow- 
nal a  commission  as  Brigadier  General  of  the  P'orcea  raised  by  him  to 
l>e  employed  in  flis  Majesty's  service  the  ensuing  campaign. 

There   is  a  family   tradition  that  he  was  present  at  the  siege  of 

Quebec,  and  near  General  Wolfe  when  he  fell,  Sept.  13,  1T59 ;  that  he 

raa  wounded  in  the  thigh  on  the  Plains  of  Abraham,  and  that  the  ball 

rhich  wounded  him  struck  his  old  fashioned  broad-tbpped  waistcoat, 

knd  drove  tfie  cloth  in  with  it.     The  ball  was  pulled  out  and  long  pre- 

[eenred  in  the  family  as  evidence  of  the  fact.     I   am  led  to  doubt  his 

ing  present  and  wounded  in  that  battle,  as  I  can  find  no  account  of 

loy  birge  body  of  Provincial  Troops  being  engaged  in  it,  and  had  he 

Ben,  his  rank  as  a  Brigadier  General  would  have  made  him  a  prominent 

actor  in  the  battle.*    The  family  tradition  asserts  that  he  was  a  Captain ^ 


^ 


•  Mai^wit'husetta  raisecl  BSOf)  men  for  the  invtision  of  CannOn,  2.>00  of  whom  served  \n  the 
L  ,5  Lotiishur^r,  jitvenil  hmuhTd  in  the  Navy,  aTid  3<>0  Julricd  Gen.  Wolfe  hcforo 

I  I*.  Gen.  Prehle  tho  nri^ulier  toTmiiriiidin;?   there  J),  and  the?  remmnder  senred 

x_ ].  Amherst*  wh*>  entered  Cunadii  hy  Ljike  Cbanirdain  with  ii  triumphal  progress, 

captiiriMg  ill  \m  comsa  the  Foits  at  Tic'underoija,  Crown  Poiut  itiid  Niiigiira. 

You  XXIL  35* 


410 


Brisadter  General  JeJtdiaJt  FrAle. 


[Octobei 


ioV 


and  promoted  for  his  g^allantiy.    It  ?«  f'<»rtAin  he  was  twice  wouodei 
diinrig  the  war,  probably  at  an  ♦  iv. 

Soon  after,  or  perhaps  immetii  tore  the  captore  of  Qaebec 

he  was  appointed  by  tlie  Governor  to  tJie  command  uf  Fort  Pownal, 
new  fortress  jnst  completed  on  the  Penobscot,  at  what  is  now  caUoi 
Fort  Point.  Fort  Puwiial  was  commenced  early  in  May.  1759,  unde 
the  superintendence  of  Guvemor  Pownal  and  Gen.  Waldo,  and  wa 
one  of  the  most  substantial  and  well  appointed  fortificatiuDB  that  ha' 
ever  been  erected  in  Maine,  and  cost  the  Colony  j£5000^  which 
repaid  by  England.* 

Joseph  Holt,  in  his  Journal  of  a  Penobscot  voyage  (published  \t 
N.  E.  Ilistor.  and  Genealog.  Register,  October,  1856),  mentions,  unde 
date  June  24,  1762  :  "  Abont  2  o'clock  arrived  safe  at  anchor  at  For 
Pownal,  on  Penobscot  River  ;  and  there  went  ashore  and  drunk  got* 
Punch  with  Brigadier  Preblo,  and  evening  went  on  aboard.  25tli 
Friday,  we  sent  nine  men  to  view  the  lands  on  the  West  river:  an< 
about  2  o'clock  I  went  off  in  a  whaleboat  with  four  men  to  view  th 
land  on  the  East  branch  of  the  Penobscot  river.  On  Sunday,  the  2Tlh 
these  parties  returned  to  the  sloop  at  the  Fort,  and  on  Monday  startei 
in  his  sloop  in  company  with  a  Duxbury  sloop  and  York  schooner 
down  the  bay,  towards  Monut  Desert." 

S  A  Fort  on  the  p€nob*cot  waa  first  recommended  hy  Gov,  Sivirlcy  In  hU  mMnfe  I 
nie  Gcnt'ral  Court,  April  9,  17*56.    Gov.  Poi^tiftl  reiterated  its  imr-lfv  xhx^f  ^ -Jir*  itft*  i 
^Ardt,  and  arrived  at  Falmouth,  the  most  eastern  Ut\yji  luit  on 
175^,  where  he  bad  directed  materials  for  the  Fort  to  »»«  mUc^rfi'. 
fmmed  and  rciidy.    In  due  time  the  *  •    -    '"     '"  - 

Brisr-  Gen.  Juiltdiah  Frctile,  were  oin 
with  the  niatcriab.  The}' arrived  uti 
landing  on  the  £n.<t  side. 

Upon  rccounoit^rinsr,  a  location  wa#  wleeted  twent?"-five  nxl*  from  the  \riitcr*«  cdi? 
JilKJUt  the  ^amc  dli^tauce  frtiin  the  present  (ItViS)  »Ue  of  Fort  Point  TJl'''  ^^'" 
FlapitaS*  was  erected  and  the  Kin^'^  color;*    hoisted  »nd  sahited, 
Trmtcd  iJie  Troops  uyith  a  harretl  of  Hum,"    The  Fort  w;i*»  roftjjrb't'Vl 
expense  to  the  Pruvince  of  £5,CK)0.     The  Genend  C«^ 

and,  Jtnie  10,  vot^d  to  enll  th^  fort iti cation  Fort  Pov  sat 

riiMjn  WH8  constantly  inaintained  there  until  the  Rev*  >:  i  thj 

"infamous  scoundrel,*'  as  Doilor  Deane  caUu  hini,  wijo  burnt  Faliuiuutli, 
Brit)>h  Man-of-war,  and  dismantled  the  Fort,  and  in  July  the  sAme  year  r<  ' 
the  block  houf^e,  &c,,  fcflH ri^  ihiit  it  miijht  l>e  ocniti'    '  '      *'       -    '  ^' 

that  Cupt.  Mowatt  ticcompjtnied  Gov.  Powiial  on  tin 
Ufihcd.    The  ruins  of  Fort  Pownul  are  now  di^tis.*  r' 
works  are  quite  prominent  at  Fort  Point,  C;ii  ■ 
ilvor,  in  what  is  now  the  town  of  Stockton,     1 
OiMK  P»  in  a  sT>ecch,  Fct«,  I,  1739,  was  ro  lompU  ,-  ;.,      ...,    . ,  ;   , .  *. 
tlio  Atlantic,  and  secure  the  title  to  the  suhject^of  the  Pro\iinx\  for. 
the  British  Crown  lias  i^ecnred  and  fortified  St-  John's  Ri%Tr,  the  en* : 
now  no  other  outlet  to  the  sea,  llian  tlironi:h  the  Pe»    '  '     Joor  tK  r  ^r  ^llut  ix[ 

in  every  otlier  pint.    TiRt^e  luiidiS  oij^dit  to  l>f  in  our  for  as  long  as  an 

Las  any  claim  to  Them,  the  French  will  maintain  a  tjt 

Tlii8  ^ctticincnt  is  believed  to  have  been  the  first  in  ihtj  vicinitv  for  a  nUliuiry  oi 
porpose. 

Gen,  Waldo,  whose  zeal  for  the  service  prompted  him»  at  tbr  " --     *'  '"'  *     -* — ^ 
Pownal  on  the  exwdition,  h  Hud  to  have  died  of  apoplexy  wl 
the  *ite»  or,  acf-ording  to  Whipple,  while  in  the  act  of  tleposiriii^ 
a  leiuleu  plate),  or»  according;  to  >till  another  account^  while  iMjiiiiiii;^  uut  ; 
the  limit  of  his  territory,  in  or  near  t!ie  site  of  the  present  city  of  Banpor. 
may  Jje,  he  was  burit «t  ut  the  head  of  tho  fii^t  fallii,  and  a  leadeu  plato  w uc  .... .. 

him,  bearing  this  ioscription  :— 

"  Slay  23.  17*59.    r*rovme^  of  Mafirochiisetts  Bay,  Dominion  of  Great  Brimin.   P(»s««^Oi 
confirmed  by  T.'Powncll,  ftov.** 

Gen.  Waldo  was  Iniried  with  ndliturv  honors,  and  on  the  occasion  the  Rtv.  Mr»  PhiUiM,ll 
Lynn,  prwuhed  the  firtit  sermon  ever  clelivefed  in  what  Is  now  Waldo  conntv.    ihu  ^\  >iT'tfl 
was  riu  Hcrompli.^hed  pnthmtin,  and  had  cro*.-*t'd  the  Atlantic  ocean  litVeen  r 
WM  u  lrir;j[o  pmprktor  of  the  Waldo  patent,  on  which  the  Fort  was  hiid,  ftiid  v 
interested  io  lis  coui^truction. 


1 


1868.] 


BrigaJkr  General  JcJtdiah  Prehle* 


411 


In  a  deed  dated  Sept.  13,  lt60,  the  enlvject  of  this  memoir  is  styled 
Jedidiah  Preble,  of  Falmouth,  othervvrse  called  Jedidiab  Preble,  Gom- 
mander  of  Fort  Potunaiy  at  Penobscot, 

October  29,  1762,  lie  piirf;baeed  of  the  heirs  of  Brig,  Gen.  Samuel 
Waldo,  all  the  land  mirrfjundii^g  Fort  Pownalf  to  (he  amount  of  twenft/- 
$eten  hundred  acres^  for  the  sum  of  seven  hundred  and  twenty  pounds  ; 
the  fort,  the  Government  buildings  {none  of  which  are  now  in  exist- 
ence), and  certain  quarrying  and  mining  privileges,  being  ret^erved  by 
the  heirs*  The  same  year,  at  the  settlement  of  the  estate  of  hia 
lathe r-in-1  aw,  Capt.  Joshna  Bangs,  he  was  the  purchaser  at  the  valua- 
on  of  the  following  real  estate,  viz.  i — 

Androsse's  Island* £466  13    4 

Mansion  hous^  and  garden 246  13    4 

Wliarfand  warehoueee,  near  foot  of  King  Street    -  190  00    0 

BreaBlwork  and  Hats  -  .  -  -  -  •  -  104  13  04 
The  mansion  house  and  garden  were  situated  on  Thames  Street 
in  Falmouth,  near  the  foot  of  what  is  now  India  Street.  The  bouse 
was  destroyed  at  t!ic  burning  of  Falmouth  by  Mo  watt,  and  another 
nflerwards  built  upon  its  site,  which  after  tbo  Brigadier's  death  was 
purchased  by  his  son  Capt  Enoch,  who  with  his  family  occupied  it 
many  years,  until  he  sold  it  to  Capt.  Lemuel  Dyer,  This  house, 
after  numerous  alterations,  is  still  (1868)  standing.  Originally  a 
green  sloping  bank  extended  from  its  front  to  the  water,  aflording  a 
pleasant  and  always  cheerful  prospect,  and  the  house  was  two  storied, 
with  a  low,  flat,  hipped  roof.  At  this  time  (1868)  the  street,  the  name  of 
which  has  been  changed  to  Commercial  Street,  has  been  graded  down 
tnd  the  house  slightly  raised.  The  roof  has  also  been  raided,  and  its 
ends  brought  out,  a  granite  basement  has  been  added  underneath,  and  a 
Urge  addition  made  to  the  rear  of  the  house.  With  those  changes, 
from  a  two  storied  hipped-roof  house,  it  has  become  four  storied,  with 
a  plain  slanting  roof,  and  can  scarcely  be  recognized.  The  green 
sloping  bank  has  long  since  disappeared,  and  was  at  Orst  replaced  by 
11^  a  marine  railway,  which  in  its  turn  has  disapf*cared,  and  granite  and 
|ta»nck  warehouses  now  (1868)  cover  the  site  of  the  green  bank  and 
^psandy  shores. 

H  March  3d,  It 63.  Jedidiah  Preble  received  from  Francis  Bernard, 
W  Captain  General  and  Governor  of  the  Province  of  Massachusetts,  a  com- 
^  mission  as  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  the  County  of  Lincoln,  with 
authority,  in  conjunction  with  two  or  more  Justices,  to  hold  a  court, 
kc.  A  few  words  in  Parson  Smith's  Journal^  under  date  Februai-y  4th, 
of  this  year»  show  ns  the  grave  Justice  in  a  more  jovial  light.  He 
nays — '*  Brigadier  Preble,  Colonel  Waldo,  Captain  Ross,  Doctor  CoflSn, 
Nalhartiel  Moody,  Mr.  Webb  and  their  wives  and  Tate  set  out  for  a 
frolic  at  Rings »  and  are  not  y<*t  got  back*  nor  like  to  be,  the  roads  not 
I'  ing  passable/'  On  the  11th  of  February  he  says—''  Oar  frolickers 
1  turned  from  Black  point  last  night,  having  been  gone  just  ten  days. 
They  gut  ht>meward  as  far  as  long  Creek  last  night,  and  with  vast 
difficulty  and  expense  reached  home.*' 


t 


•  TTjU  Ishind  wiw  first  chilled  Portland,  tlicn  Antlro!48»^B  or  Andrews,  ttt»d,  nftcrits  purchase 
I  Bangs,  Bnrip!  Islnnd,  It  in  now  cnlkd  Cnsliin^  IsLiwI,  After"  its  pre*<*nt  proprie- 
liliQ  name  of  Bangs  Ultmd  ie  rcUint:d  on  the  U.  S.  Qonit  Sarrtif  nud  other  maps 


412 


BrigadUf  Gmeral  Jedidiah  Preble. 


[Octol 


In  1  iTGO  he  was  chosen  a  Representative  to  succeed  Samuel  Wddo 
without  tjpfjusitian.     In  1768  he  was  a  member  of  the  house  from  F^ 
month  and  Cape  Elizabeth,  and  one  of  the  *'  glorious  ninetj-two  *'  w(| 
voted  nay  to  the  command  of  the  King  to  rescind  the  celebrated  circu 
letter*     The  same  year  the  strict  execution  of  the  revenue  act  pr 
duced  mobs  and  riots  in  the  seaport  towns,  which  caused  the  govern- 
ment to  call  to  its  support  a  military  and  naval  force.     The  intiinatio 
on  the  8th  of  September  that  a  body  of  soldiers  had  been  ordered 
Boston,  produced  a  greater  degree  of  alarm  than  had  been  caused  bj^ 
any  other  moaaure»     A  town  meeting  was  immediately  held  in  Boston, 
which  recommended  that  a  convention  of  committees  from  all  the  towj 
in  the  Province  should  be  held  in  Faneuil  Hall,  to  consult  and  advii 
Buch  measures  as  the  public  peace  and  safety  required.      This  recon 
mendatioo  met  with  a  hearty  response,  and  a  convention,  numerously 
tended^  assembled  in  Faneuil  Hall  on  the  22d  of  September.     An  ex* 
press  from  Boston  reached  Falmouth  on  the  18th,  and  on  the  2lgt  th 
inhabitants  held  a  meeting  and  appointed  General  Preble,  who  wi 
already  their  Representative  to  the  General  Court,  as  their  delegate  1 
thi«  convention.     He  was,  however,  instructed  very  cautiously  to 
nothing  illegal  or  unconstitational,  but  to  use  every  endeavor  withii 
the  limits  of  legitimate  resistance  to  procure  a  redress  of  grievance 
The  result  of  the  convention  was  much  more  moderate  than  the  friead 
of  government  anticipated.     The  convention  enumerated  their  grief 
ances,  declared  their  loyalty  and  that  of  the  people,  and  advised  all  i 
avoid  tumultuous  expression  of  their  feelings,  and  to  yield  obedienc 
to  the  civil  magistrate.     They  firmly  expressed  their  opinion  that  i  ^ 
civil  power  without  the  aid  of  a  standing  force  was  fully  adequate  i 
suppress  all  tumultuous  disorders  ;  but  notwithstanding  this  expressic 
of  opinion,  on  the  28th  of  September,  two  regiments,  nnmbeiing  about 
a  thousand  men,  under  command  of  Colonel  Dalryraplo,  from  Halifax* 
landed  at  Boston.     These  troops  were  refused  quarters  and  supplies 
by  both  tljc  General  Court  and  the  town  of  Boston.     In  February, 
lt69,  when  the  news  reached  England,  Parh'ament  denounced  the  pro- 
ceedings of  this  convention  of  town  delegates  at  Faneuil  Uall  aa  sub- 
versive of  government,  and  as  showing  a  disposition  to  set  up  an 
authority  independent  of  the  crown. 

It  will  be  seen  from  this,  that  thus  early  our  subject  was  prepared 
to  take  the  people's  side  io  the  gradually  approaching  struggle  of  the 
Revolution,  and  that  he  was  already  looked  upon  as  a  leader* 

In  the  town  valuation  of  1772,  his  property  had  a  higher  v.iluation 
put  on  it  than  any  other  in  Falmouth,  viz.,  £311  Ss, ;  the  total  value 
of  all  the  properly  on  the  Neck  and  at  Back  Cove  at  the  same  time 
being  £9,108.  The  next  largest  property-h older  in  Falmouth  w«a 
Enoch  Ilsley,  whose  estate  was  valued  at  £300.  There  were  but  two, 
others  whoye  valuation  was  above  oV  equal  to  £160  each. 

In  1773  he  was  chosen  a  Councillor  of  the  people,  and  though 
course  of  the  popular  party,  was  one  of  six  accepted  by  the   Roya 
GoverBor.     The  same  year,  by  a  schedule,  we  lind  him  the  owner 
110  tons  of  shipping,  which  he  the  next  year  had  increased  to  It 
tons— not  a  large  investment  in  navigution  for  these  times,  but  a  rer 
considerable  one  for  those, 

January  25,  1774,  he  was  chosen  by  the  town  of  Falmouth  one 
a  committee  of  seven,  of  which  he  appears  to  have  been  chairmaUi  li^ 


IMS.] 


Brigadier  General  Jedidiah  Prtik. 


413 


Bake  answer  to  the  Reveral  letters  received  from  the  ComtnittGe  of 
ParreapoTidence  in  Boston,  and  to  report  what  ought  to  be  done  for 
h©  public  welfare  under  the  alarming  circumstancefl  which  existed, 

be  Sd  of  February  this  committee  made  a  long  report,  in  which  they 
ny,  that  having  waited  too  patiently  a  long  time  in  hopes  that  the  Gov* 
^cnior  would  join  the  other  branches  of  ihe  Legislature  in  petitioning 
the  King  for  a  redress  of  American  grievances,  and  finding  it  vain  to 
tope  or  expect  any  relief  through  his  means,  they  declare  it  the  duty 
of  the  town  to  declare  as  their  opinion,  in  a  matter  which  so  highly  con- 
aed  their  own  and  future  generations,  that  neither  the  Parliament 
of  England,  nor  any  other  power  on  earth,  has  a  right  to  lay  a  tax  on 
people  of  the  colonies,  but  by  their  own  consent,  or  the  consent 
Df  those  whom  they  may  choose  to  represent  them — a  right  guaran- 

ed  by  the  glorious  Magna  Charta,  and  not  only  agreeable  to  the 
of  God  and  Nature,  but  interwoven  in  the  constitution  of  the 
human  mind.  This  report  was  accompanied  by  a  set  of  liemlves,  in 
vbich  they  declared  their  determination  not  to  suffer  to  be  imported 
Dto  the  town  any  article  on  which  Parliament  had  laid  a  duty,  nor 
have  dealings  with  those  who  promoted  euch  arbitrary  acts  ;  and 
lirther,  that  they  would  neither  buy  nor  sell,  and  would  desist  from 
he  use  of  India  Tea,  and  discountenance  its  introduction,  while  the 
CO  n  tit  me  d  ;  and  finally  acknowledged  their  obligations  to  Boston 
or  early  notices  of  approaching  danger,  and  *'  for  their  intrepid  be- 
havior upon  the  late  tea  ships'  arrival."   Two  of  the  committee  enter- 

'  their  dissent  to  the  resolve  relative  to  Boston,  and  to  epithets  given 

(the  ministry  and  the  E.  India  Company*     The  whole  Report,  with 

»  accompanying  Resolves^  may  be  found  in  the  appendix  to  Willis's 

gtory  of  Portland, 
Bptember  22,  1774,  a  convention  of  delegates  from  towns  in  Cum- 
Itnd  County,  assembled  at  Falmouth,  recommended  that  Jeremiah 
Powell,  Esq,,  and  Jedidiah  Preble,  Esq.,  "  Constitutional  Couneellors 

*this  Province  residing  in  the  County,  take  their  places  at  the  Board 

I  usual  the  ensuing  session." 

On  the  5th  of  October,  the  House  of  Representatives  of  Massachu- 

etts  met  at  Salem,  and  resolved  itself  into  a  Provincial  Congress,  and 
Da  the  8th  adjourned  to  Concord.  They  took  the  government  of  the 
province  into  their  hands,  and  made  vigorous  preparations  for  the  ap* 
proaching  contest*     On  the  27 th  of  October,    Qen.  Jedidiah  Preble, 

ith  Gen.  Artemaa  Ward  and  CoL  Pomeroy,  were  chosen  General 
Officers  of  the  Provincial  forces,  and  Gen.  Preble  was  chosen  to  the 
'command-*  This  appointment  he  was  forced  to  decline  on  ac* 
Icount  of  ill  health  and  advanced  age,  and  it  was  then  bestowed  upon 
"Sen.   Artemas   Ward,   who  at  a  later  period  was  superseded   by 

STaehington^f 

Great  hopes  had  been  entertained  that  when  news  of  the  rcsolata 


Anomrton  TliunsdnT,  Ottolter  27,  1774*    Itwns  moved  thnt  i\w  C<n>  fved  to 

ho  ohvii'  e  of  three  genemt  ofHocrs,  nnd  resolved  that  they  woiiUt  fli^t  isi  >  f  ttm 

'^ *"  who   fthouM  hftve  the  chief  coniniftml,  ami  the  Committoe   L.;...,   ..^u-d  fkiul 

vi>t€8  refMjrted  that  the  Hon.  Jedidisih  FrciUle,  E.-w].,  was  ehosst^n.    Hon.  Artemas 
ihOMin.    Theij  Colonel  Pomeroy, — JourruU  of  Prof'incial  ContfrttM  of  Manu* 
^t  Ih'M'entlcnian'i  MJi^a/inc  for  June/l773|  p.  297,  voL  46,  under  bead  of  the  Pro* 

.  I  of  the  Aitit^Hcnn  Cohmi(!B — mys : 
r»  Oeh,  Gugc  has  gjven  positive  grdeV**  thxit  no  person  sboll  go  out  of  Boston*    Coloiwl 
tie  luis  isttued  m  pofricive  orden  that  no  person  ibaH  go  into  Bostoa.** 


414 


Brigadier  General  JedHiah  PrAle* 


[Oct 


Spii'it  of  the  coloiiieB  reached  England,  it  would  produce  a  more  tem* 
perate  consideration  of  their  grievances  than  ministers  had  been  dis- 
posed to  take  ;  but  when,  instead,  they  fouod  a  determination  to  force 
down  the  arbitrary  doctrines  at  the  point  of  the  bayonet,  they  des- 
paired of  reconciliation,  and  prepared  with  vigor  to  resist  encroach- 
ment.  The  feelings  of  the  people  became  exceedingly  irritated  agai 
those  who  still  countenanced  the  course  of  the  mother  country,  ai 
personal  quarrels  often  took  place  between  individuals.  A  rencon 
of  this  kind,  in  which  Gen.  Preble  was  one  of  the  actors,  is  related* 
having  taken  place  in  King,  or,  as  it  is  now  called,  India  street.  G< 
Preble  met  Mr.  Sherifl'Tyng,  and  said,  "It  is  talked  that  there  \ril 
be  a  mob  to-night.''  They  met  Mr.  Oxnard  (his  son-in-law),  when 
Tyng  said  to  hira,  '*  We  are  going  to  have  a  mob  to-night.'*  The 
Geeeral  denied  having  said  so*  Tyng  contradicted  him,  and  called 
him  an  old  fool,  and  threatened  he  would  chastise  him  if  be  were  not 
an  old  man.  The  General  threatened  to  cane  him,  or  knock  him 
down,  if  he  siiould  repeat  those  words,  when  Tyng  drew  his  8^ 
and  threatened  to  run  him  through,  Preble  then  collared  and  ^\- 
Tyng.  Afterwards  Tyng  asked  pardon  of  the  General,  and  it  waa 
granted.  The  populace  inquired  if  the  General  was  satisfied,  and  told 
him  he  should  have  all  the  satisfaction  he  desired,  but  he  desired 
nothing  more.  This  anecdote  illustrates  not  only  the  popularity 
the  General,  but  the  atate  of  feeling  towards  the  Crown  officers 
the  Government  itself. 

It  was  somewhere  about  this  time  that  Gen.  Preble  abandoned  the 
Episcopal  form  of  worship,  and  took  seats  under  the  droppings  of  Pj 
Bon  Smith's  eloquence,  because  the  Episcopal  clergyman  had  oOend* 
him  by  continuing  to  pray  for  the  King  and  royal  family.  In  Aprfl^ 
17 15,  Gen,  Preble  with  four  others  was  added  to  the  Committee  of  In- 
spection at  Falmouth,  and  on  tlje  9th  of  May  became  security  for 
Capt.  Mo  watt,  his  surgeon,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wiswell,  who  had  been 
seized  while  walking  upon  Munjoy  Ilill  by  a  vioh  of  soldiers  under  the 
command  of  Col.  Tbompaon.  The  commanding  officer  on  board  Mow- 
att*s  ship  threatened  to  lay  the  town  in  ashes  if  the  prisoners  were  not 
immediately  given  up.  Gen.  P.  and  CoL  Freeman  became  security  f< 
their  return  the  next  diij  on  their  parole,  and  they  went  on  board  e^ 
about  9  the  same  evening.  When  it  was  ascertained  that  Mowatt< 
Dot  intend  to  keep  his  parole,  the  militia  mob  vested  their  rag©  upon 
the  hostages  and  kept  them  in  confinement  without  dinner,  and  refi 
to  let  their  children  speak  with  them.  Towards  evening  they  were 
leased  on  their  consenting  to  furnisli  refreshment  to  the  milttia.  Tl 
number  of  men  was  337,  and  Gen.  Preble  was  compelled  as  his  contri- 
bution to  furnish  them  with  some  barrels  of  bread,  a  number  of  ehee: 
and  two  barrels  of  rum— the  whole  at  a  cost  to  hira  of  about  ten  pom 
lawful,  and  all  for  a  cowardly  wretch  who  bad  not  honor  enough 
keep  his  parole,  and  who  in  a  mean  spiritof  revenge  obtained  theord 
from  Admiral  Graves,  under  which  he  burnt  the  town,  on  the  I6lh 
October  following,  Bythis  outrage  Gen.  Preble  hie  security  incurre 
losfl  of  property  in  the  aggregate  valued  at  over  £2,500,  and  Col.  Fi 
wan,  bis  other  hostage,  half  as  much.  On  the  receipt  of  Mowatt*8  ba 
•pell^d,  worded  and  written  letter,  announcing  his  inteution  to  barn 


♦  Dr.  Samuel  Pcmie'e  Diary,  April  8, 1774. 


Brigadier  General  Jedidiah  PrSle* 


415 


town  in  two  boufBi  Gen.  Preble  was  appointed  one  of  a  commit- 
tee to  wait  upon  liim,  to  see  if  tbe  tlireatened  calamity  could  not  be 
averted.  At  tbe  earnest*entreaty  of  the  committee^  Mowatt  consented 
to  postpone  the  execution  of  his  second  orders  notil  8  o'clock  the 
next  morningj  on  certain  conditions,  which  were  evaded  until  the  time 
?t  had  expired.  The  deatructiou  did  not  commence  until  9  u^clock, 
ren.  Preble  removed  his  family  and  such  other  property  as  he  was 
able  to  save,  to  Capisick.  His  loss  of  property  was  greater  than  that 
^^f  any  other  suflerer  by  the  burning  of  Falmouth,*  It  was  not  until 
Hb791,  when  the  General  Court  of  MaBaachusotta  granted  them  two 
^RownfthipB  of  land  now  known  as  Freeman  and  New  Poi'tland,  that 
Haiij  relief  was  obtained  by  the  sufferers  for  their  losses, 
r  -  Inl7T6&'7T, 

^■^^^/// — ^'^^  ?j*^"^o,T°wS 

^P  /7^  J  *^^c>sen  by  the 


^  people  as  their 
'Representative  to  the  Provincial  CongresB  of  MassachiisettH,  with  little 
if  any  opposition.  On  the  19th  of  May  be  was  elected  Represen- 
lAtive,  by  99  out  of  102  votes,  as  he  states  in  bis  diary.  The  town 
neglected  to  send  the  precepts  of  hie  and  his  collcagueVs  election,  and 
on  ihe  30th  of  May,  in  answer  to  a  call  of  the  House,  Gen.  Preble  said> 
"I  was  luathe  to  come,  but  being  elected  by  so  great  a  majtinty,  felt 
bound  to  accept.^'  It  was  then  unanimously  voted  by  the  Uouee 
that  he  eljould  keep  his  seat.     On  the  20th  of  Juno  following,  he  was 

•  T\\^  following  estimate  of  hia  losaee  b  taken  from  a  mcmpraodimi  in  lii»  own  hand- 
writing,  viz.; — 
One  dwelling  hoase  I  lived  in,  two  story  bJgli,  four  rooms  on  a  floor,  all  woU 

finirilicd,  with  a  porcb  and  a  Chlnef*e  r©nc«      ,..,...  £5-50  0  0 

I        Furniture,  prov-jsion?  and  elotliing  lefl:  in  t\\^  lionae             ,        .        ,        .        ,  134  0  0 
One  brim  and  f'hai>e  liouiie,  wood  lioiiPe  and  otber  small  buildings,  together 

I           wiT'         '      '■  uid  pLiiform  l>ack  of  tht' hoiiiie 70  0  0 

One  iii>e,  fonr  rooms  on  a  tl(K»r,  two  »tory  high,  that  Sftoiuel  Moody 

ki]        ;          J  in,  witli  anew  kitchen  back       ....,,.  40000 

One  ifli  Ke  fiuxM  improved  by  Mr.  Thoa»  Dxnurd,  Rented  at  26. 13. 4.  per  ann.  200  0  0 

One  haU4,'r*8  nhop,  two  story  high .,..  4500 

One  «mall  store  joining .  30  0  0 

One  hakt:  house  and  two  stores  joinbi?,  two  story 80  0  0 

One  6h*»[»  anri  uiffhi  f^tore.^i  joining,  an  two  story  liigh 31K)  0  0 

One  store  on  tjjo  end  of  my  wliarf      ....,,,,.  40  0  0 
Good.ii,  k  ft  in  the  shop,  viz. ;  iron,  glass,  wooden  ware,  English  goods,  sheep's 

■  w,.,,i    fiiv    ifpras*  and  logT^'ood,  amounting  to       * aX)  0  0 

■  JixT  a  4fl?i. 48  0  0 

■  ^  8  a  is,  6d. ;   140  gals,  W.  Rum  at  3s 33  0  0 

n    I'M  It  2-H,  8iL ;  0000  ^-asoiied  trimn^iik  a  20fi 19  0  8 

One  Alible  and  smaH  rigging^  burnt  in  my  store,  13000  seaaoned 

tcl.  It  403 106  0  0 
Oar,  luiuir.,  diiliUjardF,  Fhingle^  and  anchor  stock    ...,,.  2(J  0  0 

StO  conl  rtood  a  8s. ;  M!ven  cord  Imrk  a  Tin IG  4  0 

^..     ,     1  „  ,^f  ,1  chaise,  £4  \  one  or.  wheels,  iron  l)oard  and  one  body  of  a  cart,  £5  0  0  0 

nc  to  my  wharf  bv  tlie  lire 3000 

•                 ^)  Saint  PaulVB  Church           .,,,.....  1368 

To  Hi!  vLii^'  my  houj^chold  gixnls  and  other  elTectP  sundry  times  out  of  town  20  0  0 

Forty  ?-hcop  a  10*.  *  one  yoke  of  oxen  ISt?.  Sd.,  and  two  cowa  a  £3,  lost  by  tak- 
.   ing  them  olT  my  inlands 39  6  8 

^O  two  quarter  caf^kn  of  Madeira  a  £12 24  0  0 

Errors  excepted,  &e.  Jediuiah  Pkeblb.       £2523  4  0 

CuMUEaLANO,  6S.  Fftlniouth,  Dec,  L  1775,  the  above  named  Jcdithati  Preble,  Esq.,  mada 
OAib  that  the  rtb<iTC  is  a  trne  ticconnt  oi  the  loss  he  met  with  ljy  Capt.  Mowatt's  lately  bora- 
b^  Uie  town  of  Falmooth,  according  to  his  UtH  j ndgment* 

Coram,  EifooH  FitSBULir,  Justict  Ptace, 


4ie 


Bngadier  General  JedidlaJi  Pichle. 


[Oc 


elected  Councillor  (one  of  tlie  board  of  cightoen)  for  the  Province 
Maino»  in  pUice  of  Mr,  Chauocy,  resigned,  by  a  joint  vote  of  the  Ho 
and  Board,  receiving  one  hundred  out  of  one  hundred  and  eight  vo 

In  nt8,  by  ad\ice  and  cousent  of  the  Council,  he  was  appoin 
by  command  of  the  major  part  of  the  Council,  under  the  act  of  16 
a  Justice  of  the  Inferior  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  for  tho  County  of 
Cumherhiiid.  and  was  the  fourth  of  the  name  of  Preble  appoin t>ed  to 
judicial  office.     On  the  4th  of  September,  1790,  under  the  new  St 
constitution,  he  was  elected  the  first  Senator  from  Cumberland  Couu 
receiving  in  Falmouth,  tho  town  where  he  resided,  35  out  of  42  vo 

In  1782  and  ^S3,  he  held  appointments  as  Judge  of  Inferior  Courtai^ 
under  the  new  State  constitution,  and  these  appointments  were  th©^ 
closing  ones  of  his  long  career  of  activity,   honor  and  usefulness. 
Four  days  after  the  rejoicing  in  Boston,  on  the  occasion  of  the  defini- 
tive treaty  of  peace  having  been  aigned  by  Congress,  viz.^  on  the  Uth 
of  March,  1784,  he  breathed  his  last  at  his  residence  in  Falmouth,  au!* 
on  the  16th  waa  buried  in  the  old  burying  place  on  Munjoy  Hill,  whei 
the  monument  erected  to  bis  memory  can  still  be  seen.     It  is  a  torn' 
ebaped  block  of  granite  masonry,  covered  with  a  Iree-fltoiie  slab,  od 
which  may  be  read  this  Inscription  : — 

Jedidiah  Preble  is  reputed  to 
have  been  the  first  white  man 
that  ascended  to  the  summit  of 
Mount  Washington.  lie  often 
told  his  children  the  story  of  his 
long,  dangerous  and  toilsome 
journey,  considering  it,  as  w 
he  might,  in  absence  of  roads 
bridle  paths,  one  of  tho  mi 
important  of  his  achievemen 
According  to  the  tradition  of 
time,  "  he  went  up  the  mouutaia 
and  washed  his  hands  in  the 
clouds/'  Ilia  son  Enoch  used 
to  tell  of  bis  father's  journey,  aa 
be  had  told  it  to  him,  and  among 
other  incidents  mentioned  hia 
leaving  a  bottle  of  brandy  on  a 
flat  rock  on  the  top  of  the  mottu- 
tain,  and  that  when  the  spot  was 
revisited  years  afterwards,  the 
bottle  was  broken,  and  the 
cracked,  supposed  from  a 
of  lightning.  The  date  o 
expedition,  unfortunately, 
not  been  preserved  ;  but  sottie 
few  years  since,  old  Abel  Craw- 
ford, the  patriarch  of  the  moon- 
tain,  who  had  not  then  been 
gathered  to  his  fathers,  told 
wife  of  one  of  Brigadier  PrebW 
grandsons,  that  he  was  his  coj 
panion  on  the  occasion  refe: 
to,  and  verified  his  account  of 


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JEDmiAU  PREBLE,  ESQUIRE, 
WHO  j>rKi>  March  11,  1784, 

AGKD  77  YXABS. 

Hb  acted  Olt  ALL  TMX  STAGCS  OF 

LOTS, 

ASA 

TRUBTT  COWtANDlB  AT  SKA , 

AN  rNTRKFlP  aOLDIZB, 

A  PRUUBNT  OBNBRAL, 

A  WISE  LEGISLATOR, 

AKD 
AX  UPRIGHT  4iriX3S. 

"WTicre  h  thy  sting,  oh  death? 
And  wUcro  thy  victory,  grave? 


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417 


General  Preble  is  re  presented  by  his  children  and  contemporanes  to 
bave  been  of  coin  man  ding-  tind  dignilled  presence,  staodiDg  full  six 
feet  in  heiglit.  His  common  dress  was  the  scarlet  coat  and  laced  hat^ 
which,  previous  to  the  Revolution,  were  only  permitted  to  be  worn  by 
what  was  called  the  privileged  classes.  He  was  of  very  quick  tem- 
per, and  resolute  and  even  stubborn  in  his  purposes.  Bis  opinion 
once  formed,  there  was  no  moving  him  from  it,  so  that  it  ia  usual  to 
tay  among  bis  descendants,  when  one  of  them  is  fixed  of  will  about 
anything^  and  resolute  to  do  what  he  has  planned,  that  he  has  a  toucli 
of  the  Brigadier  in  him. 

His  wilU  dated  February  10, 1784  (recorded  vol,  iii.  Probate  Records 
C.  C,  p.  292),  bequeaths  his  property,  viz,  :  Ist,  To  the  payment  of 
his  just  debts  and  ftinernl  expenses  :  2d,  Bangs  Island  to  his  wife  dur- 
itjg  her  life  ;  3d,  £100  lawful  money  to  be  paid  one  year  after  his  de- 
cease  to  each  of  the  following  persons,  viz. :  Sons  John.  Ebenezer, 
""J ward,  Joshua,  Enoch  and  Henry,  also  to  daughter  Statira.  The 
Eiainder  of  bis  estate  was  to  be  equally  divided  among  Ma  children. 
Id  the  heirs  of  hia  deceased  son  Jedidiah,  in  tenths.  Further,  after  his 
■dow's  decease,  Bangs  Island  was  to  be  in  the  same  way  divided- 
lie  will  made  his  sou  Ebenezer  and  his  widow  Mehitable  his  executors. 

VR8.   MEBITABLe   PREBLE. 

/^      General  Preble's  second 

^T}    ^  ^jf       ^\X^  was  the  daiighterf  of 

J  '^Ky^O'x^^  Captain  Joshua  Bangs,  who 

fie    to  Falmouth    from   Harwich,  Cape   Cod.      Her  first   Imsband, 

ihn  Roberts,  Jr.,  died  in  the  first  year  of  their  wedded  life,  leaving 

a  childless   widow.       About   a  year  after   his   death    she  mar- 

,  General  (then  Colonel)  Preble,  on  the  0th  of  May,   Vlh\.     Mrs. 

eble  is  represented  to   have  been   a  bustling,   energetic,  business 

[>tnan.  fiilly  alive  and  attentive  to  the  interest  and  business  of  her 

sbajid,  and  improving  his  property  while  he  was  fulfilling  his  various 


Sl^ntiirc  to  Will. 

C«pr.  J<»#liti)i  Uaugs,  the  fbtlier  of  Mfliiral>lo  Preble,  came  to  Falmontli  firom  Harwich, 
1731,"  when  he  hcul  laid  out  to  Iiliu  '*  n't  lisH^n  to  Dennis  Morroagh  lato 
:ist?<l,  a  tract  of  Imul  jithI  Mai-  ^r.nmuiin;?   half  an  acre,  and  IxjqijcI  as 
e»_h  inp  on  the  corner  betuwn  ttn*   hon^c  lot   formerly   laiil  out  to  John 

ki^U  L'u>coV  Neck,  near  where  Fort  \x\\^\  st»XMl  anil  the  fl«t^  laid  out  tfi  Edward 
^,  thence  Ixmntlin^on  f^aiil  Prirlmnl'ji  lot  ro  nin  NEtly  to  the  Etly  eiimer 
Ifo  tnrlmlinff  rlie  Pine  tn?e nn«i  |«nrcel  of  Ijuid  nnd  hk ks  whieh  lyeth  bt^tween  King 
Dfl  a  fmall  lot  laid  ont  to  John  Ghiv€«  and  tht-  tints  laid  «nt  and' granted  to  Jowph 
iJhuundt'd  on  .1f>>cpli  Bayk'j's  flats  iind  tbe  ntyr«  *4Uil  Tvn^'s  tlatK  on  the  other  side, 
^  nle  np and  eoni(ileted»    It  Wwv^  tor  the  bon."*e  lot  for  naid  Moirouph's 

f»e  free  from  former  grrantii."    Rated  at  Falrnoutli  October  *2i;d»  1*31. 

nil! 2      ['rictors'  Reeards,  p.  2->S,  vol,  L)    This  hmd  wns  on  the  westerly 

^*hai  \s  rwiw  \W^\  ]ndift  Street,  and  to  the  westward  of  the  Gmnd  Trunk  Depot 
k  l^avA  WA^  a{ihipnia;$tf;rp  stitificfinently  a  m«rcha«i,  and  represented  the  to^ii  of 
'     ".oneral  Conrt  in  174L 

IS  lK>rn  at  Iluru'i<  h,  Mjisearhusett.*,  in  1691 ;  tuiirrfed  Mehitahle  Chirk,  of 

in3»  and  died  at  Fail ni our h,  May  23,  1"«3— hl»  wife  hnvitig  died  tho 

1^  from  the  following  inscriptions  on  their  head  stone*  in  the  Eiistem 

..^  , ,  i-f  Mr«.  Mehitable  Bangs,  wife  of  Mr.  Joshua  Bftngs,  died  April  6th, 
|i)  the  56th  vc-ir  of  her  a>re.*' 
ere  lies  the  body  of  Mr,  Jo&hnti  Bang^,  died  May  23J.  1762,  In  the  71st  year  of  his  ngo," 

had  three  sons  and  the  dau^ihtt^r*,  vix. ; 
fsUh-in,  horn  1714,    2.  TlKima-,  bom  Nov.  28tli,  171«;  tnarrted  Mehitahle  Stone,  of 
Jt  h,  Oct.  175L    3.  Thankful,  l»om  Nov,  I3th.  1720;  married  Sumuel  Cohh,  Nov,  1740. 

Vh,  (N>m« -;  toarrkd  Gershom  Rogen^,  Julr,  17S6>    5*  Joebuft,  bom  1723;  rnnz^ 

XXll.  S6 


4t8 


Brigadier  Gtneral  Jtdidiah  Preble, 


[Octobor, 


military  and  political  duties.  It  is  a  futnily  tradition  that  when  thfi 
towD  of  Falmouth  was  burnt  by  Mowatt,  elie  haateried,  with  an  axe,  an 
with  her  own  hand  humanely  liberated  the  pip:s,  &c.,  from  ihoir  confine 
ment,  by  knocking  down  tlie  piggery  in  which  they  were  confined,  say- 
ing it  would  be  a  elnirae  to  leave  poor  dumb  creatures  to  be  burnt. 
She  survived  her  husband  twenty-one  years,  and  died  suddenly  in  a 
fit  of  apoplex3%  on  the  20th  of  August,  lfc<05.  at  the  same  advanced 
age  of  7T.  By  her  will  she  left  property  in  Falmouth,  the  apprised 
value  of  which  was  |t,340.  lier  will  ver>''  equitably  divided  tli' 
property  into  sevenths,  after  deducting  certain  legacies,  and  gave  it  j 
equal  portions  to  her  seven  sons  and  daughters,  or  their  heirs.  She  alfl 
left  a  legacy,  large  for  those  days  in  proportion  to  lier  estate,  viz..  thr 
hundred  and  thirty-three  dollars,  wliieh  she  directed  should  be  disti 
bated  among  the  poor  widows  of  Portland.  She  was  buried  at  the  aid" 
of  her  husband,  in  the  old  burial  place,  where  a  plain  slate  head*stooc 
marks  her  last  resting  place. 

Children  of  Jediduh  Preble  and  Martha  Jpi^kins,  tiz.  : 

Jedidiah,  born ,  at  York  ;    married  Miss  Avis   Phillips,  of 

Boston;  died  of  exposure  consequent  upon  shipwreck. 
Samuel,  born  at  York,  and  died,  unmarried. 
John,  burn  at  York,  1T42  ;  married  Sarah  Frost,  of  Machias^  Kov,*j 

1783  ;  died  December  3, 1787. 
Lucy,  born  at  York  ;  married  Jonathan  Webb,  of  Boston,  Jaa.^  176 
William,  born  at  York,  lost  at  sea  and  never  heard  from. 
Cbildren  of  Jedidiah  Prkble  and  Mehitable  (Bangs)  Boberts« 
born  in  Falmouth,  now  Portland,  Maine  : 

1.  Martha,  born  Nov.  IS,  1754;    married  Rev,  Thomas  Oxiia 

of  Portland,  June  17,  1772  ;  died  Oct.  16,  1824, 
2    Ebenezer,  born  August  15,  1757  :  married,  Ist,   Dorcas  llsley, 
Oct.   7,   1781— 2d,  Mary  Derby,  June  14,  1785— 3d,  Betsej 
Derby,  June,  171*5— 4th,  Abigail  Torrey ;   died  at  RichmoQ<i 
Va.,  April,  1817.     Ebenezer  was  a  distinguished  nrercliant    _ 
Boston,  and  at  one  time  the  partner  in  business  of  Wm,  Gray, 


Tied  Sarah  Waite.   6.  Mehitnhfe,  TKirn  172S :  mnnied,  Uu  J*>tm  Rottert*,  Jr.,  1752  ;  2tl ,  Jeilidiali 

Prclile.  lit")!.    7,  Suf^anniih,  bom ;  nianird  Elijah  Weait",  1761.   8.  Mary,  iHrni ; 

marrietJ  Nnthauiel  Gordon,  Oct.  2oth,  VM, 

Capt,  ,Jo^hu,i  Biing«  owned  and  ^av« name  tn  Bani?*  I»lund  hi  PorttAnd  Iturtior,  of  wbM 
the  carliiH  English  minie,  and  wtiti  h  it  rrtitinrrl  fnr  m  r rTitmnr.  w:i^  "  PorrTind  l^fnn*! 
Witliln  H  ft'W  yoiirb  tl>e  I'-lind  hft'  i 

BimiLCF,  iind  ir?  piirdiai^cr,  Mr.  Cii- 

cn*cted  npon  It  a  tino  hotel  for  Hin... .  ,.       i,     ..    1.       

of  Bsuigi^  Iwlftnd  is,  howevor»  rtUiincd  u\i*m  nil  »hu  ni.i|>»  and  cliarta.      r 

a  dii^^'emhint  from  Edwiird  Banfrs'.Hha  was  lw»m  in  rhirh»'*ii<^r»  En^fland 

lit  Plymouth  in  the  Ann,  Jnly,  162:3,    In  Pn :'  '        '    '■ 

to  n  new  i^cttk'mt'nt  on  Cape  Co<l,  adled  Nj  ict*! 

1G78,  Affod  8tl.    lie  was  a  s-hipwrijjht,  and  sn; 

tmilt  at  Plvnioutli  In  IG4L    She  was  a  hark  of  40  tu  ^  loUi^,  aud  Uc  ^uutxibuuU  1  IG  oifti 

co.«t,  whit'h  was  entunnted  at  £200. 

The  wife  of  Cnpt.  Joshuii  nnn^^  Mchitahle  Clarkc»  w-  -»■-    '  --  i-^.*  r,f  Andrew  Ci 
born  IG40,  and  Mthitahle  Seottow,  l^orn  1649,  and  the  t  Thomas  Vii 

bom  1699,  the  n  puted  mate  of  the  Mnyrtower  on  hor  tii  "nd  w-Ih>  dif 

1697,  a^red  9<H.    llti*  JJ^^;^ve^toI]e  i*-  :*Till  strindin^  nnd  hiiihli  >  i  " 

fiiither  WHS  Thorna*-  Seottow,  of  B4>ston,  who  owin  d  a  h<»iiM 
wh«re  the  Citv  Tlidl  now  stjiidt*,  whkh  he  tioUl  ti>  the  town  f  m 

into  tic  pos#ese'ion  of  Samnel  Clarke,  «nd  remiifned  in  the  (lark  i  luniii>  unall  altiiitj 
when   Doctor  Saninel  Clurke  wid  it  t^  tlit^  eity.    Andrew  CTIafke   lived  ft>r  some  ; 
after  hi^  in  -      -        Uostoti,  nn<1  Ids  frttiier/Thuini    ^'    '       -       "i^n  a  hou*c  (n  Sit 
L:tne,  wUv  Ann  St.  to  Union  Street,  it^ui  a  copy  of  which  I 

(186»)  m  tU  "u  of  Sjimucd  C.  Clarke,  Eaq.,  u  I. 


1868.]  Names  of  Yale  and  Hai-vard  Graduates.  419 

3.  Joshua,  born  Nov.  28,  1T59  ;  married  Hannah  Cross,  of  New- 

buryport,  Mass.  ;  died  Nov^.  4,  1803. 

4.  Edward,  born  August  16,  1761  ;  married  Miss  Mary  Deering, 

March  IT,  1801  ;  died  August  25,  1807.  This  Edward  was 
the  distinguished  Commodore  of  the  U.  S.  Navy. 
6.  Enoch,  born  July  2,  1763  ;  married  Miss  Sally  Cross,  of  Gorham, 
Me.,  Sept.  14,  1800  ;  died  Sept.  28,  1842.  He  was  President 
of  the  Portland  Marine  Society  from  1811  to  1841  inclusive, 
when  he  declined  a  reelection  ;  Vice  President  of  the  Cum- 
berland Agricultural  and  Horticultural  Society,  and  held 
various  other  offices  of  trust  and  honor. 

6.  Statira,  born  Jan.  3,  1767  ;  married  Capt.  Richard  Codman,  of 

Portland,  Sept.  10,  1789  ;  died  Aug.  16,  1796. 

7.  Henry,  born  Jan.  24,  1770 ;  married  Frances  Wright,  of  Staf- 

ford, Staffordshire,  England,  Dec.  11,  1794  ;  died  at  Pittsburgh 
Dec,  1825.  Henry  was  for  some  time  Consul  at  Palermo, 
and  was  the  first  U,  S.  commercial  agent  to  Turkey. 


Names  of  Yale  and  Harvard  Graduates. — It  is  interesting  to  com- 
pare the  triennial  catalogues  of  our  oldest  two  New  England  colleges 
with  reference  to  the  recurrence  of  certain  names  among  the  graduates. 
If  one  were  asked  to  guess  what  name  would  be  found  most  common 
upon  any  such  catalogue,  very  likely  he  would  fix  upon  the  ubiqui- 
tOQB  name  of  Smith,  and  generally  he  would  be  right.  But  the  most 
common  name  at  Harvard  has  not  been  Smith;  or  Brown,  or  Thomp- 
son, but  Williams.  Harvard  has  had  eighty-seven  graduates  of  the 
name  of  Williams,  and  at  Yale  this  name  has  been  almost  as  common, 

•  as  we  find  eighty-one  of  this  family  on  the  list.  But  the  most  com- 
mon name  at  Yale  has  been  Smith,  she  numbering  one  hundred  and 
fifty-two  of  this  class  among  her  alumni,  while  Harvard  has  but  eighty- 
four.  Of  the  Green  tribe  (including  those  who  spell  it  Greene),  Har- 
vard has  forty  six,  and  Yale  only  nineteen,  while  of  the  Clarks  (includ- 
ing Clarkes)  Yale  has  had  seventy-two,  and  Harvard  fifty-seven.  Of  the 
fluntingtous,  Yale  has  had  fifty-one  and  Harvard  but  eleven.  On  the 
other  hand.  Harvard  has  had  eighty-four  of  the  name  of  Adams,  and 
Yale  but  thirty-six.  The  family  of  Brown  (and  Browne)  has  sent 
seventy-four  of  the  children  to  Harvard  and  sixty-seven  to  Yale. 
Harvard  had  forty-nine  Whites  and  Yale  thirty-seven.  The  Parkers 
have  gone  to  Harvard,  sixty-nine  having  been  found  among  her  gra- 
duates, and  only  sixteen  at  Yale. 
But  a  still  more  striking  disparity  is  found  in  the  name  of  Strong. 

I  Harvard  has  but  5,  while  Yale  has  52.  Also  of  the  Hubbards,  Yale 
has  54,  Harvard  but  26.     Yale  has  39  alumni  of  the  name  of  Porter, 

I  and  Harvard  29.  Of  the  Dwights,  33  graduated  at  Yale,  and  21  at 
Harvard.  Of  the  Baldwins,  Yale  has  58,  and  Harvard  9.  And  then 
to  turn  the  table.  Harvard  has  of  Abbots  (and  Abbotts)  42,  and  Yale 
but  6.     Harvard  has  43  Aliens,  and  Yale  but  24.    Of  the  Davis  family, 

t  50  have  graduated  at  Harvard,  and  only  18  at  Yale.  Of  the  name  of 
Rassell,  47  are  found  at  Harvard,  and  only  23  at  Yale.  Taking  the 
two  colleges  together.  Smith  is  tlie  most  common  name,  and  next  in 
order  is  Williams. — Boston  Congregationalist. 


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Memoir  of  Jdcob  WendeJL 


[Octoh 


MEMOIR  OP  JACOB  WENDELL.  OF   PORTSMOCTTH,  NEW 

HAMPSHIRE, 

[By  the  Rev.  El  us  Nabon  .] 

"  A  wit  'a  a  foather,  And  a  cliief,  a  rod, 
Au  honest  man 's  the  noblL»t  work  of  God,"— POPB. 

TnB  Wendell  family  is  of  Germanic  origin  and  of  great  respec 
bility.     From  it  and  its  affiliated  branches  have  sprung  many  men 
eminence — merchants,  statesmen,  poeta  and  philanthropists,  who  by 
their  talents,  intei^rity  and  patriotism  have  shed  lustre  upon  the  na 
and  adorned  the  annals  of  the  nation.* 

Mr.  Jacob  Wendell,  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  was  a  direct  and  linei 
descendant  through  John,  Abrafiam,  John  of  Boston,   and  Jolm  of 
Portsmouth,  of  Mr,  Evert  Janscn  and  his  wife  Mary  Wendell,  wb<» 
from  the  commercial  town  of  Embden,  the  capital  of  East  Frit 
Hanover,  and  settled  at  Beverwyck,   the  site  of  Fort  Orange,  aud 
now  the  city  of  Albany,  N,  Y.,  in  or  about  the  year  1645  {ante,  u 
186), 

That  the  family  was  of  hi^h  social  standing  may  be  inferred  fro 
the  coat  of  anus  {Drake's  Boston^   p.  619),  which  has  the    det' 
of  a  ship  under  full  sail,  and  two  anchors,  and  which  was  stained  on  nij 
panes  of  glass  in  the  east  window  of  the  old  Dutch  church  at  Alba 
deraoliRhed  in  1805  ;  and,  also,  from  the  matrimonial  alliances  whi^ 
the   Wendells  formed  with  the  Van  Rensselaer,  Dekey,  Staats, 
other  well  known  families  of  t!iat  town.     Mr,  Evert  Jansen  Wende 
the  American  progenitor,  w^as  hi  1056,  eight  years  prior  to  the  occ 
pation  of  Fort  Orange  by  the  English,  liege rendo  DIjakin  in  the  churo 
and  died  at  Albany,  at  the  advanced  age  of  88  years,  in   1709, 
only  son,  John  Wendell,  married  for  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth,  daug^ 
tor  of  Major  Abraham  Staats,  by  whom  he  had  nine  children,  the  6l 
of  whom,  born  in  Albany  Dec.  27,  1678,  received  the  name  of  Kht 
ham  from  his  maternal  grandfiither,  married  Katharine  Dekey,  daaght 
of  Tennis  and  his  wife  Anna  (Van  burgh)  Dekey,   May  26,1680, 
became  a  merchant  in  Boston,  where  he  died  Sept.  27,  1734. 

His  oldest  son  John,  born  in  Albany  April  28,  1703,  married  Elt| 
beth,f  the  second  daughter  of  Judge  Edmund  and  his  w^ife  Doroi^ 
(Flynt)  Quincy,  November,  1724,  by  whom  he  had  fifteen  children 
He  was  a  merchant,  member  of  the  Council,  and  Major  of  the  Bost^ 
Kegimcnt,  of  which  his  uncle,  the  Hon,  Jacob  VVeudeU,§  was  Coloal 

•  Ftvy  by  tlie  name  of  Wendell  ^rraduated  at  Han  ard  CoUc^^  iKitwoen  1733  and  17^ 

t  SiMtcr  of  the  Hon.  Edmund  Quincy,  whoso  d  lu^rhter  Dorothy  omni^K^  Ut,  tlM 
John  Hancock,  and  2d,  Ciipt.  Jaiucs  Scott  (ante,  xi.  72)- 

J  Ante,  xi,  72. 

J  Jai^b  Wetiden,  "fjom  Au^ist  '  ''"'  "     nili  child  of  Mr.    V  -'  '  '  ' 

EUziit>etb  SmuLs;  married  Misis  ^^  l  Dr.  James  Oli^ 

livdd  in  Sdmot  sfrtet,  nearly  opi'  .>■{,    He  wa*  an  ^ 

licid  many  publir   offlccs  (a?»/^,  i.  1S7).     UU  yotin^t"it  son  OHvli,  H,  C.  i: 
Hiiry,  dnnKdikT  of  Edward  Jacksion,  in  1762— anil  died  Jan.  lo,  1S18.    Hi«  da 
mar.  the  Rev*  Atdel   HolracF,  the  eminent  historian,  and  farUer  of  Ohvlu    <.  *.^ 
Holmes,  the  very  oriiuinal  and  flc^nmpli^■hcd  novelli^t  and  poet  of  the  pre>cnt  day, 

M^ri^nret,  the  i2th  cliild  of  the  Hon,  Jacob  nnd  his  ^ifeSarnh,  mar.  Witihim  PhUHi^i,  j 
T  r her  of  the  Hoti,  Jolm  Phillips,  the  tirnt  Mayor  of  Boston  (ante,  xx*  '29i\^  U 

r  of  the  piT^ont   di^ting^idsUed  orator,  Whxdell  Fhillifs.     (Ifajnofiit  { 
Li.  !-■ ji  Baatoti,  |).20Ji.) 


1858.] 


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[He  lived  at  the  corner  of  QuceTi  (now  Court)  and  Tromont  etreetsp 

[and  died  at  Btjstou  '*  of  y""  gout/ '  Dec.  15,  1163,  a^cd  tjU  years.  Ilis 
oldest  son  John,  born  Sept.  10,  0,  S.  1731,  entered  ETarvard  College 
in  1746,  and  g^raduated  in  HoO,  when  he  immediately  removed  to 
Portsmouth,  N.  11.,  where  he  raarriod,  let,  June  20,  1754,  Sarah 
Went  worth,  daughter  of  Gapt»  Daniel,  son  of  Gov.  John  Wentworth 
(ante,  iv.  337),  and  born  Sej)t.  1,  1736,  by  whom  he  had  eleven  chil- 
da^n  ;  and  then,  2d,  Aug.  20,  1778,  Miss  Dorotbj^  Sherburne,*  the 
k^cond  daughter  of  the  lion.  Henry  and  his  wife  Sarah  (Warner) 
Shurburne^  who  was  born  May  20,  1752,  by  whom  he  had  eight  chiU 
dren  more,  and  died  at  Portsmonth,  April  2G,  1808,  aged  76  years. 

Through  his  first  wife,  Sarah  Wentworth,  Mr.  Wendell  became 
possessed  of  a  large  landed  estate,  a  part  of  which  was  fiettled  in 
1172,  and  incorporated  as  a  town  under  the  name  of  Wendell.  lie 
vas  a  gentleman  of  high  con8ideration  in  Portsmouth,  and  bore  an 

^Active  part  by  hii3  fortune,  pen  and  counsel  in  the  revolution.     He 

(iraB  in  correspondence  with  Gen.  John  Sullivan,  Gen.  Alexander 
Bcammeli,  John   Paul  Jones,   Gen.   George    Washington   and  other 

^tevolutionary  heroes,  lie  was  a  good  scholar,  a  ready  writer,  a  flu- 
ent speaker  ;    which  accomplishments  were  bonored  hy  the  degree  of 

tMaster  of  Arts,  conferred  upon  liim  by  Yale  College  in   1768,  and  by 
Dartmouth  College  in   1773.      A  seat  in  the  national  Congi'ess  was 
Ibo  tendered  to  hira. 

When  tlie  celebrated  naval  hero,  John  Paul  Jones,  visited  Ports- 

aoath  in  1777,  for  the  purpose  of  preparing  the  '*  Ranger  ''f  for  sea, 

he  was  most  cordially  entertained  at  the  house  J  of  Mr.  Wendell ;  and 

when  that  vessel  sailed  from  Portsmouth  on  the  first  day  of  November 

^of  the  same  year,  one  of  Mr.  Wendell\s  sons  enlisted  under  its  invin- 
able  commander.  A  characteristic  letter,  under  the  signature  of 
lones  himself,  now  before  me,  and  n«jt  until  recently  published, 
[lows  alike  the  gallantry  and  patriotism  of  the  famous  hero  of  the 
'Ranger,*'  *' Le  Bon  Uumme  Rich.ird,''  and  of  Cooper's  admirable 
ican  romance,  the  *' Pilot ;  "  and  his  intimate  relations  to  the 
TeJideU  family. 

"  Ranger,  Kanfes,  Uth  Dec,  1777. 
^  Mv  Dear  Sir,— The  Ranger  was  wafted  by  the  Pinions  of  the  gen- 
Itlest,  and  most  friendly  Gales  along  the  Surface  of  the  Blue  profound  of 
^cptnne;  and  not  the  swelling  bosom  of  a  Friend^s,  nor  even  of  an  Ene- 
fii*4f  Sail,  appeared  within  our  Placid  Horizon  until  after  we  had  passed 
lie  Everlasting  mountains  in  the  Sea  (called  Azores),  whose  Tops  are 
the  Clouds,  and  who's  Foundations  are  in  the  Centre.  When  lo  I 
his  Halcyon  Season  was  interrupted!  the  gathering  Flcet»o'erspread^ 
he  Sea,  and  war's  alarms  began  \  nor  ceased  day  or  night  nntill,  aided 
the  mighty  Boreas,  we  cast  Anchor  in  this  Asylum  the  2*  Curr*, 
)  since  I  am  not  certain  that  my  Poetry  will  be  uTiderstood,  it  may 
kl)€  amiss  to  add  by  way  of  marginal  note,  that  after  leaving  Forts- 


Err  >l^ti !  Samh  m,  Woodbury  Langdon,  who  was  fiitber  of  the  wlTc  of  Gov.  Wm. 
180). 

r"  rnrricrl  the  news  of  tltc  sinrondor  of  Geo*  BnrwoyT>o  toFrftuee,  And 
-rional  M\nt^  from  a  foreign  power,    {Life  of  Paul  Jonat^   hf 
1 ,  i.  p.  48,  ct.  seq.) 
■Ai  titreet,  nearly  opposite  the  Academy."— i?am6iM  about  Portt^ 

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mouth  nothing  remarkable  happened  untill  I  got  to  the  Eastward  of 
the  Western  Islands  ;  and  that  from  tbat  time  untill  my  arrival 
I  fell  in  with  Ships  every  day,  Bometimea  every  hour  ;  within 
Leagues  of  Ushant,  I  met  with  an  Enemies  ficet  of  Ten  Sail,  boi 
Channel y  but  notwithstanding  my  best  endeavors,  I  was  tillable 
detach  any  of  them  from  the  strong  convoy  under  which  they  sailed, 
I  met  with  and  brought  too  a  variety  of  other  Ships,  none  whereof 
proved  British  Property,  except  two  Brigan tines  from  Malaga  with 
Fruit  for  London,  which  became  Prizes,  the  one  is  arrived  here,  the 
other  I  am  told  in  Qtiiberon  Bay,  as  I  have  met  with  and  brought  too 
several  Ships  in  the  Night,  I  had  the  most  agreeable  Proofs  of  the 
Active  Spirit  of  ray  Officers  and  Men, 

'*  I  have  forwarded  my  despatches  to  Pans,  by  Express,  and  deti 
mine  not  to  go  myself  unless  I  am  sent  for.  I  understand  that  in 
Obedience  to  orders  from  the  Secret  Committee,  the  Commissioners 
had,  some  time  ago,  provided  One  of  the  finest  Frigates  for  me  that 
can  be  imagined,  calculated  for  Thirty-two  Twenty-four  Pounders,  oa 
one  deck,  and  longer  than  any  Ship  in  the  Enemies  Fleet,  but  tbat  it 
has  been  found  necessary  to  give  her  up,  on  account  of  some  difficul- 
ties which  they  have  met  with  at  Court.  My  Ileart  glows  with  the 
most  fervent  Gratitude  for  this  and  every  other  unsolicited  and  unex- 
pected instance  of  the  favor  and  Approbation  of  Congress  ;  and  if  a 
Life  of  Serv^ices  devoted  to  the  Interests  of  America,  can  be  made 
Instrumental  in  Securing  its  Independonco  ;  I  shall  be  the  happiest  of 
men,  and  regard  the  continuance  of  such  approbation  as  an  Honor 
far  superior  to  the  empty  Peagantry,  which  Kings  ever  had  Power  to 
bestow, 

**  I  esteem  your  Son  as  a  promising  and  deserving  young  man.  I 
have  just  now  had  some  conversation  with  him  and  am  much  Pleaaad 
with  his  diffidence  and  modesty,  he  wunld  not,  be  says,  accept  of  a 
Commission  untill  lie  thinkii  himself  equal  to  the  duty  of  the  Office  of 
Lieutenant ;  there  I  tliiiik  he  stiovvs  a  true  spirit ;  in  the  moan  time  he 
tails  me  he  is  perfectly  sati8fied  with  his  present  Situation,  any  thiof 
within  my  Power  to  render  his  Situation  happy  and  Instractive  ahaU 
not  be  wanting. 

**  I  must  rely  on  you  to  make  my  best  Compliments  acceptable  ^ 
fair  Miss  Wendell,  and  to  the  other  agreeable  Ladies  of  my  acq 
ance  in  Portsmouth.  The  Captain  of  the  Raleigh  I  understand  ii 
well,  and  has  lately  been  iiguringit  away  at  Paris,  whereof  please  to 
acquaint  my  Sister  Officer.  I  should  be  exceedingly  happy  to  hear 
from  you.  but  as  my  destination  depends  upon  what  I  am  to  hear  from 
^the  Cummiesioners.  I  cannot  at  Present  give  you  my  Address,  bat 
will  drop  yAu  another,  How  do  you  do,  shorlly.  1  am  with  Seniimeal 
of  Respect  and  Regard,  my  dear  Sir, 

Your  obliged,  very  Obedient, 

Most  humble  Servant, 

"John  Wendell,  Esq.  Jn^.  F-  Joans/' 

Portsmouth/' 

When  Gen.  Washington  visited  Portsmouth,  in  the  autumn  Of 
1YB9,*  Mr.  John  Wendell  was  one  of  the  committee  to  extend  in  the 
"Father  of  his  Country*'  the  welcome  and  congratulations  of  the 


Lh^ 


♦  Rambki  abota  Fortsm&uihf  p.  356» 


1868.] 


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citizona,  and  aome  staozas  written  hy  his  facile  pen,  for  tljo  occasion, 

are  instinct  with  patriotism  and  poetic  fire*     Amon^  liis  letters  I  find 

the  following,  which  tcrrainates  quite  abrnptly,  written  to  bia  kins- 

Lmao  the  late  Hon,  Josiah  Qnincy,  0/  this  city,  10  which  he  adverts  to 

^many  points  of  interest  both  in  respect  to  himself  and  family  : — 

"  Portsmoulh, ~  — — . 

'*  My  dear  Kiksman — For  sol  have  an  inherent  and  natural  right  to 
Btyle  yoiv»  being  descended  from  a  Quincy  myself,  aod  so  near  to 
yon  that  yotir  grandfather  was  my  mother's  brother,  and  from  whom  I 
myself  have  received  many  affectionate  letters,  but  not  so  many  as 
from  his  unfortunate  but  most  tender  brother,  my  late  uncle  Kdmuod 
Quincy,  Esq.*  of  immortal  memory,  the  late  father  of  the  present  Mra, 
Scott,  who  was  the  late  widow  of  Gov.  Hancock.  From  hira  J  have 
in  my  posseesion  aa  many  letters  as  will  form  a  volume,  of  the  most 
remarkable  occurrences  of  our  late  revolution,  besides  [being]  inters 
spersed  with  his  most  entertaining  sentiments  on  various  subjects, 
moral,  political  and  religious,  which  I  value  more  than  gold  itself,  and 
have  given  as  an  invaluable  legacy  to  my  children,  of  whom  1  have  a 
number  that  I  pledge  myself  have  never  disgraced  their  ancestry,  and 
whose  names  are  stamped  with  the  love  and  respect  of  their  felloW 
citizens,  and  are  originated  from  the  most  respected  families  in  this 
State.  ♦ 

**  Now,  my  dear  Sir,  you  will  ask  who  is  this  man,  and  from  what 
pretensions  does  he  claim  bin  familiarity  with  me  ?  In  answer  I  will 
adopt  the  observation  of  one  of  my  New  York  anceatnrs,  a  lady  of 
exalted  character,  who  observed  with  great  pathos  and  Bulilimity  of 
thought,  that  '  The  blood  can  crawl,  where  it  cannot  run.'  So  will  I 
aay  that  reading  your  timely  sentimental  speech  in  Congress  and  with 
avidity,  I  was  struck  with  the  force  of  argument  and  ratiocination 
and  g»jod  sense  which  prevailed  through  the  wluilc  address,  and  I 
eonld  not  help  saying — That  if  sucli  reasoning  as  this  will  not  prevail 
fieither  would  they  believe  although  o/}e  aro^efrom  the  dead.  1  am  not  a 
Wgot  to  any  party,  I  am  happy  to  have  an  opinion  of  my  own,  I 
am  not  in  want  of  place  in  Church  or  State.  1  have  been  offered  in 
jears  past  a  seat  in  Congress.  I  respected  Washington,  admired  ouf* 
~"  d  Adams  while  he  was  not  biassed  by  his  own  opinion,  and  I 
em  a  Jefferson  for  his  caution  to  adopt  such  measures  as  bias  bis 
fcarg  of  involving  this  country  in  European  wars.  I  do  not  approve  of 
darkneiss  which  may  be  felt.  Here  I  will  quote  your  own  sentimeBt — 
That  every  city  in  the  Union  which  is  a  seat  of  commerce  ought  to  be 
ixi&de  itnpregnable  against  naval  attack,  whil»t  our  rising  militia  will 
keep  foreign  armies  at  arm's  length.     Cetera  desaniJ^\  " 


•  Died  JqIj  4,  1788,  ajrert  85  years. 

t  The  following  letter,  written  by  Mr,  Wenclpll  at  fhe  a^^e  of  nearly  75  yea??,  to  Eomc 
[  gentlemen  In  Boston,  is  intoresting  Jn  a  liistoriDil  and  getRvilogtcnl  |K>mt  of  view, 

'  GrNTTTiMnx — My  old  Bosttvn  friend  and  cotcmpomrr,  thp  Hon,  NathM  Barrcll,  Esq», 
I  df  O!  ive  mo  t!n'  ple^wiirc  to  dine  Ijerc  at  rny  f  week,  nnd  in  the  eonrse 

I'Of  rt  iir  youthful  bonrs  be  reminded  mc  of  ti  his  nativity  in  Sndtmry 

ttt,     : —  :  ronjiht  to  Diy  Tncmory  the  names  of  GrcL  ,,  :..,.,  :.i3id,  Jackson,  Ives,  etc.; 

X  nnongat  tbe  rek  thiit  of  HoTijer»  and  that  of  Mr.  John  Jov,  who  starved  his  time  witii 

Pfwi«?tfd  neighbor  Capt.  Benjamin  Euasell^  and  who  I  afterwards  lieavd  married  Mr. 

ffjp  '  'tcrwho  wa.s  verj^  intimate  in  mj  father'**  family .  I  entered  college  In 
j  174^  'lit  in  17'50,  and  imme<hately  came  to  tlib  tonn  where  1  have  lioen  ever 

111(110  td  twice  married  into  genteel  family  connections^  and  hy  the  smiles  of  Pro- 

!  oi^uy  «  very  indole  admt  property.    My  mend  Bam4I  lafwmji  me  tlmt  y oa,  gentle- 


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In  the  scauty  remains  of  his  library  at  Portsmouth,  I  find  an  ol 
copy  of  "  The  whole  Book  of  Psalms,  by  Thomas  Stcnihold,  John  Hop 
kius,  etc.,  with  music  by  John  Playford/'  London,  1738,  with  111 
fbUowing-  characteristic  musical  item  written  on  a  fly  leaf  in  his  o% 
hand  : — *'  Dorothy  Wendell,  her  book,  given  her  by  her  aflectional 
husband  on  condition  that  she  learns  to  sing  and  get  every  psalm 
heart/'     As  the  book  contains  no  less  than  SOT  pages  of  poetry,  an^ 
ruiisic  not  the  most  elegant  or  harmonious,  and  as  Mr.  Wendell  had  f 
all  no  less  than  twenty^one  children,  it  may  fairly  be  pi'esiimed  thi 
the  melodious  prize  was  never  won*   On  other  fly  leaves  of  this  anciea 
Psalm   Book,   something  of  the  genealogy  of  his  family  is   recor 
ed,  of  which  this  may  answer  for  a  specimen  : — **  Mary  Wendell,  m^ 
dear  daughter,  was  taken  from  ns  by  death  without  a  sigli  or  groan 
on  y  2Q*'' March,  1787,   of  the  canker  rash,   and  Wiis  buried  in 
Sherburne  vault  on  y*'22'^»  A  pleasant,  fond  and  desirable  child  indeedl 
May  God  sanctify  to  us  this  bereaving  aud^afflicting  stroke  vf  his  Pr 
vidence/'     Immediately  below  this  ♦record  is   inserted   the   birth 
Jacob  Wekdell,  his  sixth  child,  Dec,   10,   1783,  by  his  second  wil 
Dorothy  (Sherburne)  Wendell,  to  whom  the  tender  of  the  Book 
Psalms  aforesaid  lu^d  been  conditionally  made, 
!  Brought  up  under  the  immediate  eye  and  care  of  intelligent  parent 
enjoying  tlie  counsels  of  the  learned  Dr.  Joseph  Buckminster  and  the" 
instruction  of  the  schools  of  his  native  place,  Jacob  Wendell  became 
a  gentle,  thoughtful,  even-tempered  and  aspiring  youth  ;  and  his  mind^ 
originally  clear  and  active,  quickened  so  rapidly  into  maturity  th^ 
prior  to  the  decease  of  his  beloved  father,  in  1808,  he  had  venture 
to  set  out  by  himself  alone  on  that  mercantile  career  which  for  th 
subsequent  twenty  years  he  pursued  with  almost  uninterrupted  su^ 
cess.     He  was  a  good  accountant,  accurate,  methodical,  iodustriona 
and  strictly  honorable  in  his  pecuniary  transactions;  and  so  directing 
his  entire  attention  to  his  business,  he  gradually  came  to  occupy 
prominent  pusition  among  the  leading  merchants  of  Portamoath  an 
the  then  flourishing  commercial  towns  of  Salem  and  Ncwburypur 
The  war  of  1812  did  not  seriously  impede  his  progress;  and  soon  aflfl 
Its  close,  he  found  his  financial  aflairs  in  such  a  prosperous  cond 
as  to  allow  hi  hi  to  provide  a  homestead  and  to  settle  in  life  ag 
to  his  wishes.     lie  manied  on  the  15th  day  of  August,  1816,  Mm 


men,  are  ilic  Bons  of  the  sam^  Mr,  Jolm  Joy  and  the  once  Miss  Surtkh  Homer,  and  ho  Inftmni 

me  tbnt  yo«  arc  h<^c!l  agreeublj'  denied  of  whicU  I  am  inach  plefuted  to  hear.    Itc  tnfbnns 

ine  your'fuiber  died  lutt'lj,  but  did  not  know  vvliethcr  your  mother  h  Uvi  - 

most  nrnv  Iw  iipward-H  of  7D  if  nlive.     You  m  ly  think  me  a  whimsical  •  • 

pnrtieular  with  you,  und  I  hope  yott  will  gratify  me  for  the  suike  of  my 

eithor  of  yourselves  or  uny  braache*  of  vour  fjjnilies  to  tall  and  see  men 

Tjc  led  by  hu^ino?5  to  visit  this  town.    "Dn  David  Tow n^«nd  marriM  tii 

I)fl\is,  tlie  daui^hior  of  .Solomon  Davi.-i,  Ei*q,    I  iiiii  the  ^otiof  M       '        v'  i,   vii*«it'«i 

Rt  tlie  lu'rtd  of  Friion  Liiiio  m-xt  lo  old  Beacon  Henchman,  v  v     Mr.  Jofrpli 

Rnsscll  now  lives,  lU  the  corner  gtjins:  into  the  commoti  by  Ci.i  j-lkc, 

not  licen  at  Boston  for  2.3  yeare  iind  1  am  told  I  should  not  knuw  tht;  lowa  inow, 

never  expect  to  1h2  thcru  again  it«  no  matter  if  they  are  bat  Ijcttcr  now  than  formerlf 

I  somewhiit  fiutPttoii.    1  havf  foar  untiiLimed  sons  whose  c^t:i^  '    '     t  ..k  ,^.  ^  r 

disgraced  my  nnm<%  and  I  ilare  fi^iiy  for  them  they  would  be 

hrtuiee  of  their  father's  qnondam  friends.    You  must  ^jive  rnr 

old  Latin,  ditttlrlie^  fjuoted  from  Virgil — '  Hriv  otim  me» 

tlernen,  with  the  sincere  respect  of  a  frieod  Iwjth  of  you 

in  thiij  Btiitc  nnd  a  future  one,  and  am  jointnl  by  all  my  l.u...... ,  .,>..  .  -  .. —  -    . 

Friend  and  obedient,  Htuablc  Sart.  Jwusr  Wkjchkll, 


ises.] 


Mmoif  of  Jacob  JVcnJclL 


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Mehitable  Rintlg-e  Rogers,*  dangljtor  of  Mark  and  Susannali  Rogers, 
of  Port«triouth,  and  purchased  the  commodious  mansion  ia  Pleasant 
street,  where  he  continued  to  reside  until  h'm  death. 

The  restrictions  on  our  commerce  beings  remox^ed  by  the  restoration 
of  peace,  Mr.  Wendell,  in  coonection  with  his  highly  esteemed  friend, 
William  M.  Shaekford,  entered  with  untiring  energj^  into  the  Rus- 
sian and  West  India  trade,  and  fortune  smiling  on  his  adventures, 
he  had  the  felicity  to  sec  almost  every  cargo  and  every  mercantile 
transaction  turn  to  profit  and  emolument,  so  that  by  the  year  1827  his 
assets  had  risen  to  more  than  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  above 
his  liabilities — which  for  that  time  and  for  that  town  was  a  large  estate. 
The  great  commercial  revulsion  of  182T-8  occurred.  Men  who 
rode  in  afllucnce  to-diiy,  were  bent  in  penury  on  the  morrow.  What 
the  clear  foresight,  correct  judgment,  untiring  industry  and  honest 
dealing  of  Mr.  WcndeH  had,  under  the  favor  of  Providence,  amassed, 
the  trustful  kindness  of  his  gentle  nature  led  him  to  risk  in  aid  of 
others  whom  he  loved,  and  whose  solicitations  he  would  not  repel — 
and  so  by  them  his  estate  was  almost  in  an  instant  swept  away, 
leaving  him,  with  an  increasing  family;  prostrate. 

The  blow  was  terrible.  It  came  as  a  thunderpeal  out  of  the  clear 
sky — crushing  fondest  hopes  and  expectations,  and  sweeping  away 
the  acquirements  of  a  life  of  toil  and  weariness  by  one  single,  cruel 
stroke. 

The  honorable  and  high-minded  merchant  has,  like  other  noble  and 
r  aspiring  men,  his  beau  ideal  of  excellence  before  him — ^his  competitor 
[in  the  course  of  honor  to  outspeed  ;  his  goal  and  guerdon  to  attain. 
I  His  heart  is  in  the  preparation,  action,  issue  ;  and  for  good  and  bless- 
ling  on  himself  and  other  men.  Now  let  sudden,  unforeseen  disaster 
I  come,  it  ia  as  when  the  grand  maestro  sees  his  best  work  perish  in  the 
[conflagration,  or  the  hero  his  dear  flag  struck  down  in  the  overwhelm- 
ling  battle-shock.  The  light  of  the  life's  eye  is  suddenly  extinguished, 
[never  more  to  burn  again. 

This  Mr.  Wendell  saw  and  felt.     But  he  did  not  sink  beneath  the 
blow.     The  mart  of  commerce  has  its  heroes,  as  the  battle  ground  ;  the 
(exchange,  its  conquerors,  as  the  bloody  Champs  de  Mars.     Mr,  Wen- 
Idoll  accepted  the  position  into  which  God  in  his  providence  had  thrown 
[kirn  ;  and  withont  reproaching  the  authors  of  his  calamity,  without  com- 
plaining or  repining,  gave  himself  at  once,  with  all  his  heart,  to  the 


*  Th'?  following  genealogical  record  of  the  RoffcrB  family  I  find  Id  the  Imnd  writing  of 

'  T      "     T    jerji  of  Portsmontli  was  one  of  the  sons  of  Jolm  Rogers,  a  phy  sidftn  by  pro- 
M'  -ionntly  a  pr\'arher»  wlio  \n  1682  l>ctiumi  the  PrLSiiJoiit  of  Uarvaril  CoUegie, 

"^B*  A\  I  a  gi-rtdd^on  of  N.ithniiic!  Rof^ers,  who  tame  to  Niw  England  iji  1636,  and 

i«Ule<i  f*4  i|*^wioh.  Mr.  Roger?*.,  of  Portv^iinjutli,  nurried  Sjimh  Piirkissi,  Her  mother  wa* 
arifdiiAlly  n  Petnlicrton,  antl  lived  m  licr  sceoiid  widowhood,  then  of  the  name  of  Watson^ 
fn  the  ftttnity  of  Mr.  Rogers,  in  1704,  when  the  aneknt  parsonage  was  burned.  She  waa 
m  Mtlly  icorchcd  a^  to  snn'ive  only  a  few  weckj*.  At  the  same  time  an  infant  child  of  Mr, 
I  and  a  nrrro  woiunri  likiswhc  ^MMished.  The  following  b  Ji  Ibt  of  tht*  children  of 
-  indi  RO|S*iTs:  1,  Him.  Nathaniel,  Esq.»  pbysicianj  who-^e  wife  wsa 
:  t  originally  Dorothy  SlierlHiriie,  and  who<e'  only  child  is  the  Hon, 
.  ..  ^;tT.  2,  Sandi,  wife  of  Eev.  Jo^itiaGcf^of  Boston.  3,  Elizitheth,  who 
fcr  life  in  the  tlauics,  an  l>eforc  Ftnted,  at  the  ngtt  of  17  months,  4,  Q&orgc,  a  mcr* 
vho  married  Lydia,  a  pi>ter  of  Governor  HntchinMicu  5,  ElUabcth,  the  wife  of  tho 
dm  Taylor  of  Milton,  C\  MaiT,  the  wiite  of  Matthew  Livermore.  Esq.  of  Ports- 
,  7*  Jtihu.  who  4liod  at  the  a;:e  of  5  years.  S,  Baotel^  tlie  arjctthecary,  in  Ports- 
.  who  married  Mekitable  Uindge,  and  "who  was  my  wife'*gmndiathet%  And,  9^  Mar- 
,  who  died  at  the  ag©  of  22  yearn,  unmarried  {ant^,  v,  p.  32oJ. 


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maintenance  and  education  of  bis  family.  In  the  spirit  of  the  illust 
0U8  Feiieloii,  who,  when  hiscoatly  palace  and  his  valuable  library  we 
conaujned  by  fire,  out  of  the  ^oodneBS  of  his  heart,  exclaimed,  *'  Thafl 
God  it  is  not  the  hut  of  some  poor  laborer  I  *'  Mr*  Wendell  bore  wil 
complacency  his  heavy  loss,  and  went  on  his  way  in  doing  go 
Let  other  men  name  this  what  they  may,  I  must  beg  leave  to  call 
Hrroisic — exalled,  beautiful,  sublime  ! 

Mr.  Wendeli  was  deeply  interested  in  the  introduction  of  the  man 
facturing  Imsineas  into  New  England,  and  by  his  means  and  intluend 
aided  in  the  establishmeut  of  some  of  those  extensive  cotton  mitf 
which  give  empluynjent  to  so  many  of  our  people,  and  whii! 
Bend  such  streams  of  wealth  and  affluence  through  our  country. 
sound  judgment,  assuasive  manners,  and  of  energetic  busujcss  habit 
he  was  fi-equently  called,  when  comparatively  a  young  man»  to  occu^ 
prominent  poaiticns  of  trust  and  responsibility — wherein  he  invariab' 
acquitted  himself  greatly  to  his  own  hunor  and  to  the  benefit  of 
public  weal  and  welfare.  He  was  for  many  years  in  later  life, 
up  to  the  time  of  his  decease,  engaged  in  the  office  of  the  Hou.  let 
bod  Goodwin,  Ex-Governor  of  New  Hampshire,  whose  business 
attended  to  in  connection  with  his  own,  which  had  reference  to 
insurance  of  property  and  the  management  and  settlement  of  estati 
committed  to  his  trust.  For  this  department  of  labor  his  peculiarly  i 
curate  and  systematic  habits  of  business  admirably  fitted  him ;  and  evei 
transaction  was  guided  by  strict  integrity  and  by  the  goldon  rule 
Jesus  Christ.  Between  him  and  Governor  Goodwin  the  most  intima 
friendship  subsisted — a  friendship  which  nothiug  but  death  itsd 
could  break. 

Mr.  Wendell  was  through  life  a  constant  and  devoted  attendant  ( 
the  Unitarian  Church  in  Portsmouth — of  which  he  was  one  of 
earliest  members.  He  united  with  it  under  the  pastorship  of  the  Re^ 
Nathan  Parker,  D.D,,  whom  he  most  heartily  esteemed,  and  whu 
teachings  he  moat  reverently  accepted.  He  was,  also,  for  many  yea 
an  active  member  of  the  Sabbath  School.  In  a  consistent  and  we 
ordered  daily  life,  in  gentle,  friendly  and  forgiving  words  and  action 
shedding  the  lustre  of  a  calm,  trustful  and  contented  spirit  throng 
his  family  and  the  refined  society  in  which  he  moved,  Mr.  \Vend« 
made  his  religion  a  thing  of  life  as  well  as  of  profession,  and  as  sod 
noble  river  smoothly  rolling  to  the  ocean,  called  forth  freshness,  boa 
ty,  gladness,  music  in  his  course,  and  many  now  rise  up  to  call  hi 
blessed.  He  was  a  warm  and  earnest  friend  of  young  men.  He  too 
a  lively  interest  in  their  welfare;  and  many  a  sncccssfal  mercha 
owes  sometliing  of  his  fortune  and  his  character  to  the  tondcr  solid 
tude  and  counsel  of  this  good  man. 

Mr,  Wendell  had  an  antiquarian  taste.  Among  other  curious 
costral  relics  which  he  kept  with  cai*e,  was  a  fine  silver  mounted  can 
with  the  inscription,  "Tennis  Dekey,  1697."  which  is  still  preserved 
in  the  family  at  Portsmouth ,  He  was  fond  of  old  books- — especially 
of  those  pertaining  to  history,  geography  and  music.  Ho  was  eleeted 
a  corresponding  niember  of  the  New  England  nistorlc-Genealogical 
Society  in  1847*  and  whs  a  subscriber  to  tlie  *'  Register"  until  his 
death,  He  made  out  a  genealogy  of  the  Wendell  family,  now  In 
hands  ;  and  drew  with  skill  a  copy  of  the  Weodell  coat  of  arms,  no 
in  possession  of  the  family. 


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On  the  30th  of  April,  iS59,  Mr.  Wendell  was  called  to  mourn  the 
I088  of  his  beloved  wife — a  lady  of  g^reat  sweetness  of  tlispoBition  and 
strength  of  character,  who  bj  her  assiduous  care  and  gentle  teaching, 
had  ti-ained  up  an  interesting  family,  and  lived  to  have  her  fond 
hopes  of  seeing  her  children  occupjing  respectable  positions  in  soci- 
ety realized. 

Mr.  Wendell  himBclf  died  of  paralysis,  calmly  and  tniBtfully  pass- 
ing away  on  Sunday  evening,  August  27,   1865,   in  the  77th  year  ol 
his  age.     In  recurding  his  death,  the  Portsmouth  Journal  pays  him 
Ithe  following  just  and  beautiful  tribute  : — -lie  was  "  for  many  years  an 
leminent  merchant  here,  and  always  a  most  exernplaiy  and  honorable 
itnan.     In  his  business  relations  continued  through  so  man^^  years  has 
tl>een  presented  a  note-worthy  example  of  strict  integrity  and  lionora- 
jbie  dealing*  while  in  his  daily  life  he  has  ever  retained  the  warm  admi- 
I  ration  and  high  esteem  of  those  with  whom   he  has  been  a8Bociated. 
I  Kind  and  generous  and  genial,  and  presenting  in  his  character  much 
I  that  is  most  beautiful  in  this  lifop  lie  was  one  wiioin  tlie  young  respected, 
I  mod  the  old  honored.     lie  was  a  true  friend,   an  honest  man,  and  a 
sincere  Christian,  whose  daily  walk  knew  no  stain."     To  which  we 
a<Jd,  that  if  to  perform  the  duties  of  a  citizen  and  a  father  faithfully  ; 
if  to  transact  private  and  public  business  honorably  and   eflbctively  ; 
if  to  bear  prosperity  with  meekness  and  to  meet  adversity  withequani* 
Lmity  ;  if  to  treat  strangers  with  courtesy  and  enemies  even  with  love  ; 
Iff  to  lighten  the  weight  of  the  weary  and  to  guide  the  feet  of  tlie  wan- 
J  dering ;  if  to  "  do  good  and  communicate  ;  *'  if  to  die  at  peace  with  God 
latid  man— if  such  things  may  entitle  one  to  a  place  in  the  memory  of 
]  those  who  survive  him,  then  will  the  name  of  Jacob  Wendell  be  ever 
fbeld  sacred,  and  the  tear  of  affectioo  be  pensively  shed  at  the  grave 
[where  he  peacetuily  sleeps. 

Mr  Wendell  was  about  five  feet  eight  inches  in  height,  erect,  ath- 
lletiCi  lithe  and  agile.  His  eyes  were  a  bluish  grey,  and  bis  whole 
[coantenance  placid  and  benignant, 

The  names  of  the  children  of  Jacob  and  Mekitable  Rindge  (Rogers) 
[Wendell  are: — 

I.         Mark   Rogers,  m.   Catharine  Thaxter,    of  Boston.      Issue  : 

1.    Kate  Rogers.     2,  Frank  Thaxter.     3.  Eliza  Parris.     4. 

Caroline  Quincy,    5.  BoTijamin  Thaxter,     6.  Mark  Rogers. 
IL        Mehitalile  Kindge,  m,  Isaac  Henry  Stanwood,  of  Portsmouth, 

and  d.   at  Cincinnati,  0.,  Oct.  3,1847.     Issue:  1.  Henry 

Eindge.     2.   James  Rindge. 

III.  Caroline  Quincy,  unm.  and  living  at  the  homestead,  Ports- 
mouth. 

IV.  Jacob,  died  early. 

V.  Mary  Evert,  died  early, 

VL  Jacob,  m.  Mary  Bertodi  Barrett,  of  Boston.  Issue  :  1.  Bar- 
rett.    2.  Gordon.     3.  Evert  Jansen. 

VII.  Mary  Evert,  rn.  William  Kobbs  Goodwin,  of  Portsmouth. 
Issue:  1.  Wendell.  2.  Fanny,  3.  Hetta  Rogers.  4. 
Mary  Evert,     6.  Caroline  Wendell.     6,  William  Mobbs. 

VIII.  George  Blunt,  m.  Mary  Elizabeth  Thompson,  of  Portsmouth. 
Issue:    1.  Mary  Rtndge,  deceased.     2,  Kate  Thaxter.     3. - 
Annie  Thompson. 


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TU  Pmrce  Famitjf, 


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THE   PEIRCE  FAMILY  OP  THE  OLD  COLONY. 

[CtNummtlaUed  hr  QeiL  Kes^teibs  W.  PBtttci.] 
CoDtlatted  ttotn  page  SUk 

RoBA  pKittcK  (No,  81),  da\i.  of  Elkanali  (No,  2T)  and  wife  Hntini 
Ed<1y,  m.  MarA  14,  1^80,  Aimer  Pitts,  of  TaQoton,  Tbeir  child r 
were  : — 

(296)     James,  m, White,  of  Norton.     (29T)     Abner,  m, 

Sanford.  of  Berkley.     (298)  Sally,  m.  Elisha  Bugbee,  of  Taunton. 

(299)  Job, 
Phebe  Petbck  (No.  82),  dan.  of  Elkanah  Pcirce  (No.  27)  and ' 

Hannah  Eddy,  was  b.  in  1759,  and  m.  Feb.  22,  1799,  Benjamin  Wisfr' 
low,  of  Berkley,     She  d.  May  19,  1838.     He  d.  Jan.  29,  1818.     (See 
grave  atones.)     The  children  of  Benjamin  and  Phebe  were  : — 

(300)  Jtrah,  h.  April  17,  1800;  neverm.  Resides  in  Lakeville.  I« 
an  extensive  land  holder,  Justice  of  the  Peace,  Overseer  of  the  Poor, 
and  subscriber  to  the  Register  to  encourage  the  publicatioa  of  th« 
Peirce  genealogy. 

(301)  Tiedale,  b.  in  1802  ;  never  m.  He  d.  June  8,  1827.  (£ 
grave  stones.) 

Judith  PsfRCE  (No.  83),  dau.  of  Elkanah  (No.  27)  and  wife  Ham 
Eddy,  was  b.  in  HGl  ;  m.  Oct,  6,  1796.  George  WilUama,  of  Taunt 
She  d.  March  11,  1832.     Their  children  were  : 

(3021     Kcziuh,  ni.  Luther  Lincoln,  of  Norton. 

(303)     lliinnah,  m.  John  Alien. 

f  304)    Judith,  m.  Capt.  Samuel  Hoar,  of  Middleborough,  now  1 
vilte.     He  was  commissioned  Ensign  of  the  7th  Co.  of  local  militia  i 
M.,  promoted  to  Lieutenant  May  19,  1827  ;  Captain.  June  6,  182' 
honorably  discharged  May  30,  1831.     Regt.  commanded  by  Col.  B. 
K  Wood. 

(305)  George,  never  m.  (SOfi)  Elkanah,  ra.  Catharine  Hoar,  of 
Middicborough.     She  is  dead.     He  resides  in  Lakeville, 

Aropie  Peirce  (No.  86),  son  of  Thomas  Peirce  (No.  28)  and  wife 
Rebecca  Jones,  was  b.   Dec,  29,   1750,   and  m.  Jemime  Uaswell, 
Rochester,  Mass.     Their  ciiildren  were  ; — 

(307)  P'reeman,  b,  Oct.  2,  1782;  d.  in  1825. 

(308)  lluldah,  b.  Sept.  17,  1784;  m.  Standish  Rider. 

(309)  Roland,  b.  Nov,  26, 1787  ;  m.  Sophia  Rider.  He  d.  Oct  J 
1844, 

(310)  Elisha,  b.  July  6,  1792;  m.  Mercy  Rider.  He  was  com- 
missioned Captain  of  a  company  in  the  local  militia  of  Middleborougb, 
Feb.  25,  1819.  Honorably  discharged  ^arch  29,  1824.  He  waa  a 
wheelwright.     Died  Sept.  9,  1861. 

(311)  Eli,  b.  Jan.  12,  1796;  m.  Fidelia  Rider.     Ho  was  commit 
Bioned  Lientenaot  of  a  company  of  militia  in  Middleborougb.  May 
1824  ;  Captain,  May  11,  1827,  in  regiment  of  CoL  Benjamin  P.  Woo 
of  Middleborough. 

Arodie,  the  parent,  was  a  "minute  man"  and  responded  to  tA 
call  of  his  country  at  the  Lexington  alarm,  April  19,   1775.      Rola 


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the  son  (No.  309)  headed  the  petition  for  raising,  in  Middleborongh, 
a  Grenadier  company  known  as  the  Old  Colony  Guards  or  Fall  Brook 
oompany. 

EupHALET  Peirce  (No.  86),  son  of  Thomas  (No.  28)  and  wife  Re- 
becca Jones,  was  b.  March  4,  1758,  and  m.  Feb.  4,  1783,  Tabitha 
Bryant.     She  d.  Oct  26,  1837.     Their  children  were  :— 

^12} .  Bethuel,  b.  Nov.  4,  1783  ;  d.  Oct.  8,  1804. 

ai3)     Jonathan,  b.  April  15, 1785  ;  m.  Lydia  Bartlett.    He  d.  1855. 

314)  Phebe,  b.  Oct.  26,  1787. 

315)  Rebecca,  b.  Oct.  9,  1789  ;  m.  Lewis  Dean,  of  Taunton. 

316)  Eliphalet,  b.  Feb.  4,  1792 ;  m.  Joanna  Blankinship. 

317)  Tabitha,  b.  Dec.  6,  1793  ;  m.  James  Potter,  of  Fairhaven. 
(318)    Zilpah  S.,  b.  Feb.  28,  1796  ;   m.  John  Burbank,  of  Paw- 

tQcket,  R.  I. 
(319 J    Lucy,  b.  Sept.  25,  1798  :  m.  Lewis  Perrin,  of 

(320)  Asanath,  b.  April  30,  1801  ;  m.  Jabez  Briggs,  of 

(321)  Patience,  b.  March  27,  1803. 

Eliphalet,  the  parent,  served  as  a  private  soldier  in  the  Patriot  array 
of  the  Revolution,  and  in  the  company  of  Capt.  Job  Peirce  (No.  47), 
CoL  Theophilus  Cotton's  regiment. 

Sarah  Peirce  (No.  87),  dan.  of  Shadrach  Peirce  (No.  29)  and  wife 
Abigail  Hoskins,  while  the  widow  of  George  Peirce  (No.  54)  had  an 
illegitimate  son : 

(322)  Edmund,  b.  Oct.  16,  1776  ;  m.  Dec,  1799,  Wealthy  How- 
land,  of  Freetown.  He  was  a  carpenter,  and  died  Nov.  26,  1823. 
She  died  Jan.  14,  1858.  Edmund  and  mother  were  temporarily  insane. 

Levi  Peirce  (No.  88),  son  of  Shadrach  (No.  29)- and  wife  Abigail, 
was  b.  Feb.  26,  1739,  and  m.  Feb.  11,  1761,  Bathsheba  Babbett,^of 
Middleborouji^h.  Perhaps  she  was  b.  in  that  part  of  old  Taunton  nyw 
Berkley.  Levi  served  a  brief  period  in  a  company  of  the  local  militia 
of  Middleborough  that  were  sent  to  reinforce  Fort  William  Henry,  in 
1757,  but  the  danger  was  over  before  they  had  proceeded  far,  and  so 
they  returned.  (See  Rolls  on  file  in  the  office  of  Secretary  of  State,  Bos- 
ton.) From  April  26  to  Dec.  16,  1759,  Levi  Peirce  served  as  a  private 
soldier  in  an  expedition  to  Crown  Point,  his  wages  amounting  to  15 
ponnds  2  shillings  and  2  pence.  He  received  of  the  commissary  9 
shillings  and  4  pence,  and  of  his  captain  1  shilling,  leaving  due  him 
on  settlement,  14  pounds  11  shillings  and  10  pence.  (French  and 
Indian  War  Rolls,  State  House,  Boston.) 

He  left  Middleborough,  and  removed  to  the  west  part  of  the  State, 
and  ultimately  settled  in  Partridgefield,  now  Peru,  in. Berkshire  Coun- 
ty, Mass.,  where  in  1826  he  died  The  children  of  Levi  Peirce  (No. 
88)  and  wife  Bathsheba  Babbett  were  : — 

(323)  Abner,  b.  Oct.  4,  1761 ;  m.  Feb.  1,  1787,  Huldah  Wilcox, 
and  died  Jan.  28,  1851. 

(324)  George,  b.  in  1767  ;  m.  Abigail  Kinney,  and  d.  in  1858. 

(325)  Benjamin,  b.  in  1769  ;  m.  Mercy  Hathaway,  and  d.  May  15, 
1849. 

(326)  Eli,  b.  1772  ;  m.  Electa  Leland. 

(327)  Liberty,  b.  Oct.  19,  1774;  m.  Lydia  Beals,  of  Abington, 
June  29,  1797.     He  d.  Feb.  8,  1864. 

(328)  Henry,  b.  May  23,  1777  ;   m.  1st,   Dec.  5,   1802,  Eunice 
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430 


The  Peirce  Family, 


[Oct 


Wightman ;  m.  2d,  May  16,  1814,  Minerva  Dresser.    He  d.  Julj  28, 
1862. 

(329)  Levi,  b.  in  ItTS  ;  m.  Dolly  Thompson.     He  d.  in  1850. 
was  a  leading  man  in  town,  was  commissioued  Ensigti  May  3,  1( 
Captain  of  a  company  of  militia  in  Peru,  April  19,  1813,  promuted 
Lt.  Colonel,  March  3,  1819;  Colonel,  Sept  20,  1822.     Honorably  ' 
charged  Jan.  26,  1824^. 

(330)  Shadrach.  b.  May  30,  1782  ;  m.  1st,  March  16,  1804.  Tan 
son  Badger,  of  Peru  ;  m.  2d,  April  U,  1822,  LydiaK.  Post,  of  Hia 
dale.     He  died  March  24,  1832.     He  was  an  architect  of  couside 
Lie  note, 

(331)  Daniel,  b.  Feb.  23,  1783  ;  m.  May  3.  1810,  Abigail   Lyman, 
of  Goshen.     He  d.  Aug.  24,  1857.     He  practised  medicine  more  th 
forty  years. 

Isaac,  b.  1784 ;  m.  Polly  Webb. 

Sarah,  b.  1786 ;  m.  William  Ensign.* 
Abigail  Peirck  (No.  89),  dau.  of  Shadrach  Peirce  (No.  29) 
wife  Abigail   UoskiQS,  m.  James  Hathaway,  of  Taunton,  and  sat 
quently  of  Spencer  (her  cousin).     He  was  a  son  of  Melatiah   Hati 
way  and  wife  Anna  Hopkins.     Anna  and  Abigail  were  sisters 
daughters  of  Henry  Uoskins,  of  Taujuton,  and  granddaughters  of  Wti 
Hoskins,     James  Hathaway  was  a  Selectman  of  Spencer,  in  1786  i 
1787,   Representative  to  General  Court  from   1787  to  1793.     Ja 
Hathaway  was  b.  Got.  28,  1737,  and  d.  in  April,  1817.      Abigail 
wife  (No.  89),  was  b.  Jan.  2,  1742,  and  d.  Oct.  21, 1822.     Their  ch 
ren  were  : — 

(334)  Levi,  b.  March  13.  1762;  m,  1st,  Betsey  Rowland, 
Abigail  Allen,  and  3d,  Patty  Walcott.  He  died  in  North  Brool 
aiW  was  buried  in  Spencer,  Mass. 

(335)  Phebe,  b.  Jan.  20,  1768,  and  d.  Feb.  2,  1769. 

(336)  Seth,  b.  DcQ.  20,   1709;   m.   Elizabeth  Hathaway.     Seth  _ 
in  Peru,  Mass.,  March  24,  1820,  and  his  wife  d.  in  Savoy^  Mass.,  Jan. 
12,  1845,  aged  69. 

(337)  Mercy,  b.  May  5,  1771  ;  m.  Benjamin  Peirce.     She  d.  Dec. 
2,  1855.     He  a.  1849.  _ 

(338)  Shadrach,  b.  Oct  15,  1772 ;  m.  Susannah  BeaU.   Hed.  Pe 
1845.     Shed.  1816. 

(339)  Amer,  b.  July  31,  1776  ;  m.  Reuben  Harrington.     She  d. 
the  State  of  New  York.   They  were  m.  the  lai4t  Sabbath  in  July,  17S 

Lybu  Peirce  (No.  90),  dau.  of  Shadrach   (No.  29)  and  wife 
gall,  wash.  Sept  30,  1744,  and  m.  Jan.  27,  1763,  John  HowUnd,] 
Middleborough.     (Perhaps  the  John  Holland,  No.   66,  son  of  Ja' 
Howland  and  wife  Abigail  Peirce.)      Children  of  John  Howlaud 
wife  Lydia  Peirce,  were  :  — 

(340)  Eber,  b.  Oct  31,  1763. 

(341)  Abiah,  b.  March  11,  1765. 

(342)  Abncr,  b.  April  13,  1767. 


•  My  thanks  arc  dui?  to  Mr.  E,  Warren  Polrco,  and  Capt.  ^liitOQ  P.  Pdrw,  tor  informtr 
tlon  fonccmln^  thi^j  frtmilv. 

t  1  am  in^lcbtcd  to  Mr.  Allen  R.  W.  Hatlia^my,  of  Savoj,  in  Berkshire  OS  Mm.  $x 
inlbrmiitioii  CDUcemlug  this  familj. 


1868.] 


Tfte  Peirce  Family, 


431 


Shadrach  Petrck,  Jr.*  (Xo.  90 J),   son  of  Shadrach  (No.  29)  and 
Pifo  Abigail,  was  b.  in  1150,  and  m,  Anna  Bridges.     He  d.  in  1832. 
Children  of  Shadrach,  Jr,  and  Anna  were: — 

(343)    Eber,  b.   ITTO;    m.  Itit,  Judith  Slayton,   and  2d,   Eunice 


Ellison. 
(344) 
(345) 

1841. 
(346) 
(347) 


Abigail,  b.  l*lV2  ;  m,  JoBjah  Smith,  of  Townsend,  Vermont. 
John,  b.  1774  J  in.  Bathaheba  Bridges.     He  d.  at  Wiudsejr, 


m.  Isaiah  D.  ETolbrook. 
m.  Asa  D.  Capron.    He  was  Captain  of 


Anna,  K  17 16 

Amy,  b.    1779 

ilitia  and  Jiiatice  of  the  Peace. 

(348)  Gideon,  b,  17 SO  ;  m.  Anna  Miner.  He  was  commissioned 
ioutenant  May  2,  1815,  promoted  to  Captain  Aug.  10,  1816,  hon- 
rably  diiicharged  Nov.  18,  1H18,  and  d.  in  1822. 

(349)  Cjntliia,  b.  1789  ;  m.  Charles  Hathaway. 

Naomi  PEmcE  (No.  30),  sister  of  Shadrach  (No.  29),  m.  April  22, 

747,  Josiah  Jones,  and  the  records  of  the  General  Court  for  the  Pro- 

nee  of  Massachusetts  show  a  petition  of  Naomi,  when  a  widow,  set* 

iing  forth  that  Josiah  Jonee^,  jjer  hu^baod,  was  a  Provincial  soldier, 

id  that  he  perished  in  the  service  of  the  country  some  time  ia  Nov., 

762. 

ZiLPAB  Peikce  (No,  91),  dan.  of  Richard  Peirce,  Sen.  (No.  32)  and 
'e  Mary  Simmons,  was  b.  June  9,  1745  ;  ra.  Oct,  30,  1770,  Michael 

iher,  of  Middleborough.     They  had  :— 
J50)     Daniel. 

"^  e  name  of  Michael  Mosher  appears  as  a  private  soldier  in  the 
lompany  of  minute  men  commanded  by  Oapt,  Abial   Peirce  (No.  45), 
prills,  1775. 
Jtsac  Peirce  (No,  92)  and  wife  Ruth had  : —  * 

(351)  David,  b.  June  22,  1773. 

(352)  Richard,  d.  young, 

(353)  Keziah,  m. Holmes,  of  Plymouth. 

(354)  Ignatitis,  m. ,  of  Plymouth. 

?355)     BhMich.  m. 

(356)  Jesse,  d.  in  New  Orleans, 

(357)  Mary,  m, Douglass. 

iCHARi)  Peirce,  Jr,  (No.  93),  is  the  Richard  Peirce,  I  think,  whose 

le  appears  as  a  Patriot  soldier,  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  He 
Aug.  29,  1776,  Lydia  l^oothe,  of  Middleborough;  m.  2il,  Nov,  28, 
t789,  Sarah  Boothe,  of  Middleborough.  He  was  a  Revolutionary  Pen- 
itoner.  Miss  Sylvia  Halferds,  when  88  years  old,  said  the  children 
|>y  the  1st  wife  were  : — 

(358)  Earl.     (359)     Marshal.   (360)   Lois,  ro,  Abraham  Simmons, 
(361)  Ruth,  m. Staples. 

By  2d  wife  :— (362)  Richard.   (363)  Elisha.     (304)    Pardon.    (365) 

Bteey,  m. Reed.      (366)  Zilpah,  m. Hutson.     (367)  Han- 

(368)  L^-dta. 

Abner  Peirce  (No.  94),  son  of  Richard  Peirce,  Sen.  (No.  32)  and 
MS  De  Moranville  (?),  was  b.  April  2,  1778.     It  is  to  tradition  alone. 


•  My  thanks  are  cine  Mr.  Isaac  S.  Peirce,  formerly  of  Peni,  Mass*,  for  information 
•crmiDg  tUU  family. 


432  The  Peirce  Family.  [October, 

that  I  owe  the  knowledge  of  the  fact,  if  indeed  it  was  a  fact,  that  the 
name  of  the  mother  was  De  Moranville.  And  another  tradition  avers 
that  the  2d  marriage  of  Richard  (No.  32),  was  not  legal,  for  that  Mary 
bis  first  wife  was  still  living,  and  that  they  had  not  been  divorced,  and 
that  nothing  was  done  with  Richard  for  this  breach  of  order,  as  the 
people  pitied  him  for  the  wrongs  that  he  had  suffered  from  the  bad 
conduct  of  his  wife  Mary  Simmons.  A  pauper  descendant  of  this  2d 
marriage  was  rejected  by  Middleborough  or  Lakeville,  a  few  years 
since,  on  the  plea  that  the  children  of  Richard  and  Lois  were  all 
illegitimate.     Abner  (No.  94)  m.  Lydia  Chase.     No  children. 

Naomi  Peirce  (No.  95),  dau.  of  Richard  Peirce,  Sen.  (No.  32)  and 
Lois,  was  b.  Jan.  19, 1782 ;  m.  Aug.  16,  1798,  Lewis  De  Moranville,  of 
New  Bedford.    Their  children  were  : — 

(369^     Betsey,  m. 

?3T0)     Abner,  never  m. 

(371)  Thomas,  m. of  Hinsdale. 

(372)  Olive,  d.  young. 

Russell  Peirce  (No.  96),  son  of  Richard  Peirce  (No.  32)  and  Lois,  was 
b.  June  25,  1784,  and  m.  Sybil  Chase,  dau.  of  Benjamin  Chase,  of  Free- 
town. Shed.  May  24,  1855,  aged  71  years  and  9  months.  He  is 
a  paying  subscriber  to  the  Register.     Their  children  were  : — 

(373)  Lydia,  m.  Silas  Jenney,  of  Fairhaven. 

(374)  Sybil,  d.  when  3  years  old. 

(375)  Sally,  d.  when  7  years  old. 

(376)  Naomi,  m.  George  Luther,  of  Providence. 

(377)  Olive,  m.  Charles  Allen,  of  Fairhaven. 

(378)  Sybil,  d.  when  20  years  old. 

Thomas  Peirce  (No.  97),  son  of  Richard  Peirce,  Sen.  (No.  32)  and 
Lois  (De  Moranville),  was  b.  March  1,  1787,  and  m.  in  1818,  Phebe, 
a  dau.  of  Lot  Strange  (the  blacksmith),  of  Freetown.  They  resided 
on  a  farm  formerly  occupied  by  Lot  her  father,  and  near  the  high 
rocks  adjacent  to  Assonet  Depot,  on  the  0.  C.  and  Newport  R.  Road, 
and  it  was  from  this  fact  that  Thomas  Peirce  came  to  be  known  as 
"  Rock  Tom."  He  was  an  industrious  farm  laborer,  d.  April  24, 1850, 
and  is  buried  in  the  family  cemetery  in  Freetown.  The  children 
of  Thomas  Peirce  and  wife  Phebe  were  : — 

(379)  Thomas,  b.  18      ;  m. 

(380)  Philip,      b.  18      ;  m. 

(381)  Joseph,    b.  18      ;  m. 

(382)  Phebe  D.,  b.  June  5,  1826  ;  never  m.  ;  d. 18     . 

(383)  Sally  Stephens,  b.  182    ;  never  m. 

(384)  Amy,  b.  18      .  died  young. 

Eli  Peirce  (No.  98).  I  learn  nothing  of  him  beyond  the  date  of 
his  birth,  Jan.  23,  1789. 

Levi  Peirce  (No.  99),  son  of  Richard  (No.  32)  and  Lois,  was  b. 
May  25,  1792.     I  fail  to  learn  that  Levi  has  any  posterity. 
Preserved  Peirce  (No.  100)  and  wife  had  : — 

(385)  Harriet.  (386)  Adeline.  (387)  (A  name  I  could  DOt 
learn.)     (388)     Moses. 

I  could  not  learn  the  name  of  the  mother  of  this  family,  but  was 
informed  that  she  belonged  in  the  town  of  Webster,  and  owe  to  Col. 
Abial  P.  Robinson  what  information  I  have  given  of  the  family. 


Th^      dree  Familtf, 


-433 


Zadoc  Peirce  (No,  101),    I  learn  of  him  notbin^  beyond  the  date 

of  his  birth,  April  19,  1796. 

Philip  Peirce  (No,  102)  and  wife  Mary  Keith,  bad  t — 

{389)     Mary,   m.  George  Newhall.     (89(})     Caroliue,  m.  Thomas 

Heath.     (30t)     Adeline,  resides  in  Chadestown.     (392)     George  W. 

went  into  the  Navy,     (393)     Philip,  lives  at  Chicago. 

Dunham,  and  wife  Lois  Peirce  (No,  102 J),  had : — 

(394)     Simeon,     (395)  Eli,  d.  at  the  age  of  14  years.     (396)  Levi, 
id.  at  the  age  of  IT  years.     (39T)     Preserved. 

■  Lemcel  Peirce  (1023)  ^^nl  wife  Rebecca  C.  Glover  bad  :— 

■  (398)     Elizabeth,  d,  at  the  age  of  23  years.     (399)    George,  m. 

B  Rachel  Peirce  (No    103),  dau.  of  Hilkiah  Peirce  (No.  33)  and  wife 
Hannah,  was  b.  March  29,  1749,  and  m.  Sept.  25,  1769,  John  Perkins, 
of  Middleborough,  and  fur  a  2d  husband  she  m.  John  Howland,  of 
Brookfield.     Children  by  1st  hushand,  John  Perkins,  Sen.  ; — 

(400)  John»  b. ;  m.  Betsey  Hastings. 

(401)  Rachel,  b,  17  ;  m.  Ist,  Ehenezer  Paine,  of  Freetown, 
Oct.  27,  1793.  He  d.  near  RoUcrsville,  Sandnsky  County,  Ohio,  about 
the  year  1845,  and  Rachel  then  m.  Thomas  Loban,  She  d.  at  Free^ 
town. 

(4021     Ruth,  ra.  Boomer,  of  Fall  River, 

Children  b.  of  the  2d  marriage  of  Rachel  (No.  103)  with  John 
Howland  :— (403)  James,     (404)  Willard. 

Hannah  Peirce  (No.  104),  dan.  of  Dilkiah  Peirce  (No.  33)  and 
wife  Ilantiah,  was  b,  Jan,  24,  1751,  and  m.  Seth  Chase,  of  Freetown. 
She  was  a  woman  of  an  oncorafortable  and  morose  disposition,  making 
ber  an  unpleasant  and  dieagicf^able  companion.  She  d.  in  May, 
1841.     Seth  Chase,  her  husband,  d.  in  1802.     Their  children  were  *^ 

(405)     Barbary,  b.  Feb.  25,  177S,  lived  single  ;  d.  March  30,  1807. 

t(406)     George  A.,  b.  April  14,  1780  ;  d.  at  sea. 
f407)     Chloe,  b.  Marcli  29,  1782  j  m.  Dec.  3,  1801,  Silas  Paine,  of 


(406) 
(407) 
Freetown 
(408) 
409) 
{410} 


Seth,  b.  April  14,  1784;  d 
Edmund,  b.  Oct.  7,  1786  ; 
Ilannah,  b.  Oct,  18,  1791  ; 


.  at  sea. 

m,  Sarah  Chase, 
lived  single. 


Origin  of  Western  Names. — "Kansas,''   signifying  "smoky,"  is 

name  of  a  degraded  and  nearly  extinct  Indian  tribe.     Lewis,  and 

irk,  and  all  other  early  explorers,  spelt  is  as  pronounced,  with  a 

Kansas  towns  perpetuate  many  Indian  names.     Osawattomie, 

[  home  of  old  John  Brown,  was  formed  from  the  Osage  and  Potta- 

Ittoraie  Rivers,  at  whose  junction  it  is  built.     Oskaloosa  was  named 

,  honor  of  Oska,  an  old  chief,  and  Loosa  his  squaw,      Osawkee 

ifies  the  "  yellow  loaf/'     lliawatha  in  Brown  county  commemo- 

es  Longfellow^s  hero.     Kinnekuck  is  a  corruption  of  Ke*an-oe-kuck 

foremost  man),  a  great  Kickapoo  prophet.     "  Wbit<;  Cloud  ''  was 

brave  chief  among  the  lowas,  and  the  city  of  White  Clond  is  built 

his  old  hunting-ground.     Waubonsee   is   from   Wan-bonsie   (the 

of  day),  the  name  given  to  a  Pottawatomie  leader  who  attacked 

\  enemy  just  at  daybreak.     Topeka  is  an  Indiaa  word  eignilying 

'potatoes.'^ 

Vol.  XXIL  8t* 


434  •  Bibliography  of  Mas$achu$eUs.  [Octobo^ 


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MILTON  (MASS.)  CHURCH  RECORDS.— 1678— 1754. 

[Transcribed  for  the  Register  by  William  Blajlb  Trask.] 
Gontioaed  from  page  267. 

[W"e  continue  our  transcript  from  the  Rev.  Peter  Thacher's  record, 
&c.,  the  remainder  of  which  consists  of  baptisms  at  Milton  church, 
and  a  few  ecclesiastical  proceedings;  finishing  first,  his  "record 
of  Some  of  y*  Acts  of  a  Council  of  Two  Churches  (viz.,  Dorchester 
and  Milton),  that  Sate  at  Newport  and  Compton."    t.] 

Kingtowne,  Oct.  14,  1705.  Sab.  after  I  had  preached  I  baptized 
M'  James  Nuton's  Daughter  Abigail,  he  and  his  wife  being  Mem- 
bers in  full  communion  with  y*  Chh.  in  Ferfcild. 

Feb.  25,  1707^8.  Punkapaog,  at  a  fast  of  y*  English  inhabitants 
y*'  M'  Danforth  of  Dorchester  preached  in  y*'  forenoon,  and  I  in  y* 
afternoon,  and  in  y''  close  of  y«  Publiq.  worshijie  (M'  Danforth  advicing 
it),  I  Baptized  Mary,  y*"  Daughter  of  Sister  Wintworth. 


tl8680 


Mihm  Church  Recmds. 


Kingrstownc,  May  23,  1708.  Sab,  After  I  had  preached  I  bap- 
tized my  dear  Grandchild,  Sarah  Niles, 

Braiutry,  Aug**  15,  1708.  I  preached  both  parts  of  y"  day  (it  being 
y  first  sabbath  after  M^  Fisk'B  death.  Act8  21,  14.  and  Eom,  8,  38, 
39),  and  being  desired  y*"  Chh.  also  consenting,  I  baptized  Susanna, 
y*  Daughter  of  Nat:  Mills. 

Braintiy,  Feb.  13,  ItOS'-Q.  Sab.  I  preached  both  parts  of  y" 
day.  Deu.  30,  19,  and  being  desired  I  baptized  Dorathy,  y"'  Datigliter 
of  Coronol  Qiiiosey,  and  Timothy,  y'^  sou  of  [  ]  Pcnnyman, 

deacon  Pcnniman's  grandchild. 

Lebanon,  May  7,  HIO^  I  preached  at  Lebanon  both  parts  of  y" 
day^  and  being  desired  I  baptized  there  Samuel,  y"  Ron  of  M'  Ephraim 
Teny*  and  Mary,  y*  daughter  of  M^  William  Waddle. 

Lebanon,  May  14,  1710.     1  preached  both  parts  and  y"  Baptized 

Sarah,  y"  daughter  of  George  Wt^?bster  ;    Mary,  y**  daughter  of  John 

1      Smith,  Ebenezer.  y''  son  of  John  Tottle,  Hannah,  y"  daughter  of  Jona- 

»Uian  Ilartshonie. 
June  14,  1719.  Sab,  Wrenlham.  I  preached  both  parts  and 
baptised  lehabod,  y*  son  of  M"^  William  Man,  and  Bcriah,  sou  of 
Benjamine  Grant ;  and  Abigail,  y''  Daughter  of  Nat,  Easton. 
June  4,  1716,  Brotlier  Nathanaei  Wales  and  his  wife  and  Brother 
John  Spencer  had  a  letter  of  Dismission  from  Milton  Church  to  y**  Chh. 
of  Wendharn, 

Feb.  1,  ITIO-IT.  Brother  Caleb  Badcock  and  sister  Mary  Badcock 
his  Mother  had  y"  Dismission  to  3^*  Chh.  in  Wendham. 

Nov.  12,  1717,  Bro.  Samnel  Pitcher,  Bro.  Peter  Lyon,  Bro.  Rich- 
rd  Smith  and  his  wife  and  bro.  Talbut  and  his  wife  had  their  Disrais- 
ion  to  y*  Chh,  in  Dorchester  new  villagCp  June  25,  1718. 

Joseph  S wetland  and   Mercy  his  wife  and  Mary  Sprage  y"  sister 
lad  a  letter  of  Dismission  from  Milton  Chh.  to  y*'  Chh.  of  Lebanon. 
Nov.  13.  1720.     M' Moses  Belcher  and  his  wife,  and  M'  Stephen 
ucker  and  his  wife  were  dismissed  to  Preston  by  a  vote  of  y"  Chh. 
Milton.  Sab.  Sep^  9,  1716. 

y  Evening  I  stayed  y**  Chh.  and  desired  y*  they  would  bring  in  y** 
written  votes  for  Nomination  of  two  deacons,  and  we  concluded  y*  y* 
^four  highest  in   Nomination  should  be  those  out  of  whome  y*  Chb. 
^Bv*  next  Sab:  should  by  their  written  votes  choose  two  deacons. 
^fcJIilton,  Sab.  Sep' It).  1710.     y' Evening  I  stayed  y*  Chh.  and  wo 
I^Red  by  papers  for  two  Deacons,  and  Ensigno  Manasseh  Tucker  had 
^29  votes.   Bro:   Ebenczer  Wadsworth  18.     Bro,   Moses  Belcher  17. 
Bro.   John   Wads  worth   10.     so  y*  1  declared  Bro.  Manasseh  Tucker 
nd  Brother  Ebenezer  Wads  worth  chosen  Deacons. 
Milton.  Sab.  Aug**  31,  1718.    The  Church  voted  and  Choose  M'John 
Tads  worth  to  y®  office  of  Deacon,     lie  had  24  votes. 
Milton:  June  28.  1719.     Sab.  M' Manasseh  Tucker,  sen  i^  and  M' 
ohn  Wadsworth  (being  proned  and  Api>roucd),  were  Ordained  Dea- 
ns of  y*  Chh.  in  Milton,  by  Peter  Tliachor,  Pastour. 
September  10,  1721.     William  Peircc  and  Richard  his  Brother,  they 
th  gaue  me  an  account  of  their  knowledge  &c.  they  were  pro- 
lOuuded  first  to  y*  Ch,  as  desiring  to  Enter  into  Covenant  with  God 
this  Chh.  and  to  come  vnder  y*  watch  and  discipline  of  this  Chh. 
d  80  have  baptisme  and  then  to  y*  Congregation,  after  W^  y"*  Chh, 
otijd  thern  baptisme,  and  they  were  both  baptized. 
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Dec.  SO,  1722,  M'  Henry  Witherton  owned  y*  Covenant^  gaue  op 
himselfo  and  his  to  y*  watch  and  disciplitie  ofy^  Chh.  and  so  bad  hur 

child  baptized. 

March  10,  1722-3,  Moses  Heiden  owned  the  Covenant  and  came 
vnder  y®  watch  and  discipline  of  j*  Chh.  and  so  had  his  child  baptized, 

April  26,  1724.  Prudence  Mycr  (haning  been  Examined  by  me  con- 
cerning her  knowledge  &c.  and  propounded  to  y*  Chh,)  The  Church 
Toted  her  baptisme,  and  took  her  vnder  watch  and  discipline  and  &he 
was  Baptized  y*'  next  sab;  Upon  her  solemn  Entring  into  Covena 
with  God  and  coming  vnder  y*  watch  and  discipline  of  this  Chnfch. 

July  19,   1724.     Sarah  Joanes  (y"  wife  of  [  ]  Joanes),  was 

Examined  by  me  coBcerning  her  knowledge,  &c.  (and  propounded  to 
y*  Chh.  and  y"  to  y*  congregation,)  The  Chh.  voted  her  baptismeand 
took  her  vnder  y*  watch  and  discipline  of  y*  Chh, 

July  26^   1724,      She  Entered  into  Covenant  with  this  Chh,  and 
gaue  up  herselfe  and  her  to  God  and  y'  watch  of  this  Chh.  and  bo 
find  her  three  children  were  baptized. 

May  2,  1725.    M"  Mary  Swan,  y*  Dau.   of  M'  Ebenezer  Orafl 
owned  y°  Covenant,  &c. 

Jan.  0,  1725-^.     M"  Sarah  White  (M"  Peter  White's  Daughte 
was  baptized,  she  giuing  Up  her  selfc  and  Offspring  to  y*  watch 
discipline  of  this  Chh. 

Feb.  27,  1725-6,     M'  David  Vose  owned  y*  Covenant  &c. 

April  23.     M"  Jemima  Wadland  (M'  Bcnja:  Fcnno's  Danfl 
owned  y*  Covenant  and  came  vnder  y"  watch  and  discipline  of  thS_ 

June  2,   1717.     M"  Elizabeth  and  M"  Sarah  Gulliver  being 
pounded  to  y"  Chh.  and  Congregation  in  Milton,  as  desireing  to  o^ 
y'  Covenant  and  come  vnder  y*  walch  and  discipUne  of  y''  Chh, 
BO  hauo  baptisme,  y°  Chh,  voted  y*"  Affirniatiue, 

Goto.  24,  1718.  M'  George  Sumner  had  his  sister.  M"  Elizabeth 
Sumner  before  me  for  scandalizing  his  owne  mother,  and  represented 
her  as  a  witch,  and  I  had  y"  presence  of  Deacon  Tucker  seni'".  and 
Deacon  Tucker  Juni",  and  Deacon  J.  Wadsworth  and  Lieutenant  Vose 
to  be  present  and  M'  Joha  Badcock  and  witnesses,  and  we  fuund  M'*  Eli- 
zabeth Sumner  guih[y]  of  y^'hrcaeh  of  the  fifth,  six,  and  ninth  command- 
inent,  and  she  confessed  her  fault  and  craned  forgivness  of  God  and  of  all 
whome  she  had  ofleuded,  and  M'  G.  Suraner  and  y*  rest  receiued  sat- 
isfaction and  so  forgauo  her,  and  1  was  to  signify  to  y*  Chh,  that  satis- 
faction was  giuen  and  taken. 

Nov.  13,  172G.    The  Chh.  voted  y*  w"*  y  Past'  and  Deligates  were_ 
Bent  by  y*"  Chh.   unto   Councils  y*  were  at  a  considerable  Dtatanc 
&c.  Their  Necessary  charges  should  [be]  alowed  out  [of]  y 
Btock. 


[Church  discipline  was  served  on  the  following  persons.  Aug. 
169L  Hannah  Perdue.— March  31,  1695.  Mary  IJackett,  formeti 
Crane. — March  29,  1702.  Solomon  and  Susanna  Ilorton. — May 
1703.  Hannah  Chandler,  alias  Hannah  Collins.  —  Aug.  29;  170 
Sarali  Allen,  now  Sarah  Hichborn.— Sep*.  2i,  1704,  An  Maxfeili 
—July  4,  1708.  Sarah  Triscot.— July  3,  1709.  Mary  Pitch€ 
Bro.  Sam,  Pitcher's  daughter,  now  Mary  WilUston.  —  Jan. 
171 1,  Hannah,  Dan,  of  Brother  George  Lion,  "  having  Hued 
Infancy  in  Dorchester/^   requests  leave  to  mako  a  public  pr 


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Bion,   "  together  with   her  Husband  Abijah  Bakor,  unto  y*  Chh,  and 
Oong'reg'iitioEi  in  Dorchester,  y*  Towiie  where  she  was  bred  and  %7hcre 
he  fell,"  which  request  was  granted,  and  to  be  reC*  vnder  y**  watch 
d  discipline  of  j*^  Chh.  of  Dorche8ter™Jiine  5,   1716.     Lidia  Den- 
mark.—April  14,  nU.     Johij  Galliver  and  Lidea  Gnlliver — April  27, 
lis,     Betty  Ounter.-^une  29.   1718.      Tabitha  Crano.^Octo.    18, 
719,     John  GuHiver  and  his  wife  Margaret. — June  12,1720.     Ben- 
jaDiiDC  Wiat  and  wife. — Nov.  19,  1721.     Robert  Vose  and  Abigail  his 
wife,— March   18,   1721-2.      Nathanael  and  Rachel  Vose.— Nov,  11, 
1722.     Ebenezer  Houghton  and  Sarah  his  wife.] 

Baptized  by  Rev.  Peter  Tluichcr  of  Milton. 
Octo.  13,  1689.     Ephraini,  y"*  son  of  [  ] 

27  .  8,   Ii>89.     Maiiassch,  y"'  son  of  Man  f  J 

17  .  9.   16!i9.     Timothy  Crehore,  son  to  Timet  [  J 

Dec.  8.  1G80.  Nehcnnah,  son  to  Ezra  Clap. 
March  2,  i69n,  David,  son  to  Nath.  Wiet 
March  9,  1G89-90,     Daniel  Hcnchire  J[  ],  a  previous  son  of 

y*  Chh taken  into  Covenant  with  God  and  y*  Chh.  and  soe 

baptized. 
March  30.  1C90.     Daniel,  eon  to  Henry  Robard. 
April  6,  1690.     Mary  Gouliver,  Dangliter  to  Jonathan  Gouliver. 
April  13,  1690.     Ebenezer,  son  to  M'  Holman. 
April  27.  1690.     John,  eon  to  Abigail  Hudson  (m*ho  is  Daughter  to 
Brother  Ralph  Haughton),  was  baptized;    shee  owning  her  f^ither's 
Covenant  and  giuing  up  hers,  and  hers  vnto  y*  watch  and  discipline 
of  y  Chh. 

May  31,  1690.     Abigail,  Daughter  to  Bro.  Sam.  Pitcher. 

^June  29,  1690.    Comfort,  son  to  Standfast  Foster. 
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seph,  y*  BOO  of  Joseph  Baker  of  Deadham. 

Hannah,  Daughter  of  Jonathan  [ 

ry,  y"  Daughter  of  Henry  Vose. 
Samuel  Badcock,  son  to  wiildow  Hannah  Badcock. 
March  29.  1691.     Bathshua,  y"  Dan.  of  Edward  Voae. 
April  5,  169L     John  Thacher,  son  of  F,  T. 

April  12,  1691.     William,  Mary  and  Hannah  Bentlet,  Grandchildren 
to  Bro,  R.  Haughton. 

April  19,  169U     Stephen,  y"  son  of  Bro.  Ephraim  Tucker. 
May  3,  1691.     Dorathy,  y"  Dau.  of  Jonathan  Badcock. 

I     June  21,  1691,     Silas,  son  to  Henry  Craine  Juni"'. 
July  19,  1691.     Colleta,  y*  Dau.  of  Dorcas  Graseian  was  baptized 
hj  vertue  of  com' union  of  Chhs.  she  hauing  owned  her  fathers  Cove- 
iLaot  in  M'  VVillards  Chh. 
r  Sept.  13,  1691.     Tliomas,  y*  son  of  Peter  Web. 
L    Sept.  27,  1691,     Mind^well,  y*  Dau.  of  Ezra  Clap. 
L    Nov.  15,  1691.    Joshuah,  y'  son  of  Henry  Rohers  ;  his  wife  being  ia 
Kill  communion  with  y"  Chh.  of  Dorchester, 
[   Dec.  27,  169L     John,  y*  son  of  Ba[         ]  Kaptizod  ;   Barakiah  ac- 
knowledging [     ]  interest  and  owning  of  liis  fathers  covenant,  &c. 
14:  12:  169L     Jonathan,  y*  son  of  Thomas  Kelton, 
March  6.  169lf.     Susannah,  y"  Dau.  of  Bro.  Nat,  Wales. 
March  20,  169f .     Mary,  y*^  Dau.  of  John  Ganzey. 
June  26,  1092,     Mary  Rider  (being  rec*^  into  full  communion),  was 
baptized. 


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Dati. 


June  26,  161>2.    Elizabeth,  ye  Dau.  of  Beujamitie  Craine. 

July  3,  1692.     Joshua,  y*  son  of  Bra.  Fuller  of  Deatlham. 

July  9,  1692.     Hope. 'y*  son  of  Sam:  Triecot ;    Ruth,  y 
Timothy  Cre-hore.     Elizabeth,  y"  Dau.  uf  Bro.  Sam.  Jon<*3. 

Octo.  2,  1692.     Nathauell,  Abigail  aud  Hannah,  y*  children  of 
thaneel  Pitcher. 

Octo.  9,  1692-      ITannah,  y*  gran  daughter^  of  father  Atherton 
baptized,  Joshua*s  Daughter. 

Octo.  9,  1692.     Thomas,  y*  son  of  Isaac  Grosse,  was  baptixerl 
Mother.  Elizabeth  Grosse,  Daughter  to  father  Atherton,  taking  li 
of  her  father^B  Covenant  and  giuing  up  herself  and  seed  unto  y* 
and  to  y*  Chh*  &ic.)     On  account  of  his  Mothers  Entering  into  co 
nant  with  God  aud  y'  Chh. 

Nov.  13,  1692.     Waitstill,  y*  Dao,  of  Nathaneel  Wiet. 

Nov.  20,  1G92.  Preserued,  Johanab  and  Hannah,  y*  eon  and  dau^ 
ters  of  George  Lion,  were  baptized  (He  owning  his  £& therms  Co 
nant  &c.) 

[  ]     Enoch,  y'  son  of  Peter  Lion, 

March  26,  1693.     Mary,  y*  Dau,  of         Swinnerton  and  6raii<I(!3t9 
of  Left"*  G.  S. ;  Mary,  y*  dau.  of  Manasseh  Tucker  and  Granddaa.  of 
Deacon  R.  S. 

April  9,  1693.     Thomas  Thacher,  my  eon. 

May  li*  1693.     Solomon,  y*  eon  of  Thomas  Kelton. 

Octo.  15,  1693,     Elinar  Yerin,  y*  Grandchild  of  Mother  CollivC] 
Lidea,  y*  dau.  of  Ephraim  Tucker. 

Octo.  29,  1693.     Robert,  y"  son  of  Henry  Vose. 

Nov,  5,  1693,     Sarah,  y*  dau.  of  Nat.  Pitcher, 

Bee.  3,  1093.     An,  y*  dau.  of  Bro.  John  Hudson, 

Feb.  18,  1693-4.     Waitstill,  y*  dau.  of  John  Ganzey. 

March  25,  1691.     Ezra,  y*  son  of  Brother  Ezra  Clap. 

April  8,  1094.     Samuel  and  Rebecca,  y"  Children  of  M'  Sam,  Miller, 

April  29,  1G94.     Robert,  y"  son  of  Jonathan  Badcock. 

May  27i  1691,     Nathaneel,  y*  son  of  Bro.  Nat,  Walefl. 

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« 


nLSTORICAL  PAPERS. 

[CommunicAtctl  by  C,  K,  Williams,  Esq.,  Rotland,  Vt.] 
r.       RkHOBOTH — ATTLEBOROUGif. 

Whearas  the  Great  and  Generall  Court  or  Assemble  held  at  Host 
ffeb:  27:  1694  in  the  sixth  year  of  their  Majesty's  Rei^n  did  appoyntl 
the  Subscribera  to  be  a  Committe  to   Vew  the  graunts  and   Claisni 
of  the  Town  of  Rehoboth,   and  the  Line  of  the  north   purchase, 
Town   of  Attleborough  and  of  one  Mile  and  halfe   of  Land  on  11 
northerly  side  of  said  Relioboth  and  make  description  of  said  Lin  _ 
Clamed  by  Each:  and  Report  to  the  next  Genersdl  Assemble  as  by 
order  of  the  Assemble  may  appear 

In  obedience  to  and  in  pursuance  of  sd  order  Wee  bauo  here  uridfl 
neatli  Represented  the  Line  between  the  Collonys  of  Masathusets  ail 
Plymouth  by  the  double  Line  A,  B.  C.  D.  and  E,  and  haue  Causedl 


1868.] 


Uehohjth — Attkbormigh — Wrmtham,  Mom, 


Line  to  be  run  and  measured  from  the  Letter  C  at  the  heap  of  stoaes 
by  the  Road  on  ten  mile  hill  to  tlie  Letter  P,  being  the  north  Lioe  of 
Rehoboth  Ancient  Township  :  the  Chaiu  being  caried  by  one  for  Re- 
boboth  and  one  for  Attleborough,  and  tfie  distance  is  found  to  be  five 
mile  one  quarter  and  48  rod  as  per  the  platt,  and  from  the  said  P  to 
F  tliree  miles  and  halfe  aad  14  Rod,  these  Lines  being  given  we  Re- 
present the  Ancient  Town  of  Rehoboth  of  eaight  Mile  square  by  the 
letters  F.  G.  n.  I.  nextly  wo  Represent  the  graunt  of  Attleborongh 
of  Eaight  Mile  mid  ten  Mile  by  tlie  Letters  A:  N.  F;  and  K,  and  by  the 
prick  line  to  M  :  and  t hence  by  the  prick  line  to  E,  and  by  the  CoUony 
Line  Thet}ce  to  the  Letter  A 

Rehoboth  Gentlemen  by  Vertue  of  a  deed  bearing  date  March  the 
6*:  l(i8|  and  sined  Thomas  riinekley  Governor  and  sealed  with  the 
ColJony  seall  Clame  all  the  Land  between  the  Collony  Line  potuckct 
River,  their  Eaight  Mile  or  ould  Township  and  the  line  lettered  G  and 
D:  to  belong  as  Township  to  them: 

And  the  Gentlemen  of  Attleborough  presented  to  us  their  Graunt 
from  the  Geuerall  Court  which  ia  belbre  described  by  the  Lines  Letr 
tered  A,  X,  N.  K.  M.  and  E: 

But  perticulerly  as  to  the  mile  and  halfe  described  by  the  Line  Let- 
tered N  and  0:  and  thence  East  by  the  prick  Line  Rehoboth  Gen^ 
produce  no  perticulcr  origin  all  graunt  thereof  distinct  from  the  rest 
of  the  north  purchase,  but  present  evidence  upon  oath  that  the  Mile 
and  halfe  was  perticulerly  given  to  said  Town  before  they  made  pur- 
chase of  the  north  Lands,  though  all  Comprehended  in  one  deed  hear- 
ing date  Aprill  HI:  16G*5  withuut  distinction  ijf  gift  and  sale;  and  they 
produce  a  Citation  oi  the  graunt  of  a  Mile  and  halfe  of  Land  given  to 
the  said  Towo  aa  an  in  Largement  to  said  Town  of  Rehoboth  which 
bears  date  October  27 i  16Tl>.  And  Tliey  also  produce  a  Town  order 
bearing  date  November  the  8'^:  IGTO,  wliieh  sayes  in  these  words  At  a 
Town  Meeting  Lawfully  warned  It  was  Voted  and  Agreed  upon  that 
tlie  Mile  and  halfe  given  to  the  Town  ihr  in  Largement  the  Line 
should  be  forthwith  Run  between  the  North  purchase  and  that  Land: 
And  in  another  order  bearing  date  November  28:  1070  in  these  words 
It  was  altio  Voted  and  agreed  upon  that  Lent  Hunt  and  Ensigu 
Smith  Nicholas  Peck  and  William:  Carppiiter  should  run  the  Line 
betwixt  the  Mile  and  halfe  and  the  other  North  Land  :  And  the  said 
Cap*  Nicholas  Peck  and  M*^  William  Carpenter  being  yet  Living  do 
I  afierm.  That  within  a  few  dayes  after  said  Last  date  they  the  whole 
Commit te  did  Run  the  Line  from  N  to  0,  which  by  the  plat  is  aboue 
five  Mile  but  Run  the  Line  no  further  by  Reason  of  the  then  badnesa 
of  weather. 

Rehoboth  May  1^  1695  John  Brown  J 

Thomas  Leonard  V  Comitlee 
Sam":  ffisher  ) 

[Tlien  follows  flie  "  pktt"  nuuie  by  tUo  Committee.— Ed.] 

IL     Protbst  by   Selectmen   of   Wrektham   agiikst  x  Proposkd 
Division  of  that  Towk, 

Wren th am  April  1726 
To  the  Honourable  Paul  Dudley  E8q^  and  y*  other  nonourable  and 
'Worthy   Gentlemen  of  the    Committe  Appointed   by  the   Great  & 
Vol.  XXIL  38* 


446  Bradford,  Mass.  [October, 

General  Court  or  Assembly  of  His  Majesties  Province  of  tbe  Massa- 
chusetts-Bay in  New-England  to  consider  of  what  may  be  offered  by 
the  Town  of  Wrentham,  Refering  to  the  Petition  of  Sundry  of  the 
Inhabitants  on  the  Westerly  part  of  said  Town  praying  y*  they  may 
be  sett  off  as  a  Distinct  &  Separate  Precinct. 

We  Humbly  beg  leave  to  offer  to  your  Honours  the  following  Rea- 
sons why  the  Prayer  of  the  said  Petition  in  manner  as  therein  is  set 
forth  may  not  be  Granted  untill  such  time  as  the  Town  is  more  able. 

1.  Because  should  a  precinct  be  granted  according  to  the  Bounds 
&  Limmits  set  forth  in  the  Petition,  the  other  part  of  the  Town  will 
be  left  in  a  very  Iregular  form  and  many  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the 
town  who  Dwell  remote  from  the  Meeting  House  now  erected,  will 
not  be  accomidated  but  left  under  as  great  Difficulties  and  hardships 
upon  the  account  of  their  Remoteness  in  attending  on  the  Publick 
worship  of  God  as  the  Petitioners  themselves 

2.  Many  of  the  Inhabitants  Living  within  the  Bounds  of  the  Pro- 
mised precinct  and  most  remote  from  the  Meeting  House  in  Wren- 
tham, Live  convenient  to  attend  on  the  Publick  Worship  of  god  in 
the  neighbouring  towns. 

3.  For  that  the  greater  part  of  the  Inhabitants  within  the  Limmits  of 
said  Precinct  are  against  their  being  sett  off  a  Seperate  Precinct  untill 
they  are  more  able  to  undertake  in  such  a  Weighty  affaire  and  goe 
through  with  the  Charge  of  Building  a  Meeting  House,  Settling  and 
maintaining  a  minister.  And  have  complained  much  of  their  Innabi- 
lity  to  pay  their  proportion  towards  the  support  of  Our  Present  min- 
ister, becase  of  their  Porverty  and  low  Surcomstances  in  the  world. 

4.  For  that  should  the  Promised  Precinct  be  granted  and  sett  off 
according  to  the  Limmits  Petitioned  for,  the  other  part  of  the  town  will 
not  be  able  to  pay  Our  Present  minister  his  Salary  according  to  agree- 
ment. 

These  Reasons  we  Humbly  offer  to  Your  Honours  Judicious  and 
wise  Consideration,  subscribed  to  by  your  Honours  very  Humble  & 
Obedient  Servants 

Natha"  Heaton       )      Selectmen 
Sara"  Scott:^  V  of 

Thorn'  Thurston     )      Wrentham 
Joshua  Fairbank 
John  Guilde 

III.     Subscription  Paper  for  a  Social  Library  in  Bradford,  Mass. 

1765—1780. 

We  the  Subscribers  being  desirous  of  purchasing  a  Social  Library 
to  be  kept  forever  in  the  First  Parish  in  Bradford,  by  such  Persons  and 
under  such  Regulations  as  we  shall  hereafter  determine  ;  do  severally 
promise  and  engage  to  pay  Four  Dollars  a  piece  for  this  purpose  Xo 
such  person  as  the  Society  shall  appoint  to  collect  it 

-I — [-Abraham  Day-| — |-  -) — [-Richard  Woodman  -j — f- 
4"  -j-John  Day-[-  +  William  Carlton 

Stephen  Carlton  -{-  -f-Nathaniel  Kimball  jun.-|-  + 
Judith  Carlton-[-  Thomas  Carlton 

Benj*  Mulliken-f  +  4-  -l-Phineas  Carlton-f  -f- 

-}-  +Isaac  Kimball+  +  -|-  -|- Joseph  Kimball-}-  + 


1868.] 


Church  Records  of  NewingUnii  N.  H. 


447 


4-  -j-David  Kimball  jun.-f-  + 
-f  +Abel  Kimball+  + 

thimethy  hagget 
+  +David  Hall+  + 
4-  4-Samuel  Kimball+  + 
4-  4-I^a^*  Thurston-f-  + 

Samuel  Chadwick 

[-Jonathan  Kimball-|-  -{- 

Samuel  Tra8k+  + 

Daniel  Kimball+  -|- 

Jos.  Hovey-|-  -f- 

-f-  -j-*^^^™*^  Mors 

Samuel  Runels  junr 
-|-  -j-P^^°®*s  Adams+ 

Asa  Webster 
-  -Samuel  Williams-f-  + 

Thomas  Kimball-f-  + 

Richard  Kimball-|-  + 

Obadiah  Hall+ + 

-] Thomas  Webster-f-  -f- 

4-Jonathan  Chadwick-f-  + 
[The  crosses  apparently  indicate  who,  and  how  mach  each  paid.— Ed.] 


f-Benj.  Oage  jun'-j-  -|- 

David  Walker+  + 

hBenj.  Muzzy-|-  + 

Phineas  Cole 

I-Benj*  Walker-f-  + 

Jacob  Kimball-f-  + 

[-Thomas  Cross  jun'-f--{" 

John  West 
+  -|-Shubael  Tenny+  -f 

Tbomas  Cross 
--  -j-Obadiah  Kimball-f-  -|- 

Ebene'  Grifien-f-  + 

j-John  Griffin-j-  + 

Abijah  Gage 

Abraham  Day  Jun. 
-f-  4-James  Campbell-}-  -|- 

Moses  Gage 
-)-  -fBenj'  Gage-h  -|- 
-f  4-Nath«*  Gage  jr.-f  -f 

Ephraim  Chandler 


CHURCH  RECORDS  OP  NEWINGTON,  N.  H. 

[Communicated  by  Charles  W.  Ttjttlb,  A.M.,  Boston.] 
CoDtlnaed  firom  page  302. 


1728.    Jan.    28. 


Feb. 

4. 

I< 

18. 

tt 

tt 

tt 

tl 

25. 

Mch. 

3. 

H 

It 

9. 

il 

10. 

il 

tl 

11. 

April 

7. 

tt 

14. 

May 

19. 

It 

26. 

June 

1. 

It 

8. 

Mary  Nutter,  Jane  Damm,  Sarah  Rawlins,  and  Eliza- 
beth Pickering  ?  admitted  to  full  com. 

George  Coolbreth  ow.  cov.  and  bap. 

Hatevil  Nutter  ow.  cov.  and  bap.  and  ad.  to  full  com. 

Mary  Ayres  recM  to  full  com. 

Benj.  Richards  ow.  cov.  and  bap. 

Susanna,  dau.  to  Jno.  and  Elizebeth  Knight,  bap. 

Will  Holden  bap. 

Mary  Trickey  ow.  cov.  and  bap. 

John  Hogdon  son  to  John  and  Mary  Hogdon  bap. 

Susanna  dau.  to  Joshua  and  Susanna  Downing  bap. 

Mary  Trickey  wife  of  Thomas  Trickey  ad.  to  fuU  com. 

Johanna  Trickey  ow.  cov.  and  bap. 

Philip  Dore  son  to  Philip  and  Elizabeth  Dore  bap. 

Sam'l  Nutter  ow.  cov.  and  bap. 

Hannah  dau.  to  Hatevil  and  Rebecca  Nutter  bap. 

Elizabeth  Nutter  ow.  cov.  and  bap. 

Elizabeth  Dam  wife  of  Jno.  Dam  ad   to  full  com. 

Elizabeth  dau.  Jno.  and  Elizabeth  Dam  bap. 

Elizabeth  Shakford  ow.  cov.  and  had  ch.  Samuel, 
Paul,  and  John  bap. 


Church  Records  of  Nmtngf4m, 


Sept,    1. 
It 

"       15, 
"       2*2. 

Oct.      6. 

"       13, 


June  15.     Jiida  Ham  ow.  cov.  and  waa  bap. 

'*  Walter  Fosse  and  wife  ow.  cov.  and  had  son  baptk 

zed  Walter. 
**  Jane  dau.  to  Jos.  and  Elizabeth  Richard  bap 

July   13.     Elizabeth  Downing  ow.  cov.  and  admitted  to  full 
com. 
"      20*     Benja.  Dowoing  ow,  cov.  and  ad.  to  full  com, 

"  Elizabeth  dau.  to  Benj.  and  Elizabeth  Downing  bap, 

"      27,     Sarali  Stevens  f   ow.  cov.  and  was  bap.  and  ' 
ch.  William,  Mary  and  Sarah  bap. 
"  Joseph  son  to  Eliezer  and  Anna  Coleman  bap. 

Ang.  18.     Joshua  Downing*.  Eliz^''  Ililliard,    Abagail   Smith 
and  Abagail  Hoyte  ad,  to  full  com. 
*'  Anna  Row  ow.  cov.  and  was  bap. 

**  Benj.  Tobias,  Reuben^  Nathaniel  and  Samuel,  sons 

to  John  and  Juda  Ilam  bap. 
*'  Charles  Hoite  son  to  Elizabeth  Hilliard  bap. 

Martha  dan.  to  Richard  and  Eliz*'^  Dam  bap. 
Thomas  Triekey  ad.  to  full  com. 
Frances  dau,  to  John  and  Charity  Wallingford  bap, 
Jno.  Decker  and  wife  Sarah  admitted  to  full  com. 
Jethro  Bickford  had  ch,  bap.  Jelhro.  1 

George  Walton  and  Patience  Walton  ad.  to  full  com. 
Mary  Witham  ad.  to  full  com, 
Sarah  Crocket  ow,  cov,  and  bap, 
Clement  Meservey  ow.  cov,  and  bap, :   his  wife 
also  ow.  cov.  and  their  child  was  baptized  John. 
Christopher  son  to  Christopher  and  Mary  Iluntris 

bap, 
Martha  dau,  to  Christopher  and  Mary  Uuntria  bap, 
John  Stevens  and  Sarah  had  dau,  bap. 
Sam'l  Meloon  ow.  cov.  and  bap. 
Saml  son  to  Sam'l  and  Mary  Meloon  bap. 
Mary  dau,  to  Saml  and  Mary  Meloon  bap. 
James  Place  and  wife  ow,  cov.  and  bap. 
Susanna  Place  ow.  cov,  and  bap. 
Elizabeth  Wooddey  ow,  cov,  and  bap. 
Benjamin    Adams   son   to  Joseph   and    Elizabeth 

Adams  bap, 
John  soil  to  James  and  Mary  Place  bap. 
Lemuel  son  to  Jere''  and  Mary  Walker  bap« 
Joremiah  Elogdon  ow.  cov,  and  bap, 
William  son  to  Deacon  Dam  and  wife  Abagail  bap 
Olive  dau.  to  [illegible]  Walker  bap. 
Abagail  dau.  to  Juo.  and  Sarah  Bickford  bap. 
Mary  dau.  to  Jno.  and  Eliza' th  Knight  bap. 
Sarah  dau.  to  Will,  and  Sarah  Waterbank  bap 
Sam*l  eon  to  Sam'l  and  Else  Rowlins  bap. 
John,  son,    and  Temperence,  dau.  to  James  and 
Abigail  Xutter  bap. 
"  Elizabeth  dau.  to  Thomas  and  Mary  Pickering  bap 

"  Sarah  dau.  to  Jno,  and  Lydia  Doit  bap, 

Nov,  16.    John  son  to  Samuel  and  Mary  Meloon  bap. 


n 


I 


Nov. 

ti 

10. 

tt 

Dec. 

7. 

ti 

1129.     Jan. 

10. 

If 

July 

n 
it 

12. 
13. 
20. 

1 1 

Aug. 

3. 

Sept. 

ft 

23. 

Oct. 

26. 

\ 


Jtea 


lesT 


Church  ^rcoris  of  Newingtm, 


449 


R30. 


131. 


t32. 


DeCp  28.  Ann  Ilogden  arlmittcd  to  full  com. 
Jan.  18.  Rosammid  dau,  to  Haievil  and  Rebecca  Nutter  bap, 
Feb.  22.  Jane  dau.  to  Jno.  and  Mary  HogdoB  Kccundosbap, 
Mch.  L  EUzabetb  daa.  to  Jonathan  and  Eliza'*'  Downing  bap, 
'*  22.  Dorotbe  dan.  to  Joshua  and  SusaDna  Downing^  bap. 
"  27.  Deborah  dati,  to  Joshua  and  Deborah  Pickering  bap. 
April  16,     John  son  to  Eliezer  and  Ann  Coleman  bap, 

**     19.     Darling  eon  to  Christopher  and  Mary  Huntris  bap. 
June     7,     Leah  Nutter  ad.  to  full  com, 

"      21.     Noah  son  to  JuRoph  and  Sarah  Howb*ns  bap, 
July     5.     John  Bon  to  Phillip  and  Sarah  Dore  bap. 

"      11.    Thomas  eon  to  Thomas  and  Mary  Trick ey  bap. 
Aug,    2.     Benjamin  son  to  Richard  and  Elizabeth  Dam  bap. 
"      26,     Miriah  dau.  to  Sam^l  and  Sarah  Nutter  bap. 
Jabcz  son  to  Mosca  and  Abagail  Dam  bap. 
Sept.  19.     Alexander  and  wife  Mary  Hogdon  ow.  cov, 

**  Eliazer  and  Samuel  sons  to  Alex*^  and  Mary  Hog 

don  bap, 
Susanna  dan.  to  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Kich^dsbap 
Sarah  dau.  to  Jeremiah  Hogdon  bap. 
Deborah  Row  ow,  cor.  and  had  ch,  bap.  Moae8. 
Dod.  Bickford  son  was  bap.  Pcrley. 
Samuel  son  to  Joshua  and  Deborah  Pickering  bop, 
George  son  to  George  and  Abagai!  Boj^de  bap. 
Deborah  dau.  to  Joshua  and  Susanna  Downing  bap, 
Mary  dau,  to  Christopher  and  Mary  Huntris  bap. 
Ann  dan.  to  Alexander  and  Mary  Hogdon  bap. 
George  son  to  Capt.  John  Knight  and  wife  Eliza- 
beth bap. 
Jonathan  son  to  Sara'l  and  Allfce  Rawlins  bap. 
Benjamin  son  to  Thomas  and  Rachel  Row  bap. 
Mary  dau.  to  Hatevil  and  Rebecca  Nytter  bap, 
Mary  Shackford  dau.  to  Joseph  and  Mary  Shack- 
ford  ow.  cov.  and  was  bap. 
Nov.    19.     Hatevil  Nutter  Jun.  and  wife  had  dau.  Sarah  bap. 
"  Susanna  Follct  ow.   cov,   and   had   her  son  bap, 

Thomas. 
John  llnntris  had  a  child  baptized, 
Sam*l  eon  to  Saml  and  Sarah  Nutter  bap, 
Martha  dau.  to  Edward  and  Deliverence  Walker  bap. 
Ebenezer  son  to  Edward  and  Deliverence  Walker 

bap,  • 

Eliphalet  son  to  Seth  and  Elizabeth  Ring  bap. 
Mary  Quint  ow.  cov.  and  bap. 
Thomas  Trickey's  son  was  bap,  Lemuel. 
Moses  Furbur  and  wife  had  ch.  bap,  William  and 

Sarah. 
Michael  Carter  ow,  cov,  and  bap. 
Deborah  dau,  to  John  and  Mary  Trickey  bap, 
'  John  son  to  Jno.  and  Mary  Hogdon  bap. 

23.     Jabez  son  to  Rich"*  and  Elizabeth  Dam  bap. 
'  Benjamin  son  to  Thomas  and  Mary  Pickering  bap, 

*  Benjamin   son,  and   Deborah   dau,  to  James  and 

Deborah  RawUus  bap. 


ti 

\ 

Oct. 

3. 

Jan. 

2, 

«( 

11. 

Feb. 

13. 

.April 

23. 

if 

30. 

May 

7. 

Jutie 

25. 

July 

16. 

^AnR. 

13. 

■     " 

20. 

^t. 

1. 

II 

8. 

33. 

April 

M.  1  , 

8, 
tt 

1 

May 

6. 

W 

it 

July 

«« 

Aug, 

27. 

1. 

29. 

12. 

Sept. 

1». 
16. 

450 


Church  It&iords  <f  Newingtm,^  N*  H. 


[Octot 


Oct.      7. 


14. 


Nov. 

4. 

t4 

25. 

Bee. 

2. 

UH,    Jan. 

13. 

ti 

20. 

Feb. 

3. 

a 

ft 

17. 

Mch. 

3. 

it 

10. 

«( 

24. 

a 

it 

28. 

April 

7. 

tt 

U. 

«i 

28. 

May 

— 

June 

— 

it 

2. 

tt 

Sept. 

2. 

<* 

n 

Oot, 

6. 

tt 

tt 

16. 

tt 

1 

Nov. 

24. 

1735.    Mch. 

m. 

it 

it 

April 

9. 

Maj 

4. 

Aug. 

24. 

Sept. 

7. 

« 

tt 

Sept. 

U. 

tt 

Oct. 

12, 

*t 

19. 

tt 

2a. 

If 

Not. 

16. 

if 

30. 

Dec 

J. 

Theodore  Bon  to  John  and  Elizabeth  Dam  bap. 
Hannah  dau.  to  Sain'l  and  Allice  Rawlins  bap. 
Elizabeth  dan.  to  John  and  Lydia  Hoite  bap, 
Edward  Walker  and  wife  ow.  cov, 
John  son  to  John  and  Mary  Stevens  bap, 
Edward  Walker  and  Sarah  had  son  bap.  Joshaa. 
Joshua  son  to  Moses  and  Hannah  Furbnr  bap. 
Mary  dan,  to  John  and  Lydia  Hoite  bap, 
Ephraim  son  to  Joshua  and  Deborali  Pickering  bap 
Rosimund  dau.  to  Eliaz  and  Anna  Coleman  bap. 
Chrifltopher  Huntris  and  wife  had  son  George  bap 
Ilaaiiah  dau.  to  Ilatevil  and  Hannah  Nutter  bap, 
Deacon  Dam*s  dau.  bap.  Mary. 
Mehitable  Hall  ow.  cov.  and  bap. 
Alice  dau,  to  Jethro  and  Hannah  Bickford  bap. 
George  sou  to  James  and  Hannah  Place  bap. 
Bethene  dau.  to  James  and  Deborah  Rawlins  bap 
Sarah  dau,  to  Henry  and  Sarah  A  Hard  bap, 
Jane  dau.  to  Ebenezer  and  Jane  Place  bap. 
Abagail  dau.  to  Alexander  and  Mary  Hogdon  bap 
Joseph  son  to  Samuel  and  Abagail  IIu ntris  bap 

David  son  to Pevcrton  and  wife  Mary  bap. 

Sarah  dau.  to  John  and  Rebecca  Perry  bap, 
Jethro  and  Phebe  Furbur  ow.  cov.  aad  bad  son 

bap.  Jelhro. 
Ezekiel  son  to  Abel  and  Mary  Pevey  bap, 
John  son  to  Siiml  and  Mary  Place  bap. 
Samuel  sou  to  William  and  Hannah  Murie  bap. 
Sarah  dau.  to  Sampson  and  Dorothy  Bab  bap. 
Joshua  son  to  Joshua  and  Susanna  Downing  bap. 
Mary  dau.  to  Hatevil  and  Rebecca  Nutter  bap. 
I  baptized  a  dau,  for  Mr.  Berry  of  Rochester,  Anna. 
A  dau.  for  Mr.   Smith   of  Rochester :    a  dau,  for 

Zebulon  Dam  :  a  dau,  for  Mr.  Knight. 
Seth  Riog  and  wife  had  son  bap.  David. 
Deborah  dau.  to  John  and  Elizabeth  Knight  bap. 
Thomas  Jexsoa  ow.  cov.  and  had  son  bap.  Beoj 

miQ. 
Mary  Nutter  ow.  cov.  and  bap. 
Sam'l  Fabyan  ow.  cov.  and  son  bap.  John. 
Jno.  Gee  son  to  Thomas  and  Mary  Pickering  b 
Susanna  4au.  to  John  and  Charity  WalUngford 
Joseph  sou  to  Thomas  and  Rachel  Row  bap. 
Mary  dau.  to  Noah  and  Susanna  Thompson  bi 
Paul  son  to  Sam^  and  Alice  Rawlins  bap. 
John  son  to  John  and  Lydia  Hoitc  bap. 
Sarah  dau.  to  Isaac  and  Eliza*th  Trickey  bap. 
Samuel  son  to  George  and  Elizab'th  Cofbrooth 
Daniel  son  to  Joshua  and  Deb.  Pickering  bap. 
Sarah  dau.  to  Eliazer  and  Ann  Colemafi  bap. 
Richard  son  to  Joseph  and  Mary  Walker  bap- 
Rebecca  dau.  to  Alexander  and  Mary  Hogdon 
Will''"  and  Mary  son  and  dau.  to   Andrew 

Mary  Clark  bap. 


I. 

I 

i 


1868.]  Hisionj  of  Gtemlandj  N.  H  45T 

Dec.     7>     Cap!  Jno.  Knight  ad.  to  full  com, 

**  to  Jolm  and  Mary  Hogdon  bap. 

"  to  Jethro  aod  Phebe  Furber  bap. 

Jno.  Downing  fertius  ow;  cov.  and  ad.  to  fnll  com. 
Sam 4  SOD  to  Richard  and  Elizabeth  Dam  bap, 
Eh'zabeth  dau.  to  Jno,  and  Lettiss  Hoit  bap, 
Elizabeth  dau,  to  Nehemfali  aad   Abigail   Furbnr 

bap, 
Katlierine  dae,  to  Moaee  and  Hannah  Furbur  bap, 

Rosimnnd  dan,  to  Jno,  and Perry  bap. 

Timothy  son  to  Joo,  and  Mary  Stevens  bap. 

Juditb  dao.  to  Jno.  and  Charity  Wallingford  bap. 

Samuel  liogdoo  sou  to  JVlary  was  bap. 

Jonathan  Downing  and  wife  ad.  to  full  com. 

Henry  Nutter  son  to  Henry  and  Mary  Nutter  bap, 

Mary  dau,  to  James  and  Abigail  Nutter  bap, 

John  Dow  ad,  to  full  com. 

Mary  and  Olive  dau'  to  John  and  Eliz'*^  Dam  bap. 

Mary  Coolbroth  ad.  to  ftill  com. 

Jno,  Qaiiit  and  Ann  his  wife  ow.  cov.  and  bap. 

Jno,  Elizabeth  and  Ann  Quiut,  children  to  Jno,  and 

Aim  Qoint,  ow.  cov.  and  bap. 
Joshua,  Joiiathan  and  Martha,  children  to  Jno.  and 

Ann  Quint,  bap, 
29.     James  and  Antony  Bona  to  James  and  Abigail  Nut* 

ter  bap. 

Mary  dau.  to  Joseph  and With  am  bap. 

SO.     William,  Hatevil  [ittegihle]  Paul  and  Tobias  sons 

to  John  and  — -^  Laytoii  bap. 
Isaac  and  Deborah  cb,  to  Hatevil  and  Sarah  Layton 

bap. 


.     Mch. 

28. 

April 
May 

8. 

9. 

80. 

June 

13. 

July 
it 

4. 

it 

tt 

25. 

Aug. 

Sept 
If 

8 
2 

U 

15. 


26, 


CONTRIBUTIONS   TO  A   HISTORY  OF   GREENLAND, 
NEW  HAMPSHIRE, 
rCommnEJcalcd  by  A.  M.  Haines,  Esq.,  Galena,  111,] 
A  U8T  OF  Greenland  (N.  H,)  PARiijn  Rate,  Febbuart  5,  im>* 


Jdfleph  Bery 
Jo"  toes 

Matthias  Haines 

Sam"  Haines 

Matthias  Haines  junr 
Haines 


09  09  Jo"  Johnson  juner 

12  09  Jo^  Philbrick  juner 
01  03  Nathaniel  Huggina 
06  06  Nat"  Bery 

13  00  Kitt  Kenoson 
13  00  John  Gate 


1  ID  10 
12  00 

1  01  08 
16  00 
OT  09 

1  02  II 


Boa  ofMatthlAs.^  AQd  b.  im* 


•  The  orighialB  of  tlii»  and  th«  rollowing  papen  fdaHiig  to  the  Uiftoi^  of  Orceolaadi 
l»  Hm  afe  in  tlie  possession  of  Mr,  Hameft. 
t  Son  of  Samuel*  Jr.,  and  graodson  of  Di».  Sam*l^'  h.  7  March,  1670-7, 

Ii    **     •*        •*         ♦*      *•            "         **      **        **         "*  5  July,  1687* 
I    "     "        ••         "      "           **        **      ♦•        "         **  7  Jtui'y,  1678-#. 
kSm     '"    " 


452 


ESstory  of  Greenland,  N.  H. 


[October, 


Jo°  Sockiim 

07  06 

Abrham  Lewis 

00  00 

Daniel  Allin 

06  06 

John  hinkson 

05  00 

Sam"  Davis 

10  00 

Nat"  Watson 

06  06 

*Widdow  Haines 

11  00 

Walter  neal 

06  06 

Eobert  goes 

10  06 

Ebenezer  Johnson 

15  00 

John  Hill 

11  06 

Robbard  Avery 

07  03 

Win.  Philbrlck 

16  06 

Sam"  foss 

09  03 

Sam"  King 

10  09 

James  Bary 

00  00 

Ensign  Johnson 

1  06  04 

W°»fos 

06  06 

•Sam"  Weeks 

1  06  10 

Alexa"  Caniston 

06  06 

•Josh  Weeks 

1  00  00 

Robberd  Brieut 

05  03 

•Joseph  Weeks 

12  00 

Jun' 

08  06 

••Jonnathan  Weeks 

11  06 

i  Tosih  Brackett 

16  09 

Sam^  Whitten 

10  06 

;  ;Joshua  Haines 
;iichard  White 

10  02 

Elias  Philbreck 

11  00 

11  06 

Sam"  folsum 

00  00 

Jo™  Whitten 

1  01  09 

Wi"  Wooddy 

00  00 

Lef*  March 

13  09 

Be«  Skilling 

09  00 

Jo"*  Brient 

07  09 

Jeam^  Whitten 

06  06 

Dan*  Davis 

04  00 

Jo°  Bary 

11  00 

James  Lewis 

05  06 

Jo°  Lues 

10  06 

Gorge  Kineston 

08  00 

Be°  Meereas 

09  08 

Walter  Phillbrok 

08  08 

Nat**  Johnson 

13  09 

Samuell  neal 

10  03 

Arnol  Brick 

08  09 

John  Allin 

08  10 

Judo  Allen 

08  09 

John  Neal 

07  09 

Thomas  A  very 

04  06 

John  fox 

06  07 

Joseph  Johnson 

06  06 

Thomas  Bery 

06  00 

Ben*  fox 

oa  03 

Thomas  right 

06  06 

•Tnlin  ICpnosfonp 

02  00 

Joseph  Melune 

07  00 

35  17  08 

Province  of      }  To  Tom  Varney  Constable 

New  Hampshire   j  of  the  parish  of  Greenland 

Pursuant  to  an  order  of  his  Excelency  the  governor  and 

Couensell,  December  6^  1709  for  Impowering  y*  parish  of 

greenland  to  chuse  three  freeholders  as  assessors  to  lay  an 

anuall  Tax  on  the  several  Inhabitants  for  supporting  a 

minister  among  themselves  over  and  above  what  the  town 

of  ports™°  usually  allows  them  & 

These  are  in  her  Maiesties  name  to  Requier  you  to  collect  y*  several 

sums  anexed  to  Each  persons  name  in  this  List  in  all  amounting  to 

the,  sum  of  thirty  five  pounds,  seventeen  shilings  and  eight  pence, 

money  and  pay  it  in  unto  us  the  subscribers  for  the  maintai nance  of 

the  minister  of  s*^  parish  on  or  before  the  fifth  day  of  May  next  and  in 

case  any  person  or  persons  refuse  to  pay  the  respective  rates  you  are 

hereby  then  required  to  take  the  same  by  distress  on  any  of  their 

goods  or  chattels,  and  in  case  they  have  none,  then  to  cary  them 

before  any  of  her  maiesties  next  Justeses  of  the  peace  to  be  further 

delte  with  as  the  Law  directs,  whereof  fail  not  for  which  this  shall  be 

your  Warant  dated  at  Greenland  the  5*^  february  1711-12. 

*  Widow  of  Sam'l«  Haines,  Jr.  (formerly  Mary  Fifleld). 

t  Sons  of  Leonard*  Weeks,  and  grandchildren  of  Deacon  SamaeP  Haines. 

t  Son  of  Matliias,*  and  b.  6  April,  1678. 


1868.]  History  of  Greenland,  N.  H.  453 

Troops  FOR  Defence  in  1722. 
Province  of     )  To  William  Haines*  Gierke  of  my 

New  hampshire.  J  trainband,  greeting  &c 

Whereas  I  received  order  from  Colon"  Mark  flunk- 
ing, Esq',  for  the  regulating  &  puting  my  company 
into  a  poster  for  the  defence  of  themselves  and  their 
neighbors  &  to  cary  thare  armes  when  moveing  from 
the  several  places  of  thare  residence  &  espeshely  to 
meetin,  &  finding  several  persons  delinquents  which 
are  fineable  by  law 
These  are  therefore  in  his  majes*=^  name  to  requier  you  to  gather 
tbare  fines  anexed  to  the  persons  names  hereunder  ritten  &  if  any 
refuse  to  pay,  you  are  to  take  it  by  destres  of  the  delinquents  goods 
&  sell  them  by  an  outcry  as  the  law  directs  &  make  return  of  your 
doings  herein  to  my  self  by  the  22^  day  of  this  instant  and  this  shal  be 

Sar  sufiScent  warant  given  under  my  hand  &  seal  at  greenland  this 
;eenth  day  of  October  &  in  Eight  year  of  his  majes^  raign  anney- 
dom*"  1722.  Joshua  Weeks,  Cap*. 

8argb=Neel  0  02  03  John  Lock  0  01  06 

Jonathan  Weeks  0  01  06  John  Blake  0  01  06 

James  fuller  0  01  06  Nich"  Dolbie  0  01  06 

Jonathan  Philbrick  0  0106  Thos  foss  0  0106 

John  gree  0  01  06  John  Sling  0  01  06 

Elias  Philbrick  jun  0  0106  James  Whedden  0  0106 

On  the  back  of  the  paper  are  the  following  names : 
Jonathan  Weeks  afternoon 

j* Joshua  Haines  Jonathan  Weeks 

Sam"  Davis  f  Joshua  haines 

Jon  Dolkum  Nathan  Johnson 

Joseph  Vrin  Sam"  Keneslar 

Joshua  Brackitt  Jon  Sling 

Nathan  Johnson  Joseph  goss 

Jon  Sling  Caleb  grafien 

Michael  Wozcn  Jonathan  Smith 

Joseph  gars  Mark  Meloon 
Caleb  graften 
Clement  March 
Delingquents. 


A  List  of  the  Province  Rate  in  the  Tear  1723,  for  the  Parish  of 
Greenland,  New  Hampshire. 

£.  s.    p.  £.  8.    p. 

John  Johnson,  Senor  11  00    Nathan  Johnson  12  06 

Ensign  Johnson  .  13  03    tMatthias  Haines  08  09 

Deacon  Johnson  12  06    Joseph  Melune  11  03 

•  Son  of  Samael*  Haines,  Jr.  and  Maiy  Fifield,  and  grandson  of  Deacon  SamaeP  Haines, 
nd  born  7  January.  1678-9. 

t  Son  of  Mathias' and  Jane  (Brackett)  Haines,  and  grandson  of  Deacon  SamU  Haines,  and 
boni5  April,  1678. 

t  Son  of  Matthias,*  and  bom  al)Out  1676. 
Vol.  XXII.  89 


454 


Hiitory  of  Greenland^  N.  H. 


[October, 


£.    8.    p. 

£.  •.  P. 

Nat"  Watson 

06  03 

Sam"  Neel 

OS  03 

Cap*  Joshua  Weeks 

1  04  03 

Walter  filbrick 

08  03 

Robert  Goss 

09  03 

Sarg*  filbrick 

02  00 

Kobert  Goss,  juner 

04  06 

W"  Jenkkins 

07  09 

Sam"  King 

06  06 

Sam"  Chapman 

09  09 

George  Keneson 

12  06 

James  Berry 

15  00 

John  Dockum 

04  06 

John  Hinkson 

05  09 

Jonat"  Dockum 

04  06 

Joseph  Weeks 

08  03 

John  Vrin 

07  00 

§W»  Haines 

11  06 

Joseph  Vrin 

03  09 

Daniel  Lunt 

08  00 

Joshua  Bracket 

1  07  06 

Widdow  fonlsham 

06  00 

Tucker  Gate 

03  06 

W"  Walice 

10  00 

Kobert  Avery 

07  06 

Elias  filbrick 

12  00 

John  Bracket 

05  06 

Jonathan  Weeks 

18  00 

John  foss 

12  00 

Widdow  Barker 

06  06 

John  Berry 

02  00 

Joseph  Hill 
Sam"  Davis 

07  00 

*Sam"  Haines 

07  09 

08  09 

Tho'  Berry 

07  09 

Mary  Hicks 

07  06 

Isaac  foss 

05  00 

John  Brient 

06  06 

John  Clarke 

07  00 

Daniel  AUin 

04  06 

Jonath''  filbrick 

12  09 

Benj*  mcerese 

06  06 

W°^  Bucknel 

03  09 

Docter  March 

11  00 

tSam"  Haines 

11  06 

John  Whedden 

14  00 

Capt.  James  Johnson 

17  06 

||  Joshua  Haines 
Deacon  Gate 

07  00 

tLevetenat  Haines 
Cap*  Sam"  Weeks 

14  06 

11  00 

1  06  06 

W"»Cate 

06  00 

Nat"  Hugins 

14  06 

James  Whidden 

08  03 

Sam"  Weeks 

04  00 

Sam"  Hugins 

03  06 

Lt.  Col.  Runels's  Orders  to  Capt  Parsons's  Company,  on  dittt  at 
Charlestown,  Mass.,  in  1781. 

Begemental  Orders  Gharlestown,  Oct.  9***  1781. 

Its  recommended  that  every  Comanding  OflScer 
of  Companyes  To  see  for  tho  filter  that  his  men  apear  On  the  Prade 
with  thier  fier  arms  clean,  Locks  in  good  order. 

The  drumers  are  ordred  to  beat  the  revello  at  Day  break  In  the 
morning.  The  trop  at  nine  aclock  In  the  four  noon  at  which  time  the 
guards  will  Prade.  The  retreat  at  sun  set,  at  which  Time  The 
companys  will  be  punctual  to  turn  out  at  Roal  Gall.  The  tatoo  at 
Nine  in  the  evening  at  which  time  the  Soldiers  are  to  be  at  their  Bar- 
racks. It  is  further  ordered  that  every  ofHcer  make  A  provision  return 
twise  every  week  and  every  thursday  adutey  return  to  M'.  William 
moor  Is  apintcd  adjutant  And  it  is  orders  that  he  be  obeyed  as  Such. 

Daniel  Runels-  Lt,  Col  Comd, 


*  Son  of  Mathias  «  and  born  25  December,  1674. 
t  Son  of  Samuel»«  Jr.  and  born  5  July,  1687. 


J  St.  Matthias,  son  of  Samuel, «  Jr.  and  bom  7  March,  1676-7. 
?  Son  of  Samuel,*  Jr.  and  born  7  January,  1678-9. 
II  Son  of  Mathias,*  and  bom  5  April,  167b. 

And  all  grandchildren  of  Deacon  SamaeP  Haines,  who  came  i^om  England,  1639,  and 
settled  at  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 


1868.] 


I8€uic  Stdle  to  Thomas  Fayenoeather. 


455 


On  the  back  of  the  above  paper  there  is  the  following  Beturn  : 
A  Return  of  Oapt  parsons  Oompanj  arrived  in  camp — 


♦  Lent. 

Noah  Haines 

1 

Sar«. 

Nathaniel  Foss 

1 

Job  Poss 

1 

John  Yeten 

2 

Edward  Hall 

3 

William  doUos 

4 

t 

Elisha  Haines 

6 

John  Derbon 

6 

James  palmer 

7 

Rubin  Runlet 

8 

Daniel  Clark 

9 

John  Neal 

10 

Daniel  French 

11 

Jonathan  Clark 

12 

Isaac  Moore 

13 

John  Mills 

14 

Enoch  Buttler 

15 

Joseph  Crose 

16 

Jeremiah  Avery 

It 

John  Kelley 

18 

Ezery  Dam 

19 

Capt.  Joseph  Parsons  company 
raised  for  !•*  Reg.  N.  H.  Militia  by 
order  of  the  Com""  of  Safety  11  Sept. 
1781,  comprising  32  men  marched  to 
Charlestown,  Mass.  1  Oct.  1781. 
N.  H.  Co*  records. 


♦  Bom  at  Greenland,  N.  H.,  22  Nov.,  1749. 
t  5th  in  descent  firom  Dea.  SomueP  Haines. 


ISAAC  STELLE  TO  THOMAS  PAYERWEATHER. 
[Fkox  the  Society's  Files.] 

Sir, — I  Received  your  favour  p'  y^  post,  and  have  sent  the  Letter, 
yon  sent  me,  with  one  you  Left  with  me  (by  Cap*"  Chapman)  who 
Sair*  yesterday  for  St.  Croix  Directly.  I  hope  they  will  gett  safe 
and  answer  your  Expectations.  I  waited  on  M'  Robinson  according 
to  your  Desire  about  the  Negro,  and  he  told  if  the  Doctor  cou'd 
•attisfy  him  the  Negroes  foot  wou'd  be  soon  cured  he  wou'd  purchase 
hfan  of  you,  if  you  wou'd  take  his  Negro  that  you  saw  at  his  house  at 
JT  price  you  both  Talk'd  of.  I  suppose  your  Sister  has'  acquainted 
yon  the  Doctor  has  Discourag'd  her  about  the  spedy  cure  of  his  feet 
— -80  upon  the  whole — believe  there  will  be  nothing  Done  till  we  hear 
Urom  you  or  see  you.  I  am  Sir, 

Newport,  Septem"  21"*  1?53.         Tour  most  humble  Serv* 

Isaac  Stklle. 
Mr.  Tho'  Fayerweather. 
[Addressed] 

M'  Thomas  Fayerweather,  Merch*  In  Boston. 


456  Brayan  Rasseter^s  Petition.  [October; 


BRAYAN  ROSSETER'S  PETITION  TO  THE  GENERAL  ASSEM- 
BLY OF  CONNECTICUT. 

[Commanicated  by  Mr.  Habby  H.  Edbs,  Charlestown.  Mass.] 

(  ffor  the  Hon*  Generall  Assembly  now     ) 
\    sitting  in  Harford.  Octob.  18*^.  (1664).  J 

Hon*  Gentlemen 

It  is  well  knowne  vnto  yon  all,  that  very  often  I  liaue  applied  • 
my  selfe,  to  your  selues,  the  Hon*  Assembly  &  oftner  to  y'  Councell, 
the  ordered  rep^sentatiue,  &  impoward,  of  this  your  graunted  in  Cor- 
poration with  power,  &  priuiledges,  if  well  improued : 

My  application  hath  bene  agaynst  my  aduersaries,  &  yours ;  (I 
place  my  selfe  first  (not  from  any  kind  of  ambition  (but  only  because 
nextly  concerned)  for  Riot,  &  Rebellion : 

By  priuate  or  personall  applications,  I  haue  bene  sollicitcd  to  for- 
beare  Complaynts,  yet  owned,  or  acknowledged  as  wronged,  &  much 
iniured,  w*^  hath  bene  more  ;*  then  effectuall  endeauours  of  releife  (you 
all  know  what  I  intend,  The  Grand  &  vnreasonable  abuses  suffered, 
from  the  p'tended  Colony  of  New  Hauen)  my  refuge  is  in  being;  if 
not  timely  &  effectually  p^uented  ;  &  none  can  p^uent  but  y"selues,  & 
y^selues  only  as  effectuall  repayi*ers  of  the  breach  :  p  swasions  to  wayte 
longer,  will  noe  longer  doe :  but  something  done  to  satisfaction  for 
wrongs,  &  that  in  some  due  pportion ;  I  mind  (&  desyre  soe  to  doe) 
the  publick  good)  but  he  cannot  mind  the  publick  good  rightly,  & 
according  to  rule,  that  minds  not  his  owne,  &  families  good  according 
to  rule.  &  hence  the  p''uention  cannot  rationally  bee,  vnless  y"  become 
fellow  suffrers  &  y'  in  due  pportion  &  in  soe  doing  I  am  your  seruant : 
I  wayte  uppon  your  free  offer,  or  rather  rationall  offring,  &  wayting 
soe  1  take  my  leaue  of  you  at  p'sent.  &  rest. 

y"  to  doe  or  suffer 
(Filed)  Brayan  Rosseter 

M'  Rosseters 

petition  octob' 
1664 

Note. 
May  30,  1630,  arrived  at  Nantasket  the  Mary  and  John,  from  Ply- 
mouth March  20th,  bringing,  among  other  passengers,  Edward  Ros- 
seter, Roger  Ludlow,  Roger  Clap,  and  two  ministers — John  Warham 
and  John  Maverick. 

*  Wc  apprehend  this  semicolon  was  Inadvertently  miflplaoed  by  the  writer  of  the  peti- 
tion, who  probably  intended  placing  it  after  "  releife  "—otherwise  we  are  at  a  loss  to  com- 
prehend the  sense  of  this  and  the  following  passages. 

As  the  sense  is  anibij^uous  in  the  last  paragraph  of  the  Petition,  we  give  the  following 
as  onr  interpretation  of  the  writer's  meaning. 

"  By  priiiat<;  or  ]>crsonall  applications  [from  yon  or  those  in  yonr  intercstl  I  hane  bene 
sollicitcd  to  forbeare  Complaynts,  yet  owned,  or  acknowledged  [by  you]  as  wronged,  & 
much  iniured,  vf^  [referring  to  the  applications]  hath  bene  more  "  than  your  endeavors  to 
effectually  relieve  mc ;  and  by  the  declaration  '*  my  reftige  is  in  being,"  we  infer  our  peti- 
tioner gave  the  court  to  understand,  that  the  course  ho  intended  pursuing  was  already 
marked  out  and  would  be  carried  into  effect  "  if  not  tunely  &  eflbctuailj  p'uented.**    The 


Bratjan  RoaseUr's  Petition. 


457 


^ 

^ 


Koger  Clap  tells  us  in  his  Memoirs*  that  the  captain  of  tho  ship 
would  not  bring  them  into  the  Charles  river  as  he  was  bound  to  do, 
but  put  them  ashore  at  Nanlasket  Poiut,  with  their  eflects.  They  pro- 
cured a  boat,  however^  and  a  part  of  the  company  went  in  it  to 
Charlestown,  taking  with  Ihera  their  "goods.*'  Proceeding  up  the 
Charles  river,  they  landed  near  the  spot,  it  is  supposed,  now  occupied 
as  the  United  States  Arsenal,  but  soon  removed  to  Mattapan  (Dor- 
chester), wliich  they  proceeded  to  found. 

Of  Edward  Rosseter  but  little  is  known.  IIutchinBont  say  a  he  was 
of  a  good  family  in  the  west  of  England,  *'  whence  all  the  Dorchester 
people  Cttine  *' — and  one  of  the  foremost  in  the  settlement  of  that 
town.  He  is  pronounced,  by  the  Historian  of  Ancient  Windsor,  *'  a 
man  of  character  and  education,'^ 

Both  Rosseter  and  Ludlow  were  chosen  Assistants  of  the  Bay  Col- 
any,  in  London,  October  20,  1629,  when  Wiuthrop  was  chosen  Gov- 
ernor and  Ilumfrey  Deputy  Governor,  and  arrived  about  a  fortnight 
before  Winthrop's  fleet  reached  Salem,  in  June,  1630, 

Edward  Rosseter,  a  grandson  of  the  Assistant,  in  a  letter  dated 
March  28,  1682,  speaks  of  his  grandfather  as  '*  a  pious  gentleman  of 
good  estate,  who  left  England  for  the  sake  of  religion,"  He  died 
Uctober  23,  1630,  much  lamented,  leaving  *'  a  son  who  afterwards 
lived  in  Combe  "  in  Dcvouijhire,  and  Dr.  Brian  Rosseter  who  accom- 
panied his  father  from  England,  Also  **  widow  Jane  Hart,*'  who 
petitioned  the  government  for  aid  in  1685,  setting  forth  that  she  was 
the  youngest  surviving  child  of  Edward  Rosseter  and  her  age  *I0  years. 

Dr,  Brian  Rosseter  J — ^our  petitioner — became  a  freeman  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts colony  May  18,  1G31,  resided  for  a  time  in  Dorchester,  and  in 
1636,  in  company  with  others,  among  whom  was  his  fatlier^s  friend  and 
associate  Roger  Ludlow,  comm«?nced  the  settlement  of  tho  Connecticut 
colony  at  Windsor,  where  he  became  a  leading  man  in  the  adminis- 
tration of  the  aflairs  of  the  town,  serving  as  a  magistrate  for  several 
years  prior  to  his  removal  to  Guilford,  and  was  entitled  to  the  prefix  of 
*'MfJ* — in  those  days  an  index  of  social  position. 

In  1639,  the  office  of  Town  Recorder  or  Clerk  was  created  by  the 
General  Court,  and  Dn  Rosseter  became  the  lirat  incumbent,  holding 
the  position  until  16o2,  when  he  purchased  the  house§  and  lands  of 
Br.  Samuel  Deshorongh,  at  Guilford,  in  New  Haven  colony  (upon 
that  gentleman's  return  to  England),  whither  he  soon  after  removed. 
While  a  resident  of  Guilford  ho  made  the  i\rsi  pyost-mortem  examination 
in  Connecticut.  The  subject  was  *•  Kellie's  child,"  and  for  his  ser* 
vices  in  tJns  case,  as  well  as  for  those  rendered  tho  Deputy  Governor 
and  Mr.  Talcot,  the  General  Court,  March  U.  1662-3,  allowed  the 
Doctor  twenty  pounds,  lie  was  Town  Surveyor  of  Guilford,  an  office 
which  he   held   for  some   time   at   Windsor,  prior  to   his   removal. 


Itxt  i*  only  one  of  many  wHtions  on  tlie  same  snljuet,  wliiclj  Mr.  Roiijielfr  prvsent- 
td  lo  Th<*  Gf Tienit  Conrt  for  tht  ir  consideraiiont  a  few  of  whk'li  urii  printfd  in  tlje  **  New 
Uiv  rtci-onlt*,"  but  wc  arc  not  tiwiue  that  this*  has  ever  before  apjK'ared  in  print. 

Th>  ' I  ly  in  the  excellent  band-writini?  of  Mr*  RcissettT,  itnd  is  printed  tertKntim 

•  E»L  ol  J>orche!^tcr  Antin,  Sor.,  p.  39,  et  $eq, 
t  Ed.  SaU>m,  1795.    VoL  L  p.  23. 

t   ^"''     ■"     '^^W, 

*  '  1  nf  1 1)  l^  lioupo  maj  he  seen  by  reference  lo  the  phui  of  Guflford  and  MUfbnI» 
whii                  -:e  80  of  Dr.  Stile«'B  Ui«tory  of  the  Jadgtrs, 


Vou  XXI L 


39* 


45S 


Brayan  Ro^seter'i  Petition^ 


[October, 


Di\  Rosseter  had  received  a  fine  cdiicatioTit  and  was  for  many  yeara  Ibe 
physician  of  Windsor  and  afterwards  of  Guilford,  aa  will  be  Been  by 
his  letter  to  the  younger  VVinthrop  which  we  shall  presently  notice. 

He  was  a  man  of  a  turbulent  dijjtpositiun,  often  involved  in  Utigiition,_ 
and  very  obnoxious  to  the  government  of  the  New  Haven  JuriadictiuQ-" 

In  tlie  spring  of  1661-2  the  treasurer  of  that  colony  issued  two 
warrants  to  the  marsh ul  to  distrain  for  over  due  rates — one  for  thfl 
colony  and  one  for  the  town  of  Guilford— in  both  of  which  the  aame 
of  Dr.  Rosseter  and  his  son  John  appeared. 

Calling  at  Dr.  Rosseter^s  house  during  that  gentleman's  absenc 
from  home,  the  marshal  was  assured,  by  John  RosBeter,  th 
the  Doctor  wooM  satisfy  all  demands  upon  his  return,  which 
afterwards  denied  and  his  father  refused  to  ratify :  whereupon  tb| 
marshal  '*  hearing  there  would  be  resistance"  took  several  assifl 
tants  to  aid  him  in  enforcing  the  process,  and  upon  the  Doctor'^ 
refusal  to  make  payment^  took  two  cows  by  virtue  of  the  warrant 
He  also  reported  the  proceedings*  and  the  language  used  by  falh€ 
and  son,  to  the  Governor,  who  immediately  issued  a  warrant  for  IheJl 
arrest ;  and  they  were  taken  into  custody.  They  procured  \mi\^ 
however,  and  were  examined  before  the  General  Court  in  May,  1661 
when  they  '*  acknowledged  their  evil  ''  and  asked  the  pardon  of 
Court,  which  was  granted  upon  their  giving  a  promise  "not  to 
anything  of  psecutio  or  molestation  against  court  or  courts,  oflScfi 
or  officers,  or  other  psons,  belonging  to  y  colony  of  Newhauen  any 
where  to  disturb  their  peace,"  &c. 

The  occasion  of  all  this  trouble  will  bo  seen  by  the  following  exl 
from  the  Doctor's  letter  to  Governor  Winthrop,  before  alluded 
which  is  printed  in  full  in  3  Mass.  Hist.  Coll.  x.  73-6. 

*'  The  case  which  was  for  beginning  all,  was  as  clear,  and  fay  re  : 
I  did  from  my  first  coming  to  Guilford,  deny  to  pay  rates  for  my  pei.^ou 
and  horse  (which  was  the  leading  cause  to  my  imprisoning)  and 
reasons  that  I  gave  them  wherefore  I  refused  were  then  in  summe, 

'*  1.  Because  I  was  an  allowed  practitioner  of  Phisic  by  the 
Court  at  Connecticott,  when  Mr.  Heynes,  Mr.  Hopkins,  an^ 
of  those  gentlemen,  were  of  the  bench  being  first  tryed.  and  approvt 
by  Mr.  Hooker,  Mr.  Stone  and  old  Mr.  Smith  of  VVethersfeild  in 
face  of  the  said  Court. 

"  2.  As  a  practitioner  of  phisick  I  was  desyred  by  Mr.  Leet,  audi 
rest  of  the  cheife  of  Guilford  to  purchase  and  inhabit  with  tbem^' 
they  indented  with  mee  what  to  give  for  a  visit. 

"  3.  The  lawes  of  Nations  exempt  allowed  phisitians  from  pernor 
services,  and  their  estates   from  rates   and   assessments.     The 
allso,  and  New  Haven  the  ffrench  Doctor  and  M'  Pell,  and  M^  Dave 
port  preach t  for  it  allso. 

**  4.  That  allowed  phisitians  ar  often  necessitated  to  .more  cbairit 
than  a  whole  towne,  and  if  it  be  not  allowed  for  some  mn- 
(that  ar  poore)  in  there  extremities,  these  reasons  were  pleu' 
an  agreement  in  presence  of  M'  Allyn*  and  M'  Willis  witnesi^eb. 

*'  5.  And  1  was  never  rated  for  nty  head  whilest  1  lived  at  Gunnecl 
cott  after  soe  approved.*' 


•  Viae  N.  H.  Colony  Rec  11.  p.  43&-8,. 


1868.]  Brayan  Rasseter's  PetUian.  459 

In  the  month  of  December  1663,  an  event  occurred  which  produced 
a  rupture  between  the  colonies  of  Connecticut  and  New  Haven,  and 
resulted  in  the  appointment  of  a  committee  by  the  General  Court  of  the 
latter  colony,  who  were  instructed  to  draft  A  paper  setting  forth  their 
grievances,  which  was  termed  ''New  Haven's  Case  Stated/'  to  be 
presented  to  the  General  Court  of  Connecticut.  Much  of  this  docu- 
ment* relates  to  the  proposed  union  of  the  colonies,  but  we  will  sub- 
join such  passages  only  as  relate  to  the  subject  of  this  note — some  of 
which  are  very  quaint ;  and  that  mentioning  the  arrival  of  the  party 
from  Connecticut  at  Guilford,  at  the  *'  unseasonable  hour''  of  ten 
o'clock  at  night,  is  well  calculated  to  excite  merriment  at  the  present 
day. 

In  consequence  of  a  denial,  by  some  persons,  of  the  authority  of  the 
New  Haven  Jurisdiction,  after  the  arrival  of  the  new  charter  for 
Connecticut  in  the  summer  of  1662,  some  of  the  inhabitants  had 
*'  binn  seduced  to  rent  themselues  from  this  colonic  [New  Haven]  by 
w"^  diuision  his  maj**'*  affaires  in  these  parts  are  like  to  suffer,"  &c., 
and  had  gone  to  Connecticut. 

At  this  juncture  the  General  Court  issued  an  order  requiring  such 
"  to  returne  to  theire  due  obedience  &  payeing  theire  arrears  of  rates 
for  defraying  the  necessary  charges  of  the  colonic,  &  other  dues,  w***in 
six  dayes  after  the  publication  hereof,  vAto  such  pson  or  psons  as  are 
or  shall  be  appointed  to  collect  the  same,  in  attendance  to  the  lawes 
&  orders  of  this  colonie.  All  w'**  being  done,  this  court  shall  for  euer 
pass  by  all  former  disobedience  to  this  govemra* ;  but  if  any  shall 
p'sume  to  stand  out  against  his  maj^"  pleasure  soe  declared  as  aforesd 
concemeing  this  colonie,  at  theire  perill  be  it,  this  court  shall  not  faile 
to  call  the  sd  psons  to  a  strict  account  &  pceed  against  them  as 
disloyal  to  his  maj'^^  &  disturbers  of  the  peace  of  this  colonie  accord- 
ing to  law." 

"Newhavens  Case  Stated." 

"  19.  This  declaration  [requiring  all  persons  to  return  to  their 
allegiance  and  pay  their  arrears  within  six  days]  being  grounded  in 
generall  upon  his  maj****  comands  expressed  in  those  letters,  &  in 
speciall  in  order  to  the  p'seruation  of  his  maj****  customes  in  that  case 
puided  for  by  act  of  this  p'sent  parliament,  w*^**  act  was  sent  inclosed 
w***  the  letter  to  our  governo',  requireing  his  strict  obscruance  of  the 
same  vnder  the  penalty  of  displaccing  &  a  thousand  pounds  fine,  & 
therfore  in  case  any  difference  should  arrise  to  his  maj*^  vpon  these 
accounts,  we  must  be  inforced  to  laye  the  cause  of  it  at  your  doore, 
because  when  it  was  sent  to  the  seuerall  townes  of  this  colonie  &  sett 
vp  in  publick  places  to  be  seen  &  read  of  all,  that  all  might  obey  it, 
it  was  at  Stamford  violently  plucked  downe  by  Browne  yo'  constable, 
&  w"*  reproachfull  speeches  rejected,  though  sent  in  his  maj^  name 
A  by  the  authority  of  our  court  of  magistrates.  And  after  it  was 
published  at  Guilford,  Bray  Rosseter  &  his  sone  hastened  to  Conecti- 
cutt  to  require  your  aid  against  this  gouernmS  W**  accordingly  yowto 
hastily  pformed,  for  on  the  30*^  of  Decemhe',  1663,  two  of  yo'  magis- 
trates w**"  sundry  young  men  &  yo'marshall  came  speedily  to  Guilford 
accompanieing  Rosseter  &  his  sone,  &  countinanceing  them  &  theyr 

♦  Vide  N.  H.  Col.  Rec.  II.  517-30. 


Btayan  Bmsmr^t  Petition. 


[OctobeTi 


partie  againflt  the  authority  of  this  gener^  conrtr  though  jow  known 
how  obnoxious  they  were  formerly  to  this  jurisdiction,  for  contemf  ~~ 
of  authority  Sl  seditious  practisesi   &.  that  they  haue   been  the 
leaders  of  this  rent,  Sc  that  Bray  Rosseter  the  father  hath  beea^ 
&  still  is  a  man  of  a  turbulent,  restless,   factious  spiritt,  & 
desigtie  yow  haue  cause  to  suspect  to  be  to  cause  a  warre  bctw€ 
these  two   colonies,  or  to  mine   Newhaven   Colonie  ;  yet   him  yo 
accompanied  in  opposition  to  this  colonie,  w'^^out  sending  or  writoin 
before  to  our  goveruo'  to  be  informed  concerning"  the  trueth  in  tbi 
matter*     Sundry  horses,   as  we  are  informed,  accompanied  them 
Guiltbrd,  whither  they  came  at  vnseasonable  hourc,  about  tenn  acloc 
in  the  aight  these  short  dayes,  when  yow  might  rationally  thinketfa 
all  the  people  were  gone  to  bed,  &  by  shooting  of  sundry  gnuns.  son 
of  yo"  or  of  theyr  partie  in  Guilford,  allarraed  thetowne,  w*^  when  th 
gouerno''  took  notice  of,  &  of  the  unsatisficiog  answer  giuen  to  sue 
as  inquired  the  reason  of  that  disturbance,  he  suspected,  4:  that  da 
w^ut  cause,  that  hostile  attempts  were  intended  by  theyr  companj 
whereupon  he  sent  a  letter  to   Newhaven  to  in  forme  the  magistrat 

_  ^concerning  matters  at  Guilford,  that  many  were  affriglitcd,  &  1 
desired  that  the  magistrates  of  Newhauen  would  p'sently  come 
theyr  succour  &  as  many  uf  the  troopers  as  could  be  gott,  allcadgin^ 
for  a  reason  his  apprihension  of  theyr  desperate  resolutions.  Tb 
gouerno"  messenger  also  excited  to  haste,  as  apprehending  danger 
reporting  to  them  that  Brandford  went  up  in  armes  hastening  to  thej 
releife  at  Guilford,  w*^^  the  goucrno'  required  w*^  speed,  Hcrciipo 
Newhauen  was  also  allarnied  that  night  by  beating  the  drumo,  ^c. 
warne  the  tuwne  militia  to  be  readie,  &c.  This  feare  was  not  caui 
less,  for  what  elce  could  bee  gathered  from  the  p'perations  of  pistoUi 
bulletts,  8 words,  &c,  W^  they  brought  w"*  them,  &  by  the  tbr^atni 
speeches  giuen  out  by  some  of  them,  as  is  attested  by  the  deposition 
of  some  &  subscriptions  of  others,  w"^**  we  haue  by  vs  to  shew  wheil 
need  require;  &  yo'  two  magistrates  theiiiselves,  who  ought  to  hati 
kept  the  kings  peace  araoung  theyr  owne  partie  &  in  theire  own 
speeches,  threatned  our  governo*^  that  if  anything  was  done  againfl 
those  men,  viz*  Rosseter  &  his  partie,  Conecticutt  would  take  it 
done  against  theraselues,  for  they  was  bound  to  ptect  them  ;  &  th<3 
rose  high  in  threat nings  yet  they  joyned  therw***  theyr  desire 
another  conference  w*^  Newhaven,  praetending  theyr  purpose  of  graoni 
ing  to  vs  what  wee  would  desire,  soe  farr  as  they  could,  if  wee  wouli' 
Tnite  w*^  them ;  but  still  they  held  our  members  from  vs  &  vpbeld 
them  in  theyr  animosities  against  vs.'* 

4*21.  *     *     *     *     *     *     now  it  is  high  time  that  we  bring  ttese 
unbrotherly  contests,  wherew^*  yow  have  troubled  vs,  to  a  p  '  ^3! 

issue.     In  order  thereunto,  we  doe  offer  yow  this  choise,  • 

returne  our  members  unto  vs  uolluntarily,  w*"*"  wilbe  your  hnnu'  x  a 
cuntinnsition  of  our  mutuall  love,  or  to  rem  one  them  to  gome  other 
plantation  w^''in  yo'  owne  bound.**,  &  free  vs  wholy  from  thern,   for  we 
may  not  beare  it  that  such  ioidifragous  discjrderly  psons  shall  contintie 
w***in  the  townes  belonging  to  t\u^  colonic,  to  disturb  our  pear 
our  gouernm^   «&  disquiet t  our  members   &  disable  us  to 
kings  comands.     But  if  they  stay  where  they  now  aj*e.  wee  - 
our  time  to  pceed  according  to  justice,  especially  w***  Browne,  i   ,    .  -i 
contempt  of  the  declaration,  &  therin  of  the  kings  comands  ^  of  tlie 


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461 


authority  of  tliia  juriadiccoQ,  &  w"^  Bray  Rosseter  &  bis  sonne  for  all 
theyr  seditiooa  practices/' 

In  the  spring  of  1665~afTter  the  tioion  of  tlie  colonics — Dr,  Rosseter 
procured  a  eummoDa  for  the  appearance  of  Mr.  Leet  and  William 
Seward  before  a  Particular  Court  at  Hartford,  to  answer  "an  action 
of  vniust  molestation  mannadged  in  an  hostile  manner/' 

This  action  was  based  upon  the  proceeding's  of  Governor  Loot  on 
the  evening  of  December  30th,  1663,  and  damages  were  laid  at  £300. 

The  case  was  tried,  but  as  the  Jury,  after  awarding  the  Doctor  the 
costs  of  court,  were  finable  to  agree  upon  the  damages,  the  defendants 
appealed  to  the  Gcnenil  Court  for  a  decision.     That  body  appointed  a 

I  committee  of  four  **  to  treat  with  Mr,  Rosseter  about  those  troublesome 
occurrences  that  have  fallen  out  in  reference  to  former  passages 
betwixt  him  and  Mr.  Leet/'  &c,,  whose  action  was  to  be  final. 
The  committee  awarded  the  plaintifl'£100,  at  the  same  time  imposiDg 
upon  him  the  condilion  of  his  making  no  further  attempt  or  complaint 
against  *'  any  or  all  the  people  in  those  towns  [Newllaveii,  Guilford, 
Branford  and  Milford],  to  this  court  or  any  other  authority  elsewhere, 
for  any  matter  or  thing,  except  it  be  for  matters  of  meum  and  tnum, 
no  way  refering  to  Public  Administration,'*  and  ''also  determined  and 
prohibited  Mr,  W'"*  Leet  or  any  other  person  or  persons  in  those  font 
towns  to  make  any  complaints  or  cause  further  trouble  either  to  the 
said  Mr.  Bray  Rossiter  or  those  of  Guilford  concerned  with  him  about 
any  matter  referring  to  former  administration  of  government  excepting 
such  things  as  have  been  stated  by  this  General  Assembly/' 

Dr.  Rosseter  resided  for  a  time  at  Killingworth,  but  returned  to 
Guilford,  where  he  died  September  30,  1672, 

He  wrote  his  christian  name  in  two  or  three  different  ways — BrayaOi 
as  in  the  text — Brian,  and  Bray. 


b 


PcvxiNC  Signboards, — Jows  Dhtnkwathr,  a  nnbliehcr^  intimated  hia  name  hj 

FotTNTAiN;  and  William  Woohcock,  a  iKiokttollcT  in  St.  Paurs  Church-yard  in 

icventeenth  eentu^J^  happily  reu'lered  his  by  a  Cock  standing  on  a  nrNDLE  op 

)i>-     William  Hill,  another  btxiksellcT  in  St.  PauTH  Church-yard  in  I5fl8,  lived 

leeign  uf  the  HrLL.     John  BufKLAND,  who  fbllowcd  the  same  f»pofeH8ion  in 

m(j«tcr  Iitw»  in  I7r>0t  was  rao(lc**tly  content  with  half  a  juni,  and  atlctpted  tho 

of  the  BicK  ;   while,  in  the  wimo  manner^  another  of  his  m!li»a^cB»  S.vMrEL 

Nsiiip,  who  in  1720  Hvcd  n*^unt*t  tlie  Royal  Exchange*,  (^omhill,  w»i»  eatifified 

:h  the  Sun^.    A  Ling,  or  etxiiiJh,  stmn^  to  miy,  entwinetl  with  honey-eticklw.  was 

le  Mtrn  of  Nicholai?  Linir^  at  the  north-weet  door  of  St*  Paur^^  where,  in  1595,  be 

"  "lulled  **  Pierce  Pennyloeee  his  Sup plicacion  ti  the  Divell.'^    An  Oak  was  the 

ugu  of  Nicholna  Okt'e,  a  hookselh  r  dwelliiii^  at  Gray's  Inn,  publisher  of  »ome  of 

"  lylor  thf  Water  Point's  workf*.    Hit*  eolophon  reprew.'nlt<  Jupiter  B€'nt^^d  on  tin  €a£le 

twccn  two  oak  treee.    A  French  pulilieher,  Nichohifl  Cheneau.  in  the  Rue  St. 

ueftf  Paris,  m  15^,  had  aJbo  an  oak  for  his  dgu  (chme^  an  ooJc). 

HoLn^N. — Some  time  ago  departed  thia  life  DeacHjn  Joseph  Hohlen,  m  the  8^Uh 

fyearof  his  ni^e  ;  havini^  tjc^m  an  inhabitant  of  We-^t  mi  neater  upwnrtlw  of  ^1  y«?ftra  ; 

]  1 .  htnnif  the  e^cond  Itimily  that  movent  int<i  that  place,  where  he  uiiflerwtmt 

>n hies  anH  una voidalile  harilshipg  in  settling nn  uncnltivritt^l  wildemeee. 

iit-  iHt."  Irft  one  hnjther  alive,  above  90  yearn  old;  hit*  oldest  brother  ditn!  alx>ut  2 

I  since,  ab<uit  91  years  old  ;  an<l  his  ytuingest  Bi*<ter  died  about  a  year  since,  ftboTO 

^jearaold.     Boston  Chron.  30  Jan,  17^" 


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NOTES    AND    QUERIES. 

PrFFKR  FAMrLT.— At  tlie  close  of  the  ftrticte  hy  Mr  Appleton  (vol.  xwt.  . 
SS80>,  oa  the  Puffer  Family,  he  deeirM  information  tnat  will  add  to  the  hist4j(ry  ( 
the  flune.    Miitthiiw  Puder  mm  one  of  the  Uiirtcen  }Krreom  of  Braintree  (with  th 

ten  of  Wey t^' V  who  were  orderted  by  the  '*  Committee  for  Viinnti.r " 

I  Sktttce  of  t  i  Qjurt  for  ordering  affairs  at  that  plac^,  i'  to  I 

Settled  at  T  mtation  before  the  eod  of  the  7  month   i^ 

tons  and  c^ttitt^/^   Mendonwajs  incorpomted  May  15,  1667,  and  the 
the  gtmits  of  land  that  were  made  by  the  Commiiife/or  Nipmuff.    M 
htnrn  lot  wa«  about  oue  mile  from  tlie  Post  Offiee  here,  Ut  the  -  ^ut  h 
owned  by  Charle**  L.  ThupW,  of  the  City  of  New  York.    Men  In    ,v  j^ 
thewinterof  I675,by  the  Imiifi/-   ^i...  :r.K.,L;r.,T,fu  f4..,r.,.   t,.   r         r, 
moath.    Conteji>i)ijrary  hi8tor\ 
thelndiam,  July  it),  1675.     Ui 

the  uamee  ofany  of  the  killetL     ik-iiig  at  Bueiton  duHug  the  wLoier  ol   Ih58  «tn 
1851),  during  a  tiarch  among  the  arehivea  at  the  State  llou-se  for  materials  townnls  i 
lilst<^iry  of  this,  town,  X  foimd  and  tnuxBcribed  the  CbUowing  petition  of  Matthnu 
Puffer, 

**  To  the  ITonorcfl  Cotmcil  Now  Sittinge  in  Boston,  The  humble  petitian  of  Mat- 
thias Puffer  Humbly  aheweth 

**That  whereofl  your  petitioner  hath  been  Camphiitied  of  for  beiT^"^  -^"Tii| 
Mcndon  to  y«  diaoouragement  of  thune  tJiat  remained  my  answer  L- 
departed  with  y«  ooneent  of  the  Tuwnc  pn>vided  I  oarriod  away  the 
at  my  owne  charge  which  I  accordingly  j^kt formed,  and  since  the  M^iur  is 
to  summon  me  and  the  rest  thither  agtiine  1  have  returned  thither  againe  and 
been  helpful  to  them  by  procuring  them  ammunition  and  otherwise.  Indeed  T 
been  for^  to  return  to  Braintree  to  take  care  of  my  children  that  are  left,  i 
WB«  Blaine  by  the  barljaroiiB  Indians  and  my  eldest  son  :  eevcrall  of  thebett  ot  I 
tell  killed  to  maintain  the  garrison,  many  more  of  theni,  I  have  left  my  Estate,  i»\^ 
my  condition  ig  de»>late  and  I  am  not  in  ye  capacity  tbat  others  are  wboee  fiumlki^ 
are  not  broken.  I  humbly  beseech  the  Honored  Councjll  to  consider  my  case  4 
not  expose  my  poore  children  to  ruin  for  I  have  not  estate  to  maintain  my  children 
without  my  labour  and  care*  to  him  that  i«  in  affliction  pittv  Bhould  be  showed.  I  think 
my  cas«j  ii*  the  cape  of  the  widdow  if  not  worse.  My  humble  petition  is  that  I  may  be 
Buffered  to  remaine  at  Brantree  that  I  may  be  a  s^ucoor  to  my  children  which  ebe  will 
be  exposed  to  ruin  and  your  petitioner  shall  ever  pray.  Mathias  Ptiter." 

It  ia  probable  that  the  inhabitantu  fled  immediately  after  the  attaek,  July  ] 
fts  the  government  sent  Oapt.  Gorom  and  Lieut.  Upham  to  Mendon  i^hjh  all 
Indian  attack  and  establinhed  a  post  there,  tliey  were  summoned  bs»*  ^     t 
September  or  October,  as  Capt.  Henchman  was  here  in  November. 
the  town  waii  fnall^  abandoned ,  und  during  the  autumn  or  winter  n 
the  Indians.    The  mhabitant^i  did  not  return  until  lti@0,  us  there  is  au  hiutub  In  ( 
town  records  frf»m  the  *2lst  of  April,  1675,  to  July  14,  1680, 

The  record  herewith  transmitte<l  peems  to  make  it  sure  tliat  T    '   V   "      "  -t 
of  Mattliia**  Puffer,  and  Jos^^ph^  hh  eldest  mti,  were  kilbxi  at  >  ,  I€ 

Matt^junae,  whu  headed  the  attack  on  Mendon,  wat^ '^"^'  .  .,..,y 

feried  t*j  Christianity  by  Eliot,  at  Qui nsignmond  (near  A  ,  but  the  de«l 

of  a  son,  who  had  been  executed  at  B^j^hm,  and  the  pc»r>i  Philip,  indu 

him  t4)  take  up  arms.  He  wbjs,  not  long  afterwards,  surrt- ndered  by  his  chief,  i 
BiJston,  wliere  he  was  summarilv  trietl  and  Bentenced  to  death.  At  the  requetst  ( 
the  chief  he  was  shot  by  one  of  his  own  tribe,  and  hLs  body  was  hune  in  chains  < 
Boston  Common.  Joflx  G.  Mbtcalt. 

Mendon,  Mass. 

Is  not  Mr,  Appleton  mistaken  in  giving  the  date  of  marriage  ol  Mattltlna  Pu 
and  Abi™l  Everett,  as  i»eing  in  Fehniarv?  (Vol,  xxii.  p.  388.)     I  --        ■•'  = 
ed  it  in  tlie  **  Everett  Genealogy  *'  in  the  JU-^ster,  hut  I  now  think  v 
ApriL    Acojrding  to  my  notes,  the  De<lham  Keeords  give  the  date  (li-i' 
at  thnt  time  the  second  month  wa»  ApriL 

MrF.  Abigail  Puffer  wim  Kim  Nov.  19,  1647,  and  died  Dec.  Sn,  1685. 

Kuth  RvLTi'tt,  who  married  Eichard  Puffer,  was  bora  (14-4-1653.) 

CharhMown,  Mass.  ElJWAiko  F*  £nKETT* 


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cmoe  in  six  months,  when  a  paper  shall  be  reaa,  and  the  subject  to  which  it  relatea  be 
diacuflsed  by  the  menihors  present ;  and  that  a  quarterly  Journal  bo  issued  for  the 
u^fM^^^c  of  pnhlishiD|jr  papers  read  at  tho  meetings,  uh  well  as  bif^torical  documents 
tiithtrto  iiitHiitud,  ana  also  of  facilitatiiii;  cominurjication  between  all  students  who 
arc  interurtted  io  the  bujuiries  which  the  society  seeks  to  encourage.  The  annual 
meeting  is  to  be  held  at  Lundon,  for  the  election  of  officers  and  the  transaction  of 
bosinei^.  The  fee  (or  membership  is  set  at  one  guinea  a  3'ear.  The  Journal  is  to  be 
furnished  gratis  to  membt?re. 

A  go<'iety  and  journal,  like  theee,  would  prove  valuable  aids  to  historical  research. 
The  field  to  which  it  is  proposetl  that  they  shall  be  devoted  is  rich  in  material,  and 
If  ti)c  hilKH's  of  those  interested  in  it  can  be  c^jncentrated  and  combined,  it  will  no 

[doubt  yii*ld  valuable  renult^.    These  rc^earchea  cannot  fail  to  throw  lii^ht  upon  the 
!iistijr>  of  thr  tiarly  i^ettlers  of  New  England.     We  hope  that  the  geDtlemen  engaged 

I  in  thi^  undertaking  will  meet  with  succces.  J.  w.  d. 

Barorr — Wi>5Tx>w— Elliot.— A  few  weeks  since,  while  takinj,'  ttj  pieces  an  old 
memorandum  book  of  my  ancestor,  John  Leach,  of  Boston,  I  found  the  newspaper 
eover  t^)  Ci)ntALn  the  following  itenija,  which  may  be  of  interest  to  eomeof  the  reEulero 
of  the  Kegister. 

The  i>ftper  wtw  a  portion  of  the  **  Boeton  Gazette  and  Country  Journal  **  for  Jan. 
0,  1777,  and  my  trauscrint  is  verliatkn, 

**  Thuradiiy  last  was  Married,  by  the  Rev»  Dr>  Cooper  of  this  TowBj  Col.  Nathaniel 
3arb*T  to  Mrs.  Mary  Wtnslow^  5th  daut^ht^^r  <>f  tho  Inte  Joshua  \\fnxhu\  ICsrj*,  of 
this  T  )wn ,  and  a  ln<ly  of  Su j>erior  merit.  Was  her  first  huj^^Uiud  a  relative  of  Joshua 
Win^^luw,  abive  namcxl? 

I  fi.tund  also  the  iblli>wing  dmth  : — 

**  Last  Saturday  inomii^  I>it-d  Mites  Elitdttlh  EUioty  Sinter  of  Mr.  Sttmud  EUiof^ 
of  thi^  Town  J  merchant.    Tier  Funeral  attended  firom  the  House  of  ilrs.  Oer- 

rish.  Mill  Bridge,  this  aftemo<jn  at  half  an  Hour  o'clock/* 

The  newHpaper  was  very  badly  torn,  and  some  words  were  worn  away, 

Charkstawn^  Mass.  H,  II,  Edxs* 

FrujjoRE.— The  grandfather  of  ex-President  FUlmore  wiw  John  Fillmore,  of 
IpBwich,  Mans.  lie  was  a  brave  man,  and  one  of  some  note.  Having  itecn  cap- 
tared  by  a  pirate,  he  roeo  with  others,  killed  the  captain  and  two  seamen,  imprisoned 
the  crew,  sut  in  nnmber,  and  brought  the  vessel  into  Boeton  harbor.  All  the  pirate© 
were  executed.    This  was  in  1724, 

The  Brown  Estate,— S< >me  sixty  or  seventy  person?*  of  the  name  of  Brown,  all 
connected  by  bhxwl,  met  at  the  Bjston  (Maas,)  Hotel,  April  10,  IHfW,  fur  the  purpose 
of  laking  measurei*  to  secure  their  possession  of  mi  English  estate  Tiilucd  at  (Several 
millions,  and  which  is  now  in  chancery.  The  projectors  of  the  e»cheme  claim  that 
IhiiiimmenB*'  property  !xjlongi!  to  the  lei^l  descendants  of  George  Brown,  a  Lieuten* 
lint  in  the  British  army,  who  came  to  this  country  in  1640  and  settled  in  Haverhill, 
Ma«s. 

At  a  fonner  meeting  of  the  claimants  of  the  estate  a  man  named  CM.  Fiaher, 
of  Vermont,  wik?  chosen  to  act  as  attorney  for  them,  but  he  proved  un&ithliil  to  Iuh 
f^<*^  v.*. J  1*  ^jecame  necessary  to  choose  another  jx^rson.  This  was  the  main  ol^ect 
crff  -  i^  today,  and  aooordini^ly  Mr.  A.  B.  ilerrick  was  cht)i*cii  as  the  agent 

of  «      .  lifs  to  proeeoute  their  chums  in  England.    S<x)n  afterwTirds  the  meeting 

was  adjuurhed.  As  a  matter  of  interest  we  will  state  that  there  are  about  six 
thousand  Browns  in  this  vicinity,  though,  let  us  hope,  all  arc  not  claimante  of  the 
great  estate. — Joui^uil. 

We  trust  the  worthy  agent,  above  named,  will  retain  enough  of  the  funds  to  pay 
ihe  eocTts  of  publishing  and  freely  distributing  a  large  edition  ot  the  full  history  of  this 
enterprise,  clown  even  t<>  the  rctMjvery  <)f  the  '*  Estate." 

If  we  had  the  opportunity,  we  would  enme^^tly  advise  all  members  of  the  Brown 
Family  to  invest  their  surplus  funds  in  New  England  farniB,  rather  than  in  the 
•o-oalfcd  **  Brown  Estate/'  The  famis  will  l>e  gotS  property  so  long  as  they  are 
well  tilled  ;  the  **  Brown  Estate''  ha^^  been  in  chancery  a  long  time,  but  unproduo- 
tive  to  the  claimants  hitherto,  Qntyy : — Has  ever  an  e.state  &vn  rec-overed  iium  the 
sh  Chancery  by  an  Amehcan  cltizeii^  or  by  on  American  &mily  ? 


404 


Notes  and  Queries. 


[Octot 


Col.  Josspb  L.  Cukstir.— Thia  careful  and  aoourato  antiquary  and  geneabgi^ 
Imu  been  en*Ta^ed  for  eome  timu  in  prepiiriryz  for  thr-  -  -  f  annotating  the  mtttre 
BegiBteruf  >lFirmges,  Baptittms  and  Burials  in  ^^  Abbey.    It  i*^  a  jnft 

enuso  of  pride  to  Ameriains  that  a  nativo  of  New  hn^'... _  l>ei?u  .seleotod  to  P*^jh 

form  BO  important  a  work,  and  they  may  feci  sure  that  hie  perlormanoe  uf  the  worf 
will  do  credit  to  hia  native  coantry.  Ainung  the  H^iurre^  of  information  that  ha^ 
bei^n  thruwn  open  to  hiin  to  a'^ist  him  in  Lifi  undertaking^  are  the  old  Marriaf 
Allegationij  in  the  Bishop  of  London's  RegiBtrVi  exteodiui'  from  1598  Uj  1710,  whig 
ttre  closed  against  inqnirers,  excef>t  nnder  a  fee  of  3s,  (>3.  for  eftch  oocauuD.  **~^ 
fikC/o&B8  to  them  has  be^'n  given  by  the  Bishop. '  Upon  them  Uoh  Chester  has| 
Befveral  vrecks,  and  ha«  secured  no  Icfes  than  3,500  clioicc  eitracfcs.  At  the  II 
CoUeijc,  during  some  two  hundred  years,  only  two  or  three  huadred  of  these  Allcg 
tioDflliare  been  accumalated.  J.  vr.  D. 

PoRTSMOUTO  (N.  IL)  S.i^i>'C5  Bank.-— The  late  R«v.  Charles  Bamongbs,   D. 
Vas  the  la*it  surviving  grantee  of  the  original  act  of  incorporation  of  a^ "  Pi 
InBtitution  for  tsiivings  in  Portemoutb  to  he  called  the  Portemouth  Savins 
Jereniiah  Miiwon,  Sebastian  Street^r  and  Theodore  Choose,  residents  tjf  For 
in  1S23,  and  afterward^s  of  B4*8ttjn,  were  among  the  eorpcmitore*    The  reoeiit 
of  Peyton  K.  Freeman,  Esij.  leaves  but  one  eurvivor  of  the  first  board  of  t 
Samuel  l»*jrd,  Em^.^  who  haB  been  trenBui"er  of  the  institution  fix>ta  the  first. 

The  Johns  Estate— Not  a  Fortcxe,  after  all. — The  bottom  has  fallen  out  < 
the  high  hopes  of  enormous  Pjrtune  entertained  for  a  wldle  by  some  meuilicrB  of  th 
Johns tumily.    The  Elmwood  (11!.)  Chronicle  says  :  **  Dr.  J.  J.  Lobatigh  hfw  ban  * 
ed  us  the  n^port  uf  the  agent  sent  tij  Euro|^e  by  the  Johns  beirs  to  invtwii^Tit*?  the  t 
ter  of  the  Johns  edtate  in  Enji'hind  and  \\  a!e«.    After  a  thonygh  Bearch  ainong 
inn*?ty  rectmlft  of  the  East  laoia  0»m|>any,  the  Court  of  Chaneer^%  Doctors*  J 
mons,  and  Rej^istrv  of  WilU»  assiffteJ   by  iible  eounseli  Mr,  Deniston,  the 
reports  that  there  i8  no  Ibundation  even  in  tradition  for  the  statement  thai 
an  estate  ever  existe<i*    The  whole  matter  was  a  fabrication  and  frrvud,  goitcai   ^ 
by  unprinci[iled  men  in  order  to  make  money  out  of  the  family  in  America  Ey  gtrtUfl 
themselves  employed  as  counsel  in  the  matter.     The  Hon.  CM.  Fisher,  of  Umd 
rec^anmended  by  the  Hun,  C.  F.  Adams,  also  makes  a  report,  in  which  he  mys 
parties  in  America  are  carrying  on  the  same  sort  of  swindle  in  tlie  mattet  cS  j 
estates,  in  order  to  draw  money  from  the  creduloua.'' — Aut/ust,  1868. 

Thte  GENTLEifEN's  Maoazf^s,  wblch  bas  been  in  cxIstence  for  138  years,  in 
an  odd  mixture  of  antiquarian  ism  and  foppery,  reminding  the  reader  of  an  old  bud 
dreased  in  the  fripperies  of  la^sbion  and  a*i«uniing  in  his  countenance  the  ^mtrk 
youth.    It  is  stretching  the  diX'trinc  of  magaiine  ssucees^^inn  rather  to  an  e 
to  quote,  as  the  editor,  Mr,  W^alford,  docs,  a  passage  from  a  number  in  178Ut 
aiM,  **  tiiase  were  our  remarks  in  January,  1780,  and  they  were  placed  on  |>« 
the  [>en  of  one  of  our  most  valued  and  constant  contributors,  the  late  Dr.  Samue 
iOD,  then  Mr.  Johnson  only,  and  in  his  fifth  year  of  authorship/*    The  oou 
are  determined  to  show  they  are  not  afxive  the  modern  niagiuino  taste,  and  to] 
it  commence  a  storj'  called,  '*  Not  in  Society,''  which  in  its  ulang  ana  its  ic 
is  as  compku?  a  repudiation  of  the  traditions  of  Sylvan ua  Urban,  as  the  editi 
been  drdinarily  styled,  as  couid  be  well  put  together.— DoiVy  Advertiser^  Jun/t^ 

GiTDfo  Scarfs  at  Pcn-erals  was  prohibited  by  the  General  Court  in^  1724,  •*  be- 
cau^  a  burdenstjme  custom.'*  When  and  where  did  the  custom  of  giving  ^tqS| 
bundkerclnefs,  scarfe,  tfcc.,  originate? 

ZACHAftY  JlrpGK,  Eg(]. — A  friend  has  sent  us  the  l^jllowin|5  raemorandom  : — 

List  of  American  Vep^sels  under  Convoy  of  His  Britannic  Muje.'Jty'H  Sloop  Plf, 
^  Zacb*y  Mud^Ct  E^q.  Cominander,  vix. — Phoenix,  Schooner,  of  I"  '       T  ^. 

feloop,  of  Bristol.     Ai^enoria,  Bri<r,  of  Biston.  Dove,  Schooner, 

Shjop,  of  Hartford.    Neptune,  BrJg,  of  Salem*    Mary,  Sloop,  ul  ^>i, .*.     L.^uo 

J ohn  *  Sc  booner ,  o f  Po wiiallx>n>' .  ( E ndoi-sed )    Tjiomas  Mtnx^s. 

Fly,  at  Sea,  25th  JIarch,  1800* 

Who  was  Zachary  Mudge,  and  what  historical  facts  are  here  referre*!  tj? 

The  pai>er  on  wnicli  the  mcmoniudum  is  writt«^n  is  of  English  manuihcture,  SAd 
beare  the  following  wat^r  mark,  '^  A.  Btackwcit,  1797.'^ 

The  oldest  L\  ha  bit  ant  in  Connecticut  it)  said  to  be  PtsUlah  Ladd,  agod  lOd 
3-ear8,  who  lives  (May,  1^68)  m  East  I^yme^ 


1868.] 


Notes  and  Queries. 


465 


•*  JtifTt:^'*  AnAr»> — Mr.  Herman  Mprimle  will  shortly  publish  in  England,  in  two 

irDiiii]H«t  Hn  aJilitiini  to  the  airt-adv  vuluoiiiioas  collwtiun  ol  Uytkt*  «_m  t\u:  iiiithurBbip 

of  **  Junius/"  bciiii;  tlu*  **Mi*imiirtt  iind  Corri*iX)ndenco  of  81r  Philip  Francis/'  a 

jju^thmuoue  work  h}^  the  lat«  Mr,  J ow?ph  Parker,  who  devoted  »  lariR*  portion  of  bii* 

time  in  the  Inter  yen ry  of  hid  life  to  an  invi^tigiition  of  the  lifeof  Fnmcis  and  bia 

I  idligt-*!  r4jnnct'titm  ^vith  tlie  Letterw  of  Junius.     Mr.  I*arkes  oollet'tcHl  a  great  um*f8of 

i  matrt  iid>  in  tbo  shape  of  orii^inal  pjapers  and  oorre8pf>ndence  by  i^ir  Pnilip  and  hiii 

llamiiy.  and  luaiiu^cript  remiiiiiscenee^and  meniorials  IvW  by  Lady  Fnindfl,  his  second 

iwlfe;  U:?f^i<leM  a  uuinher  nf  niisi,*«?naneiiu»  pafjere  tormerly  in  the  p<jp*<«8Biun  of  Wood- 

riall,  in  whtwH  poj>f*r,  tho  Public  Advertif*er,  the  faiiiouB  letterB  tirnt  buw  the  li^ht, 

|&n<l  Himilur  d*.K'tiiiH'nfs  more  ur  Ivm  Ix-aring  on  the  vexed  and  still  um>ettled  question, 

* '  Who  wrote  »Juniin??** 

Mr.  Pfirkr?*  finishes  I  eix'ht  dmptei"8  of  his  work,  whieh  only  broiij;ht  his  hero  dovm 

[to  the  year  in  which  the  nrst  Letter  of  JuniuH  appeared^  1708 — a  scale  of  biognifdiy 

l^hioh,  if  caiTietl  out  ojs  he  projci.fced  it,  would  have  resulted  in  more  vohunes  llian 

I  any  publisher  t>f  the  prctient  day  woul*l  have  eurud  to  print.     In  view  of  thia  fact  Mr. 

iMerivule  has  coinpletetl  th*j  remainder  of  the  work  on  a  reduoi'd  plan,  kiivin**  Sir 

iPUjlip  to  speak  for  himself,  and  the  mystery  of  the  letter  to  unravel  i{svH\  by  lirief 

extrueb  from  the  umbcj  of  maiuiBcripts  plated  in  hijs  hands  by  ifie  family  of  Mr, 

Parkts^.     Whether  the  work  will  ultimately  clear  up  the  strange  mystery  of  Juuiub 

,  leumins  to  bu  seen  ailer  it^^  publication. 

A  Mamachusbtts  JrDOE  for  Hawaii, — A  Washington  despatch  says  that  Alfred 
IB*  Hart  well,  formerly  Coluncl  of  the  fiily-lifth  Mivsc^ichusettw  Vobinteen*  (colored), 
f  Kns  hovn  invited,  on  thereeouinieudntiouof  l*rof.  Waf^hburn,  of  the  Law  School,  Iltir- 
|tiu>!  ^  '  "'  '  ''v,  U)  the  poHition  of  AN?ociate  Ju*itice  of  the  !5uprenir3  Court  of  the  Ibi- 
[  WftiJ  irU)  laMnds.     He  has* accepted  the  invitation,  and  will  proceed  shnrtly 

I W  a-  iutieif.    The  position  la  a  moot  honorable  u.**  well  a?*  remunemtive  ime, 

[and  the  u}»[>ointment  rnake^  the  whole  Hawaiiim  Judiciary  to  consist  of  men  h)TU  la 
I  Die  Unit^-d  States,— 5f/^/'J/i  Jt/arnaL 

Rrki] — TticincoND. — ^V'^e  have  evidence  of  the  marriage— sup p08i*d  t-o  huve  l>ceti 
"li^jut  IGTO  to  I08t>— of  Wru,  Reed  and  Mary  Rjchmund  ;  dntea  of  birtbu,  umrriuge 
and  deaths  of  VVm.  and  Miiry,  and  parentage  of  M^ry  desired* 

Wiji.  lu'^d,  SOU  of  the  uhive— whom  did  he  marry?    Dtttes  of  birtb,  mamago 
and  I  bath  alii.)  desired, 

Wtlhiim  Reed,  sm  of  the  second  William,  married  Mary  W inflow.  Wanted. 
%,Usi  of  birthri,  mirriai^e  and  dcatlU|  and  pojrenta^e  of  Mary,  The  above  were  at 
'iuuton  and  Roebeater.  T.  s, 

RifM^Rti  GaAFTON,  the  fifBt  printer  of  the  Common  Prayer,  who  al*>  printed  the 

prixhmiution  of  I^ady  Jaue  (Jrey  as  Queen  of  Eni^laud*  tor  which  he  fell  under  the 

I  ^i;^.  j  ,  ...,^^,  yf  QQ<jen  Mary,  bad  a  tun  with  a  gmlted  fruit-tree  ^rowinir  throu^^h  it. 

ic  a  pun  upon  this  si^u,  saying  that  one  of  Gmftoir^  wurlu*  was  *'  a  nolee 

i  fonncs  and  unfruitlul  yro/flfri,'*  to  which  (Jrafti;n  rctaliattHl  by  calling 

r  &tuw  >  Chronicle**  a  coUcctiun  ot  lyea  foolishly  stowed  together." — History  of  Sitpt- 

I^^HT'/i,  St^-und  edit,,  pp.  471  and  474.  w.  J.  r, 

Liiwis*.— Ijothrop  Lewis,  of  Fabaauth,  married,  3  Oct,,  1770,   Lucy  Palmer, 
atij^hter  of  Rev,  hamuel  Palmer.    Who  were  the  narpnt«t  o!  l^otbrop  [^'wis? 
TiijtNKii. — '*  Abiel  Turner  married  Klijiabcth  Rfj'ninson,  a  lineal  dtascendiint  of  the 
el«brate<l  Puritan  John.'' — Draufi^s  ILstory  of  Scttuat^?^  p.  3(53. 
It  t!i  of  interest  tii  a  descendant  o(  Abiel  and  Klizaljcth  (Robinson)  Turner,  to 
ow  whether  the  statement  of  Doane  is  founded  cm  tradition  or  upon  recorded 
^eriden^^e.  t,  b. 

Rcadinj^  Ohio. 

<jr?*-MAKiKO  IS  1775. — **  We  heir  fr^jm  Concord,  that  a  fine  Labaratory  for  gun- 
makiri;^  iw  net  up  there  by  Dca<Mn  Birrett,  where  every  branch  of  that  bu^^inesH  %» 
As  the  Labjratory  bk^  the  advantag^j  of  a  stream,  the  l>  ri'iM-    ,KrM>jJin,fT 
llin^  is  perfurme^l  by  waU'r,      We  bear  als>,  that  g.jod  eii'  1 1 

lit  «aid  ^daw  trj  pcrsjus  acciuainteil  with  any  branch  of  thr  .        " > 

^y  Lock-making  J '^ — *'  Ntw  England  Chronicle^^^  Cambridi^^  Dec.  li,  177  j. 

TiiF  ir^TK  HEZEtiAn  Porter,  of  Dalton,  Ma^.,  lived  npon  the  ?ame  farm  from  the 
(time  hI  lii^  birth  until  hh  death,  a  peri<wl  of  over  80  years.     Wrn,  Worthy  of  Wil- 
ost-jwu,  ago<l  55,  recently  died  on  the  farm  upon  which  he  bad  lived  53  yeaw. 

Vol.  XXII.  40 


46& 


Marriages  and  Dmths, 


[Octol 


MAERIAGES    AND    DEATHS. 


MARPJAGES. 

Guild  =How LAND. — In  Providence,  R.  L. 
June  9.  I8(i8,  bv  the  Rrv,  iJr.  Samuel 
L.  Caldwell,  Mr.  Clarence  IlLTbert 
Guild,  sun  of  Mr.  Calvin  Guild,  of 
X^LHihiiin,  Ma*?s,jandMis8  Sjpliia  UoW' 
land,  dftuiTfhkT  of  John  A.  ilowland, 
of  Providence. 

jEWJ7rT=LRACH, — In  Manchester,  Ma^s., 
July  'i7,  by  the  Rev,  Elias  Naeon,  Mr. 
Alfre<l  8.  Jewett,  !^»n  uf  Mr.  Alfred  W. 
and  hiH  wife  Abigail  S.  Jewett,  and 
Mif^s  Jane  F.,  daughter  of  Mr,  Thomaa 
and  Mr«.  Mary  Jane  Leach,  all  of  Man- 
chester, 

PuiLimooK:  =  Brkst^an.  —  In  Brooklino, 
Mass.,  May  13,  by  Rev.  J.  M.  FinottL 
Samuel  N,  Philhnxjk,  ul  R<j»iton,  usA 
Miea  Mary  Brenuan,  of  Brightnn. 

"W CH J  LLE v :^  H UTcu  I NSChN . — In  VN'al  th  am , 
Mafi«.,  April  23d,  by  Rev.  Warren  U. 
Cudworth,  Mr.  (icor^e  Woolley  and 
Mia«  Ani^clina  Hutehini4on,  daughter 
ol  E.  Milton  Ilutchiniion,  Eeq. 

DEATUS. 

Armikgton ,  Heney , M . D , , at  Providence* 

R.  I.,  Aug.  2;  ftged  75  years. 

Athehton,  Mrs.  Ahigjiil^  wife  <>f  Samuel, 
Stoughton,  jMareh  19,  Hj;ed  82. 

Baikskh  Mr.  Thomaa,  of  B'jtftmi,  Mnss., 
at  Cnmhridge,  Mas9.»  Feb.  3,  aged  75 
yeara.  Mr.  liadger  had  been  known  in 
&>?ton  nB  an  artist  hv  more  thiin  lorty 
years.  He  had  wlm  during  tius  time 
bwo-^ionnlly  painted  p*»rtrait^  in  cities 
of  <<e>'eral  other  States.  Hip  paintings 
were  remarkable  (or  the  dii^tinetnetii*  of 
their  perspective,  for  the  neatness  and 
neeumey  of  their  delineat ion  ;  and  for 
faithful  representations  of  life  they  bftfe 
iieldom  been  e<iualled.  j\jid hit*  ability 
to  paint  i«?emed  little  inii>aired  by  hia 
ndvaneed  a^e,  continuing  to  hi.*  last 
eiokiietis;  liie  eminently  regular  and 
tempemte  habits  nodtnibteoutribnting 
to  this  result.  Mr.  B.,  at^  a  nmn,  wilb 
one  of  the  tnmt  ijentle  and  amiable,  dia- 
tinguiehetl  for  his  modeety  and  huinil- 
itv.  In  the^  regi>ectfi  he  wa*  a  pen^in 
of  rare  merit.  He  ^vae  a  kind  In  end, 
&  lijviui^  husband,  nn  indylt:;ent  parent 
and  a  worthy  citizen,  **  leading  a  quiet 
and  peaceable  life  in  all  godliness  and 
bmieBtv,** 

Barku,  Mr.  O^ied,  at  West  Dedhnm, 
March  2t,  age*J  84  years. 

Bayard.  Hon.  Richard  IL,  at  Philadel- 
phia, Penn,,  Maxch  1, 18(38,  aged  72  yi^. 


He  was  the  mn  of  th«  el^kr  Jame^ 
Bayanl,  an  eminent  eiti»en   of 
ware  in  the  early  ^xirt  of  the  pre 
century,  and  wae  lK>rn  at  Wilmtni'li 
Ho  wad  educated  at  Princeton  C< 
and  adniitt^  to  practice  at  th 
and  Bubse^iuentJy  tojk  an  act  it 
in  |>olities  a»  a  Whig.     He  wa»  \ 
Stntefl  St^nator  from    DelawnnpJ 
1836  to  1839,  and  again  from   10 
1845.     He  Wttfi  afterwards  vk\n^\\ 
I^Iiniriter  Resident  of  the  UnittH  Stato 
in  Belgium.     Of  lat. 
lived  in  retirement  at  I 

Bell,  Hon.  Samuel  D.,l 
of  New  Hampshire,  at 
ILj  Aug,  1,1868,  aged  7 
Bell  wag,  at  the  time  of  hb?  deati 
President  of  this  Society  for  K. 
Bhire.     An  cxtendeii  notice  uf 
and  choractc^r  will  be  publiiihcd  hei^ 
after. 

Bell,  Henry  H.,  Rear  Admiial  U.S.  K| 
drowned  near  the  mouth  »:>f  fi* 
Osaka,  Jttimn,  January  11. 
03  yeai-9.     Admiral  Bell  v 
the*  Stat4?    of  North    Carolina,    Iru 
which  State  he  wiu*  apiKiintiHl   tii 
na^y.    Afli'i 
he  was  pnn^ 
be  hadftttaiiir  1 1,,.  in. 
which  he  held  at  the  t 
ing  out  of  the  war,     ^V 
of  tJte  navy  were  brought  in Uifii 
he  wa8,  in    1861,  acting   insjitr 
orthvance,  and  wn^^i  relieved  fn 
position  ai*  in»|>ector  to  tal^e  j 
part  in  .'^'veral  naval  cngagemen 
were  fonglit  durinjr  the  war.     Ho 
fleet  captain  of  u\^  fnunlnn    luidfi 
Farragut  at  the  takint: 
and  as  a  reward  for  hi- 
during  his  connection  witii  Um 
and  the  CH.>uBpicuoui»  part  he 
the    occasion    of      '       ^ 
triumph,   he   w;i 

During  the  latter  ^ 

he  was  temporarily  in 
West  Gulf  blockading' 
by  hia  watch fulnoss  and  eitstt 
much  to  fni.-^tratj^  the  attempts 
by  the  :  '    '  un  the  gaunt' 

their  •  out  in  ej 

anticipu..  X  ^,>,r.4ie«  tt*  be 
the  few  blix-kaae  runners 
and  then  succee<lcd  in  makJti 
way  under  cover  of  the  night  i 
guarded  ports.    In  June,  1SG5,|  ^^ 
eeveral  mouths  afterward,  he  wua^ 
mandaut  at  the  Brookl^  Navy  Ya 


1868.] 


Doalhf. 


481 


wher«  he  inangumted  the  Fvetem  of 
empK^yin^  ilib^'liur^f-d  e^ildiers  to  work 
in  tlie  yard  in  prefrri'iice  I*  all  otJjcr«, 
BI3  long  as  ihvy  were  |^o<h1  workmen. 
While  in  cominntirl  at  thifl  i>ost  he 
issued  an  orck'r  forbitlding  tbe  payment 
hy  tlie  emiiloyt^H  of  the  yura  of  any 
money  tor  {lolitioil  purpose,  whkJi 
for  ti  time  mieed  quite  a  stoma  about 
his  h»,iid  from  |)ftrtiE>an  jounmlfl.  In 
ISfiG  hv  wan  phitinl  in  n>tmiiand  of  the 
Aeimtic  Fqundran,  and  a  t*liort  tiiiie 
afit-T  hie  arrival  ut  his  post  he  took 
;  very  ^troa^  mwiKure«  to  Buppress 
piTucy  in  ttic  Chinest?  flciis?.  By  bis 
cotumand^  in  Aprils  1867,  Com  mo  ad  er 
Febiger  wns  sent  with  the  st^'mtier 
Asbuch*!:  tu  the  Ft^ryiofa  IblandH  to 
rescue  th»?  olBcers  and  num  of  the 
Amerit-au  bark  Rover,  wbi<;b  had  been 
wrecked  oft*  tlie  cofigt.  Tbifl  ofhetr 
learned  that  the  olHeers  and  men  in 
Qii^iion  bad  been  inurdereU  by  the 
Butivet^f  and  Admiral  Bell,  after  taking 
PQch  ijeaci'ful  nitiifiures  as  he  thont;ht 
woahl  induee  the  k-adin^ij  men  of  the 
island  t(.»  i^ive  .sjiiie  definite  Information 
us  tti  the  outrage,  that  the  j>erpetratorB 
might  be  brought  to  piinit*hoient,  was 
loreed  to  make  a  dtt«eent  upon  one  of 
tlic  ishind»  with  a  strong  furoo*  A 
severe  fight  on  knd  with  the  pirates 
was  the  eoniieiiiieiiee,  in  wbieh  €t>m- 
luAiider  MeKeiizitf  lu'^t  his  life.  It  i8 
iup|K)t^d  that  lis  the  port  of  Ot^cika 
wns  U)  be  made  an  open  port  for  Ibreii^ 
Imdc  on  the  Ist  of  la«t  tmrnth,  aewrd- 
I  mg  to  treaty,  the  unfortunate  Admiral 
>  wofi  with  his  eommand  looking  to  the 
'  interet't^  of  this  en  an  try  ut  the  time  of 
^  biN  drnth,  Adiuirjil  Ikll  was  ii  ^■nial. 
■warm  hearttvl  gentleman,  and  admired 
by  all  who  knew  him  fir  his  many 
goixl  fjualitiee  of  mind  nnd  heart.  Af\ 
1  an  oftn-vr  he  bad  aeqiiinMl  the  repu* 
!  tation  of  a  striet  diseiplinarian,  and 
was  withal  very  p^ipnlar  with  his  eom- 
in?tnd,  Ue  bad,  up  tt*  the  time  of  his 
ikbkinjkr  etjiiiinand  ot  the  Asiatic  tiijuiad* 
been  in  the  et^r^ieo  torty-tbree 
»,  twenty- three  of  which  he  had 
R^ent  at  »Ti.  He  mitert^\  the  serviee 
Aug,  4 ,  1 1^23  ;  Faivs<Kl  M tdnh ipina ii , 
Man^h  23, 1H*29  ;  promoted  faeo tenant, 
Man?h  31,  1831 :  Commander,  Aug.  12, 
]854 ;  Commodore,  pa&sinir  the  jirrade 
I  of  Captain,  July  Ifi,  1862;  Hear  Ad- 
inirnl,  July '25,  ISfiH;  retired  as  ICmr 
Admiral,  Aug.  4,  18^)7. 
RALEV,  Lieut.  Curtis  J.,  Freetown,  Ms* 
Nov.  24,  1867,  a.  66  yr8.,5  inoe.,*26d{«. 
Ho  was  commia'^ioned  Aug.  6,  1837, 
LiiHit.  of  tlie  3d  foot  co.  of  hieal  militia 
in  PYeetown,  l>iijebar';e<i  Sept.  ii5, 
1830.     ^n  of  AsBk  Biaby  and  "wllh 


Ruth  Morton,  grandson  of  Elgab  Bra* 
ley  and  wife  Ljdia  Ashley. 

Braman,  Chandlt-r  Halch,  5l.D.,  Acting 
Ai^lstiint  Surjsfeon  U.  S.  A,,  Baton 
liouge,  La,,  Aug.  15,  1868,  aged  27 
yea rs .  He  was  l>um  i n  N e w bn ry } M>r t , 
MaBs.f  and  wag  a  Bon  of  I^aae  G.  Bra- 
imin,  MJ>.,  of  Brif^btfm,  ^Ius8.  Ho 
wiiR  a  graduate  of  Harvard  Coth'ge  in 
1861,  and  a  young  man  of  gruvt  pro- 
mii^. 

Bbei^'stkr.  Charlee  W,,  Esq.j  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H.,  Aug.  4,  1808,  ofjed  67 
yearn.  Jlr.  Brews^ter  had  been  in  the 
Joumtil  oWice  lor  more  than  fifty  ycare, 
and  editor  of  the  paper  for  more  than 
forty-threw  yeai*s ;  a  longer  ^leriod  of 
active  et.^r\iee  than  that  of  any  of  bin 
colcm^rarie**  now  connected  with  ilia 
preBS  in  that  State.  The  Journal,  in 
liis  charge,  wa«  alwRys  noted  for  tlio 
candor  and  ability  with  which  it  waa 
condnetcd,  and  lew  new6f  pa  tiers  have 
ever  K'cn  more  eminently  reliable  and 
UBcful,  or  merit!  <l  and  re*^ived  a  larger 
Bhare  of  the  public  confidence.  In  ad- 
dition to  bif*  labors  an  editor  and 
printer,  Mr,  Brewster  occaeionally  de- 
livered lecturea  l>cfore  Lyceum©  and 
public  f^ocietieM  in  hia  native  city, 
which  were  well  re<'cived,  and  nlx)ut 
ten  years  ago  publi.^bed  a  volume  cn- 
ti  t  lt<i '  [  Ram  bl  cs  abou  t  Fortf^mou  th , " 
emhractn^  many  incidenti?  in  the  local 
hiHtoiy  <jT  that  ancient  town  for  a 
period  of  two  centuries,  which  has 
given  infltructi(»n  and  delight  to  numer- 
ous readera.  He  had  also  preiuin**!  for 
tha  prcea  a  second  series  of  the  *'  liani- 
ble*f/'  which  will  mxin  be  published. 
He  Ws  repe:it<NuUy  repreaentt^  Porte- 
motith  in  tne  Legislature,  was  a  mem* 
bcr  of  the  Constitutional  Convention 
in  1850,  and  ha?  re^/eivcd  varioufi  other 
markg  of  the  eonfidenee  and  e?iteem  of 
hi»  felbw  dtizemi. — Dover,  jV.    //., 

BuKwsTKR,  Sir  David,  near  Edinburgh, 
Feb.  P2,a-87.  Tbui*  b  Bund^-^'  l  •--  nf 
tbt' linku  ocmnet^ting  the  p\  \ 

etudcntisof  the  present  gener  ii 

thoee  of  the  precetlin^  ;  for  Sir  iJavid 
BrewBter  was  both  a  pioneer  ol  miMlem 
Bcience  and  one  of  it^  motit  ilbi^triona 
diJicipleH.  Bim  at  Jcd!>urgh  in  1781, 
be  was  et^iucatod  for  the  Chureh  td>rv  t- 
land  and  became  a  lieentiate.  In  I  --i  - . 
be  became  editor  of  the  /^^/i/r/ •  /^ 
Mnqicloptdtfi .  and  was  elei'te<l  a  Fell/jw 
of  the  Koyal  Society  of  BiJinburgh. 
At  ttiis  time,  and  up  to  18I'J,  he  waa 
devoting  h\&  attention  chietly  ti  the 
Btudy  u{  (iptiot,  and  in  1815  reet  ived 
the  C'opley  nicdal  fur  bis  diH<H>vi'rie<<  in 
that  branch  gf  ecienoe*    In  the  luUow- 


[Octob^^ 


Insr  ycftthe  itiTcmM  tlicwell  known 
little  instrument,  the  kjiJeidowopf*.  In 
the  pnuie  year  the  Institute  of  France 
odjiii!i;i-<l  to  him  Imlf  of  the  pri/^  uf 
34.MK)  fmiifa  fnT  tT^'o  of  t!i»'  mci*it  imjjftr- 
tnnt  Nientilic  iliMxiveric!*  ma*le  in 
Kur<»|)e«hinniijt}ie  lwo>ej\ni  jinv<.'<iing» 
find  iti  1819  he  rer-eivt^J  the  Rmnf<«rd 
gifjhi  uud  silver  uiwhils  of  the  Hoval  So- 
ciety for  his  tliwc  J  verier  in  regarJ  to  the 
p(>hiri7Jttion  of  light. 

V  :  V  '         1  the 

£ti'  und 

afiv ,.    .  '/  iif 

Sctfncf\     li»  1H31  t  -eet^ 

iug  which  ied   to  tl  :^t  of 

tliat  very  imiwirtiint  bj^ly ,  the  "'  iiiititfh 
^Vf«ociation  for  the  Atlvimeeinent  of 
Scienee,**  lie  was  the  author  of  pevernl 
'W^iukf*,  among  the  Ik^I  known  of  which 
vren*  hip  Ltfi  of  Sir  hnac  Ntw/on  aiicl 
Mon  Wiififlsifutn  Ont\  IJe  uus uiar- 
rieil  to  a  daughter  oi  MacpherRm,  tho 
celehrnlt^ij  Invnyilutor  or  uuthor  of  Os- 
sian.  He  wmb  throughout  hi»  life  ct*- 
leeme<J  m  Mglily  hy  hw  tunmaintatices 
for  hifti  Chmtiun  virtue**  ng  by  the  &ci~ 
entttie  uorid  for  hxf^  ^reiit  attainments. 
BmuuAv,  Eliifth  I>ana,Clmrh-bt<m,S,  C, 
April  (>,  1B(>8,  fli?<^<l  aUrut  56  years.  He 
had  ironc*  t(xi  late,  to  the  b^iuth,  for 
po?%^Irile  recovery  from  a  disease  of  the 
thr^iat  and  Iungi«,  from  which,  until 
lately,  no  fiital  result  had  lieen  feared. 
Col.  Brigham  was  not  only  a  thorou '^li- 
ly tmiiiud  man  of  huhinesa ;  he  had 
tue  rare  gift  of  high  adminit^trative 
faculty,  Al\er  a  thorough  mera\ritile 
apprentice^hif),  he  was  for  umnv  years 
one  of  the  firm  of  Chandler,  Howard 
Jt  Co,  He  waa  afterwards,  for  a  lr>iiL^er 
term,  the  hend  of  the  house  of  E.  TJ. 
lJrii;rharij  &  Ct*.  This  luaise  failed  in 
the  crieiii  of  1H57.  Imt  without  a  ^^^tain 
upon  itH  mereantile  honor.  Early  in 
the  war  Gov.  Andrew  tMJUght  his  fior- 
vices  as  the  ConimisHirv-(ienrralof  the 
State,  and  ever>'  ahle  offiecr  in  her  ser- 
vice knows  how  admirahly  he  served 
lier.  llitt  citnppieuous  ahilitv  and  Gov. 
Andrew*.^  desire,  gave  him  tlie  plaeo  of 
U.  S.  L\»mmifi8nry  at  thi^  p^wt ;  and  he 
c:fi.sily  and  rapidly  learned  the  principle 
ajid  whole  detail  of  army  reifulatlonfi 
4ind  department  routine.'  Very  large 
purehat!«t^  of  tjupjdiefi  were  made  hero 
in  fitting  out  i^reat  expeditioBS  and 
i^ending  stores  to  the  dcpartuients  of 
the  South.  CoL  Briijhaju '»  biL'^inesH 
training,  hm  clear  pyf*tem,  hi^  wiws 
treatment  of  the  iimrkot  and  of  deal- 
ers, jwived  the  govurnment  more  than 
one  uiillion  of  dollart«.  At  tlie  desire 
of  the  Cominietary  Dofiartment,  he 
Mked  to  bo  luade  a  capt^^in  m  the  Subeis- 


tence  ncjjaTtnieTit 
lie  remaiiitd   in 
nitcnr  thecnl 
liulk  of  the 


reetor  of  largt'  »meiuug  wurkfi  in 
chiiran. 

Col.  Brigham  had,  «i8  we  ' 
that    Hire     eikmbiuaiiim     n 

V,  ■'/  V 

1  11 

ftA.i.,.^.  ...^    ..,    ....... 

eye,  i=r<'mcd  uhao^t  T 

f»elvw    in   ri;;lit   nod 

With  promt' 

he  hnda  th 

ft  mn*  under- tim^j in;;  *>i     !i)»  lu 

int4.M:vity  could  tiot   oe  rtK^ihd; 

eye*  eould   nut  be    h^  -'"ii     » 

trriUed  all  mi'n  aa  itjem 

ha*l  that  jij*it  di^uiLy 

which  would  have  m»ule  ii  unwiact  f^ 

any  man  to  pr««tuiie  too  far  upo© 

go<xl  imture. 

It  wa^  ouit«  retnarkable  that 
Brigham  snonld  have  foun'^  "^      ' 
for  much  ^^neral  reodinor,  ; 
ting  a  fine  natural   rw   f  i 
color,  and  eFpcn 
n^tic  love  and  uj' 
Re  alway.s  liad  time    U*    juiiii 
friends  in  their  troubles  iukI  to  j 
llitze  with  them  in  gt^jci  or  bad  I 
De  was  a  ti'ue  fn^tuleman  in  Ih 
est  eeriee  of    Siat  word.     Hun 
8enBil>ilit>\  though tfulness  for  1 
ing;8  of  othei^,  kindness  to  evrVQ 
dependants,  were  ae  n  a  turn!  to  htm  ; 
hii^  sunny  ttonper  and  his  winnbgf 
— Trausfnjti. 
BcRRoroDs.  Kev.  Cltarlos,  T),D.,  Pa 
mouth,  N.  IL,  March  .'    »^*-^ 

J  rears.     He  ;^duttte<] 
cge  in  IHOt).     He  wa8  i 
of  St.   Jt>hn's  Chnreh  in    VarXi 
May  20,  ietr3,  and  olBciated  a«  i 
nearly  half  a  century.     He  w« 
known  in  Boston,  hi.**  native 
Pn-.'sidcnt  of  tlie  General  ThwjJ 
Lihrary,   of   which   he   vr^s  nn 
friend  and  patron.    He  wa»  for 
thirty  years    l*resident    t>f   the    Ke 
Hani pf<h ire  Asylum  for  thf  Tii^no,  i 
inptitution  that  hiiK  re-  vfl 

outset  much  l>enefit  fr 
counsels  anil    '  '        ' 
hiim  for  npni  I 

ly  elei'ted  1*^^     .  .  .  ,     . 

Athemeurn.     He  wa?;  fund  of  i 

rian  and  literary  studie*!,  and 

of  hi»  dit*couret^  on  historical  sabjwfe 
have  tH^eii  published. 


1868.] 


Death. 


469 


CAZi3«%ir4  Hon.  Ei^wnrd^  fonnerly  S^^na- 

Uit  rrf>m  PIvHioutli  lYiunty^  at   iiiug- 

buin,  Ma.stt*,  Mny  8,  Ojt^d  64  yearp. 

Chasj.*    Mrs*   Ellen,    -widow   of  Baruch 

H   Cluuie,  K8q.,iitHopkmtou«  N.H.^^Iarch 

^1  17*  sged  02  years. 

^BbxET,  J<jwph  Lon^!olJow»  Epq.*  at  Exe- 

■  ter,N,  i!.,  Aug.  18,  lHr»*i,ii>£ed64yri. 

■  Aug,  16,  1866,  aged  fil. 
^PbLBrRN,Samiii4  D.,  Galet^hurg,  Tllmota, 
n^  Jxxm  au,  1H68,    lie  wot<  the  ddt;«t  eon 

of  Calvin  C^ilburn^  of  Boston,  where 
lie  wa*  bom,  February  4,  IBOO. 
"khon,  Henderson  Inches,  sim  of  Wil- 
Dehon,  Ew^.^  a  mcralMT  of  the 
lior  da«8    of   Harvard    UniTcrsity, 
Ifioston,  Nov*  29,  1667,  ngtHl  30  yeare. 
CLE,  Frederick,  Rear  Adiiiiml  XL  8, 
f'S.^  at  hw  n-Midenre  in   Philadelphia, 
'  Ftfb.  12,  \hm,  m  tfie  60th  year  of  his 
{>iiee.    Adnjinil  Engle  wat  a  native  of 
[  toe  State  of  Pc?nn(>ylvania,  and  entered 
:  the  service  l>eceail>er  0,  lHll,and  was 
'  nt  once  ordered  tci  the  bri'^   Firefly, 
which  hMik  a  cruitte  in  tbe  Medi terra* 
neiin.     On  rt^tumiag  froiii  that  station, 
atler  a  short  fiulough,  he  waa  ordered 
to  tht*  brig  Boxf^r,  wlierc.^  he  served  for  a 
^^  year  or  mure,  and  want  hi^n  tra  nsl  erred  t<) 
^b  the  frigate  (j u err i ere,  t lien  eoninianded 
^r  by  Commodore  McDonougli,  where  he 
icr^ed  until  1821,  when  he  wafl  plaeed 
on  fihore  d  u  t}  a  t  i'h  i  ludel  pi  i  ia .  I  n  1 62 1 . 
lie  wsiimade  a  pani^ed  Midshipman,  and 
was  Bttacbi^  in  i8'2*2  to  the  Went  ln<lia 
station,  then  aOurding  lively  tser vice  by 
reason  of  the  piraticiil  eraft  atM>uadiiig 
in  ihiMse  waters.     Ue  was  made  Lieu- 
tenant, Jan.    13,    lHi25,  while  in   the 
W«»t  India  squadron,  and  oti  his  re- 
\  turn  that  year  was  granted  leave  of 
llibecnce.    In  \^27  he  wat«  attached  to 
Ithe  frigate  Brandywine,  in  the  Pacific 
Isiluadront  and  i^erve^l  on  that  station  for 
|tnree  yeare.      After  er\joying  a   brief 
ttT^c  of  absence  on  his  return  home  he 
i  ordered,  in  1830,   to  the  sloop-of- 
\ymx  VincenneH,  atUichiHj  to  the  West 
I  India  pquadron,  eunnnaiided  by  Capt. 
Ijeeaij  D.  Elliott,  where  he  servil  three 
ijreari?*      Upon   the  expiration    of  hia 
IrniT^f  ^'-  ':     iirdereii  to  the  naval  ren- 
[  de/  V  I J  udel  ph  ia ,  and  re  mai  n  ed 

Jin  t  1       ^         I m  until  183(»,  when  he 
liook  another  eruii?(T  in  tlie  We*it  Indies 
[in  the  frigate ConBtellflt ion  a»  first  lieu- 
I  tenant,  omierCommodo/e  A.J.  Dallas. 
Vom  1838  ti>  1840  he  waa  on  leave  of 
ice,  when  he  assumed  eounn and  of 
eeiving  vo88el  Experiment  at  F*hi- 
llphia.     Lieutenant  Engle  wae  pro- 
oteil  to  the  rank  of  Commander  Sept, 
1^,  IS-II,  aud  wati  ordered  to  dijty  with 
l.tbat  rank   in  the  Philadelphia  Navy 

Vol.  XXIL  40* 


Yard,  where  he  rtMnained  until  1846, 
when  he  wns  placed  in  the  command  of 
the  fiteam  frigate  Princeton,  attached 
t**  the  Home  Fquadron,  under  Q/mnit> 
dore  David  Connor,  and  took  a  eon**pi- 
cuouB  part  in  the  Mexican  war,  espe- 
cially at  Vera  Ctxvl.  He  was  detached 
from  the  Princeton  in  1849  and  placed 
on  waiting  ordere.  In  1851  he  com- 
manded the  naval  rendezvous  in  New 
York.  In  1803,  he  was  tra Deferred  to 
the  command  of  the  rec^ivin^  whip 
Union,  at  Philadelphift.  In  1855,  hie 
was  on  waiting  orders,  having  lie^i 
promoted  to  a  ciiptainey  Sent.  14,  of 
that  yeaj.  In  1856,  Captain  Engle  waa 
placed  in  couimand  of  the  frigate  Wa- 
bash, tlagmhip  of  Commodore  Hiram 
Paulding,  Commander-in-Chief  of  tbe 
Home  H<|yadron.  In  1858  he  was  de- 
tiieheil,  and  wns  made  commandant  pro 
tffn.  of  the  Philadelphia  Navy  Yard. 
In  1864)  he  WJis  on  special  duty  for 
a  while  at  Washington,  after  which  he 
wail  eent  to  the  Eaat  Indies  to  take  cX)m- 
mand  of  tliat  e«iimdr»jn»  and  brought 
haek  the  ih««i:ship  Hartford.  In  1863 
he  was  retire*],  after  his  last  cruise,  and 
nppoiatM-tfijveriior  of  the  Naval  Ai^y- 
lum  at  Phjladelphiu.  Hi«  cfimmistiion 
as  ComnuKtiJie  on  the  retired  lint  b(>re 
date  July  4*i,  1802.  He  wa*  (lovemor 
of  the  Naval  Ahvlum  until  ISGC,  when 
he  wn 8  relieved  "and  placed  on  waiting 
orders,  having  Iw^ctn  promoted  to  the 
rank  of  liefir  Adminil  on  the  retired 
list.  Since  18(56  he  hn«  performed  no 
service,  but  has  sf>ent  liis  final  days 
naiong  hm  rektives  and  fritudi:?,  who 
found  the  greatest  charm  in  hit*  society. 
He  had  j^iven  rnore  than  titty-tliroo 
years  to  his  country,  and  bis  sen'icee 
will  not  be  forgotten  by  a  grateful  peo- 
ple. 
Hathewat,  Gidef:)n  Palmer,  Esq.,  at 
Freetown,  Feb.  10,  1868.  The  deceased 
was  tK^rn  Sept.  4, 1803,  b^ing  tbe  eldest 
son  of  Alden  Uatheway  and  wife  Mercy 
Palmer,  grantj!*L»n  of  Stephen  Uathe- 
way arul  wife  Hope  Pefrce,  gt.  crand- 
S4in  of  Nichf>ks  Uatheway  and  wile 
ltef»ecca  Jlcrrick,  gt.-^t.  grandson  of 
Isaac  H  ft  tbe  way  and  wife  Sarah  Make- 
iM,^<^,  gt.-gt.-gt.  grandson  of  John 
Hathway,Jr.,  of  Freetown,  and  gt»- 
gt,-gt.-^t.  gron^eon  of  John  Hath^ 
way,  of  Tanntan,  now  Berkley. 

He  wo.**  commissioned  Aug.  17, 18^, 
Paymaster  (with  the  mnk  of  Lieuten- 
ant) of  the  5tb  Regt.  in  the  local  mili- 
tia of  Bristol  county,  from  which  he 
was  honorably  discnarged,  Dee>  II, 
1830.  As  a  Justice  of  the  PoKie  for 
Bristol  county  he  was  <x>mmiH»ioned 
Oct.  I,  \%i7.  '  He  was  a  Selectman  cl 


470 


Dc^iihi. 


[Octol 


Frt<^town  five  xe^n.  Coll(?<*ti  *r  and  TVcft- 
Burvr  one  >caf,  and  Moderator  uf  the 
Minunl  town  me<*tiui^  five  years. 

On  the  maternal  t*itk*  ht  was  a  grond- 
ion  of  Gideun  Pahner.  of  l^ittle  CViiiip- 
ton,  R*  I.,  and  wiie  Ahignil  N.  Uathn- 
way,  kL  ^randthjii  of  Mcietiuh  Hatha' 
irav^  Jr.*  of  I>artmouthT  Maae.,  and 
wife  Judith  [Virce,  «t'*^t,  gmndson 
of  Melt'iiah,  i>en.,  aiirlwiie  Auim  hhitt- 
kin,«*  gt.-gt,-fft.  gmiidfiim  of  Jacob 
liiithway^  of  Fne€t7*wn,  and  wife  Phi- 
lip ChaiMif  gt.*gt.»gt.-gt.  grand**.m  of 
Juhn  11a  th  way  J  Jr.,  ol  Frtxjtown,  and 
gt.-t(t.*gt.-gt.-ct,  grandson  of  John 
IltttTiway»  uf  lannton,  nuw  Berkley*. 

HowL,\NO,  Joshua,  at  Frt'etown*  fet-pt. 
5lli,  I8t»,  agtsl  58  yiiir!*,  U  roo«.  22 
diiye.  A  Irrifal  dfecendaiit  of  llenrv 
lluwlnnd^  «»f  Diixburv,  one  of  the  on- 
gi  I  h irg  of  j?  rcettj wn,  in  1 659, 

til  I  lid,   who  died  at   Frce- 

tou4.  .11  w  iO,  Joi^imtt  and  wife  Eliza- 
beth liolloway,  Jo«hua,  Jr.  and  wife 
^  Mary  Alk-ri.  J(j«^hua^  3d,  and  wiie 
Abigail  Hathaway,  Capt.  Sefcb  and 
wife  Abigail  .Wiley, 

BowLAND,  Capt.  Malochi,  hi  FreetowD, 
Ma.^,,  Jan.  2,  1868. 

The  deceased  was  a  sod  of  George 
HowJand  and  wife  Deborah  Shaw,  and 
bom  in  January,  1T87  ;  jj^nd^^n  of 
Imac  llowland   and   wife    Katharine 


EUzalieth  Holloway,  gt,- 
of  Samuel   llowland  of 


Howard^  gt  grmntlwjn  of  Joshua  llow- 
laud  and  wife  "" 

gt.  fl^randsLin    .  _. 

Biixhury,  and  who  dknl  in  Freetown  in 
nifi,  gL-gt.-gt-  grandjB*m  of  Henry 
llowland,  of  Duxhury,  who  was  one  of 
the  original  propriel'jrei  of  Frc*town, 
and  one  of  **!/«'  anatut  freemen  "  who 
j}mrchaNxl  that  township  of  the  Indians 
in  April,  lP>5i»,  and  who  by  an  etirly 
writer  m  called  *'  one  of  the  sul^tantial 
landholders."  Henry  Huwlnnd  was 
al«>oneof  the  proprict4)rH  of  Bridge* 
wa  te  r  a«  cur  I  y  n  «  1  HI  5 .  His  wi  fe  A  In  ry 
dietl  June  10, 1674, and  llciirydji»d  1670. 
Capt.  Mahw?bi  Howland  married  Jan. 
13,  1H09,  Catftmh,  a  daughter  of  J<»8h- 
ua  How  land  and  wife  Phelje  Chase. 
Catuiali  was  ^Kim  April  16,  17K5,  and 
died  >liireh  *20,  1835.  Capt,  Malachi 
performed  service  a>  a  private  soldier 
m  the  Vij^t  Guard,  stationed  at  New 
BedJord  in  June,  1B14,  and  was  mm- 
mii^tHioncd  S?pt.  *28^  ^H^i^,  Enwign  of  the 
]8t  foot  Co.  in  the  loml  railitia  of  Free- 
town— pruinote<l  to  Lieuteaant  Sept.  4, 
IRIH,  and  to  Ca(>tain  April  13,  !fi22. 
Ilunonibly  di^*harg»Ki  Mnreh  1,  18*27. 
lie  was  a  belectuxan  of  Freetown  13 
>'e9irs,  aa^ewoT  fi>ur  yeart*,  and  twice 
Fepreaented  the  town  in  the  (Jeneral 
Court  at  Boetoa.  £-  w.  p. 


IIoTT,  Jo6««ph,  at  Ncwbarj-pnrt,  . 

agt^i  75  vwirK. 
I>QHUiAii,  rauK  St  im,  MafK., 

Manh  0,  m}S,  u,  >",.  U  iiiufc 

and  15  daye,     Un  vv:i 

and   Aliee   ^Sptoner) 

tfntnd^Kjn  of  Timothy  ano,  .iuu;}  (1 

In  graham. 


Eli/kiWili  (Timi 
mouth  Atiil  hnrit 

Reb.         

died  *l 

and  A 

Paddur  III 

ren;  A:  f 

and  Merey   (booth wurth)  AiOm 

vid  wuii  son  of  Hon.  John  Ahh*n,  pi 

genitorof  the  family  in   "  ~^. 

KiNosm  MY,  John.  E?iq„  "^  Ma 

May  1,  aged  U.5  y'""" 

Kn  A  P  P ,  J« vjjb  N , ,  t  4  e ,  N . 

July  in,   1868,  [1^  -nrs  and 

months.     He  was  a  BchtxilllKjy  in  N 
buryjH>rt,  Miuk?.,  at  the  time  Washi 
ton  vibited  that  town,  and  bad  Si 
distinct  recolhetions  of  bini.     Tbe 
torian  Pnseott  with  at  ^ 
of  his!   in  ^tleia,   Mm 
yeans  old  when  he  ffri 
and  fiiurvivtd  57  of  !ji-< 

M.^XN,  lloti.  James»  at  Hwii 

Aug,  2<i,  I8fi8,  fif^nl  47    vi^re,    C 
Maun  wsi^^  l>orii  July  20,  1*^,  m  <i« 
hani.  Me.     He  \^ 
of  Maine  staend 
ative  and  S  "'^ 
an  offici'  in  > 
land,  waa    i 
County,  and  ucu-d  its  ^ 
the  late   rel>eUiun,   pr 
army  in  the  Gulf  Static?.     U 
bnaliy  in  New  OrletiiiA,  and  wn^elori 
n    niemlier  of   the    present    C*ffi^ 
fvxnn  Louisiana.     He  had  but  rervn 
been  admitte<l  to  his  scsit,  and 
one  of  the  few  DeniiK^mtic  Repi 
tive«»  from   the  .Southern   8ta 
great||r  overworke*!  with  the  pi 
aii'es  and  duties  irrowine  oot  of 
condition  of  afhiir-         ' 
the  Sou  tbern  !Stii ; 
generous,  tnmk  .u  . 
entered  up<>n   hii4  pui  rl 

pruipju^ets  of  great  u-  td 

constituents. 

M.isoN,  Mr.  Samuel  W.,at  tb 
uf  hit*  father,  Hon.  Larkin  l» 


at  Turn  worth,  N.  H.,  Au«^-  21), 
aged  3i*  yi'ur-       ^^-^-rvtHl  hi*  to--'     •" 
a  printer  ir)  i ,  N,  II.  and  vnw 

lor  some  tiin'  i  with  the  ^Vi^rxTf 

in  that  city,  and  tU toward  with  aevxtml 


1868.] 


Jmtht. 


n 


papers  in  R>5'ton  a^  tepoHer^  and 
during  the  war  he  went  South,  mrtly 
for  the  benefit  of  his  he*ilth,  nnd  putv 
Ji**he<J  papers  at  Port  Royal,  antl  lit 
Savnnnnh^  IJeorgin,  where   he   Imd  a 

?n3prietnry  tntcn**?!  iii  the  Hvfnfd  and 
^ews.  lie  was  a  yuun^  man  of  ^^rent 
ener^^y  and  abilitVi  genial  and  kiiully 
in  maniier,  and  held  the  friendship  of 
many.  Me  w^ae  buried  at  MancbeJ<ter, 
with  Masonic  honorB. 
TON,  Mtf.  tnimh,  at  Newport,  R.  L, 
bb.  1,  1B6H,  widow  of  the  Jate  Elisha 
Norton,  agi'd  W2  yenrs,  5  montliB  and 
fi6  daj  (*,  8he  wa8  daughter  uf  Benja- 
min and  Sarah  (Hunt)  Spooner,  of 
Newpt>rt,  t^randdaugliter  of  Wino^  and 
I>ebomh  (Chyrch)  S|Moner»  (jf  New- 
port, jyrt.  j^mddniighter  of  f^mueland 
Experience  (Winj;)  8|Jooner,  of  Dart- 
jiiouth.  Ma^H.,  and  ^rt.-jit.  j^randdiingh- 
ter  of  William  aud    llaiumli    (Pratt) 

fSpooner,  of  Plymouth  and  Dartmouib. 
T.  ». 
OTUB,  Rev.  Owrge  R*,  D.D„  Prof,  in  the 
Cnmbrklge  Divinity  School,  at  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.,  June  3»  a^ed  70  yc?aT». 
AT^MEH,  James  S.,  Rmr  Adminii,  U.  S. 
Nhtv,  of  velbiw  fever^  at  iSt.  Thomae, 
W.  L,pec.  7,  1807,nge<lah<iut  52vrp. 
Ad  mi  ml  Palmer  was  liom  in  Sew 
Jersey  t  and  on  the  let  of  January ,  1825^ 
fra*  Bj>pointe^-l  ^  Mid^hipamn  in  the 
niivy  from  the  Sta  tc  o  f  Ne  w  York .  II  io 
first  OTuieCt  four  years  i"  lenj^th,  waeon 
the  8k>op-of-war   Lexington,  in   the 

»Medit('rmneaii.     On  hin  return  he  was 
ffmntinJ  leave  ol  aljt^cnee,  and  in  !B3i 
►   ne  wae  ap|xjinted  a  pa^se^l  M idi^hipman , 
but.  did  not  a^in  ^>  to  sea  until  1833, 
when  he  tooK  a  cruitH*  in  tlie  Pacific 
Oeeau  m  t!ie  frigate  Potomac.   He  was 
then  ordcre^J  to  the  line-of-battle  ship 
Delaware,  and  criuHtKi   again    in   the 
Mf.'di  terra nean.     The  rank  of  Lieuten- 
^_     luit  was  amlerred  upon  him  in  1H30, 
^B    ftnd  after  heini*  on  waiting  orders  for  a 
^t    yeiir  or  niorej  he  was  t>rdered  to  the  fri- 
■^     gate  Columbia,  and  servn!  in  the  Eaet 
iDdiee  for  two  years.     In  1842  he  wa« 
of  the  aenior  lieuUnamt.s  of  the 
I  Indepc^ndence  in  the  home  wpnid- 
fon,  where  he  et-rved  for  two  years,  and 
T^as  then  onlcred  to  the  BloopHif-war 
Bo8U.>n.     Alter  this  he  enjt>vc<I  a  brief 
furlough,  and  then  wan  plaeed  f>n  or^b 
nanee  and  other  speeial duties.  In  1852, 
he  waj^  attached  to  the  naval  rendeZ' 
TOUB  a  t  PI  ]  i  lade  I  ph  ia .    A  ft<»r  doing  i\  u* 
ty  on  tile  shore  in  this  way  lor  two  years 
m  Wtt«  pUiiX^l  on  waiting  orders,  and 
by  the  lj<jard  of  I85(j  lie  was  put  on  the 
reserved   liist   with   leave  of  abtjienee. 
Like  many  other  worthy  officers  who 
were  si?t  uside  by  the  action  of  that 


Board  J  he  eucc^e^ed  Iti  gaining  a 
hearing,  nnd  after  a  vigonnjB  examtna> 
tion  he  wii5  rt'in stated  and  promotetl  to 
the  rank  of  Commander  on  the  active 
lit^t,  and  asBj^^ned  his  old  linejiJ  number 
on  the  regiBter,  In  1H69  he  was  de- 
tailed as  one  of  the  lighthouBe  inspec- 
tirsi,  where  he  performed  hits  duties  ti) 
the  e<:>iBplete  Batisfaetion  of  the  Treasu* 
jy  Department.  In  1860  Commander 
Palmt-r  waa  ordered  to  the  Iroquois, 
one  of  the  last  e«jrvettes  uf  the  navy,  and 
carried  her  out  Vo  the  Meditc^rranean, 
where  he  renmineti  nearly  two  years, 
wlven  he  waa  recallett^  with  his  eom- 
inand,  tu  nerve  on  tlje  home  Btation  dur- 
ing the  war,  Shortly  after  hiB  arrival 
he  was  promoted  to  a  eaptniney. 

lie  waB  relieved  of  his  ccmimand  of 
the  IroipioiB  in  the  West  Indies  for  al- 
lowing the  Sumter  to  e8<*afH*  out  of  one 
of  the  West  India  p«>rtsi ;  came  home 
and  was  trietl  by  a  Court  of  Jni|uiry| 
aeqniiU^,  and  sent  back  to  eomniftna 
the  lr<MjiioiB  after  she  had  paosed 
tiie  FortH,  under  command  of  Capt. 
John  De  Canio. 

Su^j^^Hiuentfy  he  wa.s  placi-d  in  com- 
mand ot  the  Bloop-uf-wur  ihirtlbrd^ 
which  he  ioined  B^anelime  after  tho 
taking  of  New  Orlcaiii^,  and  whidi 
he  afterwards  tijmmnnded  on  the 
MiBBittsippi  river  while  Bhe  buro  the 
tia  g  of  Adn  i  ira  1  Fa rm gu  t ,  He  was  made 
a  CommiKJore  in  the  Nav>'  the  7th  of 
Februarv,  1863,  and  while  attached  to 
the  Gulf  wiuadron  evinced  abilities  and 
skill  an  a  naval  offi4X^r  of  a  hi^^h  or- 
der. Ihjrin^  IStil  and  lHf55  he  wa8 
act  rng  R«ir  Admiral  of  the  G  u  If  w^uad* 
ron,  and  f^i  e«mdueteii  himBeif  in  hie 
onenaiB  and  delietite  pa«ition  aB  to  cain 
the  entire  conlidence  and  ri'Bpect  ot  the 
JVetiident  and  the  Navy  Depart fuent, 
l>uriiig  the  pant  year  he  was  prouaited 
Ui  the  rank  of  Hear  Admiral,  and  on 
the  conBolidation  of  the  variouB  Btiuad- 
t\mi\  in  the  Uulf  and  North  Athtn- 
tic  he  was  placed  in  command  of  the 
entire  ftirce,  now  known  as  the  North 
Atlantic  Bijuadrt^n,  wdueh  ijujn>rtant 
p^i'^t  he  filk'd  witli  rmineiU  abdily  at 
the  time  of  hiw  nudden  domiw. 

Admiral  Palmer  had  wiTved  hjB  coun- 
try with  credit  and  honor  lur  itearly 
hall'  a  eeniury,  and  in  every  Bttition  ho 
bnaight  to  the  diBeharge  of  bis  various 
dutir.«  a  cultivated  nund,  a  thorough 
and  (^)m  pre  hens  ive  knowleilge  of  trio 
tei  hniml  and  general  detnibi>f  his  pro- 
fepBion,  and  a  gonial  di^pnuit ion,  which 
unittxi  tf>  make  him  a  valued  olh«x*rand 
a  worthy,  high-toned  repreeentatire  of 
our  naval  ser^'ice. 

ilid  last  uliiGial  paper  was  an  interest- 


472 


N.  E.  Historic- Gettealogical  Socidy, 


[OctoberS 


inif  iN3port  of  the  St.  Thamu  euth* 
qimke.    The  cioepatch  b  dated  Nov.  19, 

Feir*  F.t  Eatie,  At  Tauntom, Maes.,  April 8, 
IS^,  n'^si  78  Ywitm  aDd  2  luootha. 

Psiuci^,  Job.  ut  f  ri't^tijWD,  Ma«B.,  June  % 
IHiiS^  ngtHJ  77  yearfi  Biui  8  iiiantbB.  Se* 
Uxitmaii  of  Freetowzi  in  1836, 

PoTTKR,  Hon.  Chiindler  £»,  of  llillsbo- 
rough,  N.  H,,at  Flinty  Michigan,  Aug. 
3»  16<.»8,  a^d  62  years, ^  Judge  Potter 
was  a  meui^»er  of  thi^  Society,  and  an 
eJitc^nded  notice  of  him  will  be  given 
hensaft^ir. 

SouiTURKt  Rev.  Jamcfl  0.,  Rector  of  St. 
Peler^a  Church,  Salem ,  at  Lincohi, 
Mi»».,  Aug.  0,  18A8,  a^edaboutSOyre. 
He  wafl  highly  educatcid^  and  diaplayod 
great  seal  anil  tak-nt  in  hi*  labors. 

SruuiTER*  Ilopu.  at  NewjHjrt,  R.  L,  May 
1,  1868,  aj^tKl  U4  yeaw,  5  mouths  ami 
d4  duy^.  bh&  was  a  daughter  of  John 
and  Kuth  (Pierce)  HiusweU  ;  widow  of 
Samuel  H.  Sp<x>ner,  who  wil*i  1x>m  17 
Nov.,  1773,  die<l  3  Dec,  1«50 ;  who 
waagt.*gt.  grandfl«m  of  William  and 
Hannah  (Pratt)  SiJ«X)ner ;  who  waa  of 
Plymouth,  1037,  and  di^  io  Dart- 
mouth, 1684.  T. ». 

BiTAi^',  David  La  wry,  LL.D.f  who  was 


a  Tery  prominenl  mafi  in  North  Oafo- 
Una,  at  Chapel  UIl),  August  20, 
aged  fiiit>'-«even  years,  Ue  waa  ftjr 
Several  years  Governor  of  the  Scatr, 
and  Ibr  a  kmg  ticriud  a  Senator  in  Coo- 
gresa  and  a  Jod^.  nm\  perrtvi  jif  % 
member  of  1 1 
oonidtitution, 

long  time  PteMuriii   ^^i    nir 

veiwity.    He  was  ardently 
tlie  history  of  hts  native 


c?ontribut*<J  largely  to  Dr.  Hawk 

"thcr 
bury,  Maes. 


umcfl.    His  father  wae  a  native  * 


WiixiAMs,  Mrs.  Hannah^  vidnw  «f 

SethP.  WUSi  '  " 

Eliflha  L.  Pr.i 

8th.  l8G8j  ag..^  :..    ....... 

4  davH.    Ii^he  waa  a  daughter  of  Dan4 
ChaP4»  and  wife  Cbloe  Pttircc, 
daughter  of  Hilkiah  Peiree  j 
Hanmih    Bri^^,    gt.    mindd 
of  Thomas  Peiree  and  Saomi 
gt.-gt.-granddauijhter  of  iitaac  ; 
who  w^*^  1"  ■'■"  ■"  l»"^>'^-' 
dietJ  at 

Peirt'e  tiie  euiigriiat.  whu  was  at 
mouth  us  early  aa  lij23,  ajrul  died  i 
Duabuiy  in  ld7Z.  E.  V«  f*  ; 


NEW  ENGLAND  HISTORIC^GENEALOGICAL  SOCIETY. 

NBCROl^OGy. 

[Prepittcd  by  Mr,  W¥.  B.  Trask,  lato  Htstoriographcr  of  the  Sodety.] 

Sitfitai  Alexander  Augustus,  a  conesponding  member,  died  at  Savaiinalu  < 
May  9,  1862,  aged  66«  His  father.  Barthelemy  Martin  Smets,  bom  in  Mechlm,  ! 
gium,  Aug.  16,  1769,  was  the  «on  of  Gairpard  and  Bsrbe  Tuerliaek  Smet4i.  Bar 
leiny  wa«i  left  an  orphan  in  early  childhood.  His  guardian,  hanh  and  unkind,  i 
lite  so  irksome  to  him  that  as  scxm  as  ha  attained  the  age  of  diMcreticm  he  emtgrmted 
France.  As  no  pli?aBant  recollection  was  attached  to  the  time  he  spent  in  his  int 
he  neglected  entirely  to  correspond  with  hia  rclatlres«  and  nerer  even  took  the  tr* 
getting  any  intbnnadon  in  regsrd  to  his  ancestry*  He  was  married,  Oct,  17,  II 
Xantes,  to  Jeanne  Mari^  Antoioette,  who  waa  bw-n  tn  Paris,  Sept.  10,  1770;  dav 
'td  Andr6  Musseau  and  his  wife  Jeanne  D'You.  Their  son,  Alexander  Angus 
member — was  born  in  Nantes,  Oct.  13,  1795*  **  Losing  my  mother,*'  say*  he,  *' betes 
reaching  the  age  of  recollection  "-*  she  died  in  the  winter  of  179S,  Alexander  htivg 
tlien  in  the  fourth  year  of  hi§  age  —  *•  I  was  brought  up  by  the  kindest  of  step-mocbsH 
with  the  belief,  all  the  while,  that  she  was  my  own  mother.  I  was  in  my  Ae«eiit««iiA 
year  when  1  discovered,  accidentally,  my  real  relationeihip  to  her/*'  At  tlie  agf  sC 
eighteen  he  enlisted  in  the  French  army,  but  iuitead  of  being  despatched  to  the  teem 
of  war  he  was  retained  in  one  of  the  otfices  at  La  Rochelle.  Here  his  promotian 
lieutenancy  was  about  being  constimmated  when  the  disasters  of  the  campaign  of| 
put  un  end  to  the  war.  A  return  to  private  lite  and  to  a  clerkship  in  a  mr 
house  #vuceeeded.  In  this  sphere,  while  meditating  b  departure  for  New  l>rl« 
make  a  home,  and  whilst  husbanding  the  means  ncce;«!Wiry  for  the  purpose,  \\% 
acciaaiuted  with  Mr.  Charlen  Maiirel,  a  merehant  of  Savannah,  who,  by  tlattermg  1 
reicntations»  changed  his  purposei  and  carried  him  to  that  city,  whare  he  huidid  Nor* 


1868.] 


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iistorte-Ummlogiml  iSocichj. 


20lh,  1816,  with  high  hopes,  stronpr  resolve*,  hut,  unhappily,  an  empty  purse.  Mr. 
SiiieL»  now  set  about  amt'iiding  ii  somewhat  tleiieietit  early  education,  mid  the  atlatn- 
mcnt  of  a  knowledge  of  the  EnglUh  hmguagc,  without  which  it  was  evident  he  could 
make  no  proper  advancement,  llie  first  book  that  he  read  was  D  Israeli's  *•  Literary 
Characters/'  and  forming  a  fitrong  attachment  for  the  author,  he  afterwards  pro- 
cured all  of  his  works  —  in  some  cases  twenty  years  before  tlieir  re-publication  on  thifl 
aide  of  the  water.  The  city  of  Savannah  was  ever  afterwards  the  place  of  his  reai- 
d*?nce.  On  the  20th  of  Jlarch,  1820,  he  married  Ann  "VVott.  a  native  of  Savonnah, 
who  died  Jan,  5,  1854.  Of  their  iftsue^  two  sons  and  seven  daughters,  one  son  and  six 
Ldaughter.<i  were  livmg  in  1850,  when  Mr,  Smeta  waa  admitted  a  corresponding  mem- 
thet  of  this  Society. 

Soon  after  his  marriage,  Mr.  Smets  fonned  a  copartnership  in  the  lumber  bustnesB 

I  hi*  brother- in -law,  and  nettrd  in  the  fir&t  eighteen  months  of  their  tmnfiactions 

imall  flum  of  forty  dollars.     This  little  he  eked  out  by  sundry  writings  for  lawyera 

nd  merchauta  until  it  reached  a  scanty  snbi^btence.     The  partnership  did  not  long 

■continue.     He  immediately  after  engaged  in  business  on  his  own  accoiuit,  and  by 

lindusrr)%  energy  and  faithfuhiess,  conjoined  with  the  favorable  attention  of  parties  in 

ICaroIina,  he  succeeded  at  la*it  in  retiring,  in  19-19,  with  a  hand.'some  fortune. 

Terhaps  one  of  the  finest  libraries  ever  collected  by  or  retained  in  the  possession  of  » 
jfihem  gentleman  wiw  that  which  graced  the  roomR  of  Mr.  Smets*B  mansion.     Refer- 
tt|f  to  his  ta-ite  fur  books,  Mr.  S.  says  ;  ♦*The  care  of  a  large  family,  and  the  duties  de- 
manded by  an  extensive  concern,  did  not  so  completely  absorb  my  time  that  I  could 
not  spend  part  of  it  in  my  library.     Let  my  troubles  be  over  so  great,  I  could  there 
at  thera  all  aside.    Every  one  has  his  hobby ;  books  have  been,  emphatically,  mine, 
bough  it  never  entered  into  my  head  to  make  such  a  valn&blc  collection  as  I  now 
ave,  I  ever  ardently  desired  to  procure  whatever  works  or  literary  curiosities  I  found 
red  to  in  the  course  of  my  readings.     I  cannot  express  my  delight  on  the  opening 
every  new  parcel.     Thus  my  library  has  gradually  increased,  until  I  am  quite  sur- 
prij*?d  to  find  myself  called  upon  by  every  stranger  visiting  the  city."     For  the»e  lite- 
'  tastes  and  propensities  the  honorary  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  waa  conferred  on 
tim  many  years  ago  by  the  Oglethorpe  University. 
The  editor  of  the  Sottthent  Ltierarif  Mtiietigeft  in  an  able  paper  which  appeared  in 
'  at  publication,  describing  a  visit  madci  personally,  to  Mr.  f^mete's  library,  says,  *♦  Tho 
at  emotion  on  entering  and  casting  the  eye  around  upon  the  magnificent  display  of 
;  ample  shelves,  is  tlmt  of  surpri.se  that  the  visitor  has  not  before  heard  of  so  exten- 
ve  and  luxurious  a  collretion."     He  ferther   says:    **The  library  does  not  rest  its 
I  upon  the  large  number  of  volumes  it  contains,  of  which  there  are  perhaps  8,000» 
at  upon  the  choice  selection  of  the  authors  and  the  great  variety  of  the  editions.     It 
I  eomposed,  principally,  of  English  works  in  all  branches  of  learning  and  the  fine 
la,  embracing  the  earlier  and  the  later  poets,  the  more  celebrated  novelists,  the  best 
tiistoriaus  and  biographers  —  in  a  word,  every  author  that  can  be  called  standard*     Ta 
hese  may  be  added  specimens  of  the  most  ancient  tyjjography,  and  of  the  illuminated 
aanUAcripts  of  the  middle  ages,  such  as  would  tempt  the  most  pious  man  in  the  world* 
"■  he  were  only  a  bibliomaniac,  into  an  utter  di^l^eg«rd  of  the  tenth  if  not  of  the  eighth 
nmandraent.    Wlien  we  *ay  furtlier,  that  all  the  volumes  are  bound  in  a  manner 
Mnost  elegant  known  to  the  trade,  and  are  arranged  in  rich  cases  of  mahogany,  some 
I  may  be  formed  of  the  appearance  of  the  library." 

Tie  Saroiifw/t  Fttpublican  {*ays:  **Thc  man  who  coiUd,  amid  all  the  cares  and  per- 

blexities  of  mercantile  life,  preserve  the  taste  and  inclination  for  books,  and  those  §«>- 

]  from  the  cloAsics  of  every  country  and  time,  is  a*t  much  by  his  e3uimple  a  puhlio 

nefactor  as  he  who  rests  upon  the  la  it  r  els  of  building  railrondn  or  opening  manufae* 

iee,"     *'The  library  contains  the  riches  of  learning,  from  the  elaborate  missal  of  the 

velfth  century  to  the  recent  files  of  modem  magazines.    The  antiquary  delves  in  the 

ack-letter  tome  bearing  the  imprint  of  Caxton,  and  the  admirer  of  Dickens  finds  hia 

kuthor  clad  in  his  best  typographical  dress.     The  enthusiast  in  large  paper  copies, 

irhere  •  a  rivulet  of  text  meanders  through  a  meadow  of  mHrgin/  can  revel  in  his  own 

Gculiar  delight,  and  (ht?  bibliopole  who  rejoices  in  *  only  copi<si/  ♦suppressed  editions,' 

nd  works  valunhle  only  from  some  imperfeetion  which  gives  thefb  rarity,  can  here  find 

nple  room  for  the  indulgence  of  his  taste.     Here  can  be  seen  one  of  the  original 

litions  of  Hogarth,  than  whom  no  greater  pictorial  satirist  ever  existed;  and  there, 

0,  ifl  one  of  the  early  subscription  copies  of  Boydell's  Skakspeare,  who-^e  plates,  worn 

'  frequent  impressions,  have  reduced  engravings  to  cartoons." 

'It4?v.  Ja-^cph  A.  Copp,  IXD.,  of  Chelsea,  in  hia  "note*  of  a  recent  journey  in  the 

ottth,"  read  before  our  Society  Oct,  5,  1859,  gave  a  glowing  and  picturesque  account 

'  •  Tuiit  to  Mr.  Smets's  library,  where,  among  other  objocta  of  interest  thftt  wereahowa 


N*  E.  Hiitoni>i 


npM 


him»  wii  "tlie  Bible  of  Oliver  CromweH,  t  lliick  8to.  Toliunet  willi  f  -  name 

MTitten  by  Mil  own  hand  on  tlie  first  page,  and  dated   1<J19;"    ''tb^  oi  &ff 

Waltct  Scott's  IlLstory  of  Scotland,  with  the  author'^  correction» ; '*  a  fii^ru'.i. 
r  liand  ^Titin?  of  Addiftcm  ;  a  volume  in  the  munwrcript  of  Laurence  Sterne ;  a 
^  'VeUllia«  of  the  early  part  of  tbe  I5th  eentury.  with  others  ancient  and  valunltj 
OOnj  cm  parchment.,  written  in  the  7th  ccntiiryt  und  now  more  than  one  tbooauid  v 
o]o»  the  original  the  production  of  Gregory  the  Great ;  a  ktin  Bible,  folios 
in  1478. 

A  copy  of  the  catalogue  of  Mr.  Smet^'^i  library  b  before  ua,  being  his  books  That  Tro« 
.  aold  at  auction  in  New  York  city  in  May  lof^ ;  a  Tolume,  8tii.,  of  302   '  i' 

24 68  titles  of  books.    A  catalogue  misonne  wa*  comjilvd  by   Mr*  Bmet>» 
^ia  early  prmted  books,  manu»cr(ptj«  &c.     Mr.  Smcts's  ooUcctioii  of  ULtogrBpos,  viu 
waa  krge  and  valuable,  waa  also  aold  in  June  laat. 

Wbsoieix,  Jacob*  a  corresponding  member,  died  at  l?ortsmcmtb,  N.  H.,  Ang, 
18^5,  8"ed  76.    He  was  a  son  of  John  Wendell,  by  his  fscctind  wife,  Dorotliy  (Sbi 
bume)  Wendell »  and  w*a8  bom  in  Portumouth.  Dec*  10,  I7d8*     (See  mcrnoii   by  Be 
Blios  Nason,  anU  p.  420-4274)    Mr.  Wenddl  waa  made  a  corresponding  mexntxcr 
1847. 

TowKHEND,  Capt.  Bobert,  a  corresponding  member,  died  at  Cbln-Kiarg-Foo, 
na,  Aug,  15,  \^m,  a^l  4«.  He  was  bom  in  the  city  of  Albany,  N.  Y^  Oct.  2K  ISl 
was  son  of  Isaiah  and  Hannah  (To v^ti send)  Town*end.  I<vsiah,  son  of  Henry  ai( 
Mary  (Bennett)  Townscnd,  wiis  bom  at  Sterling  Iron  Works,  Orange  Co ,  N.  "" 
Aprils,  1777.  He  died  at  Albany,  Feb.  17,  1831J-  Isiiiah  and  his  younger 
Jolui  were  partoera,  aa  iron  mercbantai,  in  Albany,  die  name  of  the  ^m  being  L  &  \ 
Townaend, 

Hannah,  the  mother  of  Bobert,  was  a  daughter  of  Solomon  and  Anne  Tom 
She  waa  bom  in  the  city  of  New  York,  Au|^.  11,  1784  ;  married  Isaiah  TowuKnd 
Nov*  Ifi,  1809  ;  she  died  after  a  few  hours  ilLn^ts,  whilart  on  a  tIsiI  to  her  ytnmgeil 
daughter,  at  the  residence  of  her  son-in-law,  Lieut  Cob  W*  H.  T.  Walker,  tJ,  I"" 
Army,  at  West  Point,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  3U  1864. 

The  piitenial  and  maternal  grandfathers  of  Capt.  Townscnd  were  bom  at 
Bay,  Long  I>iland,  N.  Y.    Tlwy  were  descended,  each  in  the  sixth  generation, 
two  brothers,  Henry  from  Henry,  and  Solomon  from  John,  who  were  boukh 
Husdorp,  now  Jamaica,  L.  L»  by  Gov,  Peter  Stuyvc^ant,  in    1661,   for  enti 
Quaker is  and  holding  conventicles  at  their  hou^^es-     (See  Brodhead'a  IliHoty 
York,  First  Pejriod,  pp.  637,  638,  689  ;  O'CaHaghan's  HUtory  of  New  Ntflh^rttmS,  ' 
2,  pp.  3oO,  352,  450.)     Henry  and  John  Townscnd,  on  being  banished  from  Ru 
aeUled  at  Oysterbay,  then  under  the  jurisdiction  of  Connecticut. 

The  maternal  grandmother  and  the  paternal  grandfather  of  Capt.  Toimaend  veft 
own  cousins  to  each  other,  their  fathers  having  been  brothers. 

Four  of  the  children  of  Isaiah  and  Hannah  Townsend  dit  d  in  infancy,  and  seven  rf 
the  children  reached  maturity,  viz,:  Isaiah,  b.  in  1813  ;  Anne,  b,  in  1815,  m*  f 
Henry  Hull  Martin,  of  Albany  ;  Robert,  b.  in  1819  j  Franklin,  b.   1821  ;  Ho^ 
in  1823;  Frederick,  b,  in  1825  ;   Mary,  b.  in  1828,  ra.  in  1846,   Captain,  i 
Major  and  Brevet  Lieut,  Colonel,  Wm.  Henry  Talbot  Walker.  U.  S.  A, 

Rohcrt  Townscnd  entered  the  United  States  Navy  as  a  Midshipman,  Au??^.  4,  18S 
and  resigned  his  comniisHion  as  a  Lieutenant,  April  7,  185L     H  *  cuti 

ant  of  Steam  Gunboat  Minrai,  in  1862,  was  eommandtT  of  the  Ir 
in  1863,  of  the  Mohongo  (2d  rate),  in  1864,  of  the  Wachusctt  (:^u   .  , 
1856«     He  died  in  China,  as  before  mentioned,  while  a  commander  of  ^  ^sd. 

Capt.  Town  wnd  married  June  19,   1850.   Harriet,  daughter  of  Xi  T,ro,  of 

Elbridge,  Onondaga  Co.,  N.  Y.    Bobert  Towu^nd,  Jr.,  son  of  Hobeil  uid  HtfriHi 
was  bom  Oct.  4,  1854. 

He  was  made  a  corresponding  member  of  the  Society  in  18o8. 

Cmooi:g,  James  WaAam,  a  resident  member,  died  at  Springfield,  Mass^  Aug 
1807*  aged  74.    He  was  of  the  East  Longmeadow  family  of  that  name,  and  was 
in  Bkndford,  Hampden  Co.,  Mass.,  Aug.  22,  1703. 

He  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1818,  taught  school  in  his  younger  daj 
established  himself  early  as  a  lawyer  in  Springfield,  where  he  resided  more  thaiLl 
century.     He  soon  became  a  recognized  leader  of  tlie  local  democratic  party  | 
various  offices ;  was  one  of  the  aelectmen  of  the  town,  County  Commissioo 
waa  trial  Justice  of  Spring^eld  under  tlie  old  regime  whioh  imiuedijitcly  ] 


1808.1 


E.  Hittorie-Gentatogtcal  Society. 


475 


(establiihment  of  the  present  police  court.    Tot  some  years  before  his  deolh  he  retiied 
from  bufiines?  and  took  no  part  in  public  affairs.    He  was  n  inemb^  r  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity.     Ue  married,  Aug.  12,  1849,  Ann  Jeannette,  the  ddcst  child  af  lioa.  Har- 
Trey  ."tod  Hantiuh  Chapin,  of  Springlield  ;  no  issue. 
Mr.  Crooks  became  a  member  of  the  Society  m  1857i 

BKTANTf  DaTidf  of  Boston,  a  resident  member,  died  while  on  b  visit  to  his  iHenda 
in  Palm^,  M&ss.^  Sept  24,  18S7,  aged  66,    He  was  bom  in  Bradford,  N*  H.,  Jan.  6, 

11801.  His  father,  Benaiah  Bryant,  was  bom  inPlaistow,  N.  H..  Dec.  16,  1772,  resid- 
ed there  as  brickmiikcr  and  cooper  till  1789,  then  rtnuoted  to  Bradford,  N.  IL,  fol- 
Jowing  the  occupations  of  former  and  mechanic  in  tlie  latter  town  until  1843,  when  he 
removed  to  Roxbury,  Mass,,  whore  he  resided  until  hU  death,  Oct.  1,  1846,  tiged  72.  The 
mother  of  Darid,  Mary  (Cre^ey)  Bryant,  b.  in  Uopkinton,  N.H.,  Aug,  0, 1770,  removed 
■with  her  father  to  Brad  lord  in  1779,  After  rhe  death  flf  her  husband  she  resided  with 
icr  son  David,  in  Boston,  where  she  died  Au^,  22*  I8ti2,  oged  86  years  and  16  days, 
J)avid  Brjant,  father  of  Benuuih,  and  grandfavthcr  of  David,  was  born  in  Plaifltow  in 
;174I  ;  he  was  entrusted  by  the  authorities  with  money  to  pay  the  returning  soldiers  of 
ftie  revolution,  a  considerable  amount  of  which  became  worthless  iu  his  bands,  Fhebe 
(Bartictt)  Bryant,  his  widow,  bom  in  Plaistow»  in  1745,  died  in  her  native  town  in 
1810,  aged  96. 
^m  Daniel  Cresey,  maternal  grandFather  of  our  member,  bom  in  Bercrly,  MaflH,*in  1731 ; 
^Ktfsided  tli^Tc  till  the  commencement  of  the  old  French  war,  when  he  enU^^ted  In  the 
^■•enriee  of  his  country,  and  continued  honorably  through  that  war,  until  its  close.  He 
^R^ub9cqut?ntly  settled  in  what  is  now  Salem,  N,  H,,  as  a  farmer.  In  1770,  he  re* 
^^^oved  to  Bradford,  N.  IK,  being  the  third  settler  in  tlie  town,  where  he  died  in  1H17, 
^       Bgcd  »i>  years, 

Atii;;a'ii  (Allen)  Cresey  the  wife  of  Daniel,  aboye,  bom  in  Beverly,  Mass.,  in  1731, 
^died  in  Bradford,  N.  II»,  in  1817,  aged  83  years, 

David  Bryant  resided  in  higi  native  town  till  the  year    1821,  when  he  localed   in 

ttcy,  Miia^,,  where  he  \va*  a  short  time  cngaigcd  as  a  carpenter.      In   182^,  he  re- 

L  to  Boston,  where  he  pursued  ihe  avocati<m«  of  carpenter  and  builder  up  to  1810  ; 

"  that  date  he  was  an  architect,  surveyor  and  superintendent  of  building.     On  the 

L  of  Dec,  1828,  he  married  Nancy  Uardwick  (born  in  Quincy,  Nov.  8,  170*J),  daii, 

lof  Peter  and  Mary  (Peck)  Hardwickt    In  1853  be  remodelled  ihc  interior  of  the  Old 

l^ovincc  House  in  Boston,  built  in  1679.    lliis  building  is  now  used  as  a  minor  theatre, 

pby  Morris  Brothers. 

Mr,  Bryant  wa-*  quite  fond  of  music,  and  made  a  brge  collection  of  singing  hooka, 
some  of  wlii«?h  are  of  an  e^rly  date.     lie  was  for  a  number  of  years  connected  with  the 
^.  choir  of  Bultiiich  Street  Church.    He  became  a  member  of  this  Socicti*  in  1S58, 

^H  WET.n,  Stephen  Minot,  a  resident  member,  died  at  Jamaiea  Plain,  Dec.  13,  1367, 
^■pged  6K  Ho  was  a  son  of  William  Gordon  and  Hannah  (Minot)  Weld,  and  waa  bom 
^Vm  Boston,  Sept,  29,  1806.  (See  memoir  by  Robert  M.  Morse,  Jr.,  Esq,,  atu^,  pp,  X8l* 
^^^87.)    Mr,  Weld  was  made  a  resident  member  in  1855. 

,  Jewett,  Charles  Coffin,  A.M„  yfBs  bom  in  Lebanon,  He.,  Aug.  12,  1316,  and  died 
^^  It  Braintree,  Ma-^s.,  Jan,  l>,  1868,  aged  61  years.  A  notioe  of  the  life  and  chamcter  of 
^■Ttof.  Jewett  win  be  found,  ante,  p,  36^, 

IIoorKii,  Hem.  Robert,  a  resident  member,  died  in  Boston,  March  6,  1868,  aged  77# 
He  was  a  son  of  Captain  Robert  and  ifary  (Glover)  Hooper,  and  grandson  of  Robert 
and  Mary  (IngalU)  Hooper,  and  was  bnm  at  Marblchead,  Nov.  16,  1790.  (8ee  sketch 
life  of  Mr,  Hooper  by  John  H.  Sheppard,  A.M.,  atiU,  pp.  283-287.)  Mx. 
'  became  a  member  of  the  Society  in  January,  1868. 


[Prepared  by  Rov,  Bonea  Clajul,  D*B.,  Hlstortographer  of  t]|^  Soctefy,] 

LrvBLKT,  Rev.  J.  n.,  D,D.      Joel  Harvey  Linsley  WAti  the  son  of  J {>e I  Linsley, 

I  Joel  wn*  bom  at  Bran  ford »  Conn.,  Feb.,  1756,  and  Lcjvina  Gilf>ert,  Iiis  mfe,  waa 

J  bum  in  Wood»t*xVk,  Curni.,  Dee.  '28, 1758.  Joei  Linwey  having:  gone  to  Vermont  to  sur- 

|>ey  lands,  scttlod  at  Cornwall.     In  1704,  he  was  Rcpreeentutrvc  in  the  t>t;ite  Lcgia- 

iuture  ;  in  171*6,  a  memlwr  of  the  Committer  to  revise  the  laws;   in   lfcK>*J,   he  was 

Bppuititfil  presiding  Judge  of  the  County  Courts,  a  position  which  be  retained  for 

|weiv#-  years.    Ho  died  m  1819,  aged  63,     Uu  wiib  Uviuift  died  May  U,  1843, 

'       184, 


476  *V.  E,  Hhtoric'Qene^logical  Socwtij.  [Oc 

Jcjcl  Ilann*  Linslcy  wn«  bora  at  Cortiwiill,  Vt.,  Juk  16,  1790  fthe  tcmti^i  on©  i 


t  liiii,     lie  cntercti  tbe  Law  Office  oi 

>  1812.    He  was  tutor  io  MMdleburj  \ 

I  iht*  Low  Offiw  ofPek^r  Stxvrr,  l^-j.,  ot  Midiikliui^,  Vt. ;  e. 

V  iht»  Bar  fuiil  wt^nt  into  ^Kirtnerrihip  with  Mr.  Starr*     The 


I  pivach  by  tlie  Addison  < 
Andovcr  ami  att«riilfd  Lit  1 
cJ.jMi  *jl  lilt'  ^liininer  Term  tjf  that  year  ( l?*:iC) .    lit  ii:^  lurv! 
I  a  Uommi'^iou  fr«iiM  th**SmtJi  rftriijina  l)nnfivt!**  MiK*ii  ►n?ir; 
'  diebury»  Vt.  in  ^ 
On  arriving  (ji 


Carol  inii 
^  the  Vi-i^r  I-- 
,  In  July  ii' 

dahv 


,1  ». 


i    thrv^ 


iiths  a  City  Mis«^ionury  in  C! 
in.    ,,  IV  ;  1  tu  Vermont.     UiiFcb/SSth,  I- 

lltxi  |M4»l*(i  ut  tile  Stiuth  Church,  IIiLrtlVml,  Conti.*  ux:*'iiiiv   v^csH 
iM>rtbf' K.'i:.  AIm^I  Flint,  D,U,;  ecmoTi  by  Pri»f.   K    T  "Pikib, 
■       ui  that  chorgt?  in  li^'frS,  ftod  un 
*  i  mntor  of  the  [*ark  street  i' 

i^io  Hi.     li^n'.  J)t.  Limhjy  hwl  pr     ■ 

Coin:  <  rjcnin  Tnict  i>.x*ietyi  ibr  the  V. 

])i ;  ^  .  .  '    -ton,  fell  in  with  Messrs*  H*»mt-        i 

|iierchttnt»,  uf  tlmt  citv,  lur  wiuiui  htj  bad  fljrmerly  trtinsacti'd  bupitiu.>»(!  »»  i_  ^ 
Th«?v  hftd  Imi'u  pkiufkil  with  the  wanner  in  which  that  huein«?as  wns  r"tiMf.**fje 
m^  iVirk  Sti'ert  Chiirtr)i  was  tbi^n  vacsint,  they  nr^^fM  him  to  renmin  Mt> 
next  5?**bb:ith.     He  did  s*o,  und  ^e4X^lve^.l  an  imuifdiate  call.     Mr,   i 
tbein  to  thu  Tmct  tso4.*iety .     They  eent  a  coniiijitt*,H!  to  New  York,  w 
fvjlmso  from   that  engagement*      In    March,    1834,    hia    voice    I 
to  St.   Augvjstitto,  Flft.,  and  returned  on  Ivorstdnack  from  thiit  |  i  - 
f  i»)  tbe  spring  of  1835.    With  only  partial  rulid\  and  deKj^Kiinriij  ot  lull 
hrv«i^nfU,  and  wa*s  dii^niiseed  Sept,  *25,  1835,  banii^  previuiihly  :ic^r]irr 
[  dcncy  ot  Marietta  ColJe^e^  Ohio,  then  recently  im?orpomtcd.      ^ 
I  tliau  a  year  at  th<i  Kitst  m  raimni^  funds  for  tbt?  Inetittaion,  he 
►  85,  183B.     Iliii  •  I  with  u\'w  lui^titution  %vti^i  '        ' 

I  lie  then  bpent  t  l  an  agency  Ibr  tlie  Society  ^ 

|ing  bis  home  in  .  .  ,^   .     k  L'ity,     Ikn-vmbt^r  8,  1817,  ...  —  .........  -  ,  ..  . 

[Second  Qjnj^rc'nitionftl  Chiircn  in  Ureenwicb,  Conn.;  sermon  by  Prcs. 
UfYaleColJc^e. 

While  at  llartford.  Dr.  Linwlev  publi*<het!,  in  1R28,  a  volume  of  8« 
to  tbe  **  Middle  Age<J/*    llig  otner  published  works  were  : — An  In 
na  President  of  Marietta  College,  puuliehcd  in  1838  ;  one  DiM?ours»-*  m   ihr 
I  l*reacbiT  ;  Uie^torical  Dit?cour«e  on  entering  the  New  Church,  (Jrecnwicb  ;     ._ 
i  the  15Utli  Anniversary  of  said  Church  ;  and  Feb.  27,  185U,  a  Sermon  io  Pstrkl    . 
Church,  in  conoectiyn  with  two  other  £x-Pa0tors  of  tbat  Church,  publi;4he4 
ihc  "'  Memorial  Volume. '* 

Dr.  Li n^^ley'tt  second  wife  wa«  Mrs.  Thorapson,  the  widow  of  a 
«iirvive«*  him.     His  funeral  sermon  was  preached  by  Rev.   Fred.  <• 
..jnnior  pastor  of  the  church  in  Greenwich,  of  whieh  eburob  he  wtics  sttaar  ^>iti^r  al 
'  the  time  of  hit*  dmtb,  Jlarcb  22^  IHGH.  [Cora,  by  c.  *,  L, 

Dr.  Liuslcy  was  elected  a  corresponding  member  of  this  Society  in  1H47* 

Page,  Kilby,  Esq.,  was  born  in  Boston,  Ma^*,,  Feb.  3,  1797.    Thr  p-»urt  on  Hau 
r  Ter  Bt. ,  now  known  as  Wetiley  Place,  ws«  formerli^'  a  part  of  the  - 
house  where  Mr.  Page  was  bijrn.     lie  was  tbe  sixth  eon  of  Tli 
OjgpweU,  daughter  of  John  Coirewell,  of  Ipt^wich.    Thomas  i'a^c  vs.i^   Hmj 
Hmid  Ptt^and  Sarah  Kilby  Wj^e,  and  Edwurd  wa:^  one  of  lluroe   brut 
0Ini£fr^^  "1  r....,>.  F/n,]jind  t:»  this  <x>un try  in  1740. 

Ivii  iftject  of  tbej>ret?ent  sketch,  was  married  Oct.  SOth,   183Q,  J 

Belx  I  filter  of  the  lion.  Samuel  Dana,  of  Uroton,  Mas^. 

Xii^y  luMi  iuur  chiidreo,  namely  :  Sarah  Aah,  born  IJay  3Dth,  1834,  and 


1868.] 


N.  E>  Historic- Genealogical  Society, 


May  8th,  1861.  KiUfy,  born  May  2J,  1836.  Samml  Dana,  bom  April  30tb,  18^9, 
and  died  Nov.  I8th,  1842  ;  aud  Franas  Dana,  born  Feb.  lOth,  1811,  aad  died  June 
18tb,  1849. 

Kilby  Page^  Jr.,  was  married,  June  IStb,  1866,  to  Anna  Catharine  Hancock, 
and  Btill  uurvivee.    lie  is  dow  a  merchant  in  Bt>8t«')ri. 

|i  Kilby  Page,  Sen.,  rt'sidt'd  in  Bnistoii  till  184*2,  when  he  built  a  bouee  in  Jamaica 

Plain,  and  ix^moved  thither.  In  the  early  [lart  of  his  business  life  be  dealt  in  paper 
bangingH,  but  gave  up  that  business  soon  atW  bis  removal  to  Jumaiea  Plnin.  lie 
then  engaged  in  oommereiat  enterprises,  eepecially  In  the  building  of  ehips ;  but 
about  the  oeginning  of  tb«  late  war,  fi>re8C$emg  the  c*>mmercial  troubles  whieb  would 
grow  out  of  that  <X)nte»tjdiflpo8edof  hia  interest  in  the  shipping  busine«a.     From 

I       tnat  time  heretire<l  from  all  active  business,  beyond  the  care  of  Jiifl  property,  and 

I      died  April    24th,   IB68,  aojcd  71  years.      He  wae  elected  a  resident  member  of 

^lhJ0  Society  Aug.  Idth,  l&m. 

^B  PimfAM,  Rev.  Israel  Warburton,  D.D„  of  Middleborougbi  Mass.,  a  corresponding 
^f  taember  of  this  SocitJty,  died  in  thut  town,  May  3,  1868.  He  waa  bom  in  Danver*, 
H  Kov*  24,  1786,  and  was  consequently  81  years  of  age.  He  was  the  son  of  Ele&zer  and 
r  Sarah  (Puller)  Putnam.  Hia  father  was  a  descfmdant  of  John  Putnam,  who  came 
early  to  Salem,  and  hia  mother  descended  from  Samuel  Fuller  of  the  Mjiyilower  com- 

»puiy,  thu8  blending  In  his  veins  some  of  the  best  blood  of  the  Plymouth  and  Masxa" 
•ebuaetta  colonies.  He  was  carried  three  milfs  on  a  very  cold  day  —  the  second  day 
after  his  birth  —  to  be  baptized  by  the  Rev,  Benjamin  Wadjiwortb,  and  was  trained 
'With  fill  the  religious  strictness  of  that  period.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  be  besought  hia 
father  to  allow  him  to  go  to  school  at  Andover,  and  his  lather  consented  on  the  con- 
dition that  he  would  walk  over  the  ten  miles  to  Andovcr  on  Monday  mornings  and 
back  on  Saturday  nights,  and  get  boarded  between  for  one  dollar  a  week  —  all  of  which 
he  did*  He  fitted  for  eollego  at  Franklin  Academy,  and  at  North  Andover,  under 
Master  Kaapp,  and  entered  Harvard  College  in  1805,  at  the  age  of  nearly  nineteen. 

In  bis  So[  homore  year  oceurred  the  great  "bread  and  butter  rebellion,**  in  which  he 

shared.     Commons  were  so  bad  that  the  students  could  stand  it  no  longer*  and  so  they 

went  into  the  hall  and  waited  until  the  *^ blessing"  was  '*  asked*"  and  then  quietly 

^B 'withdrew,  getting  their  meals  elsewhere.    This  went  on  some  ten  days.    The  govern - 

^BtDCot  of  the  College  called  this  rebellion,  and  ret^uired  the  students  to  submit  and  con- 

^Plesa,  which  the  students  refused  to  do.    The  regular  exercises  were  auspended.    Fi- 

^K  fiaOy*  at  the  interposition  of  Harrison  Oray  Otis  and  Samuel  Dexter,  a  truce  was 

V  patched  up  and  a  sort  of  confession  signed  by  most  of  the  students,  and  ("ollege  went 

on  again  to  the  end  of  his  Sophomore  year.     But  there  were  great  hcart^buminga,  and 

his  dass  was  mainly  broken  up.     He  applied  with  others  for  dbmlHsion,  and  to  be 

ommended  ad  mtndem  to  Dartmouth.    They  gave  him  (and  all  the  recusanti)  a  oer» 

ate  in  a  ^ualijied/orm.     On  presenting  himself  to  the  Dartmouth  faculty  he  was 

I^Gcepted  on  everything  but  this,  but  was  intinrmed  that  he  nould  not  be  received  on 

"  at  certificate.     He  wrote  to  a  legal  friend  in  Boston,  who  brought  an  action  against 

sideut  Webber  on  hi*  behalf.    The  principle  applying  to  the  whole  was  fought  out 

I  his,  a»  a  test  ca«e,  and  the  faculty  were  worsted,  and  compelled  to  give  him  a  dis- 

Disaion  in  regular  and  ordinary  fonn,  and  on  this  he  was  received  at  Hanover,  where 

he  graduated  with  honor  in  181)9.     He  then  entered  the  oifice  of  an  eminent  relative  in 

EalcxQ,  Judge  Putnam,  to  study  law.     Here,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Samuel  Wor- 

Fcester,  D.D.,  he  became  hopefully  a  ehriatian,  and  was  led  by  young  Poor,  afterwards 

[  10  famous  at  Ceylon  in  mis-^ionary  servioe,  to  decide  to  devote  himself  to  the  ministry. 

He  aoGOrdingly  left  Judge  Putnam's  office  for  the  Seminary  at  Andoveri  where  he 

graduated  in  IS  14.     He  preached  bi^  first  »ermon  at  Rev.  Mr*  Dodge's  church  in 

^Haverhill,  Mass*,  Ist  July,  1814.    After  leaving  the  Seminary  he  preached  at  Brook- 

'tld,  then  three  Sabbaths  at  Gloucester,  then  four  Sabbaths  at  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

(Nov,  6-27,  1814).     At  the  end  of  the  four  Sabbathsj  he  received  a  call  with  great 

aanimity  from  the  Church,  concurred  Lu  by  a  majority  of  the  legal  voters  present  of 

Ithe  parish. 

It  was  the  day  of  the  outbreaking  of  the  Unitarian  controversy.  Dr.  Buckminster, 
i  old  pastor,  had  been  Orthodox,  and  the  Church  were  so,  but  a  majority  of  the 
rish  were  the  other  way.  It  had  so  happened,  Providetitially  however,  that  he  had 
en  led,  without  any  special  plan  in  doing  so,  to  preach  all  day  on  his  &rst  Sunday 
I  a  candidate,  on  **  the  goodness  of  God,"  and  this  so  pleased  so  many,  who  otherwise 
ght  have  opposed  him,  as  to  give  him  the  majority  vote  of  concurrence. 
It  was  with  him  a  aerioua  question  whether  it  was  his  duty  to  accept  a  call  under 
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N,  £•  Hhtoric-Gen&ilogii-al  Society, 


[OcU>l 


^rcumstanoes  of  bo  much  deUcacj ;  but  after  a  prayerful  consideratlcm  of  the  subject 
■aceptod  it,  tad  •  Council  wm  convmcd  for  hia  or'dinDLtion<  Mflfth  1 6th,  IH15.     Bt-ft 
this  CouncQ  &  protest  wta  filed  against  their  prooedure  to  ordain  the  candidttte, 
up  with  great  ability^  and  algned  by  more  memberi  of  the  pariah  than  had  Totcd  to 
llie  call.    The  Coundl»  howeTcr,  &ially  voted  to  peocsecd  with  the  otdinjation 
ft&d  Her.  Ht*  Porter,  of  Andover,  preached  the  eermon  from  the  text,  ^'  Who  U  ntjicimi 
/or  th^e  thin^t  f* 

The  miniatry  of  Mr.  Putnam,  in  Portsmouth,  continued  twenty  rean,  aod  wv  highly 

01  members  into  the  church.     He  waa 


tq\  Mutti.,  OcL  28th«  of  the  aame 

ngrcgational  Church  thirty  ycuii 

xiuv.  Rufus  M.  SawyeTi  at  tbo  tiiaa 


succcaafuL     During  hi«  ministry  he  re<??tyed  301 

diamiaaed  in  March,  1835,  and  re-actr 

7ear«  wliere  he  officiated  aa  pastor  ot 

with  much  succeaa,  and  waa  coUeaguv  ^^wt  wllj 

of  hia  death. 

In  186S  he  preached  Ma  half*oeiDtujy  eermon,  ooTering  the  twenty  jeors  at  Porta- 
mouth,  and  the  thirty  at  Middleboro',  and  hia  brethren  gathered  around  him  to  do  him 
honor,  from  £u^  and  near.  Hetiring  aoon  after  &om  the  paraonage  to  a  hooae  which  he 
made  hia  own,  he  atill  continued  to  labor  aa  he  waa  able,  until  the  disease  proatiated 
him  which  terminated  his  life,  after  week«  of  sufBerlug,  borne  with  unfailing  patieeoa. 
HJa  funeral  waa  attended  at  the  Congregational  Meeting- House,  where  he  had  ao  loBg 
labored,  by  a  large  concourse  of  people  and  of  the  clergy,  on  Wedneaday*  May  C 
oo  which  occasion  Rct.  Dr.  Dexter  of  Boston  preached  the  sermon.  It  ia  mukx- 
atood  that  a  more  formal  memoir  of  Dr.  Putnam  ia  already  in  course  of  preparatian 
by  a  competent  hand. 

Pbockkdikcs* 

Boston f  Wednesdaif,  July  I,  1888.    A  quarterly  xnectiJig  waa  held  this  i 
at  three  o^clook,  at  the  Society 'a  roomfl  No.  17  Bromfield  street.     The  Hoo*  John 
TjVentworth,  LL.D.,  of  Chicago,  111.,  was  called  to  tlic  chair. 

Mr.  Jeremiah  Culbum ,  of  Bo(ston>  the  chainnao  of  the  library  committee,  i 
M  donations  since  the  last  meeting,  71  TolumcB  and  r  '  ! 't*.   Amcmg  tbct 

tious  was  a  complete  set  of  the  ''London  Notes  anl  the  gift  of  Me 

"Wilder,  Whitman,  Upton,  Appleton,Colburo,  BraJi/o.  * ,  i -woe,  Sheppard,  N^ 
Corey,  Hodgesfl,  and  Kidder,  membere  of  the  &)ciety.    'thirty-four  yolamee  on  geoe^ 
alogy  were  abo  presented  by  W.  11.  Whitmore,  A.M. 

The  report  of  the  Rev.  Edmund  F.  SkfVor,  A.M.,  the  oorr€«potMliD|p  SDcretnry,  i 
Tend,  Letters  of  acoeptanoe  had  lieen  received  from  the  f<jUuwing  gontlc^mi 
had  been  elected  reaideut  mem.ljerj'  of  the  Socit-tv,  namely,  lion.  Peter  T.  Wai 
of  Woodi?tock»Vt.  ;  Hon  Charle*  II.  Bell,  of  Exeter,  N.  H. ;  David  P.  Uotton^ 
of  New  York  city  ;  Gilbert  A.  DavisLKeq-t  of  Felchville,  Vt. ;  Hon,  Ariel  8. 
ton,  of  Elmira,  N.  Y. ;  and  Rev.  W.  T.  Mallalieu  and  Mr.  William  H.  C.  U^ 
of  Beaton. 


^tnry,  wai 
LowrcnaflH 


The  Rev.  Dome  Clark,  D.D.,  of  Wnltham,  the  hiatorbgrapher,  read  a  bloj^phi- 
eal  sketch  of  Her.  George  H.  Noyes,  D.D.,  of  Cambridge,  an  honorary  member,  W^ 

died  June  3,  1868. 

The  board  of  dircctore  nomiiiated  five  cajididatos  for  rcaideiit  membKiihipp 
were  elected. 

The  Rev.  Frederic  W.  Holland,  A.M.,  of  Rutland,  Vt.,  read  a  carefuH^r  prsfttid 
pii]>er  on  the  '^  Rutland  County  Insuirection."  This  paper  will  appear  in  the  dais 
number  of  the  Register. 


iphi-     J 


Boston,  August  1. — At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors « held  thi^c 
for  the  purpose  of  taking  some  notice  of  the  death  of  Hon.  Samuel  D.  Bell,  one  < 
the  Vice  Presidents  of  the  Society,  the  following  resolutions  were  passed  :^ 

Whkrkas,  it  haHjjleasc^l  the  Great  Dimxjser  of  event*  to  remove  from  tliia  life  t&0 
Honorable  Samuel  D.  Bell,  LL.D.,  one  oi  the  Vice  Presidents  of  this  Society, 

Resolved,  That  this  Sodety  deeply  deplores  the  death  of  this  enunent  ju 
scholar  and  antiijuary. 

Rijolved,  That  by  this  event  this  Society  snstiiins  the  h)«  of  one  of  its  meet  diij 
tinguishodi  and  honored  membeTs ;  the  profeagioii  uf  the  law  a  leamod  aod  ] 


m 


hstorte-^ 


iJo^ 


"ociety. 


juiift ;  and  the  historicd  and  iyitiqaariii.ii  world  tin  accurate,  learned  Emd  kborions 
fitudtint. 

Resolved,  That  this  Society  Tecognlzcs  the  rare  public  and  private  virtuee  of  the 
de<ieo«edj  his  uprightTieas  and  impartiality  in  the  dboharge  of  his  great  iudioial 
office ;  hifl  uniform  kindness  and  amenity  of  manner,  and  uis  exempmiy  cnriiftian 
lite. 

Resolved,  That  the  Secwtnry  of  this  Board  he  requested  to  oommnmcate  a  copy  of 
these  reeoltitiotts  to  the  ftimily  of  the  deceased. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Dean,  Charh«  W*  Tuttle,  Esq.,  was  appointed  a  committee  to 
■     attend  Uie  funeral  of  the  deceased. 

^P  Boston^  September  2. — Tlie  regular  meeting  wa«  held,  at  No,  17  Bromficld  street,  at 
^Bthreeo^cltx-k  thin  afternoon.  Mr,  Frederic  Kidder  was  called  to  the  chair,  and 
^■William  IL  Wbitmore,  A.M.,  waa  chosen  uecretary. 

The  report  of  the  chairman  of  the  library  committee  showed  that  3-1  vrilam^,  1*39 

IjMimphlpte  and  1  en^ravin^,  "  Viuw  of  Boston  in  1768,"  had  been  reoeived  aa  dona- 
tioD  fiioct  tiiu  mectiii«^^  in  July  laat. 
The  rejxirt  oi  the  corrci^poadinj^  secretary  Hcknnwl^di]:pd  the  roeeipt  of  letters  ac- 
Ciepting  rtt«ident  memJiersliip  from  Uon.  Luke  V\  P^lnnrl  and  Hon*  Benjamin  IL 
Steele,  uf&?t.  Johjiglniry,  V't.  ;  Mr.  John  Cireenk a f^Viu tiler,  ufAmesbury  ;  JohnM* 
Shirley,  Er!q.,  of  Andover,  N*  II. ;  8vlvamis  J*  Miucy,  Et*t|.,  of  New  York  city  ;  and 
I  John  Gardner,  Elijah  Smallcyand  ToerKlore  1\  Hale,  EHciuirefl,  of  Buebon. 
^K  The  bistoriofmipher  read  biti^iphii^l  pketehea  of  two  memljers  lately  deceased, 
^Buoniely,  Kev.  WiJliiim  Allen,  1M>.,  of  Nortlmmpton,  Mant;.,  author  of  the  American 
^m^ittgraphtcat  Dictionary,  and  Hon.  Chandler  Ettutman  Potter,  of  Mancheeter,  N.  H., 
^P  author  of  the  History  of  Manchtstcr. 

I  The  twjard  of  directors  nominated  aix  candidatcfl  for  memherehip,  namely,  five 

aa  reeideut  and  one  aa  Cijrretfponding,  wlio  were  elected. 

W.  n,  Whitm^jre,  A.M.,  presented  a  draft  of  wrtain  altemtiona  in  the  By-tAW8 
intended  to  make  it  incumbent  upon  all  meml>en^  bereatter  joinin;^  the  Society  to 
^•Aubficrihe  to  its  publieatiouB.     Coder  the  rules  the  matter  wae  laid  over  till  the  Octio- 
^■faer  meeting. 

^■^  An  extract  from  a  letter  was  read  from  the  Rev.  Mr.  Davids  of  Colchet«ter.  Enr,, 

^■Jn  reference  U)  a  proposed  "Free  Cburc^h  Hir*toncal  Societv"  in  England,    The 

^^rospMBCtuB  of  the  S<jciety  (the  feubstance  of  which  will  be  found  in  **  Notes  and 

Queries^')  was  abft)  read* 

The  Kev.  John  A.  Vinton^  A.M.,  read  a  paper  relative  to  the  famous  Wheelwrij^ht 

tdeed  of  lBiJ9,    The  paper  went  into  a  brief  history  of  the  claim  of  Capt.  John  Ma>jon, 

his  heini  and  atai^ne,  to  the  territory  now  embraeed  within  the  limits  of  New  Flamp- 

ihiro  ;  referred  to  the  case  of  Allen  reraus  Waldmn,  tried  liefore  the  Superior  Court 

Df  that  Provinee  in  1707,  wlieii  the  pretende<l  Wheelwright  deed  of  1G29  wits  pro- 

'l  in  l.tar  of  the  cluim  of  Murjd  ;  ajnd  fihowed  that  in  view  i>f  all  the  eircum- 

i  of  that  ease,  there  is  a  Htmni^  prulaftility  thiit  this  deed  was  f^rirtnl  to  meet 

lcxigcneieM)f  the  occasion.  The  paper  then  went  into  a  partieular  examination  of 

Ithe  dw<i  itf«lf,  ahowin^  that  it  cont'iias  intemtil  evidenee  of  its  spuriousness,  in 

Lite  pe*:uliar  structure;   trie  nature  of  its  pruviniouB  ;  and  in  narticular  the  statement 

liHi'Tein  contained  that  John  Wheelwright  was  **  late  of  Eoffkud,**  whereas  it  is  now 

firell  known  tiiat  he  wa.^  in  1629  «till  vicar  of  Bii»by  in  £ngland.     The  spurioua 

lehanu-ter  of  the  dee<l  waij  ahown,  in  eon  elusion,   from   various  external   coneidera- 

[tions,  t^pei'ially  from  the  fact,  now  clearly  t^tablisbed,  that  not  one.  or  at  leat^t  but 

kone,  of  Ui(!  nine  wttneases  could  have  Imm  prt^cnt  at  the  time»    Ihe  letter  fnmi^ 

IXeal  and  Wiggin,  diitcd  Au;;.  13,  1033.  ec>metime«  quoted  in  pnpport  of  the  deed  of 

116^,  waa  aliiu  proved  t*j  he  a  forgery,  and  the  deposition  of  Mr.  Wheelwright, 

'atod  Oct,  13,  16(J3,  shown  to  refer  to  the  tranfiactioni}  of  1638. 


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Book  Naticu* 


[Octobefi^ 


BOOK  NOTICES. . 

A  History  of  Massadhu^eUa  in  tJw  Ciml  War,  By  Wiluam  ScnorLi 
late  A(^jutant-Generalof  tbeCoromoQweaUh.  Boston:  E-P.  Dutto 
&  Co.,  Publishers.     1868.     pp.  xv.  and  670. 

No  State  5!nrpa*»e<l  ^lassacbusette  in  an  early  find  prompt  ropponse  to  the  calls  t_ 
the  Fedeml  Guveniment  for  troops  at  the  outbrenk  of  the  mte  wsir,  nor  in  u  eheerCat 
and  constant  support  of  the  Govermi'nt  during  its  pri>gree8,  by  mtii.  m  ru-y^ 
otlier  flupplies.     I^one  bare  the  losees  find  extraordinary  burdens  c.  In 

yf  I th  ft  more  li eroic  dctcrm i  na lion  to  w  in  »\i ccesi*  ^  i f  p In  ck ,  enerp%  ty 
sacrifices  Cf>uld  win.    To  this  end  her  Bijldier-eitizens  ebed  their  \iloLid  on  all 
every  battlefield,  and  the  bodiet*  of  her  dmd  Bon«  moulder  in  the  mil  of  every 
trodden  by  the  armie*.    The  reeord  of  her  volunteers  in  the  nr-  •     •  ^  in  the  nftt 
ie  Httfe  in  the  memorie*  of  livinc:  men»  as  well  es  in  the  annuls  < 

Nevcrtbek'Bfi,  it  was  emiTiently  fit  that  the  history  of  Mas^a      .        :  m  t)u^  CU 
War  ehouid  be  written  while  that  history  wa«5  fresh  in  the  recollection  ti 
were  thoronghly  aaiuainted  with  it»  since  none  of  the  next  g©neratij>fi  .\i 

understand,  and  none,  even  of  the  living,  can  reaeonably  hope  to  remeiulx:r,  Wil 
dlBtinetiiesH,  all  the  facts  that  shouid  enter  into  such  a  history. 

The  regimental  rolls,  gcaernl  orders,  correspondence,  and  other  recordii  oT  t 
varioua  buretms  of  the  Stiite,  vast  tm  they  now  are,  may  remain  for  gcsae    ^' 
to  come,  or  the  work  of  completing  thein  mny  l>e  carried  forward  til!  every  ma 
be  folly  accounted  for,  yet  we  feel  eafe  in  saying  that  without  this  history,  by  C. 
Schooler,  before  him,  no  man  will  bo  able,  after  the  lapeeof  the  nejtt  twenty  ^ 
to  write  a  complete  history  of  the  part  MaHsachusettfl  took  in  the  war.    The*' 
of  that  history,  the  figures  and  names,  may  be  preserved  in  our  archivei«  1 
power  to  clothe  them  with  living  flesh  will  be  wantini^  :  Pjr  the  mco  wbogc' 
nelm  of  State,  or^tiizcd  and  watched  over  the  regiments  from  the  d»j 
inueter-in  till  their  final  discharge,  oonductetl  the  public  and  private  oorreif 
and  negotiations  relating  to  the  war.  who  knew  all  tlie  facta  and  circuniBtajMKS  ; 
they  transpired,  and  who  also  knew  the  biatory  of  much  that  was  neccssBrily  j 
in  the  operations  of  the  State  and  Federal  Governments,  will  have  pacified  ^ 
Other  men  may  compile  the  statistics,  but  the  spirit  capable  of  interpreting^ 
meaning  will  be  dumb. 

The  book,  before  ns,  cont-iine  Bometbing  Ixseides  regimental  rolls  and  dates  of « 
minions.  It  is  both  a  roster  and  a  history ;  a  history  not  only  of  Maaancti 
during  the  war,  but,  to  some  extent,  a  history  of  the  wiir  it*«clf.  It  is  rcpleli 
interesting  tncident<<  of  the  camp,  the  march, and  the  battLefield,  and  with  9ke| 
officers  and  men.  It  is  written  with  an  evident  intc^ntion  on  the  part  of  the  I 
to  be  accurate  in  his  statementfi  and  to  do  exiict  juBticCf  without  tear  or  faTor,^ 
concerned. 

iJmvery  and  faithfulnoag  to  duty,  whenever  and  wherever  displayed,  an)  da 
credit^Ml  to  ofEeei'??  and  men,  while  neglect  of  duty,  incompetency,  trickery 
oharlattinism  are  fearlessly  set  dnwn  to  the  score  of  tho«e  who  were  guilty, 
men ,  heroes  on  paper  but  high  in  cvtmmaod ,  arc  here  stripped  of  the  false  honors  \ 
I  tht7  sought  to  wejir  by  slieer  f  ircc  of  audacih^  and  vulgar  cunning,  wbtle 
'  too  modest  to  truni|)et  their  own  deeds,  here  tind  for  the  firet  time  ao  appr 
clin>ntcler. 

We  earnestly  wish  that  this  book  could  be  read  by  every  family  in  the  State,  • 
we  rest  assured  that  all  who  read  it  will  runli^  the  groat  debt  of  obligation  Miu 
chu8ettfiowe«U>  (ieneral  Schoulerj  not  only  for  bis  arduous  laboreaa  Adyutant-Getierali 
but  for  writing  this  Ijook. 

The  volume  is  frtnu  the  well  known  press  of  Wilson  &  Son,  and  is  enriched  by  aa 
excellent  steel  plate  engraved  likeness  of  Governor  Andrew,   by  Stuart,  a  — ^ 
young  artist  of  Bostt>n, 

The  author  announcee,  in  bis  preface,  that,  if  encouraged  to  do  so,  he  will  ai  , , , 
ment  this  volume  by  one  devoted  to  the  three-years^  regiments  and  batteries,  ii  \ 
followed  by  another  devoted  to  the  action  of  the  cities*  and  tt)wns.     We  would  sug 
to  the  publi6ht?rs  the  issuing  of  a  less  expensive  edition,  so  as  to  bring  the  work 
more  general  circulation,  and  secure  for  the  author  his  only  adequate  comp 


1868.] 


jmk 


ioHC69* 


for  io  much  labor,  namely,  an  abundance  of  rwiderB,  A  new  edition  would  ak© 
eaabk  the  author  to  supply  Bome  etraiige  omissions,  com?ct  the  errors  in  this  volume, 
and  add  to  it  a  good  Indej^. 

The  Court  Sermon :  1674.  Supposed  to  have  been  written  by  GaBEM 
Burnett,  Bishop  of  Salisbury,  Cincinnati :  Robert  Clarke  &  Co*, 
Publishers,  1868.     Svo.  (large  paper),  pp.  viii.  and  54* 

From  the  preface  to  this  volume  signed  R.  C.^  which  we  take  to  be  the  initials  of 
the  name  oi  one  of  the  publishers ,  we  learn  tiiat  this  Bernion,  ip  manu?«iTipt,  waa 
obtained  about  eleven  yeara  ago,  frum  Londou,  where  it  was  aavortLsed  in  an  old- 
book  catalo^rue^  as  **  MS.  Court  Sermon,  1674  ;  *'  and  that  the  manuecript  is  neatly 
written,  and  tt)iiUiin8  one  hundred  and  twenty-six  pages,  six  inches  by  three  and  a 
quarter  in  i^ize.  The  peculiaritiefl  of  the  original,  aa  to  spelling*  &e.,  have  been 
carefuliy  folluwed. 

The  author  dedicated  his  sermon  **  To  the  Right  Hon>^  Jame«  Duke  of  Ormond, 
Lord  Steward  of  his  Ma'^**  Houw.Vhold,  Knight  of  the  mo6t  Noble  Order  of  the  Gar- 
tcr»  And  Chanoellour  of  the  Vniversitie  oi  Oxfi>rd,"  and  this  address  has  been 
photographed t  and  prefixed  Ui  the  printed  sermon. 

The  signature  **  G.'  Bur:",'*  alhxed  to  the  addreaa^  cannot  be  in  the  hand-writing 
of  the  author,  however,  nor  was  it  jjhictHi  there  with  bis  wm&eiit ;  since  he  s^iys : 
•*It  fthe  Si'rmon)  was  prepared  fur  his  Ma:'^"  <mn  hearing,  hut  things  have  Inter- 
Tcnea  to  hinder  it  trom  Ij^in^  preaehed  K^fijre  him.  And  being  fit  for  no  other  Audi- 
tory, I  confes^e  I  could  mjt  hinder  my  et^lf  from  wishing,  Tliat,  in  writeing,  it  might 
lie  found  not  alltogether  vnusetull.  My  bjnL  there  its  no  vanitie  in  the  caiae,  8ineo 
the  Aut hour's  name  shall  for  euer  l>e  eoueeal  u.'* 

We  ask  then^  upon  what  j^round  enu  it  l>e  suppoeed  that  Gilbert  Burnett  wrote 
this  sernion,  and  its  dedication  ?  J^lr.  Clarke  gives  aomo  reaeona  for  and  against  the 
euppoi»ltiuu. 

It  is  mid  (Notes  axo  Queries,  3d  Series,  Vol.  12.  p*  367)  that  the  MS.  is  not  in 
I  the  hand- writing  of  Burnett,  But  that  proves  nutlimg  as  to  the  authorshin  ;  for  it 
18  unreiusonable  U>  suppose  that  the  uutbur  would  have  stupidly  fumiBhed  the  Duke 
I  with  the  very  means  of  ascertaining  his  name,  when  in  fact  he  was  certain  that  **  tho 
1  Authour's  name  shiill  for  euer  lie  concoird.  • '  Of  courisJc,  he  sent  a  copy  of  the  MS. 
[in  another's  hand-writing.  It  addis  nothing  to  the  rt^asonahleneas  of  the  «upi>fj«^itioii 
I  to  cite  the  facts  that  Burnett  had  heeu  a  ehaplniu  to  the  king,  and  that,  previous  to 
y*  Septemtier  the  10th,  1071,'*  the  date  of  the  address,  he  bad  been  depoised  ;  lor  the 
I  king  had  other  chapkiaB  at  the  same  time,  and  may  have  deposed  others  besides 
I  Burnett, 

The  author  claims  in  hh  nddress  to  the  Duke  to  have  been  '*  bred  "  at  Oxford, 

[and  to**  have  lived  much  abroad  ; '*  but  as  Buniett  tjx>k  his  Master's  degree  at 

I  Alierdeen  b<*fure  he  visits  fourteen,  and  a^  he  pas&i^  onlv  a  few  months  at  Oxford,  in 

I  I6ti3,  and  that  ttw  iu  studying  Matbematic*  under  Dr.  ^Vallis ;  and  tks  he  remained 

abritadf  i*tudving  Hebrew,  at  Aaii<terdam,  alx>ut  pix  months  only,  it  is  not  probable 

that  he  would  have  made  such  claims,  unless  we  suppose,  with  Air.  Ckrke,  that  he 

wished,  by   thid  exngrfenition,  to  prevent  the  Duke  frum  identifying  him.    Those 

who  are  famih'ar  witli  Burnett's  XIiHtorieal  Works  will  nut  need  to  be  told  that  he 

I  was  culpable  urexnggerutiuo. 

The  signature  is  in  the  same  style  of  bond -writing  aa  the  addrese,  and  was  placed 

Jiere,  uiidiiuhtcdlv,  by  a  contem|H>rar^'  huud,  which  tends  to  ^ive  strength  to  tho 

wppohitivUi  that  liurnett  wrote  the  original  MS*    It  is  probame  that  a  close  com- 

[  pins' Ji  of  the  style  and  language  of  this  sermon  with  the  unduubttHi  writings  of 

JJiirottt  would  autijsfaetorily  determine  tho  tpit^Btiou  of  autfioiKhip. 

The  w'rmiio,  remHrkal)lelx>th  in  matter  and  (brm,  is  fouudL^l  upon  those  seemingly 
I  eontra<Jicti»ry  ii\junetioa'4  eontaini^d  in  verses  4  and  5  of  the  26th  chapter  of  Pro- 
I  yerhe,  and  it  is  a  pity  that  anything  *'  inti-rvened  to  hinder  it  from  l)eing  preached 
in  his  Ma^**"^  own  heJiring,'*  for  no  king  was  ever  mure  thoroughly  the  victim  of 
cril  D>un.sellor8  and  flatterers  than  was  this  one.  Nor  would  it  be  in  vain, 
I  we  hope,  if  its  clear  and  exhauetive  analysis  of  the  workings  of  the  human  heart, 
I  and  its  pointed  relmket*  of  official  corruption,  could  be  brought  home  to  the  prinoes 
I  and  jKJJiple  of  the.«e  days. 

The  jHiltlishers  have  printed  and  bound  this  volume  in  beautiful  st vie,  and  if  thig 
I  »a  specimen  of  the  handjemft  of  Messrs,  Clarke  &  Company,  our  Western  friends 
I  need  not  eomc  to  the  East  to  have  their  best  printing  done.     Only  150  copies  !»?© 
Iweai  prinUKl,  and  the  price  is  $2,00  per  volume,  including  postage. 
'     Vol.  XXIL  41* 


Vcpficii* 


^or  the 


oe  ny  luiure  generations. 

Part  !5ecj>nJ  of  the  volume  occujuies  394  pages,  and  oinUirw 
of  the  **  Military'  Hi8^>ry  of  New  HampBhire  frum  its  ^tllemiint 
■  year  1861/*  which  wiis  begun  in  the  n?purt  for  the  year  186©,*  wbi 


S^rt  of  the  Adjutant' General  of  the  State  of  New  Mampshire  for  the 
year  ending  June  I,   1S68,      Manchester:    John  B.  Clarke,  Si 
Priuter,     1868,     8ro.  pp.  xviii.  and  636 

Port  Finit  of  this  handiiomely  printed  volume  is  devoted  to  the  aimaal  ncport 
General  HeAd,  Adjutant,  Inspector  and  Quariennastec^Gcneral  of  the  Slate* 
perusing  the  report  we  «ee  that  under  his  energetic  and  lealoua  admintfltraticiii 

progresfl  has  been  made  during  the  p«iFt  year  io  perfecting  the  new  mililia  vj , 

anait  would  appear  tliat  New  Hampshire  now  haa  not  only  a  better  system,  but  a 
&r  more  efficient  military  foree  within  her  bordcat  than  »he  has  had  Ibr  maoy^^cttn. 
The   le6R>na  taught  bv  a  m^yerv  onrn'rictiOB  wiU  not  have  baen  Id  fnm^  if  the 

eitiKens  of  that  State  eball  bencefortk  my ^  ^—       *'    -■-■  ^  :-     -  t^^  effort  ti> 

r^trganize^  di^ipline  and  keep  up  a  body  uJ  \  e  tha  licfl 

rmnthority  for  raying,  is  one  of  the  surest  t^  .^^._.u     .  __,  ^    .._  ^,  ^    tXM/mni  tiit 
>ple. 

embodied  in  thiii  report  are  corrections  and  additions  to  former  rcporia, 
tlo  complete  the  military  history  of  the  8tate  in  the  Civil  W»r*    Few  8tai 
llnade  as  much  prt>grese  in  thiH  jm^iortiint  work,  and  the  efforts  of  the  A^jur 
Laral  in  thU  direction  entitle  him  to  the  gratitude  of  every  eon  of  New  Hj 
Ifiis  untiring  labors  in  thij^  respect  may  not  be  fully  appreciated  now,  but 
'he  by  future  generations. 

""         *        ■     -    ■         •  .      _».  ,  .^^   ^1^^   oondi 

i^nt  in  16^  ^j 

,    wbera  the  iiaimti< 

U  hnmght  down  to  the  year  1812 

This  work  ia  not  ft  mere  compilation  of  namesi  and  datejt  from  reoordft  carrJu! 
preiterved  in  the  archives  of  the  State,  but  it  is  an  historicAl  narratiTe  of  all  the  m 
tary  events  in  which  the  State  was  concerned.    Few  records  rel*^  ♦'■-"'  ^-^  ti,.... 
,  ana  thoee  inaccurate  and  Incomplete,  were  in  the  posscefiion  ^  ; 
history  was  undertaken,    llem-e  few  can  appreciate  the  vast  In 
remarKable  success  that  has  rewarded  that  lahtjr,  unless  it  lit  reiaombcnii 
moAt  of  the  factSf  and  a  large  p>rtion  of  the  rolls  here  printed,  have  b^m  ga  " 
from  private  sources.    The  narmtivc  is  ilUiBtmted  with  nuiuen-ii    "^        f  b' 
which  give  a  value  to  the  work  not  to  be  liichtly  estimated.    1  ^l 

of  the  work  is  unquestionable,  but  we  have  noticed  the  IVillowini:  n 
(P.  Second,  Report  for  18*i8) :  Jow?ph  hmk  should  be  J*xsc|ili  tjoik 
Philbric,  Reuben  Philbrick;  Micawljuh  Pailt^ley,Micfyah  Pailsley ;    v   .„.., 
William  Peirce;  and  John  Sanders,  John  Saunders. 

The  Military  History  of  New  Hampshire  up  to  this  time  is  nowmibetaxitliitly 
plete.    It  is  a  record  of  which  every  patriot  may  well  Ije  pr^md,  and  for  which  ct( 
native  of  that  State  owes  a  debt  of  thankfulness  to  those  who  prepared  it,  and 
the  Li^o^iiilature  that  authorized  the  exyjense  involvefJ  in  the  undertaking. 

In  the  prepamtion  <^f  tbi.s  history  the  learn  iui;  and  resources  of  the  late  Col 
ler  E.  Potter  were  calle<l  into  service  by  the  A^ijutant-Uenenil,  who  says  of  CoIl. 
Potter,  "  nearly  the  entire  matter  pubfiBhed,  which  1  was  unable  to  obtain  fn 
ofliciftl  eourocs,  has  been  fiirnislied  ty  him»  and  is  the  result  of  man^  yeam  c»f 
March  and  patient  inquiry.    But  for  him,  murh  valuable  informatioii  and  m 
[important  rolls  and  documents  would  of  nweesity  have  l^een  omitted,      Uis  ktiol 
[ledge  of  our  i^rly  hinitory  admirably  qualities  him  for  the  work  entrusted  H 
[  and  he  has  done  the  work  faithfully  and   impartially."    Alas!   the  ink  la; 
[these  words  were  wTitt*?n  was  scarcely  dry  when  Col.  Potter,  Judge  Bel! 
PBrewfter,  three  of  the  mont  KealouB  and  intelligent  historical  students  in  the 
I  were  called  avray  l>v  dc^th,  to  that  sphert*  where,  as  we  may  well  bdie?e,  the  w] 
Tolume  of  History,  Divine  and  Human,  without  omission,  or  error,  or  falsehood  on 
all  its  pages,  Lies' open  before  them  in  the  clear  light  of  Heaven 

^  Bisiory  of  the  First  New  Hampshire  Regiment  in  the  War  of  the  Bev^ 
tion.     By  Frederic  KiBDER.     Albany:  Joel  MunselL     1808.      8vi 
pp.  viii.  and  184. 

Histories  of  regiment*  which  were  in  the  service  during  the  Civil  War  luiv©  al 
appeared  in  considerable^  numbers.  As  memorials  of  one  of  the  most  impc 
events  that  has  occurred  in  the  history  of  our  race,  they  are  of  present  interest  Vi 


ok  Notices. 


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the  Bturiving  soldiers  and  to  the  relativee  and  firiendi*  of  those  who  perished  in  tho 
w&r,  ftnd,  hereafter,  tbey  will  be  of  ineetiuiaWe  vaJue  Uy  every  student  uf  history 
who  may  hope  to  gain  ao  intdligeat  knowledge  of  that  strange  epoch  in  the  history 
of  the  Cnit^  StatoD. 

ThtB  volomc  is  the  first  history  of  a  regiment ,  m  far  published,  that  served  in  tho 
war  of  the  rUjVulution*  Ab  is  well  known ^  the  regiment  waa  organised  emtn  after 
the  Bkinninhee  at  Ix'sinffton  and  Concord,  vros  present  in  the  fight  on  Breed's  HiU, 
and  under  the  corn mand'or Stark,  Cilley,  Scatnmejl,  and  Dearborn,  sacceeeively,  was 
constantly  in  the  field,  and  ever  bore  a  distinguiBhed  part  in  every  movement  or 
conflict  in  which  it  was  eiigagi*d,  from  the  day  when  it  first  encountered  the  enemy 
till  its  miiflter-out  and  diiw; barge,  a  wriod  of  €4i/ht  i/cars  and  eight  months.  If  we 
knew  nothing  further  in  rea:an]  to  mh  regiment  than  the  names  of  its  eminent  com- 
manding officers,  we  Bhoaltfhftve  data  enough  from  which  to  infer  how  bravely  and 
heroically  ofBoors  and  men  btjre  themfielvefi  in  danger,  dt'feat,  privation  and  victory. 

The  Journal  of  Lieut,  Thomas  Blake,  Favniasler  of  the  Regiment,  an  interestmg 
And  hitherto  unpublished  narrative,  covering  the  time  Irom  May,  1777^  to  near  tho 
cloee  of  178*2,  ia  incorporated  into  this  history.  From  other  papers  of  Paymaster 
Blake,  from  his  aecountu  well  nrei^^rved  in  the  State  archives,  and  from  various 
other  sources,  Mr,  Kidder  has  tieen  able  t*>  collate  the  rolii*  of  the  officers  and  men 
who  enlisttKl  and  server!  in  tho  regiment.  This  work  was  attended  with  much 
labor  and  difficulty.  The  roeter  is  complete.  But  be*ide«  thii*,  he  hai*  here  given 
us  the  date  of  appointtijent  or  enlistment,  death,  resignation,  and  mustiT-out  of 
Dearly  every  officer  and  private,  with  the  names  of  the  towns  from  which  they  came 
or  to  which  thuy  were  credited.  The  list  oomprisea  upwEurdH  of  twelve  hundred 
names  of  offieerH  and  mun. 

To  this  is  added  dcKumentary  matter^  illaettating  the  method  of  organizing,  arm- 
ing, clothing  and  payin;;  the  Cyntinciital  trcMjps,  and  hii>«;raphii3al  notices  of  the 
oommandere.  Mr,  Kidder  gives  tis  et>me  new  views  of  the  rates  of  pay,  and  how  the 
di^preciatioa  of  the  money  in  whieh  the  tnxipg  were  paid  wae  fully  made  up  to  them. 
A  full  index  of  subjects  and  names  is  appended. 

The  volume  is  a  valuable  contribution  to  the  war  history  of  New  Hampshire,  by 
one  who  has  already  eiplored  sevenil  fields  of  historical  study,  of  whicb  vi'c  knew 
little  or  nothing  previously,  and  wc  smcereli^  hope  that  the  citizens  of  that  State 
will  appret^ate  the  author's  patriotic  motives  and  generous  iaburs  in  the  propa- 
ration  of  this  work. 

Thu  editioQ  is  quite  limited,  and  few  copies  remain  besides  thoee  subscribed  for. 

The  History  of  Wobunif  Middlesex  Coitntt^,  Mass,  From  (he  Grant  of 
its  Territory  to  Chnrlcstowti ,  in  1640,  to  the  year  1860.  By  Samukl 
Sewall,  M,A.,  of  Burlingtoni  Mass.,  sometime  pastor  of  the  church 
there*  With  a  Memorial  Sketch  of  the  Author,  by  Rev.  Charles  0. 
SitWALL,  Boston :  Wiggin  &  Lnnt,  Publishers,  221  Wasbiogtoa 
Street.     1868.    8vo.  pp,  viii.  and  657. 

For  many  years  the  students  of  the  local  history  of  Massaehusetts  have  hefln 
anxiously  waiting  for  this  book.  It  was  general l^^  known  that  such  a  work  had  lon|; 
been  in  preparation,  and  it  was  confidently  antieipated  that,  when  it  appeared,  it 
wottld  be  no  lens  worthy  of  the  ancient  town  to  whose  histor\'  it  is  devoted,  than  of 
Ibe  lt:aniing,  talents  and  piety  of  the  venerable  conipiler.  The  result,  now  before 
tie,  justifies  this  antieipation  and  the  delay.  Happily,  Mr.  Sewall  lived  to  complete 
the  work  upon  which  he  had  Koent  ;«ij  many  yeans  of  labL»r  and  aflWtionate  regard. 
Few  men  are  so  peculiarly  well  qualified  to  write  such  a  historj^  as  was  the  author  of 
this  volume.  In  addition  to  a  natunil  taste  fur  historical  pursuits,  ho  was  diit^nt, 
painstaking  and  conseientiouBly  actum t^*  in  his  investigations  and  conclusions.  With 
I  Lim  historical  doubts  could  not  l»e  brid^d  over  with  ingenious  theories  and  frivolous 
I  «aMimptioBS.  Truth  was  the  coal  he  aimetl  at,  and  not  fame,  or  the  pecuniary  pro- 
fits that  too  ofWn  follow  ha.Htyl>ix)k-niaking, 

In  his  nreface,  the  author  remarks  that,  "this  History  originated  in  a  series  of 
historical  lectures  ufK>n  Wohum  l>egun  many  years  ago,  and  delivered  in  that  town. 
at  different  intervals  of  time.  They  were  at  first  undertaken  at  the  suggeetion,  and 
under  the  influence  of  the  friendly^  perse verinjg  f>crsuasion  of  the  late  Dr.  lief\)ami]| 
Cutter,  a  gentleman  eminent  in  this  vieir*ity  tor  his  antitjuarian  taste,  his  extensive 
aA^quaintance  with  the  localities  and  ancient  aJFaira  of  ^Vobum,  and  his  zeal  for  ad- 
vaxicing  its  credit  and  wellare/'    The  chief  substance  of  thi^  yoIuidc  was  prepared 


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and  dclivetrd  as  Lectures  In  Ibe  town  of  Wolmro ;  ibe  fiiit  In  Che  yiear  I&IS,  and  tlie 
lafit  in  1859. 

Wobuni  IB  one  of  the  oldest  towns  in  the  Commonwealth  of  MaflBacbaeDtta^  and 
wiLd  flettled  by  good  and  subetantiid  men  of  the  true  Puritan  aUick.  Ita  aabaeqaaot 
hipt<ir3'  ba*il>een  eventful,  and  it  haa  not  only  furnished  tcrrit'jry  for  the  crtjatioo  of 
othf^r  t'jwnfthipa,  but  it  has  oontribatcd  iarrely  to  the  li«t  of  men  who  hav^  gfveojtq 
the  Stiite  her  pre^nt  elevated  position  in  toe  sisterhood  of  States.     V  Ic 

tory,  dov^rn  to  1800,  i«  here  given*  and  it  is  not  an  exaggeration  to  kj 
tie««,  candor  and  accuracy,  as  well  aai  beauty  of  style,  it  e»|ualt»,  ii  i\t  ^ly-Kv  u^v  i 
Buy  local  history  of  Maesachmw^tta  hitherto  puhliahed. 

The  volume  ia  pabliahed  at  the  expenac  of  the  town  of  Wobiim ;  an 
would  earneatly  commend  to  other  towns  and  municipal itic^^  and  particnlarly'l 
eity  of  Bi^aton.    An  exoellent  likeness  of  the  author  acoompanlee  the  Tohm 
the  title  page  is  embellished  with  the  ;W  of  the  t«>wn. 

Every  tK^ok  ought  to  have  an  index »  but  that  an  historical  work  ahoald  be  pob^ 
lished  without  ono  vexes  as  to  such  a  decree  that  we  dare  not  venture  to  exproB  oof 
thou^htif  farther  than  to  utter  a  regret  wiat  so  perfect  a  book,  in  other  reepf*cts,  •• 
this  i«,  shcnild  be  wanting  in  thie  matter*  We  truat  the  town  will  caufe  on©  to  * 
prepared  and  pablifih€d  u  loaii  aa  possible.  That,  at  least,  ia  dae  Co  the 
dead. 

The  phrase  "  Middlesex  County/'  which  occurs  on  the  title  page  of  this  bookti 
on  that  of  the  Hii*fcory  of  Lexington,  noticed  ebewhere,  is  not  a  pTeoaant  or  i 
innovntion. 

A  Memoir  of  the  Ret\  Naihamel  Ward,  A.M,,  Author  of  the  Sv 
Gobbler  of  Agawam  in  America,     With  Notices  of  his  Familtf, 
John  Ward  Dkax.     Albany  :  J,  MunselU     1868.     8vo.  pp.  213. 

\t  wonld  he  superfluous  to  commence  this  notice  by  remarking  thai  it  is  an 
g:      V  '  s  after  having  t^iven  the  name  of  its  publisher.     And  »i=  to 

1  rk,  as  mueh  might  with  eijual  confidence  be  said  of  the  Ai 

tJin  -  ,M.i..      kL  ,i.,-,t  opening  the  b^jokt  some  may  be  ready  to  exch*'"-    ^^->  wi 
Nntbuuii'l  Ward?     What  did  be  ever  do  that  a  TOok  should  be  mn  him 

It  ie  true  he  never  produced  a  jjonderous  folio,  as  many  of  hie  persun 
tiiuf ;  a  monition  that  it  ia  not  the  bigficat  books  that  are  the  lungti*t  rem< 
Almost  the  only  performance  by  which  he  is  known  w  that  little  wtty  one 
lie  entitled  the  '*  Simple  l^kjbblorof  Agawam  in  America.**  ^  But  he  was  distingui 
in  his  time  as  a  minister  of  extraordinary  talents  and  learning ,  as  well  fie  a  pru^i 
lawyer  and  t^tatt^tnan, 

lieibre  Mr*  Dean  undertook  to  investigate  the  subject  of  his  life  and  fiimily  con- 
nections, comparatively  very  little  was Ti no wn  anywhere  cvmcernin/'  t}..  n*      Ii  t* 
true  hia  name  ts  met  with  in  a  tew  biographical  dietionariei,  and  Dr. 
had  given  htm  a  high  seat  among  his  divmcs  in  his  Magnalia,    Tbi- 
have  told  ub  much  more  tlian  he  did,  dotibtless,  hut  he  was  as  p«rLi4;uUr  a*  ne 
tboiigbt  the  case  require*],  or  as  was  demanded  by  the  times  in  which  he  wn>te. 

An  analysis  of  Mr.  Dean'u  %vork  would  make  an  article  in  a  review  of  great  tnlef«ty 
but  our  piigos  ainnot  afford  epace  for  such  an  outlint^  a^*  would  do  justice  to  the  work, 
and  we  mutit  therefore  ct^ntent  oursclf  with  a  few  brief  remarks. 

Mr*  Dciin  has  settled  the  matter  as  to  the  time  of  the  birth  of  Mr.  Ward,  namelfi 
•*  rtbi>ut  the  year  137N,''  and  a  great  amount  of  facts  in  the  pedieree  of  his  family 
lijde<.^d  we  have  rarely  seen  such  scrutiny  in  any  wi:»rk  of  the  kind,  such  a 
amount  of  autliorities  disphiyed  in  foot  notes,  to  prove  his  conclusions,  or  t*i  di»ip 
those  advanced  by  others ;  and  all,  too,  in  such  a  candid  ^spirit,  that  th. 
can  hardly  complain  if  their  errure  are  pointed  out.  Arid  we  would 
mend  all  those  who  take  every  occasion  to  aneer  at  ami  l>enite  the  Fr 
Mr.  Dean'e  intrtwluction.  Lie  is  no  F^iriUm  himf^elf,  we  judge,  ' 
rational  and  candid  view  of  the  profc.««oTs  of  that  l>elief,  which  in  the  - 
candid  man  will  take  sooner  or  later,  if  they  detairet^i  have  their  judgment«i  re**] 

Respecting  the  name  of  the  ship  in  which  Mr.  Ward  came  to  New  England, 
is  some  uncertainty,  but  that  uncertainty  amounts  to  very  little,  as  he  doubtless' 

fool  reason  for  not  reporting  hinmM in ^^ropria persona:  and  as  the  year  (HJ.'H)   _ 
istinctly  stated  in  which  be  arrived,  it  is  not  worth  while  to  be  very  aoxtoas  aa  to 
the  name  of  the  ship  in  which  he  came. 

It  b  our  opinion  that  there  arc  very  few  works  of  a  biographical  or  hisMal 
character,  in  which  so  much  minute  aod  critical  acumen  hfi?e  dccd  diepltjed,  aad 


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Book  Notica. 


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yet  with  no  oetentation  ot  affectation  of  learning,  from  the  American  press,  Every 
important  fact  is  vouched  for  hy  reference  to  authorities,  and  all  dij^repancies  of 
autbori}  are  jMjtnted  out.  Collations  of  different  editions  are  made^  and  euriouB  and 
important  fa<;te  deduced,  lieyond  any  autlxir  (»f  the  present  day  within  our  knowledge. 

There  ia  an  atluaion  to  a  eubject  in  a  note  which  is  pereeived  to  t>e  acquiring  eome 
attention.  We  refer  to  the  covert  diflpoeition  manirested  in  some  qaartere  to  di«u^uise 
or  veil  the  name  Puritan;  impliedly  aflauming  that  it  ia  becoming  a  discreuit  to 
have  had  Puritan  anceatore.  \Ve  fthouM  have  been  glad  if  the  autSr  had  brouffbt 
out  this  6ubJ4K;t  a  Httle  more  prominently.  If  there  are  any  aahamed  to  have  had 
Puritan  ancest^jre,  their  ct^untry  on^ht  to  be  afihametl  of  them.  If  they  auppc^wj  the 
name  SepamtiHt,  Indet)endent  or  Nimconfomii^t  is  preJerable  to  Puritan,  and  will 
ahjeld  them  from  the  rejiroacbes  of  narrow  mindw,  such  may  well  be  Bfiared  from  a 
Bociety  having  any  of  tlie  finnnctts  and  courage  of  those  bnive  men  who  subdaed 
the  wilderiiesB  and  made  an  afiylum  for  the  oppreased  of  al!  lands. 

It  ie  not  unlikely,  but  on  the  other  hand  it »«  very  likely,  that  Samuel  Butler  waa 
femiliar  with  **  The  Simple  Cobbler  ;"  and  that  m  that  pawjage  where  he  eepecially 
alludee  to  New  Engiaiid  in  Hudibras,  beginning) 

**••••••    In  a  town 

Tlwre  llvpfl  «  cobbler  »Dd  but  one, 
TbBt  out  of  iloi'triiK'  coulil  t*ut  uive, 
*  And  miPoU  miu*H  liv^e  •»  wtU  fu  sooe«t'* 

be  bad  the  Simple  Cobbler  in  his  mind.  He  doubtlcee  received  many  other  hints  from 
a  perusal  of  the  same  work,  which  it  would  not  be  very  difficult  to  point  out.  It  is 
true  that  two  more  antagonistic  epirita  could  not  well  be  found.     At  the  same  time 

!it  mu5t  he  confeesed  that  Ward  wae  a  perlect  master  in  the  line  which  Butler  so  well 
iucceeded  in.  And  had  the  former  lived  to  have  *?een  the  work  of  the  latter,  it  may 
be  ho  would  have  \iTitten  a  C4mnter|mrt  to  it ;  for  which  work  there  waa  probablv  no 
man  of  that  atje  so  well  qualified,  and  with  a  mind  so  capable  of  turning  the  tablee 
of  wit  upon  an  adversary.  But  the  timc^  succeeding  the  Kestoration  were  adverse  to 
vuch  a  work  aa  Ward  might  have  produced,  and  might  have  dLsoouraged  sueh  an 
uudertiiking ;  yet  the  '*  bimple  Cobbler  "  will  live  as  long  aa  Hudibnw,  which  it 
fully  eciuak  in  wit  and  keenness  of  aatire,  and  will  one  day  be  as  much  appreciate 
to  £j3gla 


nglandi 


**  When  God  shnJl  ptirg«  that  land  wUb  loap  and  oltrCi 
Woe  b«  to  the  Crown,  woe  t>e  to  tlie  mllra." 


I 


Mr.  Dean  closes  his  narrative  of  the  life  of  Ward  in  a  few  happy  and  well  written 
leflGCtiona,  which  shall  close  thi.H  article  ali^io,  as  better  and  more  appropriate  thao 
anything  in  our  jxjwer  Ui  offer.  The  esnct  date  of  Mr.  Ward\*5  death  hn*  not  l»een 
adoertained,  but  it  owurrcd  at  Shen fields  aliout  1052.  **  If  soj  he  did  not  live  to  see 
the  expul«iion  of  piarliament  by  Cromwel!,  and  his  a>«umption  of  the  reins  of  govern- 
ment as  PriJtector.  He  did  not  fi'^'l  the  arbitrary  rule  of  that  ircvn-nerved  man,  nor 
witness  the  height  of  glory  to  which  he  rait»ed  hi»  country  among  the  nations  of  the 
earth.  He  wm  spared  tfje  mil  (*ight  that  followed  the  return  of  rojidty  under 
Charles  I [.,  when  pious  ministers  were  driven  from  their  flocks,  and  corrupt  manners 
ipread  liken  flood  over  the  nation.  Before  these  event*  tixjk  place,  did  the  gniTe 
open  a  refuse  for  one  who  hwA  seen  much  of  life's  vicissitudes,  in  England,  on  the 
continent  tA  Europe^  and  in  the  wilderness  of  the  New  World;  one  who  in  lifers 
conflicts  and  trials,  having  borne  hie  fuJi  shore,  bad  fairly  earned  a  reepite  from 
further  toil  and  Huffering, 

Account  of  the  Poor  Fund  and  other  Charities  held  in  Trust  by  the  Old 
South  Society,  city  of  Boston  ;  with  Copies  of  Original  Papers  reloHve 
to  the  Charities  and  to  the  late  Trial  before  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Massadmsetts  in  186t,  By  Joseph  Ballard.  **  Better  is  a  little 
with  righteouBoess,  than  great  revenues  without  right,*'  Prov, 
xvi.  8.     Boston  :     Rand  &  Avery,  3  Cornhill.     186S.     8vo.  pp.  234. 

We  have  her©  a  work  which  dtiea  great  credit  to  the  author 'S  bead  and  heart. 
^Cbiild  it  hayo  borne  a  more  enticing  title  it  would  probably  have  attracted  more 

Stioe,  but  it  is  just  what  the  author  designed  it  ebould  be,  and  waa  not  eipected  to 

Kieive  a  very  funeral  attention. 
I     The  mJBapplioation  of  cerbiin  funds^acc ruing  from  certain  bequcets  for  specified 
I4>bjcct8,  gave  riso  to  this  work  by  Mr.  Ballard  ;  and  affc^  long  struggling  in  vain  to 
fhikve  the  afi^ira  of  those  fundi)  rectified ,  Mr.  Ballard  was  sattalied  that  he  hiMi  erhauflt4>d 


4M 


rNotiea. 


[OcUjJbei', 


vraty  argmnetit  ooteide  of  kgpl  mcMons  to  hmn  juntSce  dflOA  Itt  tbe  i»reQUfl»;  hm 
llKf^fore  instituted  Usg^  mcnara,  with  a  ho^tliat  the  Sogreme  Cotiri  ttftbe  8tete 

|<k|sbt  hav^  indffpeodciiceenoti^h  t(>doiu!fticf«m  the  caae.    But  ^  ippobted; 

I ttnd  yet«  no  nuuitd  pftrty,  we  fSel  tAured^  can  doubt  for  A  motnt  .  erjr  mllogao 

T  linfi  of  the  complainant' is  fully  Bastained* 

1     It  is  pn^bahle  that  he  who  g>^ee  to  court  will  get  what  is  called  law,  bnt,  loo  oltal« 

'  ^hftl  10  abaoitifte  ifjostice.  At^  -  ^  '  aereti  mM  tba  Courl  biya  bMi  M»  to 
ft  deonimi,  a  dedsion  wl  I49  na  of  one  rendflfwS  tonw  two  faoitetf 


then  Cobny*    A  man  wna  tried  liir  i 
tacided,  ''  that  though  thia  Coort 
her  agaioBt  the  aoooS^d.  ;^Tt  we  deta»w_ 

it  we  cannot  ats,i 

!  >n."    There  I 


fmn  ago  In  Enes  GdooU'  of 

mmg^Bomry  oAsnoe,  npon  whidi  ^ 

find  any  erldent  gronnd  of  proc  < 
r  lluil  he  halh  ^Ten  aach  ground  of  f. 
f  jmttly  dttrmw  to  bear  the  &0Bts  <  ! 

improTcment  in  the  practice  of  oourt- 

CMe  of  the  Poor  Fundi  the  party  comj 

Now  there  wa«,  or  waa  not,  caoae  u:  ^ 

was  theiv  In  subjecting  the  oomplainaiir  'j^itil 

The  oaodid  mind  wxlJ  &  certain  that  juM 

bav^e  a  bad  and  immoral  tendency.     It  caua^  Uie  Iujure<i  10  KuUer  rdti^tir  than 

iheinadires  not  only  ti:>  a  lofls  of  Tuluahl^  time,  but  much  numf^y,  which  few  «^d 

This  matter  of  the  diverted  funds  from  their  le^itima  '< 
\  h}»  friends  a  h^rgc  amount.    They  nndertix»k  the  ^'^ 

ri,.hf      TJ^.-v  »,rivo  forced  «"  |.«v...r,^-.f;  .^i  ^Jn  tbost-   — 

I  uiaaterly  ex  /  fi<m  mar-erf.**     It  r^ 

i-  r  he  objects  l^  been  eatabliBhcd  uj 

that  tin;  p<jur  and  other  fund*  will  heutx^forth  haTo  their  pro|>cr  liirtotiuti ;  W( 

b«co  wrung  out  in  a  manner  not  very  isatisfactory,  and  as  a  preoe^lcnt  will  g}^ 

eooonragement  to  good  and  just  men  to  embark  where  there  is  nothing  to  be  ^ 

for  eerenl  years  but  obloquy  and  abuse ;  for  few  will  be  found  like  our  author^ 

mder  a  long  series  of  such  Ofmpenfations, 
This  matter  Is  not  the  only  one  which  has  been  oomplained  of  in  the  Old  South 
'  society »    Mr.  Ballard  has  touched  upon  the  Prinoe  Library.    Evt-rv'  U>*h  knti 

may  know,  that  that  libmr^  has  beeu  managed  in  a  yray  never 

donor.    In  fnrt,  the  will  of  the  Rev,  Thomae  Prinoe  bni  been  > 
.jhrfol  ut  any  autboritv,  that  library  has  been  luuu.^,  Olid 

iml^t'  t  >  an  extent  which  eaunot  now  be  ascertained.    Il 

iJiat,  w«'  rM<j(tvt%  vwiwi  li  resting  pkoe  in  the  Public  Library  of  Ihe  oity.    80 
[.that  library  is  under  pro^  manag^noot,  it  will  be  reasonably  mh  and  well 

eare  of,  there  is  no  question.  s*  Ov  #i 

A  Narrative  of  the  Lift  and  Adventures  of  Levi  Hanford,  a  Soldier  i 
the  Revolution.     By  Cbablbs  I.  Bushnbll.     New  York  :     Frivatell 
PriQted,     1863,     8vo,  pp,  80, 

The  principal  and  most  valuable  portion  of  this  narrative  relates  to  the  ; 
nf  Mr,  Ilantord  and  hb  companions  while  prisoners  to  the  Brif--^-      u-^,^. 
[prisoner,  March  13,  1T77,  he  was  but  .seventeen  years  old^  nn<! 
lill  May  8,  1778,  nearly  fourteen  months.    The  plaoee  where  Jp 
first,  the  old  Sugar  House  prison  in  Crown,  now  Liberty  Street,  New  Vurk  ; 
the  prison-ship  Good  Intent,  then  riding  in  the  Hudsrm  or  North   Rrvt»r, 
nfterwards  moved  round  to  the  Wallabout  in  the  East  River,  whcr 
lay  the  Jersey  of  intamous  memory ;  thlnl,  a  hospital  in  Beekman  Stv 
the  bttildinfl;  used  for  it  being  Rev,  Dr,  Rogers's  ^aftensanls  Dr.  Sp 
Ilrjui^,  on  the  site  now  occupied  by  the  publication  office  of  the  .^ 
Ttnus;  and  fourth »  the  Suijar  Uousc  prison,  to  which  be  was  rvL- 
reooveiy,  and  where  he  remamed  a  short  time  till  he  was  released.    The  barharlll 


It  I 


which  he  experienced  and  witneK?c«i  are  graphically  portrayed, 
"^he  account  of  hie  impristmment  if*  in  tKe  first  persrm  sing 
I  written  by  Mr.  ilanilbtd,  or  tiiken  down  from  nm  dictation  i  and  the  r^t  of  Ibi^ 


narrative  seems  to  hnve  been  obtained  from  him,  we  presume  by  his  sou  Williain  B. 
Haufbrd,  £so,,as  Mr.  Bu^hnell  acknowledges  his  indebtcdnesa  to  that  g^entteoiiS 
for  the  materials  from  which  the  narrative  is  compiled. 

Mr.   Bushnell  has  appended  copious  notes  explanatory  and  tUustrative  of  the 
narrative,  which  show  a  mindte  knowledge  of  American  bietory,  both  genertU  awl^ 
local,  and  add  much  to  the  Value  of  the  work. 


1868.] 


Bwk  Notket. 


487 


I 


» 


The  printer  h&s  given  the  book  a  beautiful  t}'pographical  drew*  Only  a  very 
liiiiitiH]  edition  was  printed,,  we  understand,     A  |.>oriniit  r^f  Mr.  Hunfoni  Is  prefixed. 

Mr.  ButilmeirH  ta^te  for  hiutoricsil  and  antiqnaritm  mattere  bae  led  kim,  from  time 
to  time,  U)  pnt  forth  various  volumes  od  kindred  Bubjeots,  all  of  which  have  iheeaino 
evidence  aa  this  of  thorough  research.  The  reader  may  bo  gratified  to  sec  a  ILst  of 
bis  other  publicatioB8,  ana  we  therefore  give  one  below,  viz. : 

1.  An  Historical  Account  of  the  let  three  Basincfia  Tokens  in  the  City  of  New 
York.    Plate.     16  pp. 

2.  Memoire  of  Samuel  Smith,  a  St:)ldter  of  the  Revolution .    Port,  and  plate,    49  pp, 

3.  Journal  of  Solomon  Nash^  a  Soldier  of  the  Revolution.  Ist  printed  firom  tue 
original  manuscript.     Plate,     06  pp. 

4.  MemoirB  of  Tarleion  Browii,  a  Captain  iti  the  Revolutioiuiry  Army.  Port. 
06  pp. 

5.  tTounml  of  the  Expedition  to  Quebec ,  by  ^Iiy.  Bctum  J.  Meigs.    Port.    58  pp. 

1.  w.  i>. 


An  Account  of  some  Descendants  of  CapL 
by  Ed  ward-Doubled  AY  Harbis.     18G7. 


^ 


I 


Thomas  Brattle,    Coiopiled 

8m,  4to.  pp.  90. 

The  Brattle  family  to  which  this  vdume  h  devoted  has  been  intimately  oonnected 
with  the  history  of  New  Englantl.  Capt.  Thomas  BratUe,  the  stirps  of  the  fiunily, 
was  a  merchant  of  Boston  and  a  member  of  the  Artillery  Company.  Two  of  his  sons, 
Thomas  Brattle,  fk|.,  and  Rev.  VVilliani  Brnttlo,  were  fiuooeadvely  treasurers  of 
Harvard  College,  of  which  iuutitution  they  both  were  graduates.  Both  were  men  of 
varied  attainmeut^,  and  were  honored  with  an  eleetion  aa  members  of  the  Koyal 
Sx^iety  of  Loudon,  The  descendantii  of  this  family,  whether  bearing  the  family  or 
another  suruame,  have  maintainud  the  reputation  of  their  anceetore  for  retipectabUity 
and  talents. 

Mr.  Hftrrifl)  the  author  of  thit^  book,  is  favombly  known  t<:»  the  readcra  of  the 
Register  by  his  contributions  to  it«  ftagee  in  Hornier  yeara.  The  piefient  work  in 
exbauhtive  in  research,  and  the  matters  admirably  arranged.  The  gcnttilogj'  in- 
ciudetj  the  names  of  Wendell,  page  38,  which  ia  traced  to  the  emigrant;  Oliver,  page 
54  ;  E>Te,  page  69  ;  and  Walley,  f»age  71.     A  very  full  index  of  names  i^  given. 

We  are  pleaj^ed  to  learn  that  Mr.  Harris  hut*  in  prri*anitii>u  a  new  edition  of  the 
Cambridge  Emlaplis^  by  \m  brother,  the  lat<?  William  Tuaddeufl  Harris,  LLJi.,  whioh 
will  be  enriched  oy  additional  irenealogical  notes,  We  uuderetand  that  he  intends 
to  include  in  the  volume  the  Watrrfown  Eptaphs,  a  work  which  wa^i  prejmretl  for 
the  press  by  his  brother  not  long  tefore  his  death  in  1854,  but  which  has  never  been 
printed.  The  late  William  T.  Harris  was  editor  of  the  Register  in  1819,  and  was 
aistinguiAhed  for  the  thoroughnei^K  and  accuracy  of  hi«  researches. 

The  father  of  the  author  of  thin  liook,  Thaiideus  W»  Harris,  M.D.,  librarian  of 
Harvard  University;  and  hi.s  grandfather,  Rev.  Thaddeus  M.  Harris,  D.D,,  of 
Dorchester^  had  aLstj  hiBtorical  and  genealogical  tastes,  and  bcitb  are  m'cU  known  by 
their  publications .  Here  arc  tliree  gcnerotions  of  one  fatiiily  that  have  made  valuable 
Additions  to  the  antiquarian  literature  of  New  England.  J.  w.  d. 


Descendants  of  Edward  Thurston^  the  first  of  the  name  in  the  Colony  of 
Bfiode  Mand,  By  Charles  My  rick  Thurston.  New  Yurk  :  The 
Trow  and  Smith  Mauufactudng  Company,     1868.     8vo»  pp.  70. 


^n      Two  previous  j^nblications  by  the  author  of  tbi^  bix>k  have  been  noticed  in  tlitt 

RegisTtor.     The  first  entitlt^^l,   Gmeahffx/  of  Charles  Mynck  Thurstoji,  giving  the 

ancestry  and  dc&cendantj*  of  his  father,  wa«  published  by  him  in  1865,  and  noticed 

in  the  iiegister  for  April,  18€6,  vol.  xx.  p.  192.    The  second,  published  the  current 

year,  cntitlLsi  Descendants  of  John  Pitman ^  was  noticed  in  our  July  number,  p.  374« 

^m       The  pretrM^nt  volume  is  printed  in  a  uniform  stylo  with  the  preceding,  whien  does 

^fe  Cfedit  ^:p  printers  and  pa|)cr  makers.     Only  a  sioall  cilitioo,  niunberiug  250  copies, 

^a  ifBs  printed  of  either  of  the  works,  the  expense  of  which  was  paid  by  nve  members 

'        of  the  family. 

In  this  b<jok  are  given  the  deecendanta  of  Edward  Thurston,  of  Newport,  R.  I.» 
and  his  wife,  Elimbeth,  daughter  of  Adam  Mott.  They  vrerc  married  in  June,  1647, 
their  marriage  being  the  thira  on  the  records  of  the  '*  bociety  of  Friends,'"  at  New- 
port. Edward  Thurston  is  mentioned  in  the  colonial  records  as  a  freeman,  in  1655  ; 
as  a  oommit^ioner,  {UislHtaut,  and  deputy  from  Newport,  for  many  years,  froai  1563 
^  lo  IGOO.  ^yha^th  of  Auguflt,  1686,  he,     " 


488 


Bo^  Notkei. 


[Octot 


QaftkerB  of  Rhode  lelund  to  the  king.  Urn  wife  dk**!  September  S,  lOM,  fi^  67, 
&nd  be  died  March  1,  1707,  sged  90,  Tbej  bad  twelve  cyidrafif  of  who8i  BOL  mxm 
left  deaceDdaotB. 

The  book  also  cotitainfl  memoranda  eoncerning  other  fiuntliai  by  tbe  nuiif  df 
nojstOD,  in  £nglAnd  and  America.  It  is  id  every  respect  creditable  to  tbe  atttbor; 
tbe  fiiets  being  oaUected  with  care,  the  matter  being  metbodicaUy  arranged,  and  the 
datei  being  full  and  pieeJ£e.  j.  w.  n. 

Misiory  of  the  Town  ofLexinglant  Middlesex  County,  Mass.,  from  iUJif\ 
SeUkmenl  /o  1868,  with  a  Oenealo^cal  Megisfer  of  Lexington  . 
Bj  OHARLEg  Huosox*     Boston :  Wiggin  &  Lunt,  Pablishers.    1868. -^ 
pp.  449  and  296. 


Thongh  in  point  of  population  but  an  incanBiderable  town,  Lexington  has  a  I 

did  history.    Like  Marathim  nnd  Flata3ci,  the  Tt!ry  name  awakeni  memoriei  i 

]iifllrioiii>  men  and  gU>riuii8  dt«di»  in  every  patriotic  hreast.    On  the  green  aod  6lf  t 
esplMiade  in  front  of  the  village  church  of  this  old  town,  the  raw  recruits  f 
formed  themselves  in  tine  to  oppo-ie  tbe  p<»wer  of  £ngl&Dd,  and  here  it  wa0  that 
first  command  was  given  to  tire  inti  a  column  of  American  ]:»atriut£.     Tbe  fitaiMl  WM 
brief,  the  action  bat  a  skirmish,  and  the  low  bnt  trifling,  yet  *•-     "tT,,;.  »..•..  ctfii 
be  called  the  Battle  of  Lexington,  because  tbe  great  antar 
liberty  and  t^^ranny  here  met  front  U>  front;  because  the  heart    ' 
oentrated  tn  that  slender  file  of  men  drawn  up  to  draw  the  tire  of  Britiiili  insuleiK*^ 
And  because  that  eontesft  initiated  the  tragic  and  eventful  dramas  of  a  seven  ycm^ 

Sbloo^  war,  by  which  the  rights  of  mao  were  nobly  vindicated^  the  fbundat*         *" 
ppakr  Hoverei^ty  ei^itfibli^bed,  and  a  new  order  of  things  b^nn  wbieh  i 
e  iflsne,  we  opine,  achieve  political  redemption  for  the  world.    The  magnitl 
a  particular  conteat  ia  to  be  estimated  ^  not  hy  the  numberv  engaged ^  or  the  f  * 
effected^  but  rather  by  the  prtnciples^  involved  and  tbe  importance  of  the  iii 

[  irhen  thc«3  are  weD  c<»n«»dered.  Lexington  may  claim  tbe  honor  of  a  battle,  i 

*Ocnt  m  thow  of  Fontenoy  or  Waterlixi. 

It  was  to  be  expected  that  the  historian  of  Lexington  would  preevmt  a  minal 
graphic  account  of  the  whule  affair ;  and.  ad  the  fi^ma  of  tbe  Revolution,  f ' 
sen^  of  the  word,  opened  at  that  place,  fnat  he  would  also  diecuas,  to  some 
the  cpeat  politictil  causes  out  of  which  it  sprang.    This  Mr.  Hudson  has, 
boldand  steady  hand,  moAt  admirably  done ;  so  that  thLn  local  biotory  has  a 
nent  nectional  interest,  and  muat  ever  occupy  a  proniinent  place  in  the  annate  of  ( 
country. 

With  true  antiquarian  taste,  and  oonscientioini  fidelity,  Mr,  Iludgon  bas  served  i 
the  ordiimrj'  civil  and  ecclejsia-Htical  history  of  the  town — originally  known  as  **  f " 
bridge  Farmjj,"  and  incorporated  March  31,  1713  —  noticinfj  tbe  erection  of  the  1 

I  **  meeting  house/'  160Q ;  the  buildiDg  of  the  **  pound/ ^  an  institutii>n  in  those  i 
the  first  Bchool  house,  17 li  ;  the  eiettlement  of  the  miniBteri  Ee^tabrook,  Hanoiiolc."^ 
Clarke,  etc. ;  the  "  oouliuuring  of  ye  meeting  houeo,*'  and  '*  y*  csong  of  j^  Bill 
free;"  the  part  home  by  the  town  in  the  old  French  war;   tbe  introdao  ' 

I  Watts 'fl  hymns  over  the  my  Ptolm  Book,  1766 ;  the  nnmlHjr  of  slaves  oiwe 

I  town  ;  the  part  taken  by  the  town  in  the  rebellion  of  1786,  and  in  that  of  1861  j 
many  otlier  proecedings,  events,  incidents  and  changes  illustrative  of  the  stiir 

I  ppogreas  of  the  people.    The  delineation  of  the  character  of  the  Rev.  John  lis 
as  well  m  that  of  the  Rev.  Jona^  Clarke,  whose  sage  oounw^ls  exercised  a  comts 
laflttence  ovr^r  the  mindft  of  Adams  and  Uancux^k,  is  remarkably  fine  ;  and  the  f 
town  and  other  public  officers,  soldiers  in  the  wars,  and  college  graduates,  arev* 
able,    The  genealogical  portion  of  the  work  must  have  cost  a  vast  deal  of  i 
and  labor,  such  as  can  be  appreciated  by  those  only  who  are  conversant  with 
studies.    It  will  be  prized  more  and  more  highly  as  the  years  roll  on,  since  f ' 
to  trace  the  pedigree  of  New  England  fattulie:i(  is  becoming  year  by  year  ] 
eral,  and  sanoe  the  world,  and  well  it  may,  exhibits  more  and  more 
know  the  founders  of  this  growing  **  empire  of  the  west." 

Mr.  Hudson  had  a  rich  and  fertile  field  fur  labor ;  he  has  worked  it  fiiithfal] 
given  us  m()«t  exwUent  fruit :   s<ime  for  the  antiquary,  some  for  the  archie 
some  for  the  politician,  some  for  tlie  scholar,  some  for  the  divine,  and  all 
honor  of  the  patriotic  town  of  Lexington,  which  may  be  held  alike  fortunate  ifl 
having  done  some  things  worthy  yf  remembrance  and  in  having  a  citiaen  able  to  mak^ 
tbe  record* 


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i^ 


1868.]  BooJcSf  FerioSkaU  and  Pamphlets  Ucceived* 


489 


The  crowning  ezcoUenoo  af  Mr.  Hudson*a  hbrtory,  however,  is  tbo  trentanent  o! 
the  opening  contest  of  the  Revolution,  Hero  he  titws  shown  the  hand  of  a  matter. 
With  adjiumhie  ielieity  he  traees  the  siiceesi^ive  act**  of  arbitniry  iisKainntion  on  the 
part  of  the  mother  country  until  our  wrungs  btHmmu  pa*<t  endumnce  :  then  sketches 
in  vivid  colorM  the  ijntberiuguf  the  yeomanr}  ;  the  plana  of  Hnncock,  Atlanis,  Clarke  ; 
the  ride  of  Paul  Revere  ;  the  forming  of  the  line  upon  the  vilhigc  green  ;  the  otlvonoe 
of  Mnjor  Pit<^irnV  force,  the  fire  upon  our  men,  and  ali  tJie  attendant  eiri:runiBtttn- 
oes  of  tltat  memorable  djiy.  Mr.  Iluds^jn  citrti  many  authoritieB  to  show  that  our 
men  did  there  actually  return  the  Briti.^h  fire,  and  ekinis  that  the  first*  forcible  re- 
Mst  iriw  in  the  ai,^r,'re88ion  of  Gei>rge  IIL  waa  really  miuie  at  Lexington,  and  we  are 
jociinixl  to  think  that  the  inscription  on  the  tnouument  at  Concord,  as  well  as  that 
upon  the  shaft  at  Sudbury ^  muKt  now  l>e  rectified. 

Of  the  Ixittle  yf  Lexin^W,  Mr,  Hudfcujn  has  written  the  minutest  and  the  best 
hii*torj',  and  we  turn  fnjm  the  meajp-e  dctaih*  of  other  hidtorianfl  to  the  full,  accurate 
and  graphic  description  of  this  rev^Vlutionary  fight,  ad  jjfiven  by  Mr.  lludBon,  aa 
frtjm  »  dull  drii^uerreotypctoadistinct  and  cleair  stereijBcopic  view  ;  and  becauaeof  the 
national  ilKinn'ter  of  thia  battle.  We  predict,  and  we  bespeak  far  tbu  work  an 
rxt4^'nd<il  cirt^uhition.  Every  public  libniry  in  the  State  and  country  should  poe- 
i«c?*4  a  <H)jiy  nf  it;  fur  by  the  penm\l  of  such  wurka  the  spirit  of  the  fathers  is  re- 
cnkindled  and  the  fire  of  patriotii^nn  kept  glowing*  The  portraits  and  other  illus- 
tratu/U£9  j^reatly  enhance  the  value  of  the  l>ook,  n. 


BOOKS,  PERIODICALS  AND  PAMPHLETS  RECEIVED. 

[It  b  nur  design  to  give  extended  noticci  or  review*  of  the  booki  acnt  to  the  Society,  and 
y  rnpliJIy  ha  our  spaet!  will  permit.] 

rv,u . .  ,rn,  r^  .4-  ll^^.  Board  of  Civil  Engineer^,  convened  at  St*  Lonis,  in  Angn^t,  1867,  to 
i  ct  of  the  eoiisti'uctiun  of  u  lUil  and  Highway  Bridge  aciOcMi  llio  Mmls- 
.  Loui«.    St,  Louis;  Geo-  Knapp  &  Co.    imi.    pp,  m, 
Tht:  c;4.;*ixy  fur  August,  September  and  October,  1868. 

TTte  Bnnmi  Tat»le.    A  Satanlav  Review  of  FtiUticg,  Fioauc©,  Literamref  Society  and  Art. 
It  132  yi^ma  St.,  Ntvv  York.     Tcrnu,  ^.00  peryeur.    The  Bound  Table  hm 
[  on  \U  8tl)  volume,  and  iis  to  tie  enlarged*    It  hns  no  fiur  been  cundQCted  with. 
i  iliiy.    The  wide  range  of  hubjecta  di&oiaeod,  and  their  treatment,  Imve  given 
a1  great  intlucnce^  not  alone  \m  Amcricaa  scholarship,  bat  npon  American  1ife» 
Hvati%  which  we  Lo|H3  will  contlaac.    That  mdi  a  work  ia  bo  well  snstalned, 
re  advancing  in  the  right  direction. 
Historical  di  licet  ions.    Second  Scries,  Vol,  I.  Part  I*    (Town  Records  of 
...-J.K)  Saleiu:   1868, 
Catalogiib  CoUigii  Yttlensi«»  MDCCCLXVTIL    (TriennluL) 
•Jlnrtieth  Annual  Report  of  the  Hartford  Youug  Mcn*B  Iti^tltnto,    Jone  2, 1868. 
Proeeeaings  of  the  National  Comroereial  Convention,  held  in  Boston,  Fobmaiy^  196S, 
Pnbbahed  liy  order  of  the  Convention,    Boston,  1868,    8vo.  p[\  251. 

FonrtecQth  Annual  Report  of  iJic  Boston  Board  of  Trade,  for  the  year  ending  January 
Ith,  l^dH,    By  Uuiuilton  A.  Hilt,  Secretary.    Boston,  1868,    8vo.  pp.  203. 
BtLllctins  of  the  Public  Litimry  of  the  City  of  Boston,   July^  Aagust,  Scptoml>er,  1868. 
Thfj  Life  of  Timothy  Pickering.    By  hh»  Son,  Oetavios  Pickering.    Volome  L    Boeton : 
pnle.  Brown  &.  Cotnpuny,     18C7.    8vo, 

Autotiio;7niphy  of  Bi-ajamin  Franklin*    Edited  from  his  Manascript,  with  Notes  and  an 
Introil action.   By  John  Blgelow.   Philadelphia:  J«  B,  Uppiucott  &  Co.  London;  Trobncr 
:  Co.     18GS.    pp,  409. 
Davis  Fiunily  Record.    No.  8. 

Fifth  Ann  mil  Report  of  the  Board  of  Dlroctorst,  Librarian  and  Treasurer,  of  the  Long 
i»land  llL^torieiil  Society,  wiEU  thu  Presiident'it  Addre&t.    Brooklyn,  L»L  ;  1S68.    pp.  84. 
The  Ccutnil  Water- Line  from  the  Ohio  River  lo  the  VirgiaiA  Capoi.    Richmond,  Vo, ; 

pp.  9o,  with  Map. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  State  Charities  for  1865  (pp.  xIyIIL  and  4S6),  and  1866 
(pp.  cxix.  and  427).    Boston  •  Wright  it  Potter, 

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'  Froocedings  of  the  American  Antignarian  Society  at  the  Semi- Annual  Meetfaif?  held  at 
the  Hall  of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sdences  in  Boston,  April  29, 1868.  Wor- 
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Proceedings  of  (the  same  Society)  at  a  meethig  held  at  Worcester,  June  2,  1868,  to  take 
notice  of  the  death  of  the  Senior  Vice-President,  Hon.  Levi  Lincohi.    pp.  29. 

Catalogue  of  Amherst  College,  1868. 

Annals  of  Iowa  for  Jnly ,  1868.  Davenport,  Iowa :  pp.  141—248.  With  portrait  of  Brig- 
James  M.  Tnttle,  U.  S.  Vols. 

The  Poblic  Records  of  the  Colony  of  Connecticat,  from  1689  to  1706.  Edited  by  Charles 
J.  Hoadly.    Hartford:  1868.    8to.    pp.574. 

•Missionary  Society  and  General  Conference  of  the  Congregational  Cbnrches  in  Maine. 
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Places  of  Interment  of  Deceased  Union  Soldiers  in  the  yaiioaB  States  and  Territories. 
Nos.  ltol3.    Washington,  1868. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Boston  Theological  Seminary.    Boston :  1868.    8to.    pp.  42. 

Collections  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  Vol.  8.  Fourth  Series.  Boston: 
1868.    pp.736. 

The  Janes  Family.  A  Genealogical  and  Brief  History  of  the  Descendants  of  WflBsni 
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Herald  and  Genealogist.    John  Gongh  Nichols.    Part  xxviii.    August.    London,  1868, 

Miscellanea  Genealogica  et  Heraldica.    Joseph  Jackson  Howard.    Port  riiL    April,  1868. 

Annual  Report  of  Young  Men's  Christian  Association.    Worcester,  1868. 

ProccedingsofBunkcr  Hill  Monument  Association.    Boston:  1868.    pp.40. 

Catalogue  of  the  American  part  of  the  Colle^Jtion  which  formerly  belonged  to  the  Rer. 
Thomas  Prince,  by  him  licqueathed  to  the  Old  South  Church,  and  now  deposited  m  the 
Public  Library  of  the  City  of  Boston.    Boston :  1868.    pp.  70. 

Tenth  Annual  Statement  of  the  Trade  and  Commerce  of  Chicago.    Chicago,  1868. 

Oration  before  the  City  Authorities  of  Boston,  on  the  Fourth  of  Jnly,  1868.  Samnel 
Elliot,    pp.  31. 

Address  of  Edward  Crane,  Esq.,  on  the  Subject  of  Transportation.   Boston :  1868.  {^40. 

Prospectus  of  the  Ohio  Valley  Historical  Series.  Cincinnati:  Robert  Clarke  &  Co.  1868. 
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Sinclair  Genealogy  Chart.    Rev.  C.  T.  McCready.    Dublin,  1868. 

Congregational  Quarterly,  July,  1808.  Edited  by  Revs.  Alonzo  H.  Quint,  D  J).,  Isaac 
P.  Lang^vorthy,  and  Cliristopher  Gushing.    Boston. 

Political  Manual  for  1866  and  1867.    Washington,  1867.    8vo.    pp.  262. 

Fire  Lands  Pioneer,  published  by  the  "Fire  Lands  Iliiitorical  Society."  Vol.  9.  pp.  118. 
Nor\\alk,  Ohio.    1868. 

Catalogue  of  the  Chickcring  Classical  and  Scientific  Institute.  Ctndnnati,  Olilo :  Robert 
Clarke  &  Co.,  Printers,  1868. 

Sixth  Annual  Report  of  the  Directors  and  Treasurer  of  the  General  Theological  Lflnrary, 
with  a  list  of  the  Members,  Subscrilxirs,  &c.,  presented  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Cor- 
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Semi-Centennial  Sermon  of  the  Seventh  Presbyterian  Church,  comer  of  Broome  andRid^ 

streets,  New  York  City,  preached  March  29th,  1868,  by  the  Pastor,  Rev.  T.  M.  Dawson, 

A.M.    With  an  Historiail  Address  to  the  Sunday  Schools,  by  the  Rev.  T.  Ral>ion  Smith, 

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Triennial  Meeting  of  the  Class  of  1864,  Yale  College,  with  the  Biographical  Record  and 

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ERRATA, 
rage  9  (note),  2d  1.,  after  by,  infcrt  a  gentleman  who  received  it  from :  p.  65, 18th  1.  from  top 
of  page,  for  I'M  win  read  Edward;  p.  HI,  lid  1.  fr.  top,  for  David  read  Daniel;  p.  165, 5thl.fr. 
hot.,  t\>r  Alborne  read  Colborne;  p.  187,  12th  1.  fr.  top,  for  died  read  married ;  p.  lui,  3»tli  1.  fr. 
top,/' r  Vickerice  rcaXt  Vickerie;  p.  233,  2rth  1.  fr.  top,  for  Oi»wold  read  Oswald;  p.  234  (note*), 
for  of  tliis  town  read  of  New  Ipswich,  N.  H. ;  p.  235,  12th  1.  fr.  bot.,/or  the  Author  of  this  Poem 
read  Frederick  Kidder,  Esq.,  who  has  furnished  me  with  these  facts  and  a  copy  of  thl?  Poem, 
iuforms  us  that  he;  p.  277,  6tli  1.  fr.  bot., /or  Leighton  read  Laighton;  p.  278,  2d  1.  fr.  toi).  /«• 
Sandford  read  Stanford;  p.  280,  14th  I.  fr.  top,/ar  his  read  her;  p.  350,  30th  1.  fV.  top,  for  Went- 
worth  read  Wheelwright;  p.  370,  Uth  1.  fr.  bot.,  after  schooner,  »w<fH  Crown,  while  crnf  sing  for 
the;  p.  389,  Mh  and  lltli  Is.  fr.  top,/t>r  Sewell  rend  Sewall;  p.  402,  9th  1.  fr.  top,  for  third  reai 
second ;  p.  433, 13th  1.  fr.  bot^/or  is  read  it;  p.  394, 10th  L  fr.  top,/or  1828  rwd  1839:  p.  398,  UtH 
1.  fr.  bot.,/or  Uaohett  read  HackeU. 


^                              Index  ofNamci.                                   495          V 

Orotnp,  Irt                       HurlwHI.  atH.  4<a          Hind.  82 

mi,  108,  nCH,  aoo,  364,                 H 

<irf»nin,4O»300 

Hiir%iiTd,  ivm                     Hiiuh,  170,  180 
Miin'i7t3»,  l(K,  190, 27S,  ItiiikSt  y,  Kl 

iLn^  i.v.y.  \x\.  yu\                        ^M 

(iro*^,  isn,  li>*,  444 

Mi                             ■    ''X),                 ■ 

Ciroi'c,  jrn> 

2»0 

Hiuk-^oii,  452,454 

A%                 ■ 

Qrorer,  i>5 

Harvit*,  2.18 

Hiu»'d»'ll,  IcVS 

■ 

Uiitid,  1*56,  aao,  27fl,  280, 

HarwoCHl,  Iga 

HltchlMjiu,  442 

UiibbMrd,    12,  .;0,  40,41,                  ^1 

44rt.  4(J<J 

Ha/*Tprourk,.141 

IlitrtKock^2iX>,  438 

80,   160,    101,  211,   2U,                   ■ 

iJuilfunl,  43 

Hji»kHl,   164,   17fi,    176, 

lliv...>s2 

320,  340,  3Ct2,  302,  4 19                    ^H 

liiilHvtT,    2112-aM,   SM, 

1§0,  1^2 

Hix,  178 

HUckJII8,(il,  180,  2U5                           ^H 

44.^-4^4 

Hwkins,  175,  170,  1^>, 

Houdlv,  400 

Hudson,    143,   212,    224,                ^M 

Ouna.  1H2,  183 

m.^m/m 

H<mr,'77,  143,  175,  176, 

443,  444,  48»,  489                    ^^H 

liurlfv,  .>7 

HaslluK's,  127,  207,  211, 

im,  181,  Ih4,    186,  211, 

Hufr,:i74                                   ^^H 

«iurui»y.  4:Me,4fi2 

.17!),  4;uj 

■3iH^iHJ,  :wiK-;ti«,  42i!i 

uutch,:w 

HuAWolI,  473 

euh^.-u.  •-:--Hi» 

IJugtflru,  32S,  461,  464  ^^H 
HukIiov,  «7,  94,  186,200,                 ^| 

Gwiii,  m 

Hittcli,  n«,  343 

U.                          .i:i6-150, 

Hmlmwjiv,   t)6,  7t>,  176, 

-                       ir-l;VI 

2UI      '                                               ■ 

H 

\^\,  1^4.  :kh-.wh,  350. 

Ho,i^      ,       .  .     i,14.1,UHS, 

HiilU'ri,  r^O                                     ■ 

Hjuiff,  37:1 

■I^v-iin,  irto,  47U 

211,  212,2J4,4:» 

llul},:iN.  48,  40,  114,276                   ■ 

liiM:t»«tt»  .W8 

llulliirlv,  ;iH 

UmlkW,  71 

HiiiitlVt  \,  457                                    ■ 

Htt^  kt't,    175,    J76,    160, 

|fntliurut%51,  238 

llt>nbrd«,  170 

HuiiipUit'V»,  30,86,200,                 ■ 

Jim,  .iir,  44:i 

lln(ton,^.il,302 

llo1>nan,  341 

4;tfi                                                  ■ 

Hjittlov,  V'M>,  3i 

1  linen,  ^4,  N^ 

H<>pirlh,473 

llutiklnff,  453                                 _■ 

ll»j4ll.iok,  ^46 

Hmn'j*,  52,  85 

llt>K*:*,:i:Mi 

iiin.iiiu.il    £117                        ^^^H 

*lft(lHr.ls4;il 

liuwki?,  ;t52 

Hut^i^kiiiis,  26 

Hit!                       176,180,        ^^H 

Jljtllonl.  IKI 

11  mv  kin  P.  32 

llult,    01,   156-150,   20a, 

^^H 

Hagnr,  :,qi 

Hawk!*,  472 

301K'W2 

^^H 

Ha/?jCtl,447 

lljvwkBworth,  127 

Holbrook,  101,  28l>,  431 

^^H 

llailJf,  :i4a 

lluwli  V,  IMS,  3:15,  437 

llolwmb,  29 

.86,166,          ^^H 

Hav,  70,111 

Hcddfti,  15,  302,357, l;67. 

^^M 

Httine-s  i:nL  4:>i-i5ri 

llftV<kn,  IW,  2116,442 

4^17,  m\ 

llullUi!^^  2(i.  27,158, 159,                ^H 

UttlUi'nbv,  iJti 

U,*;  M,  tt7,  127,  U12,  212, 

lloldiT,  13,  14 

2W-H)2,  448-450                              .■ 

Uitlc,  ;w,  W,  ^),  104,  2<jO, 

;i57 

Holdri<lK<>,  201 

Htiutry,  200                               ^^^H 

UL^S  tix'ri,  2^«,  27B,  ',m, 

Ilavford,  175,  1«),  ;w»7 

UidJttiiU,  40,  62,  63.  4:10, 

^^^H 

4  Hj»  4ru 

HiiViie.%,  24, 2^:;,  :i«,  4.**h 

478 

^^^^H 

Huky,  J5,  Ul,  35.^ 

llftVwiu-cl,  45,   20a,  3W. 

Hollii*,65,  56,272,36S 

Uki.nuii,  no                     ^^^H 

JUlfiiM, ;!,;« 

4:W 

Htdluwuy,  1»0,  181,  3(H, 

llytclihin.  117,376                 ^^^H 

UiiJU  VI.  Wi.  W2.  W,  H3, 

Httinrd,  367 

:kM>,476 

HLitehltm^in,   16.  3D,  6S,      ^^^H 

HV?     Ki'.     iMi     '_',Kt^  vnfc',^ 

lljwt'ltiin,367 

Hr>liUHU,  UK  51,  53,  54, 

W-50,  83,  111,  131,  136,       ^^^B 

IT                 i-iO,  a;:>, 

Uiiitt'n,  361 

85,  2liO,  201,   Jtt.',  264, 

l:i8,  i:t9,  146,  102,  174,                V 

"*<                                       !IiiiriUU4 

LW,  443 

216,  2lw,  2:I6-2M,  2:2,                  ■ 

Hull.  , . ,  .  ,  ^o;i,:j.sO   Heiirsuv,  2*14,  3rtfi 

eolmv«,  76,  88,  117,  176, 

273,  280,  348,  31^7,  30l»,                  ■ 

Hh1Iow<  11,  4<ftt 

IR'sith,  IW.  433,  4;^ 

170,  ISO,  200,  351,  420, 

425,  457,4<}6                                     ■ 

Hjibrv.  ;tli 

H  cut  on,  446 

431;  436 

Hiit.400,2^2, 431                               ^H 

Hal-*Uii.  :»o 

Hpdjrci?,  375 

Holt,  410 

Hydt>,  UKI,  211,  350                   ^^^H 

Ham,   -4,   im,  167,  l.?tf, 

Ht'liMPH,  1:J2,  138, 130 

HoUo!i,478 

Hynum,  4                            ^^^^1 

HaiiilUuii,  201,  205,  213, 

lieticlimau,  2,  160,  424, 

llwlj'oke,  329 

^^^^^^1 

4*12 

Hmiiuti!^,  357 

^^H 

144 

lli^nrv  (KJri^),  20,    122, 

HolHtr,  423,  424,  476 

n3«U>y,  ;i43,  412,  410                        ^H 

IfamllTi,  ,151 

124,  KM*,  2W.  2:)0,  3u;{, 

lloiiH'*,  476 

J»ilje4,341                                         H 

Hmiimima,  117, 176, 211, 

310,  :mh 

llwmwHI,  117 

Higalk,  279.  283, 361,  476  ■ 
Ingfi  Midi,  119, 1*01,  L40                    ^1 

m  . 

Eit-nnliAW,   tor.-115,  Jn.1, 

Honil,  107 » 272 

Jlutuar,  U7 

221,  2IU,  205,  402,  48J3, 

HtM^kiT,    1U4,    200,    335, 

HifsmtittDj,  1^,  i7u                         ^H 

Ham^xlf  D,  '.m,  3G9 

443 

:i;i8,  458 

Irctuu,  241                                 ^^^^1 

Httticot  k,  IS,  57,  t*2,  lOfi^ 

Hijp worth,  !?* 

Hnoiwr,    117.  213,    283- 

4(r2                                ^^^H 

KW,  ^i;.".*,  4(W,  4UI,  4J0, 

Ui  rb«Tt,  ,325 

287,  367,  475 

L«j^te,  2»8                                 ^^^H 

4i:i,  is«,  i?!!!) 

HiTde,:M) 

Huotoii,  l2;i,  125 

Um,  366,i!fit                           ^^^H 

HlllU':4,  liMJI 

Herimi&u,  273? 

llrj|.kin!t.  15,  60,  62,  180, 

^^^^^H 

Hiiuoy,  in,  UH 

HcHiig,  30,  '278 
ILrrick,  250,    351,  357, 

10),  IVM,   m-i,  271,  351, 

^^H 

Htinlorfl,  ^wV,  487 

:i57,  ms,  424.  458 

.liickmftn,  162, 163,  366           ^^^H 

HitiMiinl,  i:t7 

4fl3 

Huppin,  :m 

JuckMiin,  9«),  IMI,  ](A'i,  107.                ^H 

llutti^coiti,  H7 

Htrrington,  2**1 

Ho  It  on,  m,  '262,263,331, 

11:1,  114,  IM,    199.  291,                  ■ 

HHirM>ii,244 

tltrvtn,  200 

375,  37{S,  412 

220,  278,  357,  42U,  423,                  ^| 

HiiruM'^f-oii,  :i7(J 

Herwood,  10 

H.wkins,    73,    17fi,    181,: 

469                                                     ■ 

Hur[.:iugli,:i<icl 

Htnvejf,  68 

\vrl,  184,  304,  429,  439, 

JurobB,  116,  158,  279                       ^1 

Harhur,  4:{,  4iJ 

irt'wltt,30,353 

470 

JlUUr^, .%.  398  ^H 
JfttDCfl  (King),  114,231,                 ■ 

lUnliiiKt  Jl7tiaM 

H('vwt«>d,207 

Hunmtr,  358, 3§2 

llunlwklt,  475 

llk'kliiij?,  225 

Hotchkhfl,  IKl,  282 

*H,  :J24                          *                  ■ 

llantv,  Mil,  117,354 

Hick«,  117,454 

Hnujfli,  rw,  275,  2»2 

Jajufif    (Duke  of    Or-               ^| 

IhiriiJ^S  37\* 

Htddm,  72,  2><0 

Uoughtim,  80,   80,  115, 

inoudi,  481                                   ^1 

i[iirk-wurtH.  120 

liiffKlns,  188,  liK),    m,! 

18:j,202,4i3 

.laneH,  4uu                                       ^H 

JIartiikoiuU'll,  2lf 

ini2,  :wirt 

llouHP,  267 

.lunvirlu,  23,  158                    ^^^^| 

Hitrlovv,  ]w 

UigglQifon,  36, 154.  248, 

Hoii*toD,  05 

:!i'»,  M*.                    ^^^^H 

JLammoii,  J^^O 

'MCM 

IJovcduii,  310 

,                             ^^^^H 

Hanwr,  :i64,  37:j 

llihlrt'th,  H7 

Ho%cv,  57,  208,  270,  nr 

^^^^^H 

IJiirrliatin,  fcf?,  278 

HIU,  2:t,  24,  2f^,  40,  50, 

387,' 088,  447 

^^^1 

Httrrfngtoru  2U,  430 

(sT*,  m,  8W,  100,  156,  L-j?, 

Howard,   176,  271,   2^ 

^^^H 

iJiwrU.  *i,  It*,  :m»,   llfi, 

:j<*0,  244,  '280»  .£in»,  452, 

:i53,  :!54,  468,  470,  4W 

118, 119               ^^^H 

162,  IW,  'i^W,  211,  2:Wf 

4i4,  401,  48i* 

Howden,  24 

J(  tl(  r^ou,  37V',  423                   ^^^H 

2«J.  337,341,  302,  4,JJ3, 

liniatrd,  24,  25.  267 

Uuwf.   3,  30,  74,  80^  87,  Ji(rrevH,  3^'4                              ^^^M 

4W 

HiO».  102,313,448 
liili«bu rough  (Earl  of)f 

01,  02,    107,    200,  276, 

Jdf,  :;5i  ^^^H 
.lijliiton,  lU                           ^^^H 

HiirrljKMi,  M.  115,  3ai, 

307,  308 

,'t32,  ;i4i,  402,  W\ 

itu 

Howdt,  315 

Hart,  IJS,  61},  sa,  ]ii7, 16$),  Hiliiian,  175 

Howeth,  87 

^^^H 

IWJ,  226,  388,  457           iHincklty,  tW,  145 

HowlaDd,  15,61,62,66- 

Jcukcf.ii                          ^^^^1 

HurUborae,  iil            |UlU€kdtuiui,  lUU 

09,  »0,  91,  175-177,  IW, 

^^^^H 

496 


Index  of  Names. 


Kiiiitji-¥,  jiij.  -m 

KUiKUiftiii.  SITU 
Klim,  )^ 
Klrfiv,  L-M^no 
Kirk.  -SMJ,  :e:M 
Klrluiklr.'ir:t 

Kmijip,  &,  -ITO^  477.  ifi9 
Kiiti'UDtU^.9JU,3^tT4-^ 


Jenkins,  27, 158, 18»,aoi, 

:«4,  454 
Jeuney,  179,  432 
JenuiugK,  :M) 
.  Jennl»on.W.211,iM 
'  Jewell,  4:Mfl 
Jewett,  2<H,  211,  'Zl^Hn, 

2H0,305,.HW,4(J6,4ra 
Joffues,  aOU 
John>«,  44H 
John.»on.  27,  .*»,  aj,  ,1^. 

4'.»,  r>(»,  57,<H,73,  Nl,  «:, 

17:.,  211,  21.V21V,  "iTJ,  - -.-     -     .  _ 

274.  2S1,  2W,  2U:^aia,KMifelU.    1*1,  'M,  ^4.  2*1, 

3:W  4.'.l-4.'>4,  4<M  117.   LW.  IW.  a^il,**!, 

Joholinot.D  ■i*^K»»,447,44tiHil 

J(Uie«,  2y,  .V).  M,  A4,  7«,  Knott,  2Wl 

«H    117,  15«,  l.W^  litl/KiiowIe*,  (53,   101,    lfe8, 

Irti,  17o,  17rt,  201,1^1 1, i     -HW 

■Vi',  2S2,  :V41,  :*17,  ■syl,  KiMmlt^m,  JJH,  2S0 

•W7',  :ttw,  -121,  4.r^,  tJf. 

429.  431,  442,  444 
JouKon,H2,  170 
Jonlan,  9,  »0,  20i,  Sfifi, 

2fi7,  313 
Jorpons»on,  86 
Josttfllne, :» 
JoMiah  (Indian),  47>  48 
Jo»««elTn,  :W,  312-^14 
Joy,  117,423,424 
Joyce,  :W2 
Jucket,  175, 181 
JuiUl,  1U'>,  222 
Juell.4:M0 
Juukins4<>5,418 
Juntln,  2K2 
JuHtiuian,  220 
Juxsou,  25 
Jyp!«on,  116 


Kane,  ,379 
Kui^t,  359 
Keau,  175 
Keannekuck,  433 

Keiitinir,  ^fc-'l 

Kel.v.  44,  45 

Ktelor,  :W 

Koon,  IH).  isl,  27!» 

K«'ep,  "»-'>^^ 

Keith,  42,  170,  309,  :m, 

Kelv,  44,  4.'> 
Kfllev,  315, 4.V),  4,17 
Kellogg,  iy2,  1«.4,  altt 
Kelton,  443,  444 
Kemp.  :«>.  Hw 
K<*inj)ton,  79,  178 
Kentlall,  '.U.  2>2,  437 
Kemlrick,  115 
K<'iK'j*lar,  453 
Kene!<t»n,  4.»1,  454 
Kenltitou,  ',£f^t,  452 
K^iiEiully,  '^^ 
KeiiniinL  27*  157, 158,1541 
K^mifT  110  ' 

Keonedy,  175.  2h"2 
Kennedy  <Uml),'.*J4 
K^ntp  107,  V^,  26(1 
Keverell,  iWi 
Keve,  82 
Kl.ld,  .-ttW 
Kidder,  W,  100,  151, 155, 

ls:j,  212,  2-,'4,  2:i.>,  2T4, 

47S,  479,  4{<2,  4>s:i 

KlmlmU,^  W),    ll''^   ir4,I^-»>m.n7,mi39 
211,  279,  3tn,  441  s  447     U-luin,  It^ 

Kin"    i)-',  97,   l»V:t.  -Jt'^.l^  Uamii,  17rt,  ISO 
^-)3,'  .'Cyj,  452,  454  I Li'diforrl ,  ;o,  .Ifl 

Kingman,  IM)  ^^    l!-*' V,"**'^^"*' ^"\^ 

Kingsbury,  105,2&0,3:is.  Lu  IH-i^wiij^tT,  126 


Le*,  19,1^*201, 22*, 387, 
3S3,an 

Leeds,  «*,  '.W 
Lf^T  ^7r  458.  461 
Lefllinrw^ell,  341 

I^tl^QiL*  158,  15»,  3177 
LelflHd,  HS,  ef7,  i2» 
Lemmo,  115 

t^nlon,  13L 

L«*.  card .  ^J  J4(V- HXIW 
IT\\   iHi,  2r3,  276,ai2, 

T^«Ue,  :i:;i 

Letheri,  20 
l^ttln,  lil 
l^  Tvaji.  126 
Irfverett,  143,  218 
I^vett,  m 

Lewl».  m,  m,  90, 99, 100. 
117,  140,   196,  2ftr^,  2lv, 

212,  attr,  287,  4;»,  452, 

4AS 

Utdif ,  S4,  25,  IM,  Wt 

Idnoolti,  7, 10, 79, 85f  SOL 
S05,  212,  275,  »30,  3M, 
3^H^;400 
liiidsey,  116, 2M 
Uag,  461 
LlnnelJ,  l(«g 
Un?UT.  3<^,05,4r6 

li.i.Ki,  s-,-rJ0.36l,:2fi3,26l 
|L[|ji»inci>tJ.  104.  4|Af 
iLUhibv,  117 
Ume.  ;W,  97,2ll,2Rrfif2iir  1-i^ter,  127 
LaiufCTlr,  2V>  Uttle,  ft),  66,  162,  278, 

Luufi'U.  29  4h'J 

Lani!,  15fi  *  Lldlefidd,  35. 116, 119 

Ijih^don,    150.  150.  275JUtt;tjohn,  180 

:tt7.  379,  :PJrt.  aJW,  421    JLlvermore,  91,  211^  41S5 
I.augkv,  26,  311, 15'.»t2lM,LkJng*(ofi.  .^Jl 
Luhgrnih,  70  fLotmu|,'^li,  iW 

Liiiigworlhv,  379,  490     Locke-.  2(iii.  453, 4?« 

L-niilian!,  mi,  292 

Ltj )i K IliJow 1 354,  405, 4C6, 
4T1 


Knell,  52 
KiitcteerlnK*ter.  342 


KlULV,  2NJ 

KuwUlliyrtt,  335 

L 

I^bftree,  350 

Ijm^K  iTfi,  *W,  404 
LArayetre,  ltii2 
Lakenifia,  m,  27i 
LAiDArtiiie,  /:«* 
Ukml),:ttn^  156,328 
Uwiil^ert,  ;nUW7 

ijmijwtit,  an 

LdiiiJwtnh',  3ia 
Lmnphrey,  2U 
La.mpDi»t  *^ 
LaudikU,  nud 
LA»d«-r,  29 
Ldindoti.  45 


LupEiiini.  «37,  224 

Lary,  27 
L*MtU,  116,117 
Latham,  m.  2Wl,  287 

l*tim*li, :«».  apl 
Lat«iiny,  ;in 
1^  ToQP,  15.1 
LttlTObc,  2i4 
Laureiij,  :t"4 

Liiien  117 

LawiTiins  30,  H5.    IffT, 
Ids    17L  ir5>  loo,  211,  lA.i*!»niK,  *r<».  369 
2:t(i.  2:t2, 47H  iLotlirop,  10,  68 

Lawnou,  i:t2.  1*^,  139      jLoinl,  25 
ijiTboriie.  2:19  LouIj«  (XI,),  2(H 

t^y I  imn,  :i5l  Lt>u  I  s  ( X I V . ) ,  Xt-'i 

Liivton.  aa,  26,  72,  157,  I-tmis  (XVI.),  IttT 

m,  2^9,  401  r^oiiis  IMiilippe,  2(H 

Le*.  124  |UiveJ,  :t*>,  i-^O 

Li-acli,  27,  92»  117,  250,  LoreljiiMf    l^rd),  120 


LniicTtt-nrth,  354 

U**A.  116 

Ij*oker,  irJS 

Loij^^i,  433 

Lord.  27,33,33,110,117, 

2P2,  2WC^.  :*31»,  404 
Lfirlng.  2-5,  J+t,  213,  357, 


46;j,  4^ 

JjejunjetttT.  2»MJ 
U'ltdCT,  l'S5 
Learned,  211 
Lfntur*  p  4 


KiiilstOD,  280 


|Ledjfird|  *£^ 


Love Wf  11,  57.  I,*i5 
Low,  32,  104,278 
l^>well,  2(»1,  371 
I^)wer,  321 

.>w(ski,aao 

J^wtlier,  127 

>UCU8,  .'U) 
Luce.  3(M^,  309 
Ludlow,  48,  50,  5a,  450, 

457  I 

Luf  l)erry,  253,  254 
Lund>art,  IM)  ' 

Lunt.  91,   102,  117,  232, 

'2,33,  358,  454|  483,  488    I 
Luse,  374  | 


Lniher,  16^,  lai 
L4Mhk,«a,  IH 

LuMJD,  ir^ 

LatJitT.;iQ,  4:12 
IwitxatkbcHirir,  254 
Lyd«l4tie,  117 
Lynun,  1^,  ^42,  430 
Lvrneii  ^'{0 
Lyncb,  116 
Lynden,  196 
Lyii^dlliu^l  (Lord),  3S5, 

^^ 
Lyon,   17^,  IgO.  260.251, 

363.364,441,442.444 
LyADQ,  Mtii  ;t2&,  3:7 
LjstoD,  24 


3faxwtii«j,  14ti»  229 

MadtPiizie,  421 

Sliu^mbtf,  174-176, 180, 

Jlf  acpberegsL,  4^ 
Mucy.  479 

Mi^Fuxt*  L  Klag),  376 
llaiii,  UA 

Mafcepeaon^  ^,  52,  80, 

1^,  4<» 
Malcomb,  402 
MallaUeu,  :^M,  478 
MaUtiry,  2(]«$ 
Molt  by,  29 
Ham^niauir   (Eadlaa), 

47,44 
M  AH  ley,  2,  3.  264 
Mitno,  93,2^3,441,  476 
^[ftnniag,  3L»,  220,  2U, 

MiwifAHd,  250 

Maii!ildp,46l 

Majw^,  331,  SM 

Murljle.JW? 

Marbury,  lft,l7,131,133, 

March,  22,  71,  116,  4i2- 

Marlon,  374 
MarkbiLoi,  13»,129,  m 
Mai-rinor,  :J4,  117.  IM 
Hanjh,  lU0,ia5e,a5O,5ffl, 

im 
Marshall,  19,  26,  30,86, 

91,  152,  2+4 
Hari^tuu,  2U 
HarttH,  21V,  ^,  55,  116, 

nr,  183, 2»*.  :ki^,  474 

MiLrtineitu,2l6 
Murfvnj  45 
MurvJn,  372,  ;j73, 434 
MarVfoi»d,  i::? 
Mari^  (^wa).   83,  84, 

llii*oo,27,  1**5,  IS0,1», 

211.  211,  2WS,  377,  404, 

471*.  479 
MiLS8eati,4?'£ 
Jlfl^Hs!^,  V!9 
Marlon,  *Si 
ilatht^r.  22, 44M2, 46,  W, 

UnE.  I«J,  112,   151-155, 

:H*^,  4:S4.  4Hr 
Mm  hew,  3:15 
Mattlifcw*,  21.  36, 87 
Matfoouji^,  4tii2 
Iflindit,  273 
Mauu»eL  3Ii 
Miiurel,  472 
'^raverick,  49.  f/J,  456 
3Iaxcv.  221,  377 
iMaxiieid,  68,  09,  336,412 
Maxim,  170 


INDEX    OF    NAMES. 


A 

Abbott,    24,  27»  81 »  80» 

tl7,  -ill.  tiTA,  41i>,  km 
Abi'rcroiwbic,  7i,  30« 
Abtom-,  2.W 
Abttj*tt%  2ri4 
Achii3i,  1(U 
Actoii,  av 
Adam*,  8,  20-24, 27,  M, 

106-1  w,  lui,  n;j,  iH, 

im,  uy>  I5fj-L>y.  iiw, 

2O0,  209,  t:27,  2<M,  iVll,  Aptliorp,  30 

27«,  27H,  '^nfi,  JUr-KiI,  Ari'luT,  24K 

Mti,  :WiI,  aSo,  370.  Tin,  A  mi  It' s  117 

3«i,  aii:j,  4U>,  42't,  4:i4,Arijjiu>ftim,  ,154,400 

430,  f47,  «8,  4iH,  4ae,  AnnHiroiiif,  lw> 


Anne  (Que«o),  243,  354,     \m,  300,  279,  282,  20D, 

4:H  2Ui,  .187,  443, 4<W 

Aniic'«lcy,  372  Bulcli,  7,  ItW),  380,  368 

Ant  lion  V,  101  sBalconrt,  H7 

Apt^^,  438  IBsiWwIn,  325,  3<J8,  419 

Appk-tlkwalt,  230  Uale,  r{<»l 

Apploton,    20,    30,  l2rt,  Uall,  ih6,  87,  8fi,  lt>7 

Un,  im,  19fl,  lUK,  211,  Hallard^  ;irtJ,  485,  480 

2^4,  278,  27i>,  afSH,  371,  UiiiMborout(li,  127 


452,  47» 
Apjilry,  242,  54:i 


4^ 

AdftJiioii,  4?^ 

.  Anaton  (Tnatftn),  47,48 

Alkvn,  mi 
:  Albert,  373 
Alby,  232 
AlocHjk,  20,  315 
Aldrn,  1,2,00,  170,  106, 

43^,  4:ni,  470 
AbJricb,  Vn,  307 
Aid  1 1 9,  Wi 
AlfXandpi-,  35, 1^ 
AlexiLutiirr    (EiopcMr), 

ItiO 
AlforU,  1^ 
Alg^T,  17-| 
AMru,  2?4 
Alliurd,  25,  450 
Alloock,  31ii 
Allim^  ;tn,  00,  m,  71,  SS,  Ausitln, 

116-117,   137.  Ifla,  IHK,     103 


0 aileron,  8i»,   llll,    183^ 

210,227,275,350 
Baufield,  24 
BAnp,305,40(S,4U,417, 

BaiikJS,  233,  315 
Uart>cr,  88,  154,  302,  331, 


ArnoW,  12,  101,  lt«,  353,     4:JS,  40:;,  460 


Artliliiffton,  124 
Asa,  278 
Aabbv,  248,  249 
Ashley,  2U,  175,  180,  193, 

305,  407.  470 
Ashtoii,  237 
Ashtir*!.  41 
Ah  tor,  379 
AtliiTTan,   2t>,   43,   202,  Bam  1 1  am,  2i» 


ItojrdL'a,  170 

Bard*,  207 

B*rdsley,  87 

Bard  well,  183 

Bark  I?  r,  20,  31,  89,  143, 

247,454 
Barnard,  ItiS,  211,  294,! 

361 
Bttrnpj!,40,57,  87 


"ifii,  444,  406 
AtkiiiH,  85,  125,  30a 
AtkiiiHun,  90 
AlwatiT.  20,  84,  300 
Atwt'll,  2» 


jBiiruK,  M7 
BafnHtead,  1S3 
BurnRin,  25» 
JBArrwA.  H7 
IBitrro,  H>3 


At  wood,  2»,  aO,  82,  00,  Bami.  423 

184  Barret!,  427, 405 

AulH'iipine,  373  B4irroo,301 

4ugU!<tlr»c,  2l*J  ^Barrowx,  180 

100,  107,  176,  Barrulo,  88 

ltarn\  430,  452 


ISI,  1W>,  308,  211,  2:14,  AvorilU  30,  flO,  117 
270,  377,  279,  281,  2S2,  Avory,  452,  4;H,  455,  4S6, 

2(I6»310,  354,  3118,  aw,  ■  ' " 

419,428,  430,  4.t2,  4JMI, 
44S,  453f  iM,  47a,  475, 
470 
,  Alloy.  357 
Altiston,  303 
AlUton,  201 
Allyn,  no,  458 
L  Alar»en,  224 
LAlr%2»2 
[  AmIirCMe,  1!2 
f  Amherit,  3iS0, 306,  400 
Ainory,    H»,    IW,   227, 

354 
Amofl,  180 
Am  Aden,  87 
,  Amyivnp  173 
,  Audirri^un,  30,  ft5 

Audre,  285 
[  Andrew,  40,  80,  Oa,  Off, 
100,  145,  140,  210,  211, 
213,  3ft7.  368,  371,  3?s5, 
408,480 
I  AJidM«w»,  32, 33, 27«,  388, 
4U,  480 


llar^'tiMv,  110,  105,211 

.,.--,,  ...,,  „., ,  ._,  Hariholiimow,  4St,  106 

Axtdl,  14.1,  144,  100  flartlft,  r>7,  Ifrt,  278-280 

Ayer,  157,  301  Bartlctt,  M),  150, 205, 42lf, 

Ayflm,  20,  27,  117,  150,i    475 

343  I  Barred,  gg 

Ayn^a,  25,  117,  158, 343, 1  Barton,  20,  84,  85 
447  IBanchet,  37:j 

iBnuoom,  20 
B 


Bab,  24, 25,  450 
llabbt'tt,  420 
BabcMck,  00,  364 
Babsuii,  04,  05 
Uackiin,  275, 270,281,340, 

342,  302,  4K^ 
Ballon,  ;j0,  187,  188,  160, 

2iKl  ! 

Badcock,  202-206,441- 

Badlam,  205 
BiwUor,    im,   361, 

430 
Bai^lry,  29 
BaffU&U. im 
Bag(*liaw,  HO 
Baffaley,  20 


I  Audros,  41, 42,  1^2,  411,'Baili-v,  117,  in«,  203,351 
I     434  |Balii6ridg«.  l8-2ft 

Ax^t  loa  iBaker,  30, 63, 64, 70, 143, 


jBaas,  1,2,20,  111 
jBnssftt,  30 
Bntclielor,  m 
Buteman,  IM 
Bates.,  M,  170,  302,  305, 

;i8y 
Rath  unit,  243 
Btttibatn,  45 
Batt,  80 
BattpU,  350 
Bmivii,  :l7.i 
Bir 
Ba. 

Ba}J: ■.  .1; 

Bayut^i<<,  lid,  120,  133 
IWach,  358,  400,  401 
BeMdle,  71 
Bf-alp,  30,  204 
BcalH,  1:0,  420,  430 
U«amat),  :|GU 
Bear,  156 


B«*rd,  72 
Beaumont,  120 
Bfckwilb,  30,349 
BiHlwin,311i 
IJewl,  230 
BihHsou,  124 
Belcb*-r,W,  155,263,905, 

280,  370*  441 
BcMi  n,  20,  342 
Brldiug,  182 
BdJ»   IK2,  224,  282,  355, 

im,  407,  478,  4Ba 

Bt'iknil 2\> 

Bfllirtj^ltani,  127 
Bi'tJowM,hO,00,211 
Bcmh,  2tJ 
Be»iU!>,  180 
Benjajitin,  183 
Bcrtnf.*tf ,  30,  80, 175, 176, 

INO,  2;i8,  207,  281,  282, 

474 
Beofton,  24, 150, 175, 176, 

180 
Bent.  263 
Bent  ley,  201, 443 
Beuton,  103 
Bentjspn,  ;i7C,  379 
Bprjti'rt't,  82 
Brniard,   30,    107.   100, 

272,  274,  411 
BtnvjS.  jr.,  SI,  186,311, 

Bi  ^27,  15*1, 

]  -;J02,  +4§- 

Bhlwftl,  lai,  106 
BiiTidow.   H,  20,  tt,  fi«, 

103,  lot*,  211,  2sa,  490 
Bill.  47,  48, 100, 100,  221, 

2i£J:,  281 
BlflJug*,  117,  183.  264- 

2t:t0,  4H0 

Bin-.  -:s 

Bit. 

Bi' 

Bin 

Bin 

Hi; 

Bhbap,   li},  39,  90,  103, 


I7i 


i-rt.  \::\ 


Bi^ 

BiM 

Bl^ 

Bli. 

BlHckki^<^u,  80,  OS 

Blaekman,  267 

Black  S»<.^hrm,  00 

Hlm^kw«*ll,  4fi4 

Btakrs  30,   iH, 

203,  20.'i,  453,   ^ 
Blaktfltuu,  5(1 
B I  auk  I II  •<  hip,  420 

Bii-*«i,  440 

BJoRie,  152 
BIfMiu  Olid,  318,  323 
BloomWtld,  17,  543,  344 
Blower,  60 


492 


Index  of  Names. 


sm 


BodWirU,28ll 
BoffB«rt,  30O 

Boltou.  170 
Bolt  wood,  30,  IjSS 
Bonapurt?,  3§£ 

Bona,  ^},  ^,  117,  ISe,  Britt,  3£0 
20a,  211,338  *^--  '   " 

Bi>n1ghtt»a^  31j2 
Bocitner,,  433 
Bouxior,  1^ 
Bootomt  B5 
Booth,  175.  I7fl,  ir&,  179, 

180,  m,  to?,  lai,  »a 

Bonl«ti,  im,  IBl 
Bore«lr37yi 


»ui>,  Ml,  ^,  IXW  i^i 
BrUrtt^^ll 
BrtghtouLti,  ^M 
Eri^kcrhoir^  »8 
BrlffU^,  S7W 
Biii«»*  iC,  211 
Brletow,  30 


K 


110, 117 


BwiTrarth,  IM.  £f7-Sld, 

Boteler,  313 
Bottom,  ^im 

Bondtnot,  374 
BoiiglitoD,  m 

Boume,  TV,  110,490 

BcnitL4k,  ^m 

Botiton,  I5&  Bucliojimi,  la^  «i,  ii&; 

Bowdltdh,  6,  4^1!)  Buck,  :Kf,  440 

Bowdulu ,  1{J7.  1€S,  .174    I B  ncki  nglmin ,  4.10 

Boweii,  14,  (!3,  ll!0,  1S3,  Butkljiiirf,  4y,  Ul 


BntlPT,  30,  »0,  Hi,  117, 

IKI,  10&,  M'J,  4&S»  4tU 
BuUertleitl,  ^ 
BiitU,  J^ 
iiQ:X:ti>n,  L40,  ^l,  2&S 

Blrl«<«.  1 

Brfidd,  41 
Brrde,  30 
B]rnie,  1% 


BfOC^rJmiik,  277 
Broilh0«d,  Sfitf^  474 
Brooke,  im,  2H,  ^16 
Brctcikvs,  i:w 
Biwikji.  oa,  117,  303  a07, 
2^,344 


Cabot,  8S,  N>»,  3»»I 
Cad  well,  ]b3«  1D3 
C*d¥,  m 
Cake,  2Ȥ 

cm^wdi,  94, 10!^  4e>o 

CaJet  <!£,  10^^  ^$ 
Callffiifttr,  2d« 
ICalvfirley,  126,  127 
Brtiugljtcus,  ai,  287  !Caiiirteii,  30, 3OT.  321 

Browne,   14,  Ija,  35,  *JJ,'C!*iiilJbell,  **?,  1£H,   17ft, 
90,  D4,  71,  ^,  Sti,  90,]    ifflj,  S50,  447 
itiu,  1^,  ISO,  163,  1^  Cimpyof),  :m 
JtH,  IW5,  MO,  2«*,  aili  Canmlv.  iJCs  181 
^I,  iOft,  ISTH,  !I71>,  liSO,  i '111111  way,  HO 
34:i,  3S4,  3«N,  3<lv,  41iJ,  Caodlf  r,  low,  loe,  lEH 
i3.%  445,  469,  MO,  4fl3,  Cannev,  20,  lUO 
4«7,  *«*  iCniminn.  m 

Bro^oJme,  1^  'Caniioti,  (Mi,  iS7 

Bruce,  IIO,  llilJ,  332,  370    k>wn,  61 

Brvaut,  fl,  [*?7,  17S,  17«,i    4^11 
:m,  41%  i^^  iM,  476     Can^v,  li^,  .10, 57 


UuckmaUf  4M3 
BurkmiuMfT,  424,  47? 
Huekut-I,  4M 
BblI,  lyw, :»;« 


1^,  :i&7,  ;t*i7 


207 
Bower*,  108 
Bo  wkei-,  m 
Bowlejt,  m 
BoWKiAb,  211 
Bowne,  Jfl7 
Boyd,25,  ISO,  I|l9,4i1> 
Bojrdell,  473 

Bo^-eji,  .13 

BoyJ*toii,  8,  SU 

Bdynton,  1^7,  279,  2S0,  niiltj]i^ti,  117 

am  jBiJiiipuii,  17^ 

Boy  ¥  11 1 ,  237  Bu  in  ^  t  i-a^ .  :mi 

BrahrtHilc,  2^  J  Uu  iiCf ,  1  ^;J,  HO,  343 

Brarkefbury,  10  lBlm[l,a^:l 

Bracki't.  ^1,  24,43,  16«,  BurbanjE,  117,  4:.1" 

350.  45:r-4M  [Bur^k-r,  :J^ 

Bradbury,   30,   70,  224,^Biirdftt,  irj 

280,  47«  BiirtUek,  iw 

Bradford,  1, 34,  267, 270,'itiirn4-,  44,  ^(J 

436.  437  iBurgt  »B,  104,  27fl 

Bradl ee ,  100  i  Bu r luf oy u e ,  L*M ,  4'J.  1 

Bnwlley,  ]W.  360,368    M Burke,  317,  ;K»:i,  ^34 
Brttdi«W,SI$  lBurk»,116 

Braditreet,  70, 74  '  B  u  rk^y ,  166 

Brady.  3ȣ^  JBurpUj,  ^EJO 

BraJtaiml,  363  iBurnaliY,  272 

Braley,  175,  1J«0, 467         Bunm|j;  fiJ 


Curgill,  410 
iL'Drlln,  tt7 
H'wUiit?,  315 
Irarltou,  ]]A,1D9, 1'Ift 
CariM'titiT,  17»^,  43y,  445 
iritrr,  117,  rCO 
■Curwcin,  3;a 

Curtt-r,  1,  ifi,  m.m,  m, 

I     117,  13#,  i:i&,  Km,  156, 


Chatflt^M,  29 

Chatttrton,  29 
CTiftunciF,    ^0,  270,  MO, 

a«7j  4'lfl,  436 
a»i-'ckley.  111 

Chetieaii,  451 

ClieDt?y,  30,  13»,l*ft,  MO, 

Cberry,  BS 

C^bMler,  17,  ®,l»k,«ll, 
236,  33»-di2,  3&0t  IM 

Che»ti5r<E*rlof),  M 
Chirlwooil,  Mt 
Chtralier,  43« 

Cbkk,  la? 
CbitkuluuliuU  40 
Chkk€-rinjs,  iftt,  106,  i» 
ailli!,'!?, -11 
CMldi,  :i^i 

i:liislii4ii]fi  i(*J 
Cbittciiaen,  *>,  160,  Wl 
I'huHlr,  70 
ICbohiik'y,  127,  I2S 
Ch«iJ<M,35& 
(."hintotitomf  219 
CbuTch,  30,  «,  isa,  IM, 

IHO,  2«7,  irtW,  4;!fi,  171 
Ctiufchlll,  17^,  nft,  ItO 
Clmt<',:K,:-'JT,23V,317 
CillifV,  4ro,  4^3 
Clfl|?uorD.  TV 


Bulkley,  21",  101,  200, 207?    27fi,  300, 30k  3WL  44S* 
BuU,  30,   Ua,   lua,  »12,  ran  er,  IV#,  l-Oii 

-y^  \Var\\  175,  37y,  400 

Bulliird,  im  \Vii^d\ln  ( Ksrl  of),  2« 

Bulktfk,  ^xi,  m,  80-89,  (siJiTle.  iKt 


BramiiD,  467  Bnnut,  324,  481 

Bmmln,U2,  ISl  Buriilmm,   X'".    l-A   lOO, 

Brand,  flO  '     156.  Js^,  'KA»,  $10,  354 

B  ranker,  50, 56  Bu  ni»ldt' ,  ^Wi 

BmttJLS  10«,  487  BniTj  llXt,  l(H,  103 

BnijthwaiU?,  30  BurrllJ,  153 

Brcck  ,207  B  u  rrough ,  *5 

B  reed ,  :ti4  Bnrrongb  i ,  164 ,  16« 

Brpnnn,  20S  Burrow;*,  201 

B  n-  ri  a  a.n ,  466  Burt,  1 4;* 

Brett,  1211  Burtoo,  2.13 

Hrtv  CHjft ,  1570  Bh  Kby ,  *J& 

Brewer,  57, 1Q8,  B«KS07,IBttJ!sh,  67.  2S2 

36:1  !Bu«hriill,47fi,48(J,4?7 
Brewiter,  27.   1511,  337,tBnM,  Iflfi 

400,  467,  4»i  Bu8t«ey,  ,>1 

Briant,  170  Jbuswell,  116 
Brick,  4» 


cus^wpii.K,  I7fl,i7i*,:yr, 

4l'H 
rule.  4.^1,  4.H 
4'iirini,  117 
riivvrly.  27,  4.1 
4'iivenilii«^li,  1l7 
Thai* UK  47'* 

("ftilltUll,  4!tP 

C  ely,  m 
dmre,  hi 

rliiidlMMimr',  117,  .'^H 
Clm^hvkk,  :t71.447 

CbalmerK,  27. "i,  415 
f  ImnilMTlditi,  ^4 
ChuuilierluYiit',  :U) 
Cbumbri"^,  jV.<^ 

rarnjju-riM'n  m'-,  ^''"^ 
i;li4iiih|jl;ti]i.  'ii  'J 

(1  Liu  II  pi 


201,  26A  2i'4,  -JU,  143, 
444, 154^,  4j7,  4W 

CUirell,  124,  :ri:i 

Uiirke,  7,  11,15,22,36, 
niv,  117,  16t»,  IM,  175, 
170,  1H»,  IM,  S^.  2K, 
*^K*,  ££!--^4,  2i'<»,  267, 
x'7<"^27<*,  Jij,  :,(r7,  3«, 
;H?-,  ItV^,  :*50,  36.1,  30- 

luv,  h;;,  4iia,  4i7-4i», 

4:tl,  4:rS  450,  454,  l» 

47.1, 47fi,  ire,  4*1,  US 

4K--41XI 

ciiiver,  nri,  r,7-4 

<  l»y,  2tf7 

CU  iivi'liiud,    U,  12,  6- 

21"^^ 
Olpioens,  176 

tirijitut.  4S  112, 117,3 
ili-iiieiiti*,  72 
Clirk,  27,  IHV 
*  Ifffuol,  J..-.  r4Vl,39 

riir'tuiK  14,  iiJo  . 

<  IJ-lnH-,  K 

1  Umplii  it; if* 

t  lult,  117 

I'ol.b,  4,  63.  90,  176, 

1M»,  100,  -n»5,  417 
Coblinin,  '•^'■i 
(orkajnis  .V- 
Cockj'i  lllb 


Cbmjdler,  5,  M,  lii.\  159,  (mUlin^on,  29, 151 

KM,  3iW,  442,  ^47j  40i>  Cmlinaii,  IW,  419 
Cli an kr,  255,370 

i'hnpln,  lr>^  fi^,  47ri 
i-haiillii,:iO 
Cliii|»[[uin,   5,    17^17, 

370,  454.  Lii 
CbopplU  rni 
rimiritv',  i^'iVl 
Cbflrlea  (Kliis),  14^  ns, 

W,   125,  srl-,  1^2,  317; 

ri45-;i47,  .•t7;i,  -|ik"i 
rburnork,  >..i'<.  :^^7 


Co*.,  .,0 

(.(•mn.  04,  l.V.»,  197 

'     :i:M',  .-i.".,  411 

ro.ir;n'>h«ll, :«),  y<C 
78,  ('oij>w(Il,  ::79,  470 

Coit.  .til 

C'ollK.rius  1(V).  4\«<. 

(olliurn,  ;«,  57. '. 
212,  224,  SAK  35 
3iV.»,  4.;4,  4i>.>,  4: 

Colby,  •:t) 

Cobiit .  2^0 


Cha-i?,  i:.!i.  17ii,  l^l,  213,  CoU«, :',(»,  tv.»,  >5.  1 
277,  270,  XVl,  .'ilV^,  4:52,      17^.    1^0,  I'.4,  : 

4;i.'j,  4(;4,  4r.i»,  470,  472  '   447 


Index  of  Names. 


493 


Coleman,  24, 26, 27, 104,] Creole,  82 
156,  158,  159,  18y,  ;,'Ui>-ICrfdlfyrd,  Jlfl 
301,  448-450  ^ 

Coleridge,  327 

Coles,  186 

Collgny,  373 

Collamore,  90,  200 

Collen,  115 

Collicott,  48-51 

Collier,  83,  325 

CoUins,  26,  30, 163,  im, 
191,  355,  442 

Collyer,  193 

Colnmn,  106, 153,  434 

Colt,  30 

Colton,  29,  194 

Columbus,  84,  231 


Colvin,  67 
Combe,  29 
Combee,  29 
Comber,  29 
Compton,  29,  343 
Comstock,  29 
Couant,  89,  198,  349,  36& 
Congdon,  66 
Conklin,  108 
Conner,  117 
Connor,  409 
Conny,  82 
Constable,  169 
Conway,  106 
Conyern,  238 
Coocli,  30 

Cooke,  27,  30,  45,  46,  4^, 
49,  86,  89,  154, 162,  l«N(,  CufiluH,  ;tii> 


Bawst^n,  Sd,  4M 

Day,  100,  lei,  S89,  446, 
447 

Di^atie,  27,30^31,^,36, 
^,  K«,  Hy,  IW,  ii>:{,116, 
140,  H:1,  176,  211,  212, 
2l4,  :^ai,  21H,  Juv,  306, 
36*<M)6,  ;irw,  411%  414, 
4m  -Jfifi,  ^7'J,  4M,  486 

Dearborn,  hi„\  -!:»:>,  483 

Do»rfii(?r,  117 

IH!  Uat-t-a«,  >iM 

Dt.'  JScauitiout,  :t23 


I  ru'd,  80 
(rt  I  k,  *'0<3 
Cn-liorts    2ffi2-'26*,  28S, 

4J  !,  +44 
Cr*.'4Lii,  «2 

Cre^lioii,  ^^ 
Cre^Ki'tf  SI 

t'j'itlr'lah'll,  1*9 

ijruck*'tt,  L*-i,  uo,  *-a;ie,  446  ik'i>L-n,  4013 

Cromwt-K,  1^7,  ^47,  3Wt  lk*bl<4*i  lUO 

'M\,  :J45,  :!4ti,  474,  4fii5    JX'  i  iiiiip,  471 
(  ruok* ,  m&,  474 ,  4:J        I IH'  Cb  tu»tL4bis  j  <35 
Cro -by ,  5J!i ,  *H) ,  2^5  I Jc iki 't,  L'5,  ..'y^,  299,  448 

Cro  "Irtiid ,  £fcH  I  Ue  <  ol  iftti  V  t  aja 

I'rtiSiii  a-J,  lt!J,  202,  S70,  D(.  (;osta/,a»^,  W^ 

4  J  u  ^  447,  io^  I J  kH<  r I  Qf; ,  199,  4 19 

I  >u  *.  eman ,  ItIO ,  3 JO  ir  Kri  t  e,  jt  1 

Cryw,  Xi>i  l>-    hikif^bv,  ,T20 

IMn  ■rrLnid,  ii«l 
b'   <,rtiv,  :Mi4|i 
Ivli-.i,,"-.-..,  u'^ 
iriHJirli.  4:. I 

I"^   Ki  Hi  I  bfortb,  323 


Crowt'll,  1B0,BI,l;uV 
t'rmm*!,  Iu7 
< 'nittpiiik'ii,  20 
1  (ttlwijrUi,  ;t5<>,  406 

i  ulvvr,  1J5S 


2:J9 
Coolbroth,  25,  157,  159, 

301,  447,  450,  451 
Coolldge,  211,379 
Coombs,  176,  316 
Cooper,  9,  18,  33,84.  lOti,"  n -tip,  aOi 

161,  227,  341,  394,  ;?^.^:,  <  iMltr,  ZU,^^,  o91 

421,463  riiiE^r,  an,  ^|^J 

Cope,  10, 17  '  iirijiig, '^Jl,  i;i9 

Copeland,  100,  206  ,'  litt^^  jU,  llF,  :i^4 

Copley,  221,  355,  356, 107 


Uuimlngbaai,  4, 100,319,  iKkiv,  J::.i%  426 
'^^  Ur  lik  M(j(t,a50 

Currier,  S7,  ICkt,  279  fklmi.  *  v,  ;(7i 

CurllH,  1-9,  IIG,  l!*a,  \\m,  IK  hill.,,  hiM 
iJi^J,  I'Wi,  :1L5  1 1  li'  hi  Nil VI',  im 

||*L' LnUrt%:jQ3 


L  usibiug,  li;,  W,  155, 30O, Dl'I  Leiv  rts^ 
;i^WK  ;ju^,  ,m,  4as,  411,  f  Je  LnvaiUV,  264 
41^41*1  l>  Mmiii,  IIKN 

CuHhmau,  34,  170,  349,  i).   Murtij^  111%  30ft 


Copp,  87,  473 
Coquerel,  373 
Corbett,  356 
Corby  u,  290 
Corcoran,  91, 196 
Corey,  198,  212, 224,  J 
C^rlbs,  401 
Corue,  82 
Corner,  VXi 
CornwaUi.-),  352 
Corry,  435 
Corser,  280 
Corson,  117 
Cortes,  232 
Corwin,  100, 161,  331 
Cothren,  31 

Cotton,  29,  37,  150,  158, 
176,  180,  243,  380,  4^9 


D 

lMkiij.2-i2 
VHiW.  IH.  115 

hiUrvuipks  412 

Dam,  L*l,2:j-i7.  117,  I.V- 
IMJ,    '^7-m^,   447-iiii. 

Diiinp,21,297 
Uiiitum,  Ik:,  300 
i>iiitirc4J,  ^i58 
i>iun»,  107,  ;m,  476 
Danby,  1;:^,  1^ 
Dane,  m,  Hi,  277,  ^r^ 


Dc  Mt-rlii  !?*,  a7-J 
De  .Mi.*iiiid£Kr,  il'B 
DtiiiMCkt ,  4N,  4w 
DtvSIyrinivUly,  175,431, 

4:12 
Dpiibow,  24 
Di'iie,  ai 
Df-niittui,    15J,  S2G,  334, 

:i:i5 

Df  III  sou,  2*n,  204,  280 
iH-nistcin,  404 
l>eniuiirk,  44^ 
Ik'iiiunvrt^  2<1 
Dn  mn  ,  Ji,  27,  157-159, 

jiviiiij,  ;/%wo,  110/111 

iDe  Nottbi  ck*  a79 
.Di^ti-^Ujw,  45* 

l><[iriiii.  1,1' 

1>||  [Ju-trkk.  .1-J6 
rliy,  ;^;k  hi,  41i^ 


Daufonb,  37,  no,   117,  IK'  ifu.-,  r.^i,  r^n 
HO,  141,  Itii,  m,  ati:,|lK'  Hi.tfM'rrirlil,  Jil 


Cousins,  116,  117 
Coutelier,  223 
Covert,  30 
Covil,  291 
Cowdin,  306 
Cowdrey,  86 
Co  well,  287 
Cowlnge,  105 
Cowley,  155 
Cox.  82,  180,  382 
Craadock,  65  ' 

Crafts,  2  . 

Crake,  126  V 

Crandall,  267 
Crane,  90,  IW,  261,  2<V1. 

265,  288,  306,  371,  387, 

442-444,  490 
Crank,  180 
Cranston,  114 
Crapo,  175 
Crawford,  25,  410 


HO 

Dun  It  J,  m,  202,  265 
Imnkls,  mi 
iJa rbv,  til 
DanKLtJrd),  125 
iJarllug,  ir4,  176 
Diirt,  m 
rVAuhiey,  153 
Utivciijjnrt,  2V^  329,  34: 

tM,  4.*H 
liLivil-,  4'V;e,  479 

ti7,  l\Ji\  110,  117,  i;i6» 
im,  iiHti,  19H,  213,  aiyt, 

2i'i^,  279,  2N),  33(\  UGli, 
3i>4,  419,  4ii4,  4i2--^, 
17J^.  489 

Diivisioii,  ly7,  281 

Ihivy,  17 

Dawt.'n,  2«? 

OawM»  30|  §6 


iM'-'fKirtuitfKi,  l.vr 
!.K■^^^Hin,  117 
lJ4  Ss]vi-rni,  197 

jx'  riioreidiuaajft 

UvvprvMKt  199 
iH^vU,  *\7 

IW-VfiTtiKIl,    tlO 

Ik'  Wuki'Tti'ld,n23 
Di-wiv.  ;j,"A4:i8 

Di'Xttr,  3.i,  ;t4,  IW,  153, 

L^f,  -ilfj.  477,  478 
D'¥«u,  472 
Dlbdin,  325 
DkkeQ*^  80,  mi,  in 
Dieki-nfOD,  200, 2i$£ 
DIckcnnan,  20fJ,  2fi4 
Dickln^oii,  ass,  303,  437 
Dickion.  158 
Dike,  ii4  262,  m,  309 


BiUey,  343 
Dillon,  125 
Dlmmick,  387 
Dimmock,  48,  49,  281 
Dinsmore,  400 
Disosway,  374 
Dix,  211 
DUon.  291 
Dixwell,  346 
Doane,  62,  63 
]>ockum,  454 
Dodd,  331 

Dodge,  155,379,477 
Dolbie,  453 
Dole,  278,  279 
Doler,  336 
Dolkum,  453 
Dollos,  455 
Donahue,  196 
Donald,  159 
Dongan,  172 
Donnell,  117 
Doolittle,  182,  270 
Dore,  26,  302,  358,  447, 

449 
Dorman,  117 
Dorr,  4,  319 
Dotson,  117 
Doty,  74,  175,  178 
Doughty,  117 
Douglass,   175,  180,  270, 

281,  431 
Dow,  25-27, 279,  298, 336, 

451 
Down,  278 
Downing,  21,  23-27,  117, 

156-159,  297-302,  447- 

451 
Downs,  278,  290 
Drake,  35,  40-42,  47,  48, 

102,  107,  108,  153,  155, 

212,  223,  240,  245,  325, 

3:i0.  334,  :t56,  420 
Draper,  :w,  213,  219 
Drax,  124,  240 
Dresser,  430 
Drew  ,  24,  25,  30 
Drinkwater,  401 
Dronsfleld^'6 
Drugger,  ft 
Drury,  11,  12 
Duane,  224 
Dudley,  35,  153,  354,  391, 

392,  434,  446 
Duffle,  379 
Duffield,  29 
Duhan,  336 
Dummer,  154 
Dunbar,  75 
Duncan,  48-51,  65,  363 
Duuham,  92,  98, 116, 176, 

180,  343,  344,  433 
Dunn,  85 
Dunton,  372 
Durgan,  156 
Durant,  1'23 
Durell,  278 
Duren,  351 
Durfee,  304 
Durkee,  '281 
Duryea,  376 
Dutch,  166 
Dutton,  29,  380,  480 
Dwight,  165, 166,419,437 
Dwyer,  157 
Dver,  48,  51,  62,  260, 291, 

'411 


Eairs,  62 
Eales,  50 
Kanies,  90 
Earl,  76 
Easterbrook,  211 


v^s 


'^u, 
f^4 


-^ 


494 


Ltdaeo/Nt 


Od 


SMtOB   104  441 
£«»o]i,  '20,  bs,  I7i>  WOf 
•MU  *HA  aiP,  aift 

BecLi^Atcm.  20 

E^ldy,  175,  17rv*  IHS,  19^. 

^11,  dm,  SlO,  ^1J,  '^£8 
Edes,  lt>7,  ttl3»  »la,  303, 

l£0,  4<3 
E4gcr]j.  IM,  15* 

IMmlnetci',  ISO,  161 

Kdnoiif  17« 

Edirai^  CElD(c),  10,  tV2, 

Its,  23»»  311,  317,  am, 

.Tin,  3i5,  .!;»,  Mfi 
,  EdwanlH.  2»,  95,  IttS,  321 
./      JSti,  3.W 
^     Egan,  'JOO 
EKlKTt,4«) 
Kgfflenton,  ."UV) 
EUlritlffe,  llA 
Ellflii  (Lonl),  301 
Ulot,  5,  38, :»,  151,  ir»J, 

iM,  381,  4:»4,  4:M,  402 
EHzabi'th  ((^ecD),  3i<K 

3L»4,  3^5,  333 
Ellock,  m 
EllcMi,  a<V2 
EUery,  353 
Elliot,  154,  200,  251,  252, 

3ft>,4<W,  4(W,  4«0 


FkABliig,  2S1 
|Pij|ili»w,  30 

Farlpf ,  300 

Fanwr,  t«,  17«  S7,  42, 

Pans  I*  worth,  62 
Fji/n»w<irr.ht  :*8,  290 

Karrafut.  4(iL4M,  471 
Fttf  rflT*  VOt  ^- 
Karri  Dffton,  4 

raj-p  :ue 

Faj'prweatlitir,  455 
PFartnir.  177^300,330 
Fi*MgeF,  V^ 
t>llowi,  i7M,  279 
l>U<  f^^   V^\    154,  212, 

renilaltp  :W  Frl^bks  a 

Fenelo nt  :i73, 426  t  rin^ci L  ?C,  2fl3 

FtDner.  H,  iM^i  iFrotn-nlui,  mw 

J-'iniid,  affii,  afl4,  290,  442,l'*r<»Ht,  -Ki,  *0S»  41J5 
Fi  rruMm,  l«  !FmtWiijfhwii,aa,S6,ltW, 

>  t^nialri,  i»i  27,  72,  117.     ^^SiA*  'HO*  435 


FoalibaiBj  4A4 

Fowle,  f7S-280 
Fciwkr,  m.  Ittf.  :^S 
Fox,  SI,   1^,  394,  410, 

FiJJcc-rcilt,  155 

Fraim,  a&l 

Friiacli(L),82 

Fran  el •>  465 

FrHukUn,  9,  07,  Ut  1B09. 

L'lii.  'M7,  W^t  480 
Frary,  1*6 
Frajti^r,  W^ 


Gm,  103 

GUltiaiiiek,  116 

iiiimM^fZ^  200,  aoi,  ao6k 

GtlfflOfv.  300 
GU«oOi  «7 
Gl*t>y.  I7<»  307 
tiladdjni,  200 
Gi«aierp  m,  280 

G)9Ter,  50,  Jil,  53,  M,  8S, 

^Hk!,  2A4,  SI^$3-285,  287, 

433,475 

l#:-\m,  3Kt,  a#4,  357.  t^och,  335 

414,415,404  Goddvd.all 


Fft-m'"h»W,lOa,  in3,l«1 

^>,  005,  due,  ^00,  udo, 


t5H,  aUCl 
Feprarw,  131 

Fi<*i'fhdi'iit  IPO,  200,  357 
Ficlil,  '^<  -^.  ^1.  l->.  i<w 


Fn',  101.  157,  175,409 
Falkr,  li'.L  ITfl,  17(iis2n, 

ivi, -c,  j:^,  Lim,  au. 

054,444,  4,H  -ir? 


-ITtJ,  iHSi,  2in,  204,  354,;Fiifbli»li,  117,  a&7 
jM£i  :yvi^  :(f!7  Farliiir.  i£i-'*7»  72*  iflft- 

Fifl*  ik,  ;Hi,  4^'^,  453 


FurneJ,  '^ 


Filing,  LI 
ElliM,  W.  87,  H9,  170,  IW,  FilklH,  117 

IW,  212,  241,  242,  -MO*  Fillmore,    IW^  201,  224, 

:a7,46;i 

Fhidi,  127 

Flnlcy,  '-T4 

FJucitti.  .171, 4M 

FinntL*03 

Flih*  ti,  ISO.  IW  ! 

Ft*1icr,   4t«*  8H.  «>,  151.  l*iillowav.  a^iJ,  2»» 
1(Vk  \7^.  m\  Qtn\,  224,  '-alliitt.  Hi 
:C^,44V+<i;^,  4rpi  iliamJor,  KU 

Fl  vkM,  HU  ^IJ4.  :MJ,  441  :'  iaitnt^v ,  Liti,  443,  444 

Fitoh .  ;ii  I,  »H,  :;*.>:;,  :t79,4r0  lianllnrr,  A'rt 


289,  30) 
£lI{(M)n,  431 
Kl*.  204 
El.-loT,  277 
Klwv'n,  390 
Elv,'2H2 
Elyrt, :» 
Emerson,  40,  278,   270, 

382,  438 
EiTHTV,  :»,  140,  278,  l^J, 

2«.4,'4-,4 
Eiiitnons,  HO,  438 
Emorv,  251 
Kn«lii-<)t,  214,  347 
Enplo,  4<VJ 
Kn^IUh,  238 
Ensijrn,  Itn,  IW,  430 
Entirk,  274 
KpU'tliwatt,  239 
El>ps,32 
Erasmus,  219 
Ernst,  354 
Errinjrton,59 
ErvinK,  18:i 
Erwin,  198 
Estabrook,  488 
Eusebius,  21U 
Eustis,  a37,  ;«0,  421 
Evans,  29,  116,  103,  \m, 

20(>.  :m 

Evarts,  302 
Everenden,  205 
Evorctt.80, 119,  lft5,2ni, 


274. 


Glicbc9f  3?3 
Uatti\  M,  107,  2; 

413,  447 
Cla|u«,  IW,  279,  '*f80 
H;Bk',  213,  aw,  2W7,  377 


Fi!i^,7o.n;ioi-irM 

F!tz,  7*^'7-.%  KH-Kii 
FlT^jT'^niM,  V*r 
I  ifA.\r:il4nrt,  lU 

I  it/  l!iLii'l'tt|iK,  :t44 
Hl/wtnUnnv  124,242 
Flafjp,  li'N -111 

F.j;njlng,l^.m,   135,J:.J.^^.^^ 

FlHPbcr,   ih    110,  127,  [py.  in*>, '>^ 


(iarilwLr,  Ni,  97, 101^  l«a, 
I    47SJ 

,(iirlbaldU  >€i 
iG.irn'r, 'j:t9 
-G  irrli^im,  im 
Gii-^,  4.Vt 
GjTt wt'JI,  Ml 


191,2:V4,  3SV-392 
Fb  urv,  tui 
Flint,"  47H 
FbKK!,ai.UiO 
rinwer,  :Uil 
FlowerH,  li53 
Fltjyil,  200 
||-1viit,  H'l,  43r> 
FiitM**,  141*,  HI,  207 
Fiiirp,  13-^ 
Fofli'tt  m 


(J^iivarrt-,  liiM) 
iGuyb^nli  ^' 

<;i"i'r,  ;>1 
^  iff  ftp,  tc» 
ifMiPrp.  105 

llfllO,  ">\* 

Ik-IHn*,  27H 


75,  280,  288,  2W»,  351,  Folsom,  85,  157,201,301, 


402 
Ewer,  l'.»8 
Eyre,  103,  211,  487 


452 
Foutaln.  374 
Forbos.  400.  439 
Force,  :W-:i7,  41,200,343 
Fonl.  30,  48,  50,  5:J,  2U2, 
-V 


Fabvan,    21.    22,  24-20,     20.'»,  3.'i7 
157,  158,  1,V.>,  297,  21^8,  Fomiaii,  t^''.  173 
:«xi,  4:>0  I  F^jrre*ttr,  iyjO 

Fairbank,  87  'Fiir^ter,  2l"4 

Fairbanks.  10.5,  282,  440  !■  i>-ft,  '^:*  4i>^.  4ijM -5 


Falrtield,  2\»,  116 
Falconer,  396 
Falea,  85 
Faneuil,  374 


Foster,  1.),  43,  N»,  W, 
175,  170.  249,  278,  354, 
357,  371»,  44% 

Fouet,  20 


i;€or^,  Nk  n7,  277       -     2W»  2W5,  4:i7 
ti<»<irffPCKinffK  114,  271;  Gref  nduirJu  3,  U 
im,  :^>.*,  400,  407,  410,  CiPi-*nwny,  2»0 


GiTrii«li*  ION,    117,    I5i>, 
r**,  2Ttl,  :Uj1,  403 

Gi  tcbLll.  117 
ntbM>Ji,49-VJ 
i;lildkif^ii,  104}  270 
(airord,32:t 


GodlVcf,'   '^70,   311-313, 

315,  tm 
God«w,2fl 

GOHt  82 

Goi^,  U3,  W5-348 
(;4jtnf,nd« 
G@Idii[iiUti..'H7 
Gubl^Mllf ,  21 
tioldtiiorpd*,  12fl 
Gtfldlliwalt^,  3f> 
yoodKltf,  2^1,  -^,  371 
QO0c|elU2L1,Z^,2fir 
Ooodruow,  143 

Goodlug,  'W 
Guoclrlpb,  i&7p  86 
f.toodKckv,  127 
tii>c)dwlTi*  :iK  J*i  117,194, 

2f)3,  430,  427 
Gc»oktn,  40,  3^9 
tvoolmnit*  t^ 
iicjriJon,  161,382,418,4a* 
Gorp,  2,  6 
Gflrg**,  38,  216-218,  311, 

312,  310 
Gorton,  37,  150,  303 
Oorum,  4^ 
Gos-^,  lAO*  455=154 . 
Gould,  i^^S^ 
Goal*,  'Mr  ^^ 
i^uvf,  ,!7,  100,  211 
iiowHl,  UT 
(;iiwer,  127 
Grxffnii,  443 
i  Jratt^in,  :fc;0. 335, 453,405 
iralmm,  IN  ^»2.  4:i5i 
^iruiiilev.  :tV) 
liraiit,  71,  1 17,  1^,  441 
Ifruiithjiin,  iiC.  241 
Gravi'*,  lW»IH>4r 
GrttF,  5.  8,  24.3<»,«U,10fi, 

M7^  29b,  ;BjU,  336,  347, 

41K 

Grt'f ,  453 

Grvfky,M,  357 

Grof  UP,  4,  K?,  83,  85,  88, 

\m,  117,  1-ii,  i«.  :»o, 

213,  2ihil,  Xt*\  :W3,  3M, 
371*,  ;WH4hn42:{,4;!9 
GrreuU-af,  li>4,  lW',278, 
2W»  2W5,  4:17 

'      ■    -57,  IM 


( i  rwn  w  o^hI  ,  2<>0, 303, 357 
rir«g*iry  (tin?  Gn^at),  474 
Gregory,  23iS,  203 
Grew,  ri&7 
Grcv,  4415 
Gridley,  :t.  107 
Grtinti;:U,  1118,331,334, 
447 
GJilM-rt;  57,07*117,  143,  Grim,  43, 374 
175.  liH,  'iMj  345,  348,  Grlij Jail,  30 
v^>7,  ;WV2, 1175,  475  (*|'l"««"i  ^^?  ,,. 

Gilby,  131*,  131  S«^*****4l'*^*  *" 

iirkhrlrt,3H  jGfOMiir,® 


V 


r/ 


Index  of  Names. 


497 


MazwoU,  57-^0, 3C2 
»fuy,  4. 117 
Mayhew.  ai,  38,  X>\ 
Muvo,0,»,  03,01,187,189, 

lyi.  205 
Mr  Arthur,  59 
McCumpbell,  95 
McC'learv,  91 
MciUelleu,  87 
AlcClintock,  156 
McConihe,  207,  208,  366 
3rcCrea<ly,  4yO 
McCiilley,  175,  182 
3I(!Dauiel,  116 
3IcDeriU(>t,  320 
McDonald,  157 
31cDonough,  ^^  469 
31oDougaf.  21)4 
3IcEfr<'e,  116 
McFarlin,  183 
3[clntire,  253,  401 
Mcintosh,  436 
3IcKean,  89,  259,  261 
McKenzie,  467 
3IcLellan,  117 
3Ic3Iarrow,  116 
3IcMurrough,  321 
3IcNumee,  207 
McXeal,  2«2 
McNeilf,  208 
3Ieachatn,  349 
Mead,  30 
3Icadcr,  157, 158 
3fcapher,  91 
3[eaii.9,  Wi,  307 
M«*carel,  117 
Meder,  157,  158 
3Io<licl,  81 
3IctHl,  27 
31cercaj«,  452,  454 
3Ieig)».  487 
Melfurd,  247 
Meli.»h,  437 
3Iellen,  12,  86,  282 
3IeIooii,  44s,  453 
3f cluno,  452.  453 
3Icrh'al«*,  465 
ilcrriani,  88, 143, 160,161 
3rerrick,  184,  409 
3IerriHeld.  116 
3Ierrill,  m,  195,  336,  349 
3ItMTiott,  48 
Merrltt.  311 
3Ierriweather,  79 
3rerrow,  .'tt8 
3Ierry,  :*+t 
3Ierwin,  :)55 
Me«enr'e,  .'KW,  3iHJ 
3If  .*ervoy,  24, 25, 27, 158, 

2y'>-:W)l.  448 
Mf!4ler,  311 
3Iesf*t'r,  221 
3lJ'.-*«iiigt»r.  57,  224 
31eto:ilt',  32,  43,  HV5,  222 
3Ieyrick,  .la 
3Iozc*'t,  156 
3Iidiill,  :m 
Middletou,   19,  29,   127, 

3Iifflilll,  195,  277 
3Illbauko,  127 
3Iiles,  117 
Milk-r.  24,  26,  27. 67,  59, 

91,   157,    175,  26.3,  265, 

2Xi,  2*.W,  444 
3Iili»,   157,  158,  200,  441, 

455 
3Illt»n,  229,  318 
3Iiuer,  431 
3rmot,  48,  50,51,64,272, 

275,  :W.»,  475 
3firti«ld,  126 
MUhnay,  158 
Mitchell,  30,60,87,181, 

:»U,  342 


3IIxter,  211 
3Iolldre,  229 
3Iolineaux,  106, 110 
AloUincfl,  1,  2 
3Ionroc,  291 
3Iontaguc,  182,  lai^  2£3, 

352 
Montcalm,  73,  25a,  ;M^ 
3Iontfort,  124 
Moody,  25, 117, 157. 1»5, 

279,361,405,411,415 
31ooor8,  280 
3Iooro,  25,  30,  37,  ^%  51, 

52, 86, 9:],  152,  mi,  my 

3:«,  :V44,  358,  37a,  4:I5, 

440, 4M,  455 
MoorcH,  344 
3Ioorhou8e,  254 
Morant,  30 

Mordauut  (Lord),  324 
More.  82,  117 
3(orehou8e,  490 
3Iorey,  262,  20:J 
3Iorgan,  342,  363 
ilorpeth  (Lord),  2a^ 
Morr.  158 
3rorrlll,  92, 162,  16  >,  1.VU. 

342 
Morris,  396,  398,  475 
3Iorrison,  117,  251 
Mo  trough,  417 
MorHO,  W,  Kw,  17<^,  210 

211,  22.3,  276,  35^,  ;tS!, 

430,  447,  475 
Alorton,  29.  .36.  3^1,  i:r* 

176,  178,  180,  184,  li>r 
3ro<e.s,  27 
Moslier,  175,  431 
3rotlev.  119,  210 
Mott,30,487 
3roulton,  26,  301 
3I()urt,  .'KJ,  :t4 
3Iowatt,  410,  411,    414 

41.'i,  418 
Mudge.  252,  370,  ^sO,  464 
JFugford,  28.3,  284 
3Iugrig,  280 
Mullally,  156 
3Iullikeu,  446 
Mullins,  1,  1U8 
Muinford,  266,  267 
3Iiinjoy,314,414,4Hi 
Muuuing^,  51.  52 
ilunroe,  87,  90,  201 ,  ;m, 

474 
iliinsell,   104,  376,    4*^^, 

484 
3Iurat,  205 
Murdoch,  :t66 
Murdock.  24 
Murie.  450 
Murphv,  196,  .380 
Murray,  128,  182 
Musgrove,  279 
Miiz/y,  447 
Myan'tonomy,  206 
Mver,  442 
Alyrick,  189,  295 


jrcwoomb,  29,  211 
Newtll.  IKl 
Ni'H^hsJlj  252»  433 
^cwlaad,  30 
Ni?HTiiaiij  m^    164,  278, 

31*11 
NiMrmareJ),  1Z3,  279 
Newtfln,  29, 87,  143,  260 

-^•02,  289, 440,  468 
Kewtt,  72 
MchoU,60,  t1fl,183,262, 

:t54,  my,  400 
NlcboboQ,  2()0 
NicoLmou,  ^1 
mies,  203.270,271,435, 

441 
JTorcllire,  127 
NorcnK-*,  3U,  369 
Norinjt,  188 
Xurkft.  M^ 
Vorfhli^if^h,  3^:3 
Northrop^  '^ 
Kntttiu,  29, 1#4,  244,471 
Norwood,  92,  156 
XoLirAt*,  ■.SO 
NnM.,  M,  71,  14.3,  198, 

:i:i',j,  Xi^,  JIM,  471.  478 

J»^uttir,  4*1.  i;!-27.  ?2, 156 

J09,i;ur-^J0l,  447-451 

O 

intirn,  320 
O  itH<^n,  4W 

^iriiyiif,  riiHi 
OHyrni*,  321 
Ocpii.  2:18 
O^Connel,  *l 
n*r<>ninir,  196 
iMill,  :i.'M,337,379 
W^TXxv,  104 


Vol.  XXII. 


Napoleon,  91,  204 

Njuxh,  487 

Nason,  80,  90,  117,  107, 

2<H>,   211-213.  2-^4,  W7, 

:t<Vs,  420,  4<i«j,  474,  4r» 
Xanntoii,  :i72 
Xavarette,  229 
XeaU',  27,  154,  158,  <52- 

455,  479 
Needham,  43,  45,  46 
Nitlsou,  -JIJ,   27,  7i*,   R7, 

176,  177,  178,  181,  308, 

301»,  362 
Nvwbery,  51,  348 
Newtmry,  14 

48 


PariAh,  43G 
Pariman,  117 
Park,  211,  225,360 
Parker,  5.  6,  27,  30,  86, 

89,90,115,150,180,270, 

382,  .391,  419,  426 
ParkoR,  465 
Parkhurst,  211 
Parkman,  60 
Parley,  149 
Parr,  226 
Parris,  103, 180,181,304, 

.306-308,  310 
Parrott,  .359 
l*arsley,  26 
Parson,  278 
Par8oni«,  65,  02, 224,  220, 

454  455 
Partridge,  83,  470 
Patch,  ;5)0,  .301 
Patterson,  281,  .354,  359 
Paul,  117,  143,  157 
Paulding,  469 
Payne,  32.  :J3 
Paynter,  1.30 
Pav8on,  '200, 350,  365 
lVabo<Iy,   92,  'ZAi,   285, 

:»4,366,382,386,438 
l*eai>c8,  303 
Pearce,  85 
IVarl,  27 
PearsaU,  a4& 
Pearson,  27, 278, 270, 378 
Peas*e,  482 

Peaslee,  361,  .362,  .368 
Peck,  .30,  92,  362,  445,475 
Pecker,  176 
Peckham,  68 
l*edigrovc,  168 
Pegram,  352 
Pelrcc,  -26, 7.V79,174-185, 

211,  213,  265,  280,  287, 

304-310,  428-4:13,   441, 

469,  470,  472,  482 
Poll,  190, 458 
Pembertou,  108,425,430 
l*endergraA8,  116 
Penfleld,  29 
Peugelly,  29 
Peuhallow,  29,  155,  281 
Peuington,  29,  30 
Pennant,  83 
Peuuell,  29 
Penninian,  441 
Penoyer,  29 
Peppercll,  117,118,200, 

:i52,  395,  396 
Pepys,  .303 
Percy  (Bishop),  325 
l*crcival,  60, 188, 203,328 
Perdue,  442 
Perigo,  281,  282 
Perit,  362 
Perkins,  117,  168,    180, 

207,  224,  -282,  307,  433 
Perley,  90,  140 
Perrin,  429 
Perry,  98, 117, 176,  183, 

206,  253,  440,  450,  451 
Paddock,  175, 176,  470      PcsteU,  82 
riMi«,  1W,  is:i,359,  309,'Peter  (Czar),  243 

i7%  477  Peters,  30,  206 

PuEgc,  1S3, 198, 213,  368,  Pettee,  202 

'M.Y  Pettigrew,  1.57 

PsHlaU^y.  4S2  •  Pettigru,  374,  377,  378 

PiiSrie,   12,  iri.  60-64,  84,  Pettingell,  65 
b5,   143,    1^:^191,  200.  Peverly,  27 
275,  tnil-.n^N  306,  308,  Peyerton,  450 
310,  asij.  4:a  Pevey,   24-26,  157,  150, 

P»ley,2l9  I    302,450 

pjilfrt-y,  2 10  IPhelps,  200,  251 ,  357 

Palmer,  41,  42, 180, 184,  Philbrick,  451-454,  4® 
2tM,  267,  280,  455,  466,  Philbrook,  157,  466 
460-471  .Philip   (King),  15,   46^ 

Pftliilore,117  153,154,896,438 


(JFEtihi-rtr,  321 

\  idetliorpe,  136 
Okf.-*.461 
4i]>lham,211 
Olelmi^con,  JVt 

iilUr-r.  MS).  107,152,371, 

\M.  4'J1J.   \K 

C^rcott,  3<VJ 

Ornitt^  l?^t'-^t 

Ur^^]ll,24;J 

Urme,  2g! 

Orr,  3.H 

0(»t90rae,   86,    156,   200, 

2&j.;(51 
Oftgood,  fist,  199,  336,  369 
0?fkii,  433 
Otffl,    lOfl-IOS,  110,    209, 

27i/272,:tiJ2.  4:tt,477 
(»*Tootif,  :i20-322 
<Hi  rton.  29 

uxnj^rd,  414,415,418 


498 


Index  of  Names. 


Philippe,  373 

Phiuipfl,  25,  26,  82,  48. 

49,  61,  62,  (»,  92,  106, 

108,  166,  202,  211,  219, 

406,  410,  418,  420 
Fhipp8.395 
Pickajrd,280 
rhanU,  97,  375 
Pickens,  176,    177,  306, 

309 
Pickering,  23-27, 127,156 

-169,  230,  301,  447^^, 

489 
PideU,  60 
Pidgeon,  83 
Pierce,  60,  66,  89,  117, 

200,  361,  472 
Pierpoint,  241 
Pierson,  117,  343,  3H 
Pike,  163,  277,  279,  336, 

344 
Pili»bary,  26 
Pinchon, 49 
PInckney, 30 
Piner,  24,  169 
Pltcairn,  489 
Pitcher,  262,   264,    265, 

441-444 
Piper,  197 
Pitkin,  192,  339,  348 
Pitman,  27,  85,  374,  376, 

487 
Pitney,  344 
Pltt«,  143,  369, 428 
Pizarro,232 
Place,  23,24,  26,300,368, 

448  450 
Plaice,  24, 25, 27, 300, 301 
Plastow.  49 
Piatt.  226,  379 
Playford,  424 
Plimpton,  29 
Plumb,  30 
Plnmmer,  24,  278 
Pocock,  206 
PcMid,  'M 
Poland,  479 
Pole,  a-j 

Pollington,  123,  125 
Tolycarp,  219 
Pomery,  413 
Pond,  :W52 
Poolo,  3t«,  143,  213,  215- 

218 
Poor,  31,  278 
Popo,  6-»,  (H),  420 
Porter,  .'JO,  08,  97,  IW), 

195,  250,  2?<(i,  419,405, 

478 
Post,  4:M) 
Potter,  206, 207, 213,  2fi0, 

36.},  429,  472,  479,  482. 

490 
Poulton,  241 
Powell,  33,  1G5,  100,413 
Powers, :»,  18:],  222,  440 
Pownul.  4fJ0,  410 
Pratt,  35,  73. 87, 175, 170, 

178,  INO,  181,  197,  211 

471,  472 
Prav,  2b,  92,  200,  .'WH 
Prehle,  is,  202,  224,  311 

.'117,  :iu;{,  loMlD 
Prence,  :\:\,  Tc',  418 
I»renti'«"*,  :;59 
Prescott,  30,  58,  210,  225 

-'Si2,  27t,  2\>7y  307,  470 
Preston,  108 
Price,  183 
Priolmrd,  417 
Priest,  'M\ 
Prime,  3;H 


Prion,  80 

IMw,  344 

Proby,  408 

Proctor.  200,  391 

Pro«niell,  3H 

Puffer,  263,  266,  288-290, 

462 
l*ug8leigh,  117 
inilsifer,  162, 186,212,^^ 
l*ummery,  24 
Puncbard,  366 
Purchai*,  34 
PurklMfl,  426 
l*urrington,  63, 176,  I8(}, 

191.  291 
Putentiam,  29 


Eteh&fd»,  24-37,  29, 40, 
61,   166,  196,  281,  302, 

447  4M 
Klchanlfoai  86,  88, 166, 

tb»,  169,  1^,  202,  224, 

252,  W$,  'J7B,  279,  363, 

358,  300,377 
Hkhe,  » 
HSchmODd,  176,  267, 307, 

4<j$ 
HlckiLTd,  170 
Hieki-r,  180 
liider,  176,202,295,428, 

443 
Rldkv,3(» 
nikiTt  if»i  n2 


Putnam,  29,  68,  m,  R'ip  Rliidgi^,  4^,  427 

101,   165,  248-251,  30tf,  King,    26,  27!^,  298->»l, 


382,  :«il6,  477,  478 
Pyl borough,  232 
l*}'ncbon,  30,  49 
Pyne,  30 

Q 

Quimby,  16:) 

Quincy,  7,  31,  Vm,  tlO, 

190,  211,  382,  4i.«,  -tt£3, 

441 
Quint,  26,  157,  300,  379, 

440,  449,  451,  49U 

U 

Rachlcy,  156 
Katlles,  208 
Raitt.  159 
Kaleigh,  :i72 
Ralston,  :{40,  341 
ltam^iav,  4:i0 
ltams<deil,   181,  IR.%  183 
Hand,   100,  202,  21:.',  221, 

4S> 
Kaiulall,  30,  85,  380 
lUudolpii,  274,  4;i4 
Ranke,  :{73 
Runkin,  ;ioO 
Itanium,  175 
Rantoul,  b{),  .382 
Ratclifle,  :.43 
Kawlin;^^,  24-27 
l{aulin>,   l.-H),  157,  200- 

:m,  447-450 


315 
Rivete,  H 
li^mrh.Ml 
Kabard,  413 
Robblu^,  39,  f^,  88,  162, 


411,449,  450 
Elpluy,  104,281,282 


Rymer,  322 
Rj-mes,  425 


EJ^li  wurth,  VJt*,  139, 313-  SandK,  167 


Sabine,  284.  285 
Sachems,  176, 180 
Sacheverell,  241 
Sadler.  280 
Safford,  165 

Salisbury,  64,  85, 88, 261 
Salmon,  83,  362 
Saltmarsh.  89 
Saltontttall,  211 
Sampford,  63 
Sampson,  60,    117,  176, 

IH),  182,  18:1,  309 
Sanborn,  202 
Sanderson,  206,  211, 369 
Sandford,  30.  63 
Sanford,  278, 428 


2?^,  308^  346,  364,  379,  Satcliel,  16 


Sandys,  127 
Sanger,  202,  211 
Sargent,  83, 142, 168,302, 

213,  :)59 
Saijant,  344 


31' I 
KnbhP,  303 
Kobt-rtu,  30.  72. 167, 198, 

337,  Ml,  369,  406,  417, 

41«.  44:i 
Rob^rtison,  230,  377,  436 
Rtrtiesiplcrre,  4,  204 
Koblu,  L76 


HriliiqttriQ,  116,  161,  157,  Sawin,  92 


Saunders,   108,  313,374, 

482 
Savage,  31,  37. 49, 69,87, 

i:{8,  139.  160.  Ifil,  206, 

209,  215,233,  329,318, 

434 
Savery,  27 
Savlle,  128,  127,338 


170,  2lHV  282,  359,  380, 
4'i2,  -IM,  4flS 

Rockwi5lt,  I9,G0 

RoekwcMMi,  183 

Hadl^ri,  :I8D 

KiMlrignpK,  371 

Kotf*r»,  -Jfi,  30,57,  62,74,  SeauHn,  87 
&,   lUl,  158,  102,  175,  Scant,  43.  46 
Ifti,  221,  '^2,  271,  278,  Scath,  :J03 
hT*>,  n40,  37J,  417,  425,  .Scharc.n,  244 


Sawver,  163.  279, 478 
Saver,  :J0,  110 
Sayward,  117, 158,  315 
Scales,  2U8 
Scaumell,  421.  483 
Scamwond,  158 


4 .7,  iM\ 
niilfe*:tO,  2«) 
HuUiii.  14.27^,302 
H(i{}kt>,  .tUO 
Roosevelt,  379 


Rawsoii,  42,  (»5,  85,  100,' Ropes,  117 


Rose,  117,  183,280 
Ross,  71.  110,207,  411 
Rosse(EarI  of),l>2 
:{<>,  41-10,  62,  59,  Kosseter.  4.5<)-401 
175,  207,  270,  280,  l^MUlsevlll,    r()-78,    17: 

178,  1><0,  :m,  :M)7,  300 
Ronse,  :J8,  2tl7,  ;J52 
Row,  21.  2:j-26,  297,  2W- 

:j01,  44>u4.->0 
Rowe,  10«},  107,  301,  .331, 

350 
Rowland,  430 


4:{1,  405 
,  Reeding,  202 
,  Reep-*,  2.;'< 
Reeve,  .TO,  375 
Repplo,  92 
■  Reniiek,  S7,  15S 
R<"inin^'ttni,  *n>4,  391 
R«Mnlnl,  157 
Renwiek,  :{79 
i  Kerchby,  124 
Revere,  4!!»y 
Revnohls,  20.  93-97, 175, 

170,  IM),  280,  ;M4 
Riniit,:J77 

iRioe,  H7,  89,  100.  183,3.19 
I  Rich,   Kt,    110,  102,   190, 
Prince,  02,  05,  «»,  100,!    I'-'l,  292,  2u;» 

155,  187,  202,  351,  369,iRichanl  (King),  303,  319 
392,  486,  490  iUohard,  448 


214,  2ri5 

Ravmonil,  30,  170,  180 

Rayner,  :tO 

l{ead, 
110, 
:no 

Readv,  8n 

Recofde,  83,  84,  181 

Redlield,  29 

Uediu^uu,  211 

Redman,  124 

Redwood,  3.">3 

Reed,  5,  58. 170,208,  299,  Rowlev,  :{0 
.•>04,  :iUO,  :;W,  35U,  388,  Itowson,  200 

Ruck,  KiO,  101,247 
Ruddock,  lot;,  107 
Rude,  :M4 
Ruff,  279 
Rupif,  H5 

Ruijlen(Karlof),  244 
Ru^he,  125 
Ruinford,  408 
Rumrill,  ;i5( 
Runels,  447,  451 
Runlet,  20,  4.'>5 
I{unnels,  175 
Rupert  (Prince),  115 
Russi'll,G8.  170,182,189, 
245,  252,  214,  307,  XM\ 


Schouler,  440,  4S0 

.-^chow.  Hi 

Schuvler,  iJOO 

.<cill,'5U 

Scolla.v,  100 

Scotchlonl.  lOO 

Scott,  i:'r-l>.  8-2,  112, 1«, 
2t^.  ;i2:.i.  :t:4,  :i52,  408, 
42t),  42:{.  44r>,  474 

Scot  tow,  4  lb 

."Scripture.  472 

Seubury.  2*»7 

Si'arle,*:X),  207 

Scars,  ,3U.  l^j,  190,  221 

Seaver,  :15<» 

Seavev,  150,  .359,  393 

Sebri|iht.  :iO 

St-ckel,  1N» 

Sedffwick,  202,  379 

Seekel,  175 

."tension,  5;{ 

.Series.  2t»7 

Serireant.  IVil 

Sever.  57,  ns 

Severuncf , 71 

Sevev,  24 

Sewall,  22,  W,  100,  107, 
114,  142.  1;V»,  am,  276, 
28:1,  :joo.  :^8,  3^9,  4^3 

Seward,  401 

.•Seymour,  ll»8 

Shaffen,  150 

Shakl'ord,  21.  iVr,  150, 
iit)2.  3<r2,  .325.  447.  449 

.*5iliaks|>eare.  473 


:5:5s,  .-tJO,  :H(V-348,  351,iSliallsis,  281 

419,  423,  424  .Sbapleigh,  158,  298,  299, 

Rust,  30  313  »        »       1 

Ryder,  190  ISharpe,  338 


^^^^                              Index  of  Namei.                                   49  9 

i 

MjaiWW,  30.  m,  100,  175,  S*>uthir,  m 

Stow,  87.  3ia,  335,  m, 

TKoTnn«,4,a0.fiP.8S,Wr 

H 

406 

80,  06,   175,    17«,    WO. 

^^H 

B^.m  m.  17«,  180,iJ01,SLi,itlwite,'2S4 

8tow«,  W,  213,  219,  220, 

270,  :mU.  437 

^^H 

224,  !K0 

Tlimiin'^nn,  7^ 

^^^M 

Slie«fc,  160,  101,  393 
ghemeld,  123 

Smitlnvick,  I'iO 

.•^towr'M,  m 

-rii-i   ■           ■      r-    i.v>, 

^^^^^H 

Soiitbwortli,01,470 

«tranjffs  .350,  432 

!■                                           Mf 

^^^^^H 

,Spft«Ti»ra,  27«,  2«l 

8lratt«n,2\t,  182,211, 300 

:..,,.                  ■    \<J7, 

^^^^^H 

8lMJldoii,8S*,37» 
Shejj*rd,    37,  1»5,   200, 
a«,  277.  280,  m*,  K?\ 

uSpartiliawk,  4 

8tmu«M,  210 

4H,   ^1*',   127,   i.M>,  450, 

^^^^^H 

Span*,  202 

.Stn'^H,180,  347 

470 

^^^^^H 

Sjntrhuwk,  202,  211,  250 

•Stffeter,  464 

Tlj(}»i»on,  70 

^^^^^H 

Shcppftrti*  97,   1 

irks,  110,  208,  280,  tttJO 

Strabriilgf,  73,  7S,  170, 
177,  m 

Thorley,  71 

^^^^^H 

a08»  5tlO,  1»12, 

row,  00,  fl2,  63.  19W, 

Thorwt',  71 

^^^^^H 

3<Jfi,  nm,  370,  < 

[,'m,:m 

istrnng.  85,  207,  338,  342. 

Thurndlkf,  00 

^^^^^H 

STiorborn,  i7 

^! limits  32 

410 

Tluirivlun,  152,211 

^^^^^H 

Sbrrburtiis  106,  337,  41*1, 

Sjj^ukmmi,  382 

8tiJttrt,  117,310,438,470, 

Thornton,  240 

^^1 

4>4,  ^ISii.  474 

Spohuttii,  :i54 

480 

TliriiBhcr,  180,  181,  308 

^^H 

ghcrir|piii.>«).  >>2 

.Spojic*'r,  :J0,  81,  1«3, 2<H,'i^tutllev,  20,  180 

Tliroui,,  342,  354 

^^H 

8hi'rman,  ;fr>   t-,  87,  170, 

322,  441                             ♦turpi,  0 
.-^IMniAer,  117                      Slur!<'*nn,  ??<1 

TliitrlK«r,  402 

^^H 

IW,  ISl,  ^11,  :KI5,  ;«»(5, 

Tlnjr^toii,    2t»,    m,    165, 

^^^1 

3iio,  :iM> 

Siierks.e                            Lsiur 

•n^,  270,  374,  375,  440, 

_^^^^^H 

ShtTWln,  mi,  3*56            ISiiiuQcy.  24.  117, 157, 15^  .Slir                      ,  174 

447,  478,  4i<7,  488 

^^^^^H 

8Mt>lt>%  J7li 

SpuiTorfl,  437 

'.SuJi                    ,.',',  80, 158, 

Thwitig,  1W%  107 

^^^^^H 

fe?liirruv,  270, 271 .  34-2, 400, 

.SpooutT,  GO,  67,  108,  181, 

2Si,  4ji,.|.r,.  4:W5 

Tlbhits,  72,  117                        J 

^^^^^H 

1K2,  211,  2-24,  :XJo,  300, 

8umer-«by,  277 

Tleknor,  110,  220-228 

^^^^^H 

4<r7.  410,  47U 

310,  47<>-l72 

Somiier,   62,86.  111-113, 

'Helwut,  370                             ■ 

^^^^^H 

Slumniuliy,  5SI 

!*prii|?nc,   11,  12,  87,  330, 

115,   2f4V200,  yisj,  352, 

Tii'tt,  200 

^^^^^H 

Shreve>,  :tO 

3M,  3ti3,  370,  441 

35U,  442 

TIMen,  20.  311,317,404 

^^^1 

Shurlli'tf-,  41,85,88,  11S», 

:?priffp,  UTi 

Supple*!,  106 
8urrytEiirloO,324 

TflPHton,  40,  200 

^^^1 

lo2 

SpHhg.  30.211,4*6 

Tillhi|jlitt.^t,21l 

^^^^^H 

SIbk.n  1*7,  378 

iSprhiKor,  117 

Suti  r,  Jai 

rniv,  40 

^^^^^H 

8lil«iy,  :wi 

Sprit  He,  4^J8 

Suthertaud.  341 

Tlltyii.  347 

^^^^^H 

SiroraoD!*,  17,5,  17rs  1S(], 

Sprout,  70,  130 

Hut  ten,  20.  30.  237 

TimhfrJtike,  206 

^^^^^H 

iMi.  lytj,  30(1^,  tm,  4:11, 

sipiUr,  no 

Swiihi,  203,  472 

Thicker,  80 

^^^^^H 

432 

Stjuit*.  420 

.SwjtldL-n,288 

Tfndiill/238 

^^^^^H 

Rlmm^t,  204 

StJihlfford,  01 

Swan,  280,  301,  442 

nii«lev,'29 

Ttiiklnini,  73.   178,   MO, 

^^^^^H 

SUiiond*,  278 

Standl^h,  248 

Swiiirv,  350 

^^^^^H 

8itii»Jji><,  270 

StjiiullLUvm'.  202 

Sweetsier,  85,  88,  107 

184,  18A,  ;U>5 

^^^^^H 

SiuifJiDU,  27,  310,  406 

Stiinhcip<L»,  242 

SwetUmI,  20:1,  441 

TIuhIi'v,  li'l 

^^^^^H 

8iniu-t,  150 

Stanlt'v,  IL"* 

Swo?t,  15.H,  160 

nptoii,  '205 

^^^^^H 

Slncliiir,  m 

Stanton.  20,  245 

S win,  200,  20fKJ62,  300, 

Tirn'IJ,K7,3f^*i 

^^^^^H 

Sin^It  ton,  llfi 

StmiwiHKl,  427 

:i4y 

xr..-.  ■    ^    . .    •■:<) 

^^^^^H 

Skttlt:,  :\7(i 

Stii|ile,  lfi7,  168 

Swiniierton,  444 

Tl- 

^^^^^H 

E^kt-llon,  123 

Staples,  la,  117, 167,170, 

Sylve*tcr,  C4,  J  73 

Titr'    - 

^^^^H 

t*kt'rm%  I3f>,  1,11 

431                                  i 

iS>iumc*s,  10,  '27, 155, 331, 

Tttlw),  1..                    •iiJ9 

^^^^^H 

Skulmare,  .10 

Stark,  57, 59.73,74,  483 

,TI2 

T..dd,;>- 

^^^^^H 

Skillin^.  4,52 

45tArr,  XA),  470 

Symandd,  30 

TollUlHI,   < 

^^^^^H 

Hkriinr-r,  UO.  lil§,  344 

St.  Aripiu.pikl.  310 

Ton..   : 

^^^^^H 

8]4ulp,  tm 

St,  ("hrbt4>pli*'r,  81 

T 

To;.. 

^^^^^H 

JStJirter,  iiO,  67,  07,  lOTk, 
105,  202,208,210,  21 

Sti-^rn..    ]«4,    211,    350, 

TvilwT,  ftO.  IT-";,  180,  310 

ToiM,  , 

^^^^^H 

Thv 

Ttmn-Mii,  -i,-0,27,lW, 

^^^^^H 

213,  224,  aai,  ;iAu,  a> 

EiJ,  80 

Tul                         200,441 

liV.>,  •JiH\,  20H 

^^^^^H 

47d 

- ,  470 

Tjilr- 

TiiinM.n.aL*,  200                      , 

^^^^^H 

.Sliiirtciti,  431 

>rriti-,  fv> 

TniHHn..>ll,,ta  1,350 

TiirlK^ll.211 

Tookvr,  30 

^^^^^H 

fihH'lHT,  ;i!V4,  3fl8 

Montlrv,  159 

Toppjin,  160,203                    ' 

^^^^^H 

Miuf<,  45:t 

Stepln'it!*,  100,305 

TiithMl^  277 

^^^^^H 

.Siociitn.  14 

Stcrat,  474 

J  linker.  I5il 

Ton                   :'Jie,41i 

^^^^^H 

8iniill>202,240,2a2 

Sti-niholil,  424 

Trtto.  ;h>2.  411 

Ton 

^^^1 

Smttlk'Vt  iw,  470 

Stft^oii,  108,200,351 

iMVioe,  350 

Tn- 

^^H 

8mtHilc-v\  43 

Stev*'U!»,   26,   H7,  HO.  117, 

Irtvlnr,  IW,  llff.  1 

1 4n, 

^^H 

.siiH't^,  :iiyj,  4r2-i7-i 

hU,  3.50,  :t50,  3*J,  448, 

ikl,   100,  2KJ, 

"^ 

^^1 

.SmiJ«»:j,  :i7a 

4,»,  4,11 

282,  3.'i0,  305, 

JK\ 

^^H 

«iiaih,4,ft,  11, 12,25,20, 

StcviMi^un,  30,  5i»,  2KK», 

401.  41J0 

;;l.o.  US,  i:i 

^^H 

;i4,3oj3V,85.«7,OfJ,  Jin, 

382 

Tefft',  20i5 

Tratv,  UW,  2«1 

^^1 

LW,  ir»7*  101,  \M,  ir.v 

Steward,  337 

Teirt,  2ttt-2(te,  213 

TroJ^k,  4**,  iKl,  w,  08, 203, 

^^H 

109,  173,  175,  irO,  17^, 

Stewart,  30,  282,  344 

Trmpe-t,  127 

210,212.  213.  2:^4,  251, 

^^H 

180,  1«1,   1H8,  m,  2«J<>. 

St.  Gcarge,  '£17, 230,240,  Temple,  403 

^0,  3110,  3G0^tOO,  440, 

^^H 

1         205. 'Jin,  2^T,  2-::^  i^n, 

212                                        [T.  i..l.k,  172 

447,  472                          ■ 

^^H 

■         211 

IvUfV,  2«t>,  3fi6                       i 

Trent,  -20,  180,  tm 

^^H 

■      ;^'" 

.,  ioo,:j43,a4fl,:ii                         .447 

Trent haui,  242 

^^H 

■      ^' 

170,  441 

TrfJtHitt,    20,    202,    204, 

^^^^^M 

■       4-r.                    i.Vj,  i^?. 

SLilMni,20rt                      'Ih! 

Trevor.  20 

^^^^^H 

1 

Stlnjpston,  117                    Thi                        170,188, 

2(1.5,  442,  444 

^^^^^H 

W    ^rni 

siiiii-'.n, -jrs                1 

1-                       'iH,  203. 

Trewurthy,  20 

^^^^^H 

,Smi: 

Slu.l^i.  -^              .111 

201,  -:tj,  2^.%  HO,  441, 

friekfv,  26-27,  160,  150, 

^^^^^H 

*4l)r 

.HtiHi                    :.H,  16K 

443,  441 

:too,  ;m»i,  447-450 

^^^^^H 

I         t^iiM. 

20...                     .:44,3.'it>.  Tlt.ii'krjuv,  2<^»227 

Trljr-.ir,  i,n: 

^^^^^H 

L     Snow,  r*t.',  li:,  Oa,  S7,  IS8, 

rjo;t,  ur,  1j.>               i 

rr-i,.                   ■  ,7 

^^^^^H 

■         lUO,  lUl,  2i>2 

StortT,  no,  118, 13«,  1  ;                          -7,  170,  .351 

ri-^i 

^^^^^H 

■    Sockuui,  4.'j2 

::fr'.  2>Q,  438                                         !:7 

rroi; 

^^^^^H 

■    l^ouwthv,    '20,    \m,  2:t 

L                            ilJhJvtr,  hv»,  101,  102, 3W, 

Trouuijt,  irti,  ibO 

^^^^^H 

■       :io:t,  liHi 

38-2 

Trttw,  113,  114,487 

^^^^^H 

H    Pomi;r*i't  ( Duke  of),  1   ' 

113,500,  L74     :'n^t,L^'5)! 

Troy,  117 
rnjitjor  480 

^^^H 

H    450inm«'r«i,  27»i 

i?l<jtt, '^'L*-:                                        I'l 

^^^^^H 

■    8otwin,  ir.i 

Stunghton,  HfiOiSa,-                     Ij 

TriH'»  3 JO                                  ' 

^^^^^H 

103,318 

rniniblc,  5» 

■ 

^^^^^^^^B 

600 


Index  of  Names. 


Trnmball,  33,   36,   155, 
330,  331 

Trv,  117 

Tu>>b<i,  307 

Tucker,  J?,  109,  15«,  160- 
2«W,  283,  2K4,  20O,  336,  WaUrt^ts  HL!^,  4,H 
300,  368,  370,  371,  441-  WftJU-v,  *IM,  asi,  4i7 


Walker,  IM-S?,  90,  Il7/Wp^tg»t*,  |35 

143,  157,  169,  169,  ls:i.  Wi^^toti.  2i,17S,17«,18D, 

:wrj,  ;tii:,  -.u-K  ;^i,  ;5ifc:j,vvoth#Ttjf.  S9 
nw\,  447-1^1, 4  r* 


444 

Tockerman.  30 
Tudor,  Xti,  4.35,  437 
TuIIy,  3-^5 

Tupper,  175,  178,  180 
Turnirr,  :i0,  143,  465 
Tuttcapin.  60 
Tu*!*«*r,  325 


.m-mi,  44ti,  450,  451 


Wltalk^v,  m-.%$ 
Wli»rt4Ui  (Lonl),  127 

WlH-dJ4'[i,|53.4M 
WliMr'r  as-.  TO,  B7,  225, 


W*ltoa*  tlii,  208,  a»,  301, 1  Wht'i'tork,  S7,  1A5 
4&iJ  Wlii-el* right.    m:4,    116, 


WIUmh,  89 
Wlllvp,  329 

WiU'on,  68,103,116,117. 
130,  152,   165,  192,  219, 
352.  36H,  371,  480 
Winchcombe,  29 
WIndle,  115 
Wined,  349 
Wing,  471 
Wingate.  293 
Winn.  116, 132 
WiBsluw,  3iK  M.  37,  9S, 
150,  im,  m>  203,  406, 
¥Pf,  M^X  4;!ri,  1«3,  465 
Win-Hjr,  IW 
Wfpti^rbotJiuii,  4^ 
Wlnliirop,  17,  :w.  •«J,37, 
IK,  IIU.  216,  274,  457, 
4-'^ 
W 1 1  i  t  aker,  34 1 ,  375  V\  i  x ,  J6#.  273 

\V  1 1  i  t  i'oiiih ,  29,  4V' .  ',^^      ^  \  i  -^1  art,  27U 
Wlutt*,  0.  26,  JKI/.UV  -V.K  Wi^irfH,  :ir,V,414 
ftU  65,  7%i,».«S„>':f.  m::,  UirhLLTii.  "^^LtH.  117, 158, 
IJR,  117,  l€i,  IS-i.  17:.       u-i.  ■Ml!,  Hi^,  4il 
176,1^^-1*2.1^4,    I VI    \V3tri*rlv    ai 
iy(>,  2fK,  V66,  2fNl'.  -m.  \y\t'.\ir-,  .17^ 
30*.  300,  m?,  3rlL  :M..  U>rlihp^^T-..ii,  50,  52,  55, 
54^.  ^»,  ;Ci»  41i»,  1^-,      L'ir4,  :Lr->,  H2 
^IJ,  4J2  VVmIi  hMJ^r,  lj£> 

2«ii"»,  276,  .•^2,  39i>,  iso,  Whit*^  <  Unid,  4:tt  U.i!-  -ftE .  ,1^^  im 

470  Wlritt-fJtliU  ..t^.  270,  302  \Y<jiiv.  &;],  244,  25i0,  409 


Walworth,  M? 
\VuiiTJiitiick(Indtfflfi),47 

TuthlH,  317-335,  375,  376  Waple«,  157 

Tuttlf,    20,    Zi,  72,  99,  Ward,  10-12,  31-rLi.  ir,  AVNlMen,  20, 454 

156,  15«,  168,  18.3,213,1    42.    5H.   105,   10*^,    Mi>,  WhipplF,  W,a5,2#0,3ICt, 

224,  297.  320,  :«9,  330,     2<«,  221,  JJIO,  36^,  ;iriN      ill 

334,  .354,  358,  375,441.'    4i:i.  4S4,  4S5 


im,   l:uvi:^,  350.  351, 

mj,  ly-iis,  479 
WhfLMiiii,440 
Wlii-hk'ii.  189 


Wurdall,  :tJl 
Wurdlaw,  370 
Wart*,  1W»,  :tt7 
Wurhain,  456 
Warkman,  266,  267 
Warner,  :w,  117, 185,^2, 

:m,  421 
Warreu,    108,  110,  lf»fl, 

176,  2(W,  211,  24 J,  'J.Vt, 


447,  479,  490 
Tyler,  106,  4o:i 
Tjmg,  14;i,  414,  417 
I'yreU, .» 

U 

.Uuderdown,  395 
Undcrhill,  36 
Ungvr,  37"^ 
UptM>tt,  2f>4 
rpdikf,  97 
Uphaui,  86,  102, 103, 196,  Warrinp,  241  U  tiit<  l-uki-,  :U9 

211.  284.  287,  462  i  Washburn,  11, 12, 7>,  ^1.  W  ikiTf^We,  06 

Upsall,  49-51  8«,  92,    ISO,   182,    Ixi,  Wtiirfleld,  37.  58 

Ui)U>n,  29,  98,  100,  144,     221,  224,  275,  30.^.  ism.,  Whit  luff,  57,  99, 100,212, 

224,  :ttW,  478  !    ao^-31(>,  3K3,  4«V>,  L's        ;t;?»,  iU 

Uran,  4.'>:i,  454  Wa.«hlnKton,  2,  i.li,  Oi,  Whiikv,  124 

84,  W,  92,  101,  10:.M1C»,  Whitmati,  S2,   106,  212, 

197,  2.M,  2i'i7,  2Kt.  2N^J     ri'X  418 

332,  :i5:i,  370,  39?*,  41:1/ Willi  inon?.  i'i,  1(»,  160, 


Cslicr,  20 

V 

ViicIht,  52 
VmUU  86.  375 
VnJeiilfiii.  ;M>rt,  326 
l?ftn  AlstMic,  ;mo 
ViinbHrpli,  *:J!a 


421-*2:t,  470 
Waterbauk,  448 
Watorbavf ,  25 
Watcrhounc,  24,  2^,  "Ol 


AVonibwflJ,  l«4,  r^'.  127 

WtMMt,  3S,  60,  71.  *<>,  89. 

16;?,   i;4-I76,  l-Ji.  182, 

267,  3lW,  ;ni.  366.  392, 

WtKnibtldge,  22,  «4.306 
Won^burv,  «0.  2U;k21.^> 
Wtiiidctjcfe,  441 
U'o^xlfflll.  4fiL» 


170,  2<il>,  211,  212,  ^*4;WtKHllinti^f,  122 
2,V*,  273.  :tO;*.  3dtf,  372.,'\ViMHUiall,  37U 

^76.  4:w,  479  ^V !tn,27t« 

W I ilf  my,    Wl,  203,  200 ,  W J  mu  I s .  25,  1 57,  158, 

Watormaii,  57, 2•-'4,2^2,'    2ll  '     .:;..;", +-H> 

:iVi  Wlilnvnifirf,  2f*i,  itrti,  21  i  \\>  ^'.  J  rij  iV,  124.  4(».(.  4^)1 


Van  Rt'usx'lftor,  .3(50,420  Watson.  23,  :W),  117,  12j.  Wliitif  n,  'XVl  ;t7y,  4J2     WiUJil^.  Mi^  iK*.  ;*ijrl 
Van  Vcghlcn,  172  ;     14:{,  I'.^i,  I'M,  2<»  [, -A-ji.  WJiIltk-r,  471*  Wotnivillr%  m 


\  an  Zauilt,  3<i3  I    24",  241,  jr**,  32(K  ItlJ,  \\'M*\  2>V 

Varnev,  452  :;.>»,  ;i.V>,  425,  452,  1j1  Wickliiim.  29 

Vaaari.  373  I  Watt.  473  Wl^anii,   Wl,    159, 

224.  4:u.  4M,  4S8 


Vaughun,  175,  176,  180,  Watts,  (}4,  4SJ!; 

182,  1H.{,  340  ,Wuu-b«)nsic.  4:W 

Verv.  279  iWuvIand,  221 

VeKpuciu?,  84  WaVti*.  197  Wipht,  1<V> 

Vickrry,  (»2,  100,  292        Wriirt*,  41H  Wijfhtman.  4:K) 

Victoria  (Qut-fu),  204      Weaver,  79  iWl;rtort«',  :;19 

Vincent,  2.>,  27,  36,  158,  Webb,  :;{,  87.  100,  261,  Wilbore,  H3  Worrell.  124 

159  I     2S1,  310,  342,  .T).'..  .{74,  Wilbur,  :ir9  Worslrv.  >9 

Vines,  312  |    4(Vj,  411,  41s,  4K»,  443  Wilcox.  429  Worthen,  H^ 

Vint«>n,  222,  367,  479         \Vebber.  24, 116,  117, 158,  Wikle,  N".  | Worthlntftoa,  20.  115 

Virgil,  424  |    2\H>,  477  |WH«ler,  W.,  100.  144.  212,'Wortl»v,'4<w 

Vof«e,  2<il-265,  285,  290,  Webster,  71,80,  Ifti.  111,|     213,  224,  2«>4,  :i66-.36t«,  Wouldble.  2:57 


WyndwiirtI,  liU,  1C»2.  165, 

211,27  s 
W^nMlwortK,  267,  ^2 
WcMHlv.2flti,-f48,  452 
Wiggb-sworlh,    65,    56,  WikjIII'V,  life 
mJ,  104.  ir.2,  211,  357     Wimiliouhe,  245 
WiiiiilseT,  476 
W, >ri4^>'tei-,;i.s^^  389,477 
W  ..iriuf'Wfit>d,  4U 


442—444 
Vpsall,  49-51 
Vroom,  172 

W 

Wad<iell,  377  I 

Wa<Mle,  441  ! 

Wade,  'X',  ISO,  338  I 

Wadland,  +12  | 

WadMvorth,    262-265. 
441,  442,  477 


UN',  lyt'.,  .m,  3:}7,  441,      478 
447  Wilklns,  50,  52 
Werk.s,  2<V1,  343,  452-154  Wilkinson,  15,  58,  344 
Wilks,  379 


I  Weir, 
,M*elbv,  -29 

Welch,  11« 

.'Weld,  3ri,  203,  .Vh'),  .368, 
I     :V>l-3>7. 475 

Wellc!5,  :r»,  m\  107,  ISi, 

Wellington,  211,  357 
Wager,  395  iWrJN,    21,  2.*>,  27,    192. 

W'ainwright.  5.  2<^),  .357       .3:U-:n4,  3i(>,  .376 
Waite.N"),  279,  41ft  Wendell,  420-427,  474. 

Waitt,  S7  4N7 

Wakerteld,  UG,  117  .WiMilwortb,  22,  24,  :J0, 

Walcotl,s7,430  I     KH,    117,  I2<ur,9,  2-.' 

Waldo,  2^14,  379, 4<H,  40rt,      2>^1,  2'.m),  MVi,  309.  3%, 

410-412  421,  410,  478 

Waldon,  281  .Wescott,  ISO 

Waldron  ,479  I  Wesson ,  20;j 

Walen,  262,  441-444  IWest,  OH,  160,  180,  362, 

Walford,  464  447,  470 


Wozen,  iM 

Wright,  30,  143,  lv>,  183. 

11^',  33^1,  407,  419,  452, 

490 
Wrotte<lev,  244 
Wvatt.  :r25,  44  5,  4M 
Wv«-tt,  87 
Wvlde.  ,30 
Wyllys,  ISfi 
Wyniau,  t*,  211 


Willard,  .s8,  89,  179,  183, 
437.  44«»,  443 

Willcocks,  07 

Willc,  15«i 

Willes,  1N\ 

Willet,2C.O.  267 

William,  C*) 

William   (the    Conque- 
ror), 230  'Yates,  ,344 

Williams,  14.  17.  29,  48,'Yeaton,  26,  15<>.  455 
51.  N>.  143,  l.V),  I  .:.  ]L«J.  \oung.  '2:i,27.  34,  :V>,  fl3. 
\\H\,  2<NV  278,  :t:!LKk41.|    97,   111,   iriU,  ijy},  In*, 
.344,  .3(»3,  307,  3iW,  387.'     191,  27y.  A7^ 
4(>-',  419,  42h,  444,  447,  Youngj^.  3:10, 3;n,  .•«3,376 


472 
Williamson,  4.38 
WilliM.  175,  176,  186,410, 

41.3,  4i*»8 
Wllliston,  20,  442 


Z 

Zerrahn,  80 
Zouch,  241